Korea emerges as growth market, design hub for global brands

Korea emerges as growth market, design hub for global brands

Global fashion and luxury goods brands are opening directly managed stores in South Korea, one of their growth markets, ending their decades-long re...

LG Group manages ESG information like financial data

LG Group manages ESG information like financial data

LG Group has decided to manage environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management activities as if they were financial data. The aim is to provi...

Korea’s exports down for 11th month in August but at slower pace

Korea’s exports down for 11th month in August but at slower pace

South Korea’s exports shrank last month for 11 consecutive months but signs of a recovery in demand for the country’s mainstay export it...

Duty-free shops in Jeju welcome return of Chinese cruise tourism

Duty-free shops in Jeju welcome return of Chinese cruise tourism

For the first time since Beijing lifted restrictions on group tourism to South Korea, Chinese cruise tourists have flocked to Jeju Island's duty-fre...

Hyundai Engineering to produce offshore wind power on Chuja Islands

Hyundai Engineering to produce offshore wind power on Chuja Islands

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering on Thursday said it signed the day before a memorandum of understanding with Equinor Korea, LG Chem Ltd., PO...

NewJeans selected as global ambassador for Pepero

NewJeans selected as global ambassador for Pepero

Lotte Wellfood announced on Friday that it has appointed K-pop girl group NewJeans as the global ambassador for its iconic snack brand, Pepero. Know...

Discovery in S.Korea promises dieting without limits on eating

Discovery in S.Korea promises dieting without limits on eating

A drug candidate in South Korea could allow people seeking to lose weight to eat to their heart's content.The Center for Cognition and Sociality of ...

Corning produces ultra-thin bendable glass in Korea

Corning produces ultra-thin bendable glass in Korea

Corning Inc. has built its first integrated supply chain to produce next-generation, ultra-thin bendable glass in South Korea, where it plans to inv...

Mirae Asset seeks to buy India’s 9th-largest brokerage Sharekhan

Mirae Asset seeks to buy India’s 9th-largest brokerage Sharekhan

South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group aims to enhance its presence in India by acquiring Sharekhan, the Southeast As...

Korea’s July factory output slows at fastest pace since February

Korea’s July factory output slows at fastest pace since February

South Korea’s factory output contracted at the fastest rate in six months last month on subdued global demand especially from China, while its...

SK Group commemorates chairman's 25th year since inauguration

SK Group commemorates chairman's 25th year since inauguration

SK Group, South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate, will commemorate the 25th anniversary of Chey Tae-won’s inauguration as chairman on Sept. 1....

Samsung’s connectivity vs. LG’s sustainability at IFA 2023

Samsung’s connectivity vs. LG’s sustainability at IFA 2023

BERLIN – South Korea’s household names in home electronics are set to show off their high-tech home electronics boasting upgraded connec...

S.Korea’s Coreline Soft teams up with HCK of Switzerland

S.Korea’s Coreline Soft teams up with HCK of Switzerland

South Korea's Coreline Soft, a maker of artificial intelligence (AI)-based imaging diagnostic materials, on Wednesday said it will sell its chest di...

Hyundai Steel's offshore wind power plant gets int’l certification

Hyundai Steel's offshore wind power plant gets int’l certification

South Korea’s Hyundai Steel on Wednesday said its Ulsan Factory 2 in the southern coastal city of Ulsan received certification as an offshore ...

Kim Young-shub, ex-LG CNS chief, to lead Korea’s telecom giant KT

Kim Young-shub, ex-LG CNS chief, to lead Korea’s telecom giant KT

Kim Young-shub, former chief executive of information technology service provider LG CNS Co., has been named to head South Korea’s leading tel...

S.Korea’s birth rate at record low despite rebound in marriages

S.Korea’s birth rate at record low despite rebound in marriages

South Korea’s total fertility rate hit its trough of 0.7 again in the second quarter, according to Statistics Korea on Wednesday, deepening th...

Hyundai to invest $398 mn in Korea Zinc for battery materials

Hyundai to invest $398 mn in Korea Zinc for battery materials

Hyundai Motor Group, the global No. 3 automaker, is set to invest $398 million in Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s top lead and zinc smelter, for ...

Foreign visitors to S.Korea in July surpass 1 mn post-COVID-19

Foreign visitors to S.Korea in July surpass 1 mn post-COVID-19

The number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea has exceeded 1 million in a month for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19. According t...

S.Korea to invest in Korean-owned overseas startups

S.Korea to invest in Korean-owned overseas startups

South Korea will expand startup nurturing programs into overseas venture companies launched by Koreans from next year as the country is stepping up ...

New, restyled models intensify SUV battle in S.Korea

New, restyled models intensify SUV battle in S.Korea

Global automakers are racing to release new and restyled sport utility vehicles in South Korea, intensifying the battle to dominate the biggest auto...

Korea's HMM bidders shortlisted to LX Group, Harim, Dongwon

Korea's HMM bidders shortlisted to LX Group, Harim, Dongwon

Bidders for HMM Co., South Korea’s top shipping company, have been shortlisted to LX Group, Harim Co. and Dongwon Industries Co., according to...

France’s new EV subsidy bill may violate Korea-EU FTA: KITA

France’s new EV subsidy bill may violate Korea-EU FTA: KITA

The South Korean auto industry has called for an amendment in France’s new subsidy policy for electric vehicle purchases after voicing concern...

Hyundai E&C ranks 11th on global construction market

Hyundai E&C ranks 11th on global construction market

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction on Tuesday said it ranks 11th in the world in overseas sales in the annual rankings of ...

S.Korea to develop ultra-low-power AI chips by 2030

S.Korea to develop ultra-low-power AI chips by 2030

South Korea will develop artificial intelligence (AI) chips by 2030 able to perform more than 10 trillion operations per second, while consuming ver...

Doosan to provide logistics automation solutions to Nike Korea

Doosan to provide logistics automation solutions to Nike Korea

Doosan Logistics Solutions Co. (DLS), a South Korean system integrator that provides turnkey solutions, announced on Tuesday that it has won Nike ...

Dongkook Lifescience, Veolia team up for energy efficiency initiatives

Dongkook Lifescience, Veolia team up for energy efficiency initiatives

Dongkook Lifescience Co., established through a spin-off from Dongkook Pharmaceutical Co. in May 2017, announced on Tuesday that it has entered into...

Gucci cedes throne to Chanel in Korean used luxury market

Gucci cedes throne to Chanel in Korean used luxury market

Italian luxury brand Gucci gave up the throne to French fashion powerhouse Chanel in the South Korean used designer goods market as more customers a...

K-pop rookies, fresh boost for Korean entertainment stocks

K-pop rookies, fresh boost for Korean entertainment stocks

South Korea’s entertainment stocks are poised to rally as K-pop newbies gain momemtum, attracting not only global music fans but also investor...

S.Korea exports Hanwoo beef to Cambodia for 1st time

S.Korea exports Hanwoo beef to Cambodia for 1st time

The premium Korean beef Hanwoo was exported to Cambodia on Monday for the first time, marking the culmination of eight years of quarantine negotiati...

S.Korea's Kumho HT to set up local subsidiary in India

S.Korea's Kumho HT to set up local subsidiary in India

South Korea's automotive lighting device maker Kumho HT, Inc. announced on Monday its strategy to set up an India corporation, capitalizing on the b...

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