SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — E-Mart Inc. said Tuesday that it plans to raise 1 trillion won (US$820 million) by selling assets as the country’s top retailer is struggling with falling profitability amid increased competition with e-commerce giants here. The company said it plans to securitize its outlets worth 1 trillion won by the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co. said Tuesday it will invest 3 trillion won (US$2.6 billion) in an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) facility in South Korea to expand its production capacity for premium panels. The Korean panel maker has spent 4.6 trillion won in the OLED factory in Paju, north of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemical company, will try to quintuple its electric vehicle (EV) battery business by 2024, the company’s CEO said Tuesday, as it aims to become a top five player in the industry. LG Chem CEO Shin Hak-cheol said the company is targeting 59 trillion [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Oilbank Co., a refining unit of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, said Wednesday it will invest 260 billion won (US$221 million) to beef up its petrochemicals production. Hyundai Oilbank said its affiliate Hyundai Chemical Co. will chip in 100 billion won to expand its production of mixed xylene, a [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – BMW AG said Wednesday it will further strengthen its luxury lineup to regain its leading status in South Korea after its sales plunged in the wake of engine fire incidents last year. On Wednesday, BMW began to sell the upgraded flagship 7 Series in the domestic market following the launches of [...]
INCHEON, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — General Motors Co.’s recent facility investment in South Korea and plans to launch new vehicles show the U.S. carmaker’s strong commitment in the market, a GM executive said Tuesday. Early this year, the Detroit carmaker began to build a paint shop at the Changwon plant, one of its three [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — After years of struggle in the face of a decline in Chinese tourists and increased competition, South Korea’s duty-free operators are in search of a more stable and sustainable business portfolio — to reduce their reliance on Chinese visitors and generate decent profits. The country’s duty-free business has raked [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean chipmakers may wish they were undergoing the bottom of the memory chip down cycle in the second quarter before entering a recovery mode later this year, but it seems like they have to deal with unfavorable business conditions longer than expected due to prolonged global trade tension. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to release its latest phablet, the Galaxy Note 10, in two sizes for 5G models in August in South Korea, industry sources said Wednesday. Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 will come in two sizes — 6.4 inches for the standard model and 6.8 inches for [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — It is hard for consumers to live without online and mobile shopping, and for retailers already struggling with a slump in store traffic and the subsequent fall in direct to consumer sales, living up to the trend may be pronounced in the face of cutthroat competition with a slew [...]