Samsung Electronics to overtake TSMC within 5 years: chip president

Samsung Electronics to overtake TSMC within 5 years: chip president

DAEJEON – Samsung Electronics Co. will be able to overtake bigger foundry rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) at the leading e...

Wrtn to offer free access GPT-4 conversation services

Wrtn to offer free access GPT-4 conversation services

South Korean generative AI startup Wrtn Technologies announced on Thursday that it will offer unlimited free access to its conversation feature...

Korea’s Hanatour sees 1st profit in over 3 yrs on high-end service

Korea’s Hanatour sees 1st profit in over 3 yrs on high-end service

Hanatour Service Inc., South Korea’s top travel agency, enjoyed its first quarterly profit in more than three years as it focused on high-end ...

Korean retail investors net buy bonds at record $3.2 bn in April

Korean retail investors net buy bonds at record $3.2 bn in April

South Korean individual investors flocked to the bond market with net purchases of 4.25 trillion won ($3.2 billion) in April, the highest record on ...

S.Korea, US to jointly invest $60 mn for student exchange programs

S.Korea, US to jointly invest $60 mn for student exchange programs

South Korea and the United States have agreed to jointly invest $60 million in the exchange of young professionals in the field of science and techn...

Kia expects stellar Q2 after reporting record operating profit in Q1

Kia expects stellar Q2 after reporting record operating profit in Q1

Kia Corp., the smaller sibling of South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co., presented a rosy earnings outlook for the second quarter ...

Netflix to inject $2.5 bn in Korean drama series, movies over next 4 years

Netflix to inject $2.5 bn in Korean drama series, movies over next 4 years

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  US streaming giant Netflix is slated to invest $2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to boost its cont...

KT launches AI-enabled freight info service Brokarry 2.0

KT launches AI-enabled freight info service Brokarry 2.0

Lolab Co. Ltd., KT's digital logistics subsidiary, released its Brokarry 2.0 freight brokerage and transportation service, which incorporates artifi...

BTS' 'Fake Love' video tops 1.2 bn views on YouTube

BTS' 'Fake Love' video tops 1.2 bn views on YouTube

BTS’ “Fake Love” music video has surpassed 1.2 billion views on YouTube on Monday, its record label Big Hit Music announced. ...

S.Korea imports over 8,000 tons of whiskey in Q1

S.Korea imports over 8,000 tons of whiskey in Q1

South Korea's whiskey imports hit an all-time high for the same period In the first quarter of this year. It is the second-highest quarterly figure ...

Hyundai ties up with LG, SK for $5.3 bn US EV cell plants

Hyundai ties up with LG, SK for $5.3 bn US EV cell plants

Hyundai Motor Group, the leading South Korean automaker, has joined hands with LG Energy Solution Ltd. and its smaller rival SK On Co. to build elec...

S.Korea’s hottest stock EcoPro may miss invitation from MSCI Korea in May

S.Korea’s hottest stock EcoPro may miss invitation from MSCI Korea in May

Cosmo Advanced Materials & Technology Co. and Hanwha Aerospace Co. are expected to join the MSCI Korea Index next month but South Korea’s ...

MBK Partners co-founder tops 50 richest S.Koreans: Forbes

MBK Partners co-founder tops 50 richest S.Koreans: Forbes

Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder and partner at private equity firm MBK Partners, has topped the ranking of the 50 richest South Koreans by net worth...

Korean scientists publish breakthrough in high-resolution X-ray imaging

Korean scientists publish breakthrough in high-resolution X-ray imaging

South Korean scientists led by physicist Park Yongkeun with global achievements in medical science and engineering have discovered a new X-ray imagi...

SK Biopharmaceuticals wins Red Dot award for 2 devices

SK Biopharmaceuticals wins Red Dot award for 2 devices

South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals on Tuesday said two of its self-developed wearable devices won the main prize in the health care category ...

S.Korea to allocate 70% of annual R&D budget to eleven core tech areas

S.Korea to allocate 70% of annual R&D budget to eleven core tech areas

The South Korean government plans to allocate 70% of its annual R&D budget to 40 projects for research and development in eleven core industrial...

Management dispute over S.Korea’s CTC Bio heats up

Management dispute over S.Korea’s CTC Bio heats up

A management dispute over a South Korean pharmaceutical maker CTC Bio Inc. specializing in animal drugs is intensifying as another medical company h...

Lunit’s AI analysis solution client companies exceed 2,000

Lunit’s AI analysis solution client companies exceed 2,000

South Korean medical AI company Lunit announced on Tuesday that more than 2,000 medical institutions worldwide have adopted its AI-based diagnostic ...

Rule prevents release of sequel to hit game Modoo Marble in S.Korea

Rule prevents release of sequel to hit game Modoo Marble in S.Korea

The sequel to the popular real estate board game Modoo Marble is unavailable in South Korea because of the country's ban on play-to-earn (P2E) games...

SK Hynix to raise $1.5 bn in exchangeable bonds

SK Hynix to raise $1.5 bn in exchangeable bonds

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Monday it would raise $1.5 billion through exchangeable bonds (EBs) in a p...

S.Korea's S-1 releases facial recognition reader 2.0

S.Korea's S-1 releases facial recognition reader 2.0

South Korea's system securities provider S-1 Corp. has launched a new solution that reduces the facial recognition time by 40% compared to previous ...

KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups

KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups

South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group will launch a 250 billion won ($193 million) fund to invest in startups ...

SK Hynix unsure about applying for US chip subsidies: CEO

SK Hynix unsure about applying for US chip subsidies: CEO

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Wednesday it is unsure about applying for US...

TSMC-Nvidia alliance step up 2 nm chip rivalry with Samsung

TSMC-Nvidia alliance step up 2 nm chip rivalry with Samsung

TSMC Co. appears to be at the forefront of efforts to produce ultra-advanced semiconductor chips as the world's largest contract chip manufacturer i...

US set to emerge as top global buyer of Korean kimchi: Daesang

US set to emerge as top global buyer of Korean kimchi: Daesang

South Korean kimchi exports to the US have soared since the pandemic as local distribution channels expanded and cooking at home increased, accordin...

Hanwha to build solar cell components plant in Georgia

Hanwha to build solar cell components plant in Georgia

South Korea’s Hanwha Advanced Materials Corp. will spend $147 million to build a solar panel components plant in the US state of Georgia, acco...

Hyundai Heavy tops global 2-stroke engine production

Hyundai Heavy tops global 2-stroke engine production

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. became the world’s first shipbuilder to have marked 200 million brake horsepower (bhp) in cum...

Kakao Mobility buys UK ride-hailing startup Splyt for global biz

Kakao Mobility buys UK ride-hailing startup Splyt for global biz

South Korea’s Kakao Mobility Corp. said on Wednesday it has acquired the British ride-hailing startup Splyt, marking the first overseas takeov...

Korea Western Power lands nation's first solar power order in Oman

Korea Western Power lands nation's first solar power order in Oman

Korea Western Power Co. (KOWEPO) has won its country's first project in solar power generation in Oman.The company on Tuesday announced its successf...

S.Korea's FutureChem gets approval for phase 3 clinical trials in China

S.Korea's FutureChem gets approval for phase 3 clinical trials in China

South Korean radiopharmaceutical development company FutureChem Co. announced on Thursday that China's National Medical Products Administration (NMP...

Hanwha Systems to compete with LIG Nex1 for Korean version of Iron Dome NH, KB Securities, Kookmin Bank, Kim & Chang lead capital markets in H1 From G-Dragon to Ibuki: Dongmyo emerges as global fashion hotspot Hyundai helps Korean economy most with $265 bn contribution South Korea issues €1.4 billion in largest-ever euro bond sale