Korean Air resumes regular staff recruitment for 1st time in 3 years

Korean Air resumes regular staff recruitment for 1st time in 3 years

Korean Air Lines Co. for the first time in three years has resumed regular staff recruitment that was suspended by the COVID-19 pandemic.Airline ind...

Korean PE firm Hahn & Co to sell used-car platform K Car

Korean PE firm Hahn & Co to sell used-car platform K Car

South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. is set to sell a majority stake in local used-car trading platform K Car Co. as its initial public o...

S.Korean corporate debt ratio hits six-year high in Q3

S.Korean corporate debt ratio hits six-year high in Q3

South Korean corporate debt ratio rose to a six-year high in the third quarter as sales growth and profitability fell, darkening the outlook for Asi...

KCC's paint selected as World-Class Product for 14 consecutive years

KCC's paint selected as World-Class Product for 14 consecutive years

South Korea's leading chemical and auto parts supplier KCC Corp. said on Thursday that its anti-rust and anti-fouling paints for ships and ceramics ...

S.Korea rules dumping of polyamide film by China, Thailand, Indonesia

S.Korea rules dumping of polyamide film by China, Thailand, Indonesia

The South Korean government has issued a ruling on the dumping of polyamide film from China, Thailand and Indonesia and aluminum hydroxide from Chin...

Korean stocks with healthy earnings to shine in H2 2023

Korean stocks with healthy earnings to shine in H2 2023

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Securities Co. expected local shares with strong earnings including growth stocks to rally in the second half of nex...

Korean startup Epikar succeeds in attracting series A investment

Korean startup Epikar succeeds in attracting series A investment

Epikar, a car retail digital conversion solution company, said on Thursday that it has succeeded in attracting Series A investment from a number of ...

LG Innotek to unveil parts for EVs, self-driving cars at CES 2023

LG Innotek to unveil parts for EVs, self-driving cars at CES 2023

South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. said on Dec. 15 it will showcase its new products for electric and autonomous vehicle parts at the Consumer Elect...

LG Uplus to debut university-specific metaverse platforms early next year

LG Uplus to debut university-specific metaverse platforms early next year

South Korea's mobile telecom operator LG Uplus said on Thursday that it would introduce a specialized metaverse platform for which all universities ...

S.Korea's golf course market doubles in value over 10 years

S.Korea's golf course market doubles in value over 10 years

The value of South Korea's market golf course market now equals 98.5% of Japan's.The Korea Leisure Industry Institute (KLII) on Thursday released a ...

Korea's 2021 bio sector output $15.4 bn; 5-year annual growth 20%

Korea's 2021 bio sector output $15.4 bn; 5-year annual growth 20%

South Korea's bio industry last year exceeded 20 trillion won ($15.4 billion) in production for the first time and continues to see strong growth.Th...

Shin Hanul revives Korea’s aim to become global nuclear powerhouse

Shin Hanul revives Korea’s aim to become global nuclear powerhouse

  South Korea put a newly built nuclear reactor into full operation on Wednesday to reinforce energy stability, reviving its goal of becoming ...

Shinsegae chairwoman maintains most expensive house in Korea

Shinsegae chairwoman maintains most expensive house in Korea

South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group Chairwoman Lee Myung-hee has maintained the most expensive house for an eighth straight year in South Kore...

SK Biopharm begins clinical trials of wearable device for detecting epilepsy

SK Biopharm begins clinical trials of wearable device for detecting epilepsy

SK Group's new drug development subsidiary SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. will begin clinical trials for a wearable device that can detect and predict ep...

LG Elec to showcase built-in 721-liter refrigerator at CES next month

LG Elec to showcase built-in 721-liter refrigerator at CES next month

LG Electronics said on Wednesday that it will unveil a new large-capacity built-in refrigerator at CES 2023, which will take place in Las Vegas on J...

S. Korea's GI Cell, Japanese partner to study cell therapy for blood cancer

S. Korea's GI Cell, Japanese partner to study cell therapy for blood cancer

South Korea's GI Cell, the cell therapy affiliate of GI Innovation, on Tuesday said it signed an agreement with Optieum Biotechnologies of Japan on ...

S. Korea fosters 30 food tech unicorns within next 5 years

S. Korea fosters 30 food tech unicorns within next 5 years

The Korean government by 2027 seeks to develop 30 food tech unicorns and boost exports in this sector to $2 billion through stronger support for the...

LX International wins conditional approval to acquire HanGlas

LX International wins conditional approval to acquire HanGlas

The Korean Fair Trade Commission said on Monday that it had conditionally approved LX International Corp.'s bid to acquire Hankuk Glass Industries (...

Hyundai Motor Group sells hydrogen fuel cell systems to German firm

Hyundai Motor Group sells hydrogen fuel cell systems to German firm

Hyundai Motor Group will supply a large quantity of hydrogen fuel cell systems to an eco-friendly truck manufacturer in Europe.South Korea's top c...

SK Energy buys stake in subscription car wash service

SK Energy buys stake in subscription car wash service

South Korea is seeing growth in the variety of services for the rising number of eco-friendly electric vehicles (EVs) on the nation's roads.Industry...

KB Financial included in DJSI for 7 consecutive years

KB Financial included in DJSI for 7 consecutive years

KB Financial Group has been included in the 2022 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for seven years in a row announced by Standard & Poor's Gl...

South Korea passes new law making everyone a little younger

South Korea passes new law making everyone a little younger

SEOUL—As the rest of the world ages, South Koreans are getting younger.South Korea’s parliament passed laws Thursday abolishing the trad...

Samsung Galaxy tops list of South Korea's 100 brands

Samsung Galaxy tops list of South Korea's 100 brands

Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy smartphones retained the first place in South Korea’s top-100 brand list for 12 consecutive years, Bran...

IONIQ 5 named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-2023

IONIQ 5 named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-2023

Hyundai Motor Co. on Friday said its electric-powered sport-utility vehicle (SUV) IONIQ 5 was named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-23 by th...

Sulbing opens 1st US store in California in March next year

Sulbing opens 1st US store in California in March next year

South Korean dessert café Sulbing said on Friday that it signed a new master franchise contract to declare its entry into the US market and a...

Jobis&Villains selected as beneficiary of UK venture support program GEP

Jobis&Villains selected as beneficiary of UK venture  support program GEP

South Korea's Jobis & Villains Corp., which operates the tax return service "3o3," announced on Thursday that it has been officially registered ...

KITA sees exponential jump in demand for key minerals within 20 years

KITA sees exponential jump in demand for key minerals within 20 years

Amid the global supply chain crisis and growing trade protectionism by major economies, a study by a major trade body in South Korea says the nation...

Cafe24 signs agreement with CJ Logistics for fulfillment service

Cafe24 signs agreement with CJ Logistics for fulfillment service

South Korea's e-commerce platform Cafe24 said Thursday that it has signed an agreement with CJ Logistics to provide fulfillment services to online s...

S.Korea's fast-food chain Lotteria opens 3rd store in Mongolia

S.Korea's fast-food chain Lotteria opens 3rd store in Mongolia

Lotte GRS, the food affiliate of Lotte Group, said on Thursday that it opened its third Lotteria restaurant in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, last Friday.Lo...

Lotte Department Store hosts Alfie Caine's first solo exhibition in Asia

Lotte Department Store hosts Alfie Caine's first solo exhibition in Asia

Lotte Department Store on Wednesday said it will hold the first solo exhibition in Asia by Alfie Caine, a British artist who is emerging as a star o...

S.Korean game developer Krafton acquires Japan’s ADK for $517 million S.Korea's stablecoin frenzy fuels stock rally despite regulatory uncertainty SK Hynix joins Samsung in 200 trillion won market cap club Samsung on hiring spree to bolster US foundry sales LS Electric poised to join Nvidia's supply chain via Vertiv deal