SK Inc. eyes significant growth in bio business from 2024
SAN FRANCISCO – SK Inc., the investment and holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, expects significant growth in its biopharma...
Capital-impaired SMEs are allowed to participate in government-led R&Ds
Capital-impaired companies can now receive government R&D support as long as they prove their research capabilities.The Ministry of SMEs and Sta...
Hanwha Systems opens UAE branch as core base for Mideast exports
South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. on Thursday opened a branch office in Abu Dubai, the United Arab Emirates in the wake of the company's business gro...
POSCO Chemical moves into activated carbon business
POSCO Chemical Co. will join hands with Dong-Suh Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. to move into the activated carbon business, an eco-friendly material f...
SK Ecoplant looks to enter US battery recycling business: CEO
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering company, will enter the US battery recycling business by investing in promising startups, C...
Hyundai Eng. acquires certifications for nuclear power plant construction
Hyundai Engineering Co. said on Tuesday it has obtained both domestic and foreign quality certifications to start the nuclear power plant EPC (desig...
Pan Ocean to transport energy products for Portugal's Galp
Pan Ocean Co., the top bulk shipping company in South Korea, has received its first large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to provide shipp...
LG Elec to increase partnerships for business expansion
LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliance maker, is seeking more partnerships with global leading companies and increas...
HD Hyundai to boost offshore wind power, future ships, CEO says
LAS VEGAS – HD Hyundai Co., the largest shipbuilding conglomerate in South Korea, is set to diversify its future growth engines, focusing on s...
Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners
Com2verse, Com2uS Corp.'s metaverse subsidiary said on Tuesday that it has secured a strategic investment of 4 billion won ($3.1 million) each from ...
Sejong kicks off private 5G business for exclusive use for industrial safety
Sejong Telecom, Inc. a mid-sized facilities-based telecommunications business and ICT platform company in South Korea, will launch a private 5G bu...
SKC's film business units change their names, start anew
SKC Future Materials and SKC Hi-Tech & Marketing, which had newly been established through the spin-off of SKC's industrial materials division (...
Naver, Kakao to hold off M&As to pursue profits
Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp., South Korea’s two leading online platforms, will put on hold acquisition-oriented growth strategies and instead p...
K-BBQ brand Mapo Galmaegi signs agreement to get halal certification
South Korean food service enterprise Didim E&F said on Monday that its Korean barbecue brand Mapo Galmaegi signed a business agreement with a Ko...
Document tool company Business Canvas secures Series A2 round
Business Canvas, a South Korean SaaS (software as a service) startup that services the global document tool "Typed," announced on Tuesday that it ha...
Korean business chiefs’ Year of the Rabbit messages: Keep investing
South Korea’s top business leaders on the first business day of the year stressed the importance of active investment and concentration of r...
Is semiconductor chip rental doable?: Samsung says yes
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is looking to launch a high-end memory chip rental service as its new business ...
Hilton Seoul to close business for redevelopment project
Millennium Hilton Seoul, founded in 1983, will close down for business on Dec. 31 due to redevelopment plans for the property.The five-star hotel ...
LS Cable abandons round wire to focus on higher-value EV wire
LS Cable & System Ltd. has decided to give up the round wire business to concentrate on higher-value-added products used in electric vehicles (E...
SK Energy expands fusion urban fuel cell business
SK Energy has teamed up with new and renewable energy companies to develop urban distributed power generation and electric vehicle charging.The comp...
Business Survey Index falls for 4th consecutive month
With both exports and domestic spending growing shakier amid the global economic downturn, South Korean business sentiment has taken a backward step...
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group changes its name to HD Hyundai
HD Hyundai held a 50th-anniversary vision declaration ceremony at its Global R&D Center in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on Monday where it annou...
KT signs agreement with O2 Company on smart fish farming
KT Corp., a South Korean telecom giant, plans to advance into the sea farming business.KT said on Sunday it had signed a business agreement with O2 ...
Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee flies to Vietnam for global business
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee embarked on a business trip to Vietnam on Wednesday to attend an opening ceremony for a research and dev...
GS E&C inks deal with AirFirst on industrial gas tech development
GS Engineering & Construction Co. said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with AirFirst to work together in the areas of industrial gas ...
LabGenomics unites with Humanscape on Asia, US genetic testing biz
LabGenomics Co., a molecular diagnostics company, said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with digital healthcare company Humanscape to deve...
KKR to buy 100% stake in SK E&S' Busan City Gas for $561 mn
Private equity giant KKR & Co. is slated to buy a 100% stake in Busan City Gas Co., wholly owned by South Korean energy company SK E&S Co., ...
SK Materials, Arencibia ink MOU on noble gas recycling
SK Materials Airplus Co. announced on Monday that it signed an MOU with US-based Arencibia to prepare to enter the noble gas recycling business.&n...
Technocrats dominate major Korean companies’ leadership
Technocrats dominated the management of South Korea’s top 10 business groups, as technical specialists with deep understanding of business too...
KT to commercialize self-driving robots with startup Neubility
KT said on Friday that it has signed a partnership agreement with Neubility, an outdoor self-driving robot developer, to expand its robot service bu...
