Yanolja teams up with SE Asia's largest travel platform

Yanolja teams up with SE Asia's largest travel platform

South Korea's tourism platform unicorn Yanolja announced on Monday that it will expand its overseas travel services by linking with Traveloka, a ren...

S.Korea's Tada ride-hailing app introduces English service for foreigners

S.Korea's Tada ride-hailing app introduces English service for foreigners

South Korean ride-hailing platform TADA, operated by VCNC, announced on Thursday the introduction of an English language service to its app, in a mo...

South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator applies AI to boost customer convenience

South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator applies AI to boost customer convenience

"Miri is a leading example of digital transformation in the elevator sector that raises a notch service speed and customer convenience. Let’s ...

S.Korea opens logistics center at Surabaya port, Indonesia

S.Korea opens logistics center at Surabaya port, Indonesia

South Korea said it opened a logistics center at a port in Surabaya, Indonesia, to support exports to Southeast Asia’s top economy.The Ministr...

Hyundai E&C to develop future residential model All Life-care House

Hyundai E&C to develop future residential model All Life-care House

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) has announced plans to create a future residential model, the All Life-care H...

Kia unveils European-style EV9

Kia unveils European-style EV9

Kia Corp. is consolidating its status as an electrification frontrunner in Europe with the unveiling of the EV9, its inaugural large domestic electr...

Hyundai Glovis wins certification for lithium battery air transport

Hyundai Glovis wins certification for lithium battery air transport

South Korea's logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. has obtained international certification for specialized transportation, demonstrating its expert...

LG Electronics blocks access to generative AI in company

LG Electronics blocks access to generative AI in company

LG Electronics Inc. has decided to block access to generative AI services through its intranet. Industry sources said on Friday, LG Electroni...

Samsung Electronics opens online pet care store

Samsung Electronics opens online pet care store

Samsung Electronics Co. has entered the expanding pet care market with the launch of its Pet Care Store on its official website, according to a stat...

Mercedes Korea executive promoted as US customer service chief

Mercedes Korea executive promoted as US customer service chief

Kim Jee-seop, former vice president of the customer service department at Mercedes-Benz Korea, has been promoted to oversee the German automaker&rsq...

Kakao Mobility uses self-driving vehicles to transport cargo

Kakao Mobility uses self-driving vehicles to transport cargo

South Korea’s transportation company Kakao Mobility has launched a project in the nation's fourth-largest city of Daegu to transport people an...

Naver’s search engine dominance under siege as Google, MS advance

Naver’s search engine dominance under siege as Google, MS advance

South Korea’s online portal Naver Corp., the undisputed search engine leader in the domestic market for decades, is under siege as global Big ...

SpaceX pushes back Starlink's S.Korea launch to Q4

SpaceX pushes back Starlink's S.Korea launch to Q4

Starlink, low-orbit satellite internet constellation operated by the US aerospace company SpaceX, has delayed the launch of its South Korean service...

Hanatour unveils ChatGPT-based travel information service

Hanatour unveils ChatGPT-based travel information service

Hanatour Service Inc. announced on Friday the introduction of its beta service, "Travel Information AI," on Friday. The service utilizes artificial ...

Kakao migrates global webtoon service environment to Google Cloud

Kakao migrates global webtoon service environment to Google Cloud

South Korea's Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. is joining forces with Google Cloud to glob...

Samsung SDS bolsters Cello Square with tech upgrades, global push

 Samsung SDS bolsters Cello Square with tech upgrades, global push

Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit under Samsung Group, has upgraded its digital forwarding freight service platform to bring ...

Korea's E-Mart shares tumble despite push for profitability

Korea's E-Mart shares tumble despite push for profitability

South Korea’s largest hypermarket chain E-Mart Inc., a unit of a local retail giant Shinsegae Group, suffered a drop in its share prices to a ...

S.Korea's top 3 telecom companies boost pet-related services

S.Korea's top 3 telecom companies boost pet-related services

South Korea's top three telecommunication companies are expanding their pet-related services to attract as customers the estimated 15 million owners...

Hyundai Wia starts to produce coolant hub module

Hyundai Wia starts to produce coolant hub module

Hyundai Wia Corp., an auto parts unit of Hyundai Motor Group, is making a full-scale entry into the market for electric vehicle thermal management s...

HL Holdings, Veluga Brewery to digitalize Korean liquor market

HL Holdings, Veluga Brewery to digitalize Korean liquor market

HL Holdings Corp., a major South Korean automotive parts logistics specialist with a three-decade history, has joined hands with Veluga Brewery Inc....

KT pursues digitalization of health care with ezCaretech

KT pursues digitalization of health care with ezCaretech

South Korea's KT Corp. on Friday said it will jointly enter the health care sector with electronics health records company ezCaretech.Both companies...

CJ ENM’s OTT platform TVing: White elephant or new cash cow?

CJ ENM’s OTT platform TVing: White elephant or new cash cow?

CJ ENM Co. is the undisputed No. 1 movie producer and distributor in South Korea, having sponsored numerous awards-wining films such as “Paras...

Kia, Kakao Mobility to jointly develop PBV for ride-hailing

Kia, Kakao Mobility to jointly develop PBV for ride-hailing

Kia Corp. and Kakao Mobility announced on Friday that they have signed the previous day a memorandum of understanding for the development of a purpo...

Korean KT Cloud to raise $452 mn from IMM via rights offering

Korean KT Cloud to raise $452 mn from IMM via rights offering

KT Cloud Corp., a subsidiary of South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp., is set to raise 600 billion won ($452 million) from a unit of Seoul-base...

S.Korea in March posts first current account surplus in 3 months

S.Korea in March posts first current account surplus in 3 months

South Korea in March posted a current account surplus for the first time this year thanks to a surge in the dividend account that offset continuous ...

CJ Olive Young targets Japanese sun care products market

CJ Olive Young targets Japanese sun care products market

Round A'round, South Korea's top beauty chain CJ Olive Young's own cosmetic brand, announced on Thursday that its popular sun care item "Greentea Ci...

Coupang reports third profitable quarter in a row

Coupang reports third profitable quarter in a row

South Korea’s Coupang Inc. on Wednesday reported three quarters of consecutive profits, calming investors' concerns about its cumulative ...

S.Korean kitchen robot startup Wave attracts $3 mn investment

S.Korean kitchen robot startup Wave attracts $3 mn investment

South Korea's kitchen robot startup Wave Lifestyle Technologies announced on Tuesday that it has raised a Series A1 investment of 4 billion won ($3 ...

Korean Air to launch in-flight wi-fi service for int'l routes

Korean Air to launch in-flight wi-fi service for int'l routes

Korean Air Lines Co. announced on Tuesday that it will begin in-flight wi-fi service on selected international routes starting from June 1.Korean Ai...

Samsung, LG step up competition for smart TV content

Samsung, LG step up competition for smart TV content

The world’s two largest TV makers Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are scrambling to boost their smart TV content to make up fo...

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