Economic strain drives millennials, Gen Z into collectible craze

SHANGHAI – Standing in the rain, lines of people snake along Nanjing Dong Lu, Shanghai’s bustling shopping street, outside a Miniso shop...

Naver, Kurly tie up to counter e-commerce giant Coupang

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. and dawn grocery platform service provider Kurly Inc. have joined forces for a potential stake acquisit...

SillaJen: First to use lab-grown human tissue to find best cancer drug dose

South Korean biotechnology firm SillaJen Inc. is pioneering a new approach to determine the best dose for a cancer drug combination in clinical tria...

Hyundai Motor Group, D.Camp to host startup demo day

Hyundai Motor Group's open innovation platform ZER01NE said on Tuesday it partnered with startup accelerator D.Camp in collaboration with 19 finan...

S.Korean defense firms stand to gain if Harris wins Nov. election

Defense companies will stand to gain the most among South Korean companies if US Vice President Kamala Harris wins the US presidential election next...

Samsung Galaxy AI phones surpass 20 mn units in S. Korea

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Sunday that more than 20 million smartphones in South Korea are now equipped with its Galaxy AI technology, driven...

Samsung, KB Kookmin Card launch IoT credit card

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday it launched an Internet of Things (IoT) credit card in collaboration with KB Kookmin Card. The card us...

Shinsegae, CJ to tie up for product delivery, food launch

Retail-focused Shinsegae Group is set to outsource delivery services and logistics management for its e-commerce platforms such as SSG.COM and Gmark...

South Korea finds massive crude oil, gas prospects in East Sea: Yoon

South Korea, which heavily relies on imports for its energy use, has found a potentially massive reserve of oil and gas offshore close to its southe...

Record $259 bn yet to find investment targets in South Korea

South Koreans parked a record 350 trillion won ($259 billion) in cash-equivalents such as money market funds (MMFs) as they failed to find investmen...

Genesis beats BMW to rival Mercedes in Korea's premium segment

In South Korea, esteemed German auto brands BMW and Mercedes-Benz have for years been the top two brands vying for the hearts of luxury car buyers, ...

Korean startup CEOs away from home lead global expedition

South Korea’s promising startup founders, who normally double as chief executive officers for their companies, are leaving their home turf to ...

Global quest to find modern elixirs enters new chapter

NEW YORK/ BOSTON – Longevity has long been the dream of humankind. China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang was obsessed with finding magic e...

Korea to sell $3.6 bn stake in NXC via private offering

The South Korean government is seeking to sell a 4.71 trillion won ($3.6 billion) stake in gaming giant NXC Corp. via private placement as the autho...

SK Square pauses talks with Qoo10 over 11Street deal

SK Square Co., an investment arm of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has suspended negotiations with Singapore-headquartered e-comme...

South Korea’s SK Earthon discovers crude oil offshore Vietnam

SK Earthon Co., the petroleum exploration and production (E&P) unit of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., said on Thursda...

Mom's Touch Tokyo pop-up store visitors exceed 30,000

South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Friday its pop-up store in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan successfully con...

SK C&C AI diagnostic service checks Doosan Enerbility’s plants

SK C&C, a systems integration affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, on Thursday said it will provide diagnostic services based on generativ...

More Korean FSS retirees find jobs in legal, financial biz

More retirees of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) are snagging new jobs at private companies such as the banks they regulated during their te...

Korea’s smaller firms embrace older, experienced workforce

South Korea’s liquid filtration system developer Neos Corp. has seven employees, all seasoned mechanical and electrical engineers in their 60s...

Korea's superconductor stocks plunge on Nature report

South Korean research team’s LK-99, behind the online sensation following its claim of room-temperature superconductor over the past four week...

Hanatour launches real-time travel info-sharing chat app

South Korea's leading travel agency Hanatour Service Inc. has launched the location-based travel-specialized open chat service app called "Hana Open...

Samsung Electronics opens future tech office in DX Division

Samsung Electronics Co. has conducted an internal reshuffle by opening a future technologies office to discover “non-existent” technolog...

S.Korea's HD Hyundai chairman: We can’t rely on bad profits

Kwon Oh-gap, chairman and co-CEO of South Korea's HD Hyundai Co., has ordered his company not to rely on “bad profits” gained from tempo...

Clinomics releases equipment that quickly finds lung cancer mutations

Clinomics, a South Korean biotech company specializing in liquid biopsies, on Thursday said it developed equipment that can detect four types of l...

Kolon Industries to develop new materials for space exploration

Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, announced on Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) wi...

S.Korean startup Drama & Company introduces AI talent recruiter

Drama & Company, the developer of South Korea’s popular cloud-based business card management app Remember, is readying its next business w...

Find opportunities amid macro uncertainty in 2023: M&G

Markets today are in the midst of a shift as interest rate hikes are nearing their end and economic growth is challenged. Other changes in demogra...

UAE to find $2 bn investment opportunities in S.Korea

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is reviewing $2 billion worth of investment project in South Korea, such energy and information communications techno...

MLB apparel by Korea's F&F finds favor in China

F&F Co., a South Korean outdoor fashion retailer, has notched a success selling US Major League Baseball (MLB) apparel in China. This comes desp...