Business News
Merck launches green solvents for chips
Tech giant comes up with high-performance solvents for photoresist removal
The world wants more electronic devices for smartphones, gaming, home entertainment, and automotive applications, which...
Korean Billionaires
Finance News
Korean firms log record profits in 2021
KB, Woori, Hana, POSCO, LG record stellar bottom lines
A flurry of South Korean companies chalked up record profits during the first half of this...
K-Pop/BTS
BTS drops new English-language single
Dance-pop track “Butter” shatters YouTube records
K-pop megastar BTS has dropped their second English-language single, dubbed “Butter,” on May 21, and the upbeat track is...
Book
Book review: Vincent’s Books
What books a great painter read to paint his pictures
Relatives of Vincent van Gogh worried that the 19th-century painter was the black sheep of...
Book review: Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution
Debates continue about organic evolution 100 years after publication
When Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was alive in the 18th century, and early 19th century, Georges Cuvier was...
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
Korean firms log record profits in 2021
KB, Woori, Hana, POSCO, LG record stellar bottom lines
A flurry of South Korean companies chalked up record profits during the first half of this...
Kakao Bank breaks IPO record
Korean internet-only bank will go public early August
South Korea’s largest digital lender Kakao Bank shattered the record for initial public offering in terms of...
Merck launches green solvents for chips
Tech giant comes up with high-performance solvents for photoresist removal
The world wants more electronic devices for smartphones, gaming, home entertainment, and automotive applications, which...
Merck Korea rolling out components for premium OLED devices
Tech giant starts mass production of hole transport materials
Merck Korea announced on July 22 that the tech giant had started churning out hole transport...
FKCCI chief advises Korea to diversify trade partners
David-Pierre Jalicon shows strategy to survive the conflicts of G2
The trade-focused economy of South Korea may struggle due to the lingering conflicts between the...
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...
