LG Electronics expedites global B2B push with signage displays

LG Electronics expedites global B2B push with signage displays

LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s electronics giant, is betting big on digital signage displays as part of its global B2B push to offset weak...

Samsung leader eyes memory chip packaging investment

Samsung leader eyes memory chip packaging investment

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, may accelerate investment in leading-edge technologies including chip packaging...

DeepBrain AI joins CB Insights' Global 250 Generative AI Startups list

DeepBrain AI joins CB Insights' Global 250 Generative AI Startups list

DeepBrain AI, a South Korean AI startup, said on Friday it made the list of "Global 250 Generative AI Startups" by CB Insights, a New York-based mar...

AI medical software company Lunit to open subsidiary in Europe

AI medical software company Lunit to open subsidiary in Europe

South Korea's Lunit, an artificial intelligence (AI) medical software company, on Friday said its board meeting held on the previous day decided to ...

S.Korea to lure global talent with high pay for space agency

S.Korea to lure global talent with high pay for space agency

South Korea is set to attract global talent with high salaries for a planned government space agency as the country aims to boost long-term growth i...

LG Energy Solution joins global climate disclosure initiative

LG Energy Solution joins global climate disclosure initiative

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Wednesday that it has become the first domestic battery maker to endorse the Task Force o...

S.Korea's extended reality sector forms industry convergence alliance

S.Korea's extended reality sector forms industry convergence alliance

The Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a convergence alliance of the domestic exte...

S.Korean shipbuilders rule world’s eco-friendly vessel market

S.Korean shipbuilders rule world’s eco-friendly vessel market

South Korea’s shipbuilders have won more than half of the orders to build eco-friendly vessels so this year based on advanced technology to do...

Webtoon starring Netmarble's girl group MAVE coming soon

Webtoon starring Netmarble's girl group MAVE coming soon

Netmarble Corp. announced that the webtoon "MAVE: Another World," based on the virtual girl group, will be available on KakaoPage and Kakao Webtoon ...

Bespin Global, STEG partner to develop cloud management platform

Bespin Global, STEG partner to develop cloud management platform

South Korea's two IT firms, Bespin Global and STEG, have teamed up to jointly develop a cloud operation management platform. Bespin Global said on T...

LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China

LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. for the second straight year was No. 1 on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries excluding Chin...

Samsung, SK Hynix: key beneficiaries of ChatGPT fever

Samsung, SK Hynix: key beneficiaries of ChatGPT fever

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, stand to benefit from the global popularity of ChatGPT. ...

Hancom goes global with SDK, SaaS products

Hancom goes global with SDK, SaaS products

South Korea’s homegrown office suite developer Hancom Inc. will seek to boost its brand awareness in the global B2B software market with softw...

Samsung to supply advanced 5G network equipment to KDDI

Samsung to supply advanced 5G network equipment to KDDI

South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has been chosen as the supplier of advanced fifth-generation network equipment to Japan&rsquo...

KT DS secures global standard certification for Smart-X

KT DS secures global standard certification for Smart-X

KT DS, an IT service arm of South Korea's KT Group, said on Thursday that its Internet-of-Things (IoT) solution Smart-X has passed the oneM2M certif...

Lotte Group to directly control global real estate unit

Lotte Group to directly control global real estate unit

Lotte Corp., the fifth-largest conglomerate in South Korea, is poised to strengthen its real estate development unit under the direct control of the...

Korea EV cell materials firms race for silicon anode market

Korea EV cell materials firms race for silicon anode market

South Korea’s secondary battery ingredient makers are rushing to develop silicon anode materials, next-generation core substances that signifi...

SK Ecoplant changes North American corporation name

SK Ecoplant changes North American corporation name

SK Ecoplant Co., a construction company of S.Korea's SK Group, said on Monday that it would change the name of its North American corporation BETEK,...

NPS lags global peers in 2013-2022 investment returns

NPS lags global peers in 2013-2022 investment returns

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, has underperformed its global peers over the past decade in te...

UK's Croda to buy Korean bio materials maker for $286 mn

UK's Croda to buy Korean bio materials maker for $286 mn

Croda International Plc., a British specialty chemicals company, is set to acquire South Korean bio materials producer Solus Biotech Co. for some 35...

Samsung unveils Galaxy S23 with better camera, processor

Samsung unveils Galaxy S23 with better camera, processor

SAN FRANCISCO – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, unveiled on Wednesday its flagship Galaxy S23 series equipped...

SGC Solutions expands overseas sales channels for its brand Glasslock

SGC Solutions expands overseas sales channels for its brand Glasslock

South Korea's glassware maker SGC Solutions said Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Small & Medium Bu...

Bluecove buys Grand Hyatt Seoul for over $565 million

Bluecove buys Grand Hyatt Seoul for over $565 million

South Korean real estate firm Bluecove Investment has signed an agreement to acquire five-star hotel Grand Hyatt Seoul for more than 700 billion won...

One in 5 South Koreans claims Starbucks Rewards stars

One in 5 South Koreans claims Starbucks Rewards stars

Starbucks Korea saw members of its rewards program surpass 10 million this month, meaning that one in every five South Koreans is a registered membe...

Korea’s Hyundai Electric wins $86 mn transformer deal in US

Korea’s Hyundai Electric wins $86 mn transformer deal in US

Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems Co., a power equipment and energy solution affiliate of the world’s largest shipbuilding group holding c...

SK Geo Centric receives int'l recognition for eco-friendly polymers

SK Geo Centric receives int'l recognition for eco-friendly polymers

SK Geo Centric Co., South Korea's chemical firm, has received the globally recognized "GRS" certification for its eco-friendly polymers, the company...

Hyundai Mobis bags record $4.6 bn orders from global carmakers

Hyundai Mobis bags record $4.6 bn orders from global carmakers

South Korea's Hyundai Mobis, a key affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, last year enjoyed its best year in orders received from abroad.The company on T...

NPS underperforms global peers by returns for Q1-Q3 2022

NPS underperforms global peers by returns for Q1-Q3 2022

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, ranked 10th out of the global 42 state-owned investors by rate...

Philip Morris, KT&G extend sales partnership to 2038

Philip Morris, KT&G extend sales partnership to 2038

KT&G Corp., the world's fifth-largest tobacco maker, has extended its sales partnership with US cigarette giant Philip Morris International Inc....

Samsung Electronics' life cycle assessment gauges CO2 emission impact from chips

Samsung Electronics' life cycle assessment gauges CO2 emission impact from chips

Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday said it set up a life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology for semiconductors to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.T...

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