(Photo=MotionElements) South Korea is home to Samsung Electronics, the country’s largest company and one of the world’s biggest semiconductor and consumer electronics manufacturers, and SK hynix, a major memory chipmaker that supplies high bandwidth memory used in artificial intelligence systems. Yet Korean retail investors are beginning to pull money out of their own stock market and send more of it

(Photo=ARIH) A Korean food brand built with BTS is using early momentum in the U.S. to expand into Japan, testing whether the global reach of K-pop can help turn a fan-driven product launch into a lasting consumer business. ARIH, a food and beverage brand developed by South Korean food companies Paldo and hy in collaboration with BTS from the planning

Photo=LG Energy Solution A recovery in battery-factory utilization could offer a modest sign of stabilization for U.S. automakers and investors after a sharp slowdown in electric-vehicle demand forced manufacturers to idle plants and rethink where battery capacity should be deployed. LG Energy Solution’s average utilization rate across its global production facilities rose to 52.8% in the first half of 2026,

(Photo=Chaeyoung instagram) Chaeyoung, a member of TWICE, one of South Korea’s best known K-pop girl groups, is leaving JYP Entertainment while continuing to perform with the group and pursuing her own music. JYP Entertainment, one of South Korea’s major music agencies, formed TWICE in 2015 and has managed the group throughout its rise from a domestic hit act into an

Photo=Bill Gates instagram The race to secure reliable power for artificial intelligence and data centers is opening a new investment frontier for advanced nuclear developers, equipment makers and utilities, with TerraPower founder Bill Gates returning to South Korea as his company moves closer to building its first commercial-scale reactor. Mr. Gates, the Microsoft co-founder and founder of advanced-nuclear company TerraPower,