AEW, Pebblestone buy Korean logistics center for $238 mn

AEW, Pebblestone buy Korean logistics center for $238 mn

Seoul-based Pebblestone Asset Management Co. and US real estate investor AEW Capital Management have completed the acquisition of a logistics ce...

LG Energy's new CEO aims to focus on qualitative growth

LG Energy's new CEO aims to focus on qualitative growth

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, is set to focus on qualitative growth by securing leading ...

Daewoong Pharm set to export Envlo Tab to Russia, CIS

Daewoong Pharm set to export Envlo Tab to Russia, CIS

Daewoong Pharmaceutical, a leading South Korean pharmaceutical company will export its new diabetes drug Envlo Tab. (active ingredient:enavogliflozi...

Renault Korea to equip Tmap Mobility infotainment in new vehicle

Renault Korea to equip Tmap Mobility infotainment in new vehicle

Renault Korea Motors announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for future infotainment collaboration to provide d...

Hanwha Ocean to develop submarine technology to evade detection

Hanwha Ocean to develop submarine technology to evade detection

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. has consecutively secured contracts for naval technology-related vessel research projects. The company recently annou...

Hyundai Motor’s Uniwheel offers new paradigm for future mobility

Hyundai Motor’s Uniwheel offers new paradigm for future mobility

Mobility has evolved at an incredible pace over the years. But there’s one thing that hardly changes – the configuration of the drivetra...

LG Uplus to spur generative AI service for new growth: CEO

LG Uplus to spur generative AI service for new growth: CEO

LG Uplus Corp., a leading mobile carrier in South Korea, is accelerating its generative artificial intelligence business as a new growth driver amid...

EcoPro Materials' Kospi debut draws investors for short-term gains

EcoPro Materials' Kospi debut draws investors for short-term gains

Shares in EcoPro Materials Co., South Korean battery materials maker EcoPro Group’s unit that went public on Nov. 17, are skyrocketing as reta...

Samsung sets up future business planning unit, keeps co-CEO system

Samsung sets up future business planning unit, keeps co-CEO system

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips and smartphones, is creating a new division tasked with working out future ...

L&F to invest $1.9 bn to build key battery materials plants

L&F to invest $1.9 bn to build key battery materials plants

DAEGU, South Korea – L&F Co., South Korea’s major cathode supplier seeking to transform into a comprehensive battery materials produ...

CJ CheilJedang develops microwave-safe coated paper with PHA

CJ CheilJedang develops microwave-safe coated paper with PHA

South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Monday that it developed a compostable coated paper technology using the biodegradable b...

Korea to invest $200 mn in new drugs, vaccines by 2028

Korea to invest $200 mn in new drugs, vaccines by 2028

South Korea’s health ministry will allocate 261.6 billion won ($200.2 million) for two funds over the next four years to boost private sector ...

HD Hyundai wins $72 mn power equipment order in Saudi

HD Hyundai wins $72 mn power equipment order in Saudi

HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical equipment and energy solution company under South Korea’s shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co., has won a...

Lotte Fine to invest $99 mn to up green materials sales by 6 times  

Lotte Fine to invest $99 mn to up green materials sales by 6 times  

Lotte Fine Chemical Co., South Korea’s largest ammonia producer, will spend a total of 129 billion won ($99 million) in an aim to become the w...

Hyundai Motor signs Korea’s largest PPA deal to go carbon neutral

Hyundai Motor signs Korea’s largest PPA deal to go carbon neutral

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Hyundai Engineering & C...

Hyundai to build EV battery pack plant in India by 2025

Hyundai to build EV battery pack plant in India by 2025

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is set to invest 7 billion rupees ($84 million) to build an electric vehicle battery pack assemb...

SK Pharmteco launches new viral vector platforms, key for CGT

SK Pharmteco launches new viral vector platforms, key for CGT

SK Pharmteco Co., South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has recently introduced two...

SK Bioscience to develop 2nd-generation Ebola vaccine

SK Bioscience to develop 2nd-generation Ebola vaccine

South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a business agreement with the international non-profit research organization H...

Webcash to expand Vietnam market with Miracom

Webcash to expand Vietnam market with Miracom

South Korea's Webcash Co. announced on Wednesday that its affiliate Webcash Global signed a strategic business agreement with Miracom Inc. to expand...

Hyundai’s new Tucson: Trendsetter with a taste for futuristic design

Hyundai’s new Tucson: Trendsetter with a taste for futuristic design

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled the facelifted design of its compact sport utility vehicle, the Tucson, whic...

Korean Air, LX Pantos sign SAF business agreement

Korean Air, LX Pantos sign SAF business agreement

Korean Air Lines Co. signed on Monday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) business with LX Pantos Co. This MOU i...

S.Korea sees new record of instant noodle exports

S.Korea sees new record of instant noodle exports

South Korea's exports of ramen exceeded 1 trillion won ($780 million) for the first time. Korean ramen is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year...

LG Elec separates new biz divisions into in-house entities

LG Elec separates new biz divisions into in-house entities

LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, has actively separated new business organizations into independent in-house entities, ...

Korea Inc.’s dividend repatriation soars on new tax breaks

Korea Inc.’s dividend repatriation soars on new tax breaks

Major companies in South Korea, such as affiliates of Samsung, LG and Hyundai Motor Group, are bringing larger amounts of capital back home from abr...

Trafigura to invest in S.Korea’s EV cell materials maker

Trafigura to invest in S.Korea’s EV cell materials maker

Trafigura, a major global commodity trader, is set to invest in a South Korean electric vehicle battery raw materials manufacturer to take advantage...

LG Chem, SNU to jointly develop next-generation material

LG Chem, SNU to jointly develop next-generation material

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. partnered with Seoul National University (SNU) to develop next-generation material technologies, including pivotal materi...

NCSOFT looks beyond MMORPGs to draw young gamers

NCSOFT looks beyond MMORPGs to draw young gamers

South Korea’s major gaming company NCSOFT Corp., known for its cash cow Lineage series, is shifting its focus from multiplayer online role-pla...

Nvidia challenger Sapeon unveils new AI chip for data centers

Nvidia challenger Sapeon unveils new AI chip for data centers

Sapeon Inc., a semiconductor startup backed by South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, on Thursday unveiled a new artificial intel...

SK On, BASF tie up for EV battery materials business

SK On, BASF tie up for EV battery materials business

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, and BASF SE, a major global cell materials producer, joined forces for th...

SK Geo breaks ground on $1.4 bn plastic recycling cluster

SK Geo breaks ground on $1.4 bn plastic recycling cluster

South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. on Wednesday broke ground on a waste plastic recycling complex to transform itself into a green petrochemical...

Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman courts Korean AI startups as Riyadh, Abu Dhabi vie to build tech hubs K Shipbuilding up for sale as Korean shipyards ride new boom Samsung to buy US health tech firm Xealth in digital health push Korean waste management firm Koentec on market for $730 mn US unveils 25% tariffs on S.Korea, sets Aug. 1 deadline for agreement