(Photo=MotionElements) South Korea built much of its economic rise by selling manufactured goods to the rest of the world. Semiconductors, cars, ships, electronics and petroleum products have long made exports a critical engine of the country’s growth. Now the global AI investment boom is pushing that model to a scale South Korea has never seen before. The country is on

(Photo=hyundai capital) Hyundai Motor Group, the South Korean automotive group whose core automakers are Hyundai Motor and Kia, is expanding production and its electric vehicle lineup in India as the country becomes a larger part of its growth strategy. India has more than 1.4 billion people and has grown into the world’s third largest automobile market, giving automakers room to

Photo=Harrison Nevel YouTube A $4,010 storage-unit purchase by a U.S. YouTuber has drawn attention to the lucrative but unpredictable economics of the resale market, after the unit yielded more than $22,850 worth of professional equipment and what may be a connection to South Korea’s Epik High. For U.S. retailers, resale platforms and investors, the episode underscores a broader opportunity in

(Photo=Twosome) South Korea has spent years turning its music, television, beauty products and food into global businesses. Twosome Place is now testing whether that cultural momentum can support something more difficult to export, a large network of physical cafes serving American customers every day. The South Korean coffee and dessert chain, which operates 1,750 stores at home and is owned

Photo=Motionelements South Korea is opening a major government satellite program to private industry, creating potential opportunities for aerospace companies and investors as demand grows for commercial Earth-imaging data used in infrastructure, agriculture, disaster response and environmental monitoring. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said September 4 that a 312.9 billion won, or about $230 million, program to develop two