Hyundai, Kia outperform competitors in US in Q1
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., automaking units of Hyundai Motor Group, logged a smaller decline in US car sales than their global competitors in ...
KT, NHN launch cloud subsidiaries
South Korea’s second-largest wireless carrier KT Corp. launched a cloud computing subsidiary on Friday. Cloud computing is the on-demand ...
SaaS provider Clika wants to lead S. Korea's MLOps market
The wider adoption of artificial intelligence around the globe calls for more data in the form of high quality photos, videos, and text. With t...
SK Bioscience seeks multi-billion-dollar M&As, eyes gene therapy sector
SK Bioscience Co., the biopharmaceutical unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is seeking multi-billion-dollar mergers and acquisitions to expand it...
EDGC enters US procurement market with medical supplies
Eone Diagnomics Genome Center Co. (EDGC), a South Korean healthcare firm specializing in genetic analysis technology, is set to enter the US governm...
Samsung to work with Western Digital on next-gen storage technology
Samsung Electronics Co. and Western Digital Technologies Inc. announced Wednesday the two parties signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to coll...
Kia set to break ground on purpose-built vehicle plant in 2023
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to break ground on the construction of its first purpose-built vehicle (PBV) plant ne...
Daesang’s first Korean kimchi plant in US up and running
South Korean food maker Daesang Corp. has completed the construction of a kimchi plant in the US, its first factory outside Asia, which the company ...
Rising global TV prices: A boon and risk for Samsung, LG
Global TV prices rose by a third last year and are expected to continue their uptrend this year, which could be a boon for the world’s two lar...
Dell, SK team up for 5G mobile edge computing market
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. (SKT) has joined hands with Dell Technologies Inc. to launch a 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) platfo...
Hanwha Solutions wins France's solar farm project
Q Cells, a renewable energy division of South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp., has clinched a large-scale solar energy project in France, acceleratin...
KTB rebrands with name change as Daol Financial Group
Daol Financial Group of South Korea, formerly known as KTB Financial Group, announced on March 25 the change in the company's name. Daol, a Korean w...
LG Household to lower reliance on Chinese market as shares slump
LG Household & Health Care Ltd. was one of the most coveted shares on the Korean bouse in the past couple of years as the company basked in the ...
Korea's major fashion firms rush to embrace content marketing
Major South Korean fashion companies are speeding up their investment in content startups. F&F Holdings, the distributor of the US outdoor brand...
Samsung launches LTE-only Galaxy A23 to target low-end market
Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday launched the 4G LTE Galaxy A23 smartphone, a cheaper version of its flagship Galaxy A series models, targeting the...
SK E&S buys EverCharge to enter US EV charging market
South Korea’s SK E&S Co. acquired US electric vehicle charging solution provider EverCharge Inc. to start the business in the world’...
Samsung, LG, SK step up push into blockchain market
Top South Korean conglomerates such as Samsung, LG and SK are stepping up efforts to build a presence in the blockchain and crypto-asset markets, a ...
Korean ad agencies vying for bigger slice of virtual space
South Korean advertisement agencies, led by Innocean Worldwide Inc. and Cheil Worldwide Inc., are stepping up efforts to acquire digital technology ...
Korea's hotel deals hit record-high $1.4 bn in 2021: JLL
Hotel deals in South Korea hit a record high of 1.7 trillion won ($1.4 billion) in 2021, up 80% from the previous year, said global real estate serv...
LG Energy considers billion-dollar battery plant in Arizona
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. may build a billion-dollar battery plant in the US state of Arizona to meet growing demand in North Amer...
OLED materials makers set to shine as Samsung, Sony unveil new TVs
South Korea’s major OLED materials makers are becoming the market darlings with decent gains in their share prices, as global TV manufacturers...
LG Display reclaims global top spot in Q4 2021
South Korea’s LG Display Co. regained the top spot in the global display market for TVs in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to tech indus...
LG Elec. targets North American digital healthcare market
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has made inroads into the North American digital healthcare market with US telehealth company Amwell as the ...
ETFs entice Korean investors amid volatile market
South Korean retail investors bought more exchange-traded funds (ETFs) than stocks on the country’s main Kospi in the last six months as the b...
Korea rises as test bed for global luxury brands
South Korea is becoming a test bed for global high-end brands such as Balenciaga, Valentino, IWC and Breitling. The world's top luxury brands, pre...
Lotte seeks first-mover advantage in senior market
South Korea's Lotte Group will build a luxury residential town for retirees in Seoul by 2025 to plunge into the senior housing market.Lotte Hotels a...
Hyundai, Lotte to join used car market, seen as boost for small players
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and the country’s No. 1 car rental firm Lotte Rental Co. are advancing into the domestic u...
Nongshim aims for top instant noodle spot in the US
Nongshim Co., South Korea’s leading instant noodle maker is aiming for the top noodle spot in the US. The Korean food company will begin ope...
China's lockdown: Double effect to Korean tech stocks
The COVID-19 lockdown of Shenzhen, the city known as Silicon Valley of China, is increasing concerns over supply disruptions to South Korea’s ...
Samsung controls 90% of foldable smartphone market
Samsung Electronics Co. is enjoying a dominant position in the foldable smartphone market, alongside the segment's explosive growth aided by afforda...
