SK Telecom to team up with Singapore's Singtel for metaverse venture

SK Telecom to team up with Singapore's Singtel for metaverse venture

SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore's top telecom provider Singtel Group on joint business o...

CJ CheilJedang sells 3 million units of vegan food just 10 months after launch

CJ CheilJedang  sells 3 million units of vegan food just 10 months after launch

The plant-based food brand PlantTable of Korean food and biotech giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. has seen three million units in cumulative sales since i...

UK grants de facto approval of Korean Air's Asiana takeover

UK grants de facto approval of Korean Air's Asiana takeover

The UK's top watchdog for market competition on Monday accepted corrective measures submitted by Korean Air Lines Co. on its proposed takeover of As...

Sandbox Network pursues corporate restructuring to dig out of red

Sandbox Network pursues corporate restructuring to dig out of red

Sandbox Network, Inc. announced on Sunday that it will go through corporate restructuring and encourage employees to voluntarily resign, hit by cont...

Kia sells 15 million units in Korea over past 60 years

Kia sells 15 million units in Korea over past 60 years

Kia Corp. has sold its 15 million units on the domestic market since releasing its first vehicle six decades ago in 1962.The company on Monday said ...

Vietnam to get its first Korean-style industrial complex

Vietnam to get its first Korean-style industrial complex

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday for Vietnam's first Korean-style industrial complex, to be built in the country's northern Hung Yen Provin...

SK expands sustainable food biz with $7.5 mn US investment

SK expands sustainable food biz with $7.5 mn US investment

SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has expanded its sustainable food business by investing in a US-bas...

LG HelloVision, S-1 to jointly enter home security market

LG HelloVision, S-1 to jointly enter home security market

South Korea's cable TV provider LG HelloVision and security company S-1 Corp.  announced they will jointly develop a home-based platform using ...

Hyundai E&C creates world's first children's playground using 3D printing

Hyundai E&C creates world's first children's playground using 3D printing

Hyundai Engineering & Construction said on Thursday it has installed children's playground equipment it made using 3D printing technology at Hil...

Hanwha Q CELLS to join EU project for cutting-edge solar batteries

Hanwha Q CELLS to join EU project for cutting-edge solar batteries

Hanwha Q CELLS Co. on Thursday said it will join an R&D project for next-generation solar cells that has received 15 million euros (around 20 bi...

Mezzion Pharma to try again for US FDA approval of drug

Mezzion Pharma to try again for US FDA approval of drug

South Korea's Mezzion Pharma will seek to get the oral medicine Udenafil to treat side effects from heart surgery, planning to clinical trials in th...

Samsung SDS records record-high share of overseas sales of 71%

Samsung SDS records record-high share of overseas sales of 71%

The overseas sales of South Korea's Samsung SDS comprises 71% of overall revenue, the highest rate since the company launched its business process o...

Kumho Petrochemical to recycle plastic waste with French partner

Kumho Petrochemical to recycle plastic waste with French partner

Kumho Petrochemical on Tuesday said it has concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with French engineering service provider Technip Energies...

KEPCO turns from bonds to banks for money on govt plans

KEPCO turns from bonds to banks for money on govt plans

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is set to raise 600 billion won ($442 million) from a local bank in a plan to seek loans to secure money instead ...

KEB Hana secures 6% stake in Onmind, part of SK Square's porfolio

KEB Hana secures 6% stake in Onmind, part of SK Square's porfolio

SK Square Co. announced on Monday that Onmind Inc., one of its portfolio companies, raised 2 billion won ($1.5 million) from KEB Hana Bank. The...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Postech to develop materials, parts talent

Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Postech to develop materials, parts talent

Samsung Electro-Mechanics on Sunday said it has teamed up with Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech) to develop outstanding human re...

Daol Investment seeks to sell Thai subsidiary, eyes $75 mn in proceeds

Daol Investment seeks to sell Thai subsidiary, eyes $75 mn in proceeds

South Korea’s Daol Investment & Securities Co. plans to sell a controlling stake in its Thai subsidiary, Daol Thailand PCL, as part of its...

KOGAS to sell $745 mn in hybrid securities despite jittery

KOGAS to sell $745 mn in hybrid securities despite jittery

The state-run Korea Gas Corp. is set to raise some 1 trillion won ($745 million) by issuing hybrid securities to lower its debt ratio although the d...

SK On, Korean colleges to conduct R&D of next-generation batteries

SK On, Korean colleges to conduct R&D of next-generation batteries

South Korean battery maker SK On has raised its research and development (R&D) capacity in next-generation cells by joining forces with the dome...

Mobility startup Poen takes first place at Geeks Show Up event in Jeju

Mobility startup Poen takes first place at Geeks Show Up event in Jeju

South Korea’s mobility startup Poen secured first place at the first-ever Geeks Show Up on Nov. 17, a demo day hosted by The Korea Economic Da...

BKT thrives as lone Korean wastewater treatment provider in US

BKT thrives as lone Korean wastewater treatment provider in US

South Korean water treatment provider Bukang Tech(BKT) on Wednesday said it earned a contract to build a wastewater treatment facility in the US sta...

Korea LIG Nex1 to enjoy record earnings on missile exports

Korea LIG Nex1 to enjoy record earnings on missile exports

LIG Nex1 Co., a leading South Korean defense company, is expected to see record earnings this year on strong missile exports, helping its shares sur...

South Korea's economic bodies urge revision of US Inflation Reduction Act

South Korea's economic bodies urge revision of US Inflation Reduction Act

Six leading economic organizations in South Korea have sent a joint letter to the US government and Congress requesting revision of the US Inflation...

South Korea's DL E&C wins 1st petrochemical plant order in US

South Korea's DL E&C wins 1st petrochemical plant order in US

South Korean construction company DL E&C has landed its first contract to build a petrochemical plant in the US.The company on Thursday said it ...

South Korea's listed companies suffer 26% drop in operating profit in Q3

South Korea's listed companies suffer 26% drop in operating profit in Q3

South Korea's companies listed on the main stock exchange Kospi in this year's third quarter saw operating profit drop 26% from the same period last...

Taihan Cable wins $24 million deal to build power grid in California

Taihan Cable wins $24 million deal to build power grid in California

Taihan Cable & Solution Co., a South Korean electric wire maker, said on Wednesday it has won a $24 million deal to build a power grid in the US...

SK Geo Centric to build Asia's biggest advanced recycling plant with British partner

SK Geo Centric to build Asia's biggest advanced recycling plant with British partner

South Korea's SK Geo Centric, the green chemical subsidiary of SK Innovation, will build Asia's largest advanced recycling (pyrolysis) plant in the ...

LG Electronics rolls out cutting-edge mini-LED monitor for surgery

LG Electronics rolls out cutting-edge mini-LED monitor for surgery

LG Electronics on Tuesday said it has unveiled its new mini-LED monitor for surgery at this year's Medica, the world's largest trade exhibition for ...

GS Caltex to enter carbon capture, utilization and storage sector

GS Caltex to enter carbon capture, utilization and storage sector

South Korea's oil refining and energy giant GS Caltex has teamed up with leading domestic companies in their respective fields to enter the carbon c...

UK regulator flags concerns over Korean Air-Asiana merger

UK regulator flags concerns over Korean Air-Asiana merger

The British antitrust watchdog raised concerns over the impact on competition of the proposed merger between South Korea’s two largest carrier...

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