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Korea Zinc Achieves 103 Consecutive Profitable Quarters Under Choi's Strategic Investments
Chairman Choi Yun-beom's strategic bets on critical minerals since taking the helm at Korea Zinc are paying off, putting the company on track for a record 103 consecutive profitable quarters and its h...
2025-12-19 금요일 | 김재훈 기자
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Doosan Chosen as Preferred Bidder for SK Siltron, Chey's Stake Excluded
SK Inc. announced on Dec. 17 that it has selected Doosan Corporation as the preferred bidder for the sale of its stake in SK Siltron. SK Siltron is a semiconductor wafer manufacturer that SK acquired ...
2025-12-18 목요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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Why U.S. Government Is Betting KRW 2.5 Trillion on Korea Zinc
As the U.S. government prioritizes strategic industry supply chain self-sufficiency and actively pursues direct equity investments in private companies, it plans to invest KRW 2.5 trillion, a huge amo...
2025-12-17 수요일 | 신혜주 기자
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SK Hynix's Five-President Team Set to Usher in KRW 100 Trillion Profit Era
In times of recession, CFOs (Chief Financial Officers) lead companies. Strategic investment and cost efficiency are important weapons. This is the so-called 'CFO heyday.'However, this expression does ...
2025-12-16 화요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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LG Energy Solution's Global Ambitions Hit by Credit Rating Downgrades
Various factors affect corporate value. Objective evaluation requires considering diverse variables. Korea Financial News aims to view a company's current situation, response, and financial soundness ...
2025-12-15 월요일 | 김재훈 기자
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Why Was Kim Bom-Suk's Close Ally Harold Rogers Urgently Dispatched from Coupang U.S. Headquarters?
CEO Park Dae-jun of Coupang, who said he would "take all responsibility," resigned on December 10. Interpretations suggest he was effectively removed as the personal information leak incident spread u...
2025-12-12 금요일 | 박슬기 기자
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LG Display Set to Reach KRW 1 Trillion Operating Profit Next Year
LG Display, led by President Jeong Cheol-dong, is on the verge of turning to annual profitability for the first time in four years. This comes as efforts to advance the OLED-centered business structur...
2025-12-11 목요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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Soaring Hyundai Mobis Stock Raises Succession Costs for Chung Eui-sun
Hyundai Mobis has been recording notable shareholder returns since declaring its 'New Mobis' vision in 2023 to leap forward as a 'mobility platform provider.' As Hyundai Mobis expands into key future ...
2025-12-10 수요일 | 김재훈 기자
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KT's Aggressive AI Push Falls Short as Debt Mounts, Security Breach Looms
While KT Corporation has expanded its business scale through aggressive investment in the artificial intelligence (AI) era, the pace of debt increase is also accelerating. There are points that when a...
2025-12-09 화요일 | 정채윤 기자
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Samsung Biologics, Yuhan-Backed AIMEDBIO Surges 300% on KOSDAQ Debut
AIMEDBIO soared spectacularly on its first day of KOSDAQ listing, rising 300% from its offering price. AIMEDBIO, which made a successful debut, attracted early attention thanks to investments from Sam...
2025-12-08 월요일 | 양현우 기자
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"Coupang Faces Up to KRW 4 Trillion Fine, Business Suspension Over 33.7 Million Data Breach"
33.7 million pieces of personal information leaked. An unprecedented massive incident. This accident occurred due to Coupang's clear negligence in failing to renew signing keys issued to authenticatio...
2025-12-05 금요일 | 박슬기 기자
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LG Electronics' Two Robot Companies Show Polar Opposite Results...Robostar vs ROBOTIS '10-Fold Return Gap'
The government has allocated KRW 162.6 billion for robot industry technology development in next year's budget, an 18% increase from this year, and decided to inject KRW 1 trillion through the Nationa...
2025-12-04 목요일 | 신혜주 기자
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'AI Core' HBM4 Competition Strategy Poles Apart: Samsung Electronics 'Solo' vs SK Hynix 'Alliance'
In the High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) market, which has emerged as the core of memory performance in the AI era, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have entered a speed competition with diametrically oppos...
2025-12-03 수요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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GS Retail Restructures to Solidify No. 1 Position in Convenience Store Market
One year since the launch of CEO Hur Suh-hong's leadership. Contrary to concerns about his limited retail experience, Hur's system is settling in faster than expected. This trend is evident in GS Reta...
2025-11-28 금요일 | 박슬기 기자
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POSCO Pushes Global Expansion to Navigate Safety, Tariff Challenges
POSCO Group is accelerating its holding company-centered safety system and strengthening global investment.This is evaluated as a hard-fought effort to overcome the group crisis of 'internal and exter...
2025-11-27 목요일 | 김재훈 기자
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HMM Faces Double-Dip Risk as Performance Mirrors 2023 Downturn
Concerns are growing over HMM's (CEO Choi Won-hyeok) 'double-dip risk.' This comes as performance, stock price, and freight rate trends show patterns similar to the downturn phase of 2023.Even the pri...
2025-11-26 수요일 | 신혜주 기자
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ABL Bio Positioned as Next KOSDAQ Biotech Leader on Platform Technology Strength
ABL Bio is experiencing rapid growth by leveraging its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) and bispecific antibody platform technologies.The company has grown to become a candidate for the next leading stoc...
2025-11-25 화요일 | 양현우 기자
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Doosan Enerbility Gains Traction in Global Gas Turbine Market with Fast Delivery Edge
Doosan Enerbility (CEO Park Ji-won) is receiving spotlight in the global power generation market.Officials from major power generation markets including Mexico and Indonesia are visiting Doosan Enerbi...
2025-11-24 월요일 | 신혜주 기자
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LS Defends Essex Solutions IPO Plan, Projects Threefold Value Increase by 2030
"This is absolutely not for succession or circumventing regulations."LS Corporation has officially addressed controversies surrounding duplicate listings as it pursues an initial public offering (IPO)...
2025-11-21 금요일 | 신혜주 기자
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SK On Faces Uphill Battle in Second ESS Bid After Shutout in First Round
The bidding schedule for the second phase of the KRW 1 trillion Energy Storage System (ESS) project, promoted by the government and involving all three battery manufacturers (LG Energy Solution, Samsu...
2025-11-20 목요일 | 김재훈 기자
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FLNG Leader Samsung Heavy Industries to Build Korea's First Floating Data Center
Samsung Heavy Industries (CEO Choi Sung-ahn) is becoming the first Korean shipbuilder to develop a "floating data center."Samsung Heavy Industries was named as a key participant when Samsung Group sig...
2025-11-19 수요일 | 신혜주 기자
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Naver Grows Steadily While Coupang Smiles Quietly: Why?
Coupang and Naver both posted record-breaking Q3 results this year, further solidifying their duopoly in e-commerce. However, the expressions of these two companies receiving excellent report cards di...
2025-11-18 화요일 | 박슬기 기자
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Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix Eye KRW 150 Trillion Operating Profit Era
South Korea's memory semiconductor "big two," Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, are expected to generate approximately KRW 150 trillion in combined operating profit next year. This represents a stagge...
2025-11-17 월요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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Why Cosmax Can Smile Despite Slowing Profitability
Cosmax remains unfazed despite sluggish profitability. Although profits declined due to increased initial investment costs for domestic indie brands, the company views this as an investment for the fu...
2025-11-14 금요일 | 양현우 기자
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Traders Hits Quarterly Sales of KRW 1 Trillion for First Time, Driving Emart's Q3 Performance
Emart recorded an operating profit of KRW 151.4 billion in the third quarter of 2025, up 35.5% from the same period last year. This was thanks to the strong performance of Traders, which has been driv...
2025-11-13 목요일 | 박슬기 기자
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Samsung SDS Rapidly Emerges as 'AI Infrastructure Powerhouse' with OpenAI Partnership
Samsung SDS (CEO Lee Jun-hee) is establishing its presence in the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. The company plans to leap forward as an emerging powerhouse in the AI industry by recently joi...
2025-11-12 수요일 | 정채윤 기자