Sega Signs MOU With Thailand’s CP Group to Explore Entertainment Collaboration Japan’s game company Sega said it signed a memorandum of understanding on the 27th with Thailand’s CP Group (Charoen Pokphand Group) to explore entertainment collaboration in Thailand and nearby areas. The companies aim to combine Sega’s intellectual property and content-creation capabilities with CP Group’s broad business ecosystem to offer new, locally rooted entertainment in the region. The review will proceed in stages. In the initial phase, the companies will examine business develop April 30, 2026

Singapore Logistics Firm Eneco Energy to Buy Union Steel Unit Fastweld Singapore logistics company Eneco Energy said on April 27 it agreed to acquire Fastweld Engineering Construction Pte Ltd from Singapore-based Union Steel Holdings, which is involved in metal recycling and engineering. Fastweld, a unit of Union Engineering under Union Steel, provides procurement, maintenance and construction services. Through its investment holding company Eneco Singapore, Eneco Energy will buy all shares of Fastweld for S$4.3 million (about 536 million yen). Because Unio April 30, 2026

Ajinomoto Breaks Ground on New Plant in Tarlac, Philippines Aboitiz Group’s industrial park unit said on the 27th that Ajinomoto has started construction of a new plant at the TARI industrial park it operates in Tarlac province, north of Metro Manila. The facility is expected to reach full operation by April 2028. A groundbreaking ceremony was held locally on the 22nd. Ajinomoto will invest about 9.1 billion pesos (about 23.8 billion yen) to build the plant on a 16-hectare site. The new facility will handle manufacturing and packaging of locally p April 30, 2026

Chabaekdo Launches TWS Collaboration Promotion With New Drinks, Gifts and SNS Event Chabaekdo, a tea beverage brand, is rolling out a collaboration promotion with TWS. Chabaekdo said it will run the “Chabaekdo with TWS” promotion from April 30 to May 15 to mark the release of TWS’ fifth mini album, “NO TRAGEDY.” The campaign includes set menus pairing new collaboration drinks with a popular brand item, limited-edition giveaways and an SNS photo-verification event. TWS released “NO TRAGEDY” on the 27th and began promotions with the title track “You, You” (“널 따라가”) April 30, 2026

Yulchon Holds Seminar on Shifting Fair Trade Rules and Corporate Response Law firm Yulchon said it held a seminar titled “Changes in the Fair Trade Regulatory Environment and Corporate Response Measures” on April 29 at its lecture hall on the 39th floor of Parnas Tower in Samsung-dong, Gangnam-gu. Yulchon said South Korea’s fair-trade regulatory environment is changing rapidly under a tougher enforcement posture, including a major staffing increase at the Korea Fair Trade Commission, expanded on-site inspections into alleged collusion in sectors closely tied to April 30, 2026

Actor Park Dong-bin, Known for ‘Juice Waterfall’ Meme, Dies at 56 Actor Park Dong-bin, widely known online for the so-called “juice waterfall” meme, died on the 29th, according to reports. He was 56. Park’s legal name was Park Jong-mun. MK Sports, in an exclusive report, said Park died on the 29th. He was known for strong, grounded performances across film and television. Park first became known to the public through the 1998 film “Shiri.” He later appeared in major Korean films including “Bichunmoo,” “Volcano High,” “Taegukgi: The Brotherhood o April 30, 2026

Exhibition Industry Group Urges Lawmaker to Rework COEX Hall Closure Plan The Joint Committee for Promoting Normalization of the Exhibition Industry, led by Chair Kang Ju-yong, met April 29 with Rep. Kim Won-i, the Democratic Party’s floor spokesperson on the National Assembly’s Trade, Industry, Energy, SMEs and Startups Committee, to urge changes to plans to close major COEX exhibition halls for remodeling and to ask for parliamentary mediation. Kang said that if the Korea International Trade Association’s plan leads to a shutdown from July 2027 for about 18 m April 30, 2026

Samsung Electronics Says More 2nm Foundry Customers Coming Into View Samsung Electronics said Thursday on its conference call for first-quarter 2026 earnings that its foundry business is in active talks with multiple large artificial intelligence and high-performance computing customers on 2-nanometer cooperation, and that visible results with some customers are expected in the near term. The company also said HBM4 base dies built on its 4-nanometer process are being recognized for strong performance, helping drive demand for 4-nanometer production. It ad April 30, 2026

Court Extends Suspension of Detention for Unification Church Leader Han Hak-ja Citing Health A court has extended by one month the suspension of detention for Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja, who was temporarily released citing worsening health. According to the legal community on the 30th, the Seoul Central District Court’s Criminal Division 27, chaired by Presiding Judge Woo In-sung, decided the previous day to extend Han’s suspension of detention. A suspension of detention allows a defendant to be temporarily released when the court finds an urgent reason such as seriou April 30, 2026

EasyAI Pitches AI Video Safety System to Help Workers Get Home Safely EasyAI said it is proposing an AI-based safety management solution aimed at helping industrial workers return home safely, timed to May’s Family Month and Children’s Day. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor’s provisional results released last month on the “2025 status of fatal accidents subject to disaster investigation,” the number of workplace accident deaths covered by the investigation totaled 605 in 2025, up 16 from 589 a year earlier. By sector, construction accounted April 30, 2026