Business News
Rivian Automotive & Samsung SDI
Korean battery maker benefits from U.S. EV maker’s listing
U.S. electric carmaker Rivian Automotive went public earlier this month to attract investors _ the start-up’s...
Korean Billionaires
Finance News
KFCC shares know-how with Fiji
Korean entity spreads best practices to developing countries
The Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC) announced on Nov. 26 that the outfit had held...
K-Pop/BTS
NFT collectable photo cards of BTS will hit market
HYBE enters NFT-focused business
HYBE, the music label for K-pop megastar BTS, has recently announced that it would form a joint venture with Donamu, which...
Book
Book Review: Anti-Vaxxers
Author highlights history of anti-vaccination movement
Since its outbreak in China’s Wuhan late 2019, the novel coronavirus has infected around 2.4 billion people. It also...
Book review: Entropy
Jeremy Rifkin's doom's day story
Surveys show that Seoul National University students’ best books include “Sapiens,” “Homo Deus,” “Guns, Germs, and Steel,” “Silent Spring,” “The...
CEOs
Chaebol daughters(5): SK Group Chey Min-jung
This is the fifth of a series highlighting businesswomen related to South Korea’s sprawling business conglomerates, called chaebol. _ ED.
Chey Min-jung, the second daughter...
Chaebol daughters(4): SK Group Chey Yoon-chung
This is the fourth of a series highlighting businesswomen related to South Korea’s sprawling business conglomerates, called chaebol. _ ED.
Little is known about SK...
Best CEOs in Korea(3): Chairman Cho Hyun-joon at Hyosung
Young chairman leads surge of Hyosung Group
This is the third of a series highlighting best-performing chief executives in Korea. _ ED.
When Hyosung Group introduced...
Latest News
KFCC shares know-how with Fiji
Korean entity spreads best practices to developing countries
The Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC) announced on Nov. 26 that the outfit had held...
CJ ENM acquires La La Land producer
Korean entertainment giant set to tap into global market
South Korea’s media giant CJ ENM recently said that it had agreed to acquire Endeavor Content,...
Hellbound tops Netflix charts on Day 1
Korean horror tops the podium again after Squid Game
It took longer than a week for South Korea’s hit drama Squid Game to hit No....
Painter Miho Chung to hold high-tech exhibition in Seoul
Korean American artist’s work meets futuristic technology in Korea
South Korean blockchain company Metaversero announced on Nov. 19 that it would hold an exhibition of...
Uzbekistan celebrates Independence Day in Seoul
Uzbek president will visit Seoul next month
For Koreans, Uzbek Amb. Vitali Fen is remembered as one of the longest-serving envoys who had devoted his...
Wealthy Troublemakers
Korea’s Wealthy Troublemakers (8): Dongkuk Steel Chang Sun-ik
Dongkuk heir's drunken rampage while his father was in jail
This is the eighth of a series, which highlights Korea’s wealthy businesspeople who caused troubles...
