LS Electric to unveil eco-friendly smart energy techs in Vietnam
South Korea's LS Electric Co. announced on Monday its participation in the highly anticipated "Electric Energy Show 2023" to be held in Hanoi, Vietn...
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....
Hansae: Hidden Korean champion in global OEM apparel market
Hansae is an unfamiliar name to many South Koreans for sure.But among original equipment manufacturing (OEM) companies in the apparel industry, Hans...
Three S.Korean poets invited to European Int'l Poetry Festival
The European International Poetry Festival "Europa in versi" will be held in Como, a lake city near Milan, Italy, from May 19 to 21.Thirteen poets f...
CJ CheilJedang plans to globalize Korean street food
South Korea's food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is set to launch a range of Korean street food as new products, aiming for global expansion. The compa...
Samsung to invest $221 mn to build R&D chip line in Japan: Nikkei
Samsung Electronics Co. will build a prototype chip production facility in Japan for 30 billion yen ($221 million) to develop next-generation back-e...
YG’s new girl group lifts stock price to decade high
YG Entertainment Inc., the K-pop label behind global sensation Blackpink, saw its stock hitting the highest point in more than 10 years as a new gro...
Nexon beats major Korean rivals with China market, PC games
Gaming giant Nexon Co. is dwarfing major South Korean rivals thanks to its success in China and PC titles.Nexon, a South Korean-Japanese game publis...
Doosan begins pre-IPO funding round for US fuel cell unit HyAxiom
Doosan Corp., the holding company of South Korean plant-to-machinery conglomerate Doosan Group, is slated to attract $200 million for its hydrogen f...
Does Google Bard in Korean pose any risk to Naver, Kakao?
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – Global tech giant Google on Wednesday unveiled an upgraded version of Bard, its generative artificial intelligence...
LG Electronics' German affiliate gets partner for vehicle front development
ZKW Group of Germany, an automotive lighting and headlight affiliate of LG Electronics Inc., on Thursday said it signed a memorandum of understandin...
S.Korean growth outlook dims on increased trade deficit
South Korea’s exports are on course to drop for the eighth consecutive month as they declined in the first 10 days of May, data showed on Thur...
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 to invest $2.6 bn in quantum technology by 2035
South Korea will spend 3.5 trillion won ($2.6 billion) on quantum science and technology development by 2035 in partnership with the country’s...
KGC promotes S.Korean top red ginseng brand CheongKwanJang in China
Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp. , announced on Thursday its participation in the "2023 TFWA Wor...
CJ Logistics to establish global distribution center in Saudi Arabia
South Korea's CJ Logistics unveiled plans on Thursday to construct a Global Distribution Center (GDC) in Saudi Arabia, a burgeoning logistics hub in...
Terra co-founder Do Kwon’s $177 million assets in Korea under seizure
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, the mastermind behind the Terra-Luna cryptocurrency collapse, has had most of his assets in South Korea frozen, a...
Slowing economy slams S.Korean retailers; outlook dim
South Korean major retailers are suffering from a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy, adding to concerns about weaker earnings in the c...
US eyes new rules for Samsung, SK to bring chip machines to China
The US government is considering establishing new rules for South Korea’s chipmakers to import advanced equipment to China to upgrade their fa...
K-beef targets global halal market through exports to Malaysia
Korean beef is making its entry into the global halal food market, starting with Malaysia. South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affa...
Mirae Asset Securities joins Singapore Exchange's trading membership
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities has made history as the first Korean financial investment firm to join the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) trading...
S.Korea’s chronic disease: Decline in youth employment
The number of young workers in South Korea fell for a sixth straight month in April to its lowest point in more than two years, deepening concerns t...
Korean shipyards to benefit from record LNG carrier prices
South Korean shipbuilders are expected to benefit from record liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier prices while bagging more orders for new vessels d...
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 ...
GS E&C apologizes for collapse of apartment parking lot
GS Engineering & Construction Co. made an official apology on Tuesday for the collapse of a structure in an underground parking lot of a new apa...
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...
Celltrion drops bid to acquire Baxter’s biopharm unit
Celltrion Inc. announced on Tuesday it has decided not to pursue the acquisition of the biopharmaceutical unit of U.S. medical device maker Baxter I...
Leeum's enduring charm to foreign VIPs
On a shiny Monday morning, the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art nestled on the slope of Mt. Namsan in a quiet Hannam neighborhood in Seoul was flanked b...
S.Korean gov't proposes nuclear power plant cooperation to Hungary
South Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang discussed ways to strengthen industrial and trade cooperation with Lászl&o...
Korean app market One Store to raise $151 mn for Kiwoom's exit
One Store Co., a South Korean homegrown app store, is slated to attract more than 200 billion won ($151.3 million) as its 100 billion won loan, whic...
