POSCO Int'l's pharmaceutical biz in Sudan attains No. 2 market ranking

POSCO Int'l's pharmaceutical biz in Sudan attains No. 2 market ranking

A pharmaceutical company in Sudan set up by South Korea's POSCO International to find business opportunities in and make social contributions to the...

AIMMED’s Somzz ushers in digital therapeutic device market in Korea

AIMMED’s Somzz ushers in digital therapeutic device market in Korea

South Korea’s health and drug safety authority has cleared Somzz to treat patients with sleep disorders, a dynamic move that is expected to vi...

S.Korea's extended reality sector forms industry convergence alliance

S.Korea's extended reality sector forms industry convergence alliance

The Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a convergence alliance of the domestic exte...

Celltrion's Truxima shows safety, efficacy in post-marketing study

Celltrion's Truxima shows safety, efficacy in post-marketing study

South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. reported on Wednesday that its biosimilar drug Truxima (rituximab), a generic version of Roche...

SK Biopharm holds sales meeting for marketing Cenobamate in US

SK Biopharm holds sales meeting for marketing Cenobamate in US

On Wednesday, SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. announced that its US subsidiary, SK Life Sciences Inc., held a "National Sales Meeting" in San Diego. The p...

LG Innotek targets XR device market with new substrate

LG Innotek targets XR device market with new substrate

South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. aims to lead the market for components of the extended reality (XR) device industry, which is expected to surge b...

S.Korean shipbuilders rule world’s eco-friendly vessel market

S.Korean shipbuilders rule world’s eco-friendly vessel market

South Korea’s shipbuilders have won more than half of the orders to build eco-friendly vessels so this year based on advanced technology to do...

Korea's Dongsuh to rival Nestle in local capsule coffee market

Korea's Dongsuh to rival Nestle in local capsule coffee market

South Korea’s No.1 instant coffee maker Dongsuh Foods Corp. is set to rival global food and beverage giant Nestle in the local capsule coffee ...

LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China

LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. for the second straight year was No. 1 on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries excluding Chin...

Hanjin converts Indonesian representative office to corporation

Hanjin converts Indonesian representative office to corporation

Hanjin Transportation said Tuesday that it had converted its representative office in Jakarta, Indonesia, into a corporation last month to strengthe...

SK Plasma, Janssen Korea sign sales, distribution agreement

SK Plasma, Janssen Korea sign sales, distribution agreement

SK Plasma Co. Ltd., a South Korean company specializing in the production of plasma derivatives from human plasma, is expanding its product portfoli...

S.Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis drops IPO on weak demand

S.Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis drops IPO on weak demand

Oasis Corp., a South Korean grocery delivery platform, decided to withdraw its local initial public offering plan on Feb. 13 amid tepid interest fro...

Korean builders to ramp up overseas business in 2023

Korean builders to ramp up overseas business in 2023

Major South Korean construction firms are set to expand their overseas business while reducing domestic projects this year to boost profitability. T...

GC Biopharma, Sanofi to jointly market Plavix

GC Biopharma, Sanofi to jointly market Plavix

GC Biopharma Co. (formerly Green Cross Corp.) said on Monday it has entered into a joint sales partnership with Sanofi-Aventis Korea, the South Kore...

Zigbang signs agreement with Saudi's National Housing Company

Zigbang signs agreement with Saudi's National Housing Company

On Monday, South Korean proptech company Zigbang announced a partnership with Saudi Arabia's National Housing Company with the goal of digitalizing ...

Hancom goes global with SDK, SaaS products

Hancom goes global with SDK, SaaS products

South Korea’s homegrown office suite developer Hancom Inc. will seek to boost its brand awareness in the global B2B software market with softw...

Aekyung Chemical to expand surfactant plant in Vietnam

Aekyung Chemical to expand surfactant plant in Vietnam

Aekyung Chemical plans to expand its surfactant plant in Vietnam, with the aim of targeting global markets in Southeast Asia, the company said on Fr...

Korean listed firms’ Q4 results miss forecast by big margin

Korean listed firms’ Q4 results miss forecast by big margin

Weak demand from a global economic slump took a big toll on South Korean companies in the fourth quarter of last year, making many of them miss earn...

S.Korea’s love of luxury ushers in 3rd wave of bling boom

S.Korea’s love of luxury ushers in 3rd wave of bling boom

Global luxury brands from Louis Vuitton to Chanel and Thom Browne are readying themselves for a third wave of the luxury boom in South Korea, where ...

S.Korean firms showcase hydrogen offerings in United States

S.Korean firms showcase hydrogen offerings in United States

South Korean energy ministry and major Korean companies including Hyundai Motor Co., SK E&S, and Korea Zinc Co. participated in the Hydrogen &am...

Philip Morris aims to top Korea's heated-tobacco market with Iluma

Philip Morris aims to top Korea's heated-tobacco market with Iluma

Philip Morris International Inc., a major US tobacco maker, aims to regain the throne in South Korea's competitive heat-not-burn cigarette market wi...

Binance acquires majority stake in S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax

Binance acquires majority stake in S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax

Binance, the leading cryptocurrency exchange globally, has acquired a majority stake in South Korea's Gopax by purchasing CEO Lee Joon-haeng's 41.2%...

Individual investors in S.Korea betting on stock market's decline

Individual investors in S.Korea betting on stock market's decline

Despite South Korea's Kosdaq stock market growing this month following the "January rally," individual investors in the country are still betting on...

CJ Olive Young faces discipline for abuse of power with suppliers

CJ Olive Young faces discipline for abuse of power with suppliers

CJ Olive Young Co., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, will face punishment by the country’s antitrust regulator for abuse of power o...

LG makes big B2B push to regain momentum, boost profits: CEO

LG makes big B2B push to regain momentum, boost profits: CEO

South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. is stepping up efforts to enhance its presence in the global business-to-business marke...

Korea EV battery makers lose market share against Chinese rivals

Korea EV battery makers lose market share against Chinese rivals

South Korean electric vehicle cell makers lost a market share against Chinese competitors last year as they failed to fully benefit from a surge in ...

Humasis participates Dubai MEDLAB Middle East 2023

Humasis participates Dubai MEDLAB Middle East 2023

South Korean medical devices maker, Humasis Co., is participating in the MEDLAB Middle East 2023 event taking place at the Dubai World Trade Center ...

Coreline Soft to supply AI diagnosis solution to France

Coreline Soft to supply AI diagnosis solution to France

Coreline Soft, a South Korean company specializing in developing medical artificial intelligence (AI) devices, said on Tuesday that it has signed an...

S.Korean biotech firm Genesystem to bring molecular testing to India

S.Korean biotech firm Genesystem to bring molecular testing to India

Genesystem, a South Korean biotech firm specializing in on-site molecular testing platforms, announced on Tuesday its entry into the Indian market t...

Samsung’s Lee may ramp up investment in QD-OLED panels

Samsung’s Lee may ramp up investment in QD-OLED panels

Samsung Electronics Co. may ramp up its investment in screen panel affiliate Samsung Display Co. to meet growing demand for next-generation quantum ...

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