KIC eyes private debt, infrastructure in era of high interest rates

KIC eyes private debt, infrastructure in era of high interest rates

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) is eyeing infrastructure and private debt in the era of higher-for-longer interest rates, while m...

Daedong unveils self-running combine harvester

Daedong unveils self-running combine harvester

South Korea's leading agricultural machinery maker Daedong Corp. has released the nation’s first combine harvester, a machine that cuts and th...

LG Energy Q3 profit at record high on gains from US battery tax credit

LG Energy Q3 profit at record high on gains from US battery tax credit

LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s leading battery makers, said on Wednesday its operating profit soared to a record high in the th...

SK Hynix pins high hopes on specialty DRAM for AI use: CEO

SK Hynix pins high hopes on specialty DRAM for AI use: CEO

In the semiconductor industry, it’s been quite a while since memory chips became a commodity, meaning so low an entry barrier that any chipmak...

Doosan Robotics attracts $24.8 billion from retail investors in IPO deposits

Doosan Robotics attracts $24.8 billion from retail investors in IPO deposits

Doosan Robotics Inc., a unit of South Korea’s Doosan Group, has attracted billions of dollars from retail investors in subscription deposits f...

KEPCO's new CEO heralds electricity rate hikes, drastic reforms

KEPCO's new CEO heralds electricity rate hikes, drastic reforms

South Korea’s near-monopoly power company Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is expected to raise electricity rates and lessen its outsized re...

Samsung to launch Galaxy S23 FE as early as October

Samsung to launch Galaxy S23 FE as early as October

Samsung Electronics Co. is slated to release the Galaxy S23 Fan Edition (FE), a cheaper model than those in the high-end Galaxy S23 series, as early...

NCSOFT to run Battle Crush’s CBT in October for H1 2024 launch  

NCSOFT to run Battle Crush’s CBT in October for H1 2024 launch  

NCSOFT Corp., a major South Korean game developer and publisher, is inviting game lovers to take part in the closed beta test (CBT) of its new actio...

Hyundai E&C, Poland bolster partnerships in nuclear power

Hyundai E&C, Poland bolster partnerships in nuclear power

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., a major affiliate of South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co., is boosting its networks in the nuclear p...

KT, SingPost to team up for AI-based digital logistics

KT, SingPost to team up for AI-based digital logistics

South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore Post (SingPost), a state-run postal...

SK On’s prismatic battery push fares well: Vice chair

SK On’s prismatic battery push fares well: Vice chair

MUNICH -- SK On Co. is making good progress in developing prismatic battery cells, its Senior Vice Chairman Chey Jae-won said on Tuesday, five month...

Nestlé seeks to open Starbucks brand stores in Korea

Nestlé seeks to open Starbucks brand stores in Korea

Nestlé S.A., the world’s largest food company, is preparing to open small Starbucks brand stores in South Korea to attract budget-consc...

Hyundai Motor to self-develop EV chargers to slow Tesla’s ascent

Hyundai Motor to self-develop EV chargers to slow Tesla’s ascent

Hyundai Motor Group will develop ultra-fast electric vehicle chargers with its proprietary technology to catch up to the world’s No. 1 EV make...

S.Korean battery trio face union risk in US after Ultium Cells’ wage deal

S.Korean battery trio face union risk in US after Ultium Cells’ wage deal

South Korean electric vehicle battery majors’ plan to run more than 10 EV battery manufacturing plants in the US may hit a snag due to the loo...

Tesla Model Y runs with Kumho’s EV tires, its new cash cow

Tesla Model Y runs with Kumho’s EV tires, its new cash cow

Tires tailored for electric vehicles are expected to become the next cash cow of South Korean tire maker Kumho Tire Co. thanks to growing EV tire or...

Kia to revive Ray EV to kick start S.Korean city car market

Kia to revive Ray EV to kick start S.Korean city car market

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, aims to revitalize the local city car segment with the reintroduction of an electric version of the ...

S.Korea's Hanon Systems hits 'home run' with heat pump for EVs

S.Korea's Hanon Systems hits 'home run' with heat pump for EVs

Hanon Systems, a leading South Korean maker of automotive thermal management systems, posted surprising results in the second quarter in blowing awa...

KDB girds up for Korean Air-Asiana deal collapse with Plan B

KDB girds up for Korean Air-Asiana deal collapse with Plan B

The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) is looking for alternative options to sell Asiana Airlines Inc. to prepare against a possible collapse of...

HD KSOE wins order for 2 LNG carriers

HD KSOE wins order for 2 LNG carriers

South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) on Thursday said it landed a deal to build two liquefied natural gas (L...

42dot launches its first B2B self-driving shuttle service

42dot launches its first B2B self-driving shuttle service

42Dot, a self-driving technology affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, on Tuesday said it launched a self-driving shuttle at Samsung Mobility Museum in ...

Goyard bags high on SE Asians’ shopping list in S.Korea

Goyard bags high on SE Asians’ shopping list in S.Korea

Goyard outlets in Seoul bustled with shoppers on Friday, especially from Southeast Asia, looking for the French luxury brand’s popular bags: G...

Lotte to open Vietnam's largest shopping mall in Hanoi

Lotte to open Vietnam's largest shopping mall in Hanoi

Lotte Shopping Co., the retail arm of South Korea's fifth-largest conglomerate Lotte Group, announced plans on Thursday to inaugurate its extensive ...

LG Labs opens door to unconventional idea seekers

LG Labs opens door to unconventional idea seekers

South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. has launched LG Labs, a playground for those wanting to test unconventional ideas that ...

Nanotech startup Deepsmartech crowned at D.Day’s July demo day

Nanotech startup Deepsmartech crowned at D.Day’s July demo day

Nanotech startup Deepsmartech celebrated its victory Thursday at July D.Day, held on Jeju Island, a South Korean resort isle poised to become the co...

Poshmark launches Posh Lens with Naver's AI tech

Poshmark launches Posh Lens with Naver's AI tech

South Korea's Naver Corp. announced on Thursday that Poshmark, the US-based social e-commerce C2C (consumer-to-consumer) marketplace, has launched a...

KHNP participates in Australian green cement project

KHNP participates in Australian green cement project

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) will participate in the South Australia green cement transition project, which aims to produce green hydr...

Korea’s trade deficit with China runs deep; chip support required

Korea’s trade deficit with China runs deep; chip support required

Just like its neighboring countries in Asia, South Korea’s economic growth has long been swayed by the ups and downs of China, which heavily r...

Nike to open its 3rd Jordan World of Flight store in Seoul

Nike to open its 3rd Jordan World of Flight store in Seoul

Nike Inc. is set to open its Jordan World of Flight in Seoul, a store dedicated to Jordan brand streetwear and sports shoes, on Wednesday. It will b...

Amorepacific runs events to mark BTS 10th anniversary

Amorepacific runs events to mark BTS 10th anniversary

South Korean beauty and cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. has temporarily opened a staff-only space to BTS fans.  The company’s Seoul h...

CrystalGenomics to supply anti-osteoarthritis drug to Russia for $2 mn

CrystalGenomics to supply anti-osteoarthritis drug to Russia for $2 mn

South Korea's first-generation biopharma venture company CrystalGenomics Inc. on Wednesday said it received a $2 million (2.6 billion won) order fro...

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