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 ...

Innocean to cooperate domestic EV charging company for marketing

Innocean to cooperate domestic EV charging company for marketing

Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with EV...

Curexo, Kyocera to enter Japan’s artificial joint surgery robot market

Curexo, Kyocera to enter Japan’s artificial joint surgery robot market

South Korea's medical robot company Curexo partnered with Kyocera Corporation to enter the Japanese market for artificial joint surgery robots.Curex...

China, India: Korean investors’ next stock investment targets

China, India: Korean investors’ next stock investment targets

The US stock market has long been the prime investment destination for South Korean investors, lured by the dynamics of the global top economy.With ...

Samsung SDI unveils super-gap battery tech aimed at Chinese market

Samsung SDI unveils super-gap battery tech aimed at Chinese market

South Korea's leading secondary battery maker Samsung SDI Co. is setting its sights on China's battery market with its super-gap solid-state battery...

S.Korea's data market is estimated at $19 bn last year

S.Korea's data market is estimated at $19 bn last year

The size of South Korea's data industry market is expected to exceed 25 trillion won ($18.96 billion) last year.According to the results of a surv...

SK Telecom enters next-generation broadcasting platform market in US

SK Telecom enters next-generation broadcasting platform market in US

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Tuesday that it will sell a next-generation broadcast platform, utilizing mobile edge computing (MEC) technolog...

Samsung competes with Apple on rising non-terrestrial network market

Samsung competes with Apple on rising non-terrestrial network market

The global market for non-terrestrial networks (NTN), or communications systems that use satellites to text and make phone calls even in places wher...

Hyundai launches marketing offensive in China with N brand

Hyundai launches marketing offensive in China with N brand

Hyundai Motor Co. will launch its high-performance vehicle brand Hyundai N in China in the second half of the year as part of its offensive on the r...

Samsung Galaxy may use Bing as default search engine, not Google

Samsung Galaxy may use Bing as default search engine, not Google

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest smartphone maker, is considering switching the default search engine for its Galaxy mobile...

S.Korea's Celltrion Healthcare launches Vegzelma in US

S.Korea's Celltrion Healthcare launches Vegzelma in US

South Korea's Celltrion Healthcare Co. on Monday said it launched on the US market Vegzelma, a biosimilar of Bevacizumab, a medication for colorecta...

Shinsegae supports int'l expansion of S.Korea's promising fashion brands

Shinsegae supports int'l expansion of S.Korea's promising fashion brands

South Korea's Shinsegae Department Store has launched activities to support the overseas expansion of up-and-coming domestic fashion brands. The com...

Indonesia’s slashed EV tax to boost Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 sales

Indonesia’s slashed EV tax to boost Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 sales

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is expected to enhance its presence in Indonesia, which has drastically reduced its value-added ...

S.Korean display companies look to expand business in India with Vedanta

S.Korean display companies look to expand business in India with Vedanta

South Korean display companies try to make breakthrough in new market by entering Indian market.The Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) announ...

Yoon's English School, Thai Edupark to cooperate in local education market

Yoon's English School, Thai Edupark to cooperate in local education market

South Korean English education company, Yoon's English School, has signed a business agreement with Thai education firm, EduPark, to expand its pres...

S.Korea's iNtRON launches halal test kit to target Middle Eastern market

S.Korea's iNtRON launches halal test kit to target Middle Eastern market

South Korean biotech firm iNtRON Biotechnology Inc. is focusing on the Middle Eastern market with the introduction of its "LiliF Halal Real-time PCR...

LS Group' corporate value soars as EV battery market grows

LS Group' corporate value soars as EV battery market grows

LS Corp., a holding company of South Korea's LS Group, has seen its enterprise value swell by nearly 1 trillion won ($760 million) over the past yea...

S.Korea's NHN Commerce acquires domestic cosmetics brand WLab

S.Korea's NHN Commerce acquires domestic cosmetics brand WLab

South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s online shopping platform NHN Commerce announced on Tuesday that it has acquired domestic cosmetics br...

HD Hyundai Infracore targets Middle East and African markets with new brand Develon

HD Hyundai Infracore targets Middle East and African markets with new brand Develon

HD Hyundai Infracore (formerly Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co.), a South Korean construction equipment maker, has ventured into the Middle East and Afr...

Samsung Display poised to supply OLED panels to Ferrari

Samsung Display poised to supply OLED panels to Ferrari

Samsung Display Co. of South Korea is set to supply Ferrari S.p.A. with its automotive organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels, accelerating its ...

Hanwha heir apparent named senior advisor at US energy investor

Hanwha heir apparent named senior advisor at US energy investor

Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan, the heir apparent of the South Korean energy-to-defense conglomerate, has been named a senior advisor at S...

LG tops in market cap gain, beating Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor

LG tops in market cap gain, beating Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor

The total market value of companies under South Korea’s fourth-largest business group LG increased the most in a year, beating out its bigger ...

Korean won at 1-yr low vs yen; end of boon for exporters

Korean won at 1-yr low vs yen; end of boon for exporters

The South Korean won has extended its losses against the yen, with the Japanese currency highly sought after as a safe haven asset in the wobbly fin...

Singapore-based Qoo10 acquires South Korean e-tailer WeMakePrice

Singapore-based Qoo10 acquires South Korean e-tailer WeMakePrice

The Singapore-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 has acquired South Korea's online shopping site WeMakePrice, making Qoo10 fourth in domestic online co...

Investors ready their return to Korean stock market but with bet on declines

Investors ready their return to Korean stock market but with bet on declines

Investors are readying their return to the stock market in South Korea, encouraged by the rosy outlook for secondary battery stocks, but more retail...

FarmHannong's new herbicide enters the Pakistani market

FarmHannong's new herbicide enters the Pakistani market

South Korea's agricultural chemical company FarmHannong Co. announced on Thursday that its new herbicide Terrad'or will enter the Pakistani market. ...

S.Korea's Yanolja Cloud acquires US solution company InSoft

S.Korea's Yanolja Cloud acquires US solution company InSoft

South Korea's Yanolja Cloud announced on Thursday that it has acquired InSoft, a US hospitality solution company, to establish a base for expanding ...

Samsung Galaxy S23 to land in Japan to take on iPhone

Samsung Galaxy S23 to land in Japan to take on iPhone

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, will launch its flagship Galaxy S23 series in Japan later this month to compete wit...

Hyundai Motor wins Newsweek World’s Greatest Auto Disruptors Awards

Hyundai Motor wins Newsweek World’s Greatest Auto Disruptors Awards

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Wednesday that it won two categories at the "World's Greatest Auto Disruptors 2023" awards ceremony by Newsweek, a ...

NongHyup opens office in Vietnam to strengthen K-food exports

NongHyup opens office in Vietnam to strengthen K-food exports

South Korea's NongHyup, or the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, announced on Wednesday that it has opened an office in Vietnam with pla...

Shinsegae chair tapped to head Asian arm of pro-Trump Rockbridge S.Korea’s leading ERP player Douzone Bizon up for sale; EQT Partners in talks MSCI maintains S.Korea’s emerging-market status; level playing field required GEPS taps former KB Asset chief risk officer as new CIO Affinity Equity nets $220 mn from block sale of Shinhan Financial