DL E&C’s 1915 Çanakkale Bridge named Project of the Year

DL E&C’s 1915 Çanakkale Bridge named Project of the Year

South Korea’s DL E&C Co. announced on Wednesday that 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Türkiye, completed by the company, received th...

Netmarble's Marblex listed on Bitget

Netmarble's Marblex listed on Bitget

Marblex, a blockchain subsidiary of South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp., announced on Tuesday that it has listed its MBX token on the global...

SK Telecom, Thales jointly strengthen 5G security

SK Telecom, Thales jointly strengthen 5G security

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it collaborated with global data security company Thales for 5G security.According to the com...

Samyang buys specialty chemical maker Verdant for $257 mn

Samyang buys specialty chemical maker Verdant for $257 mn

Samyang Specialty Solutions LLC, a leading chemical and food products maker in South Korea, has entered into an agreement to wholly acquire Texas-ba...

Naver, NHIS to boost data services with HyperCLOVA X

Naver, NHIS to boost data services with HyperCLOVA X

South Korea's leading online portal Naver Corp. and the state-run National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) will collaborate to leverage advanced art...

New Samsung, LG laptops drive industry shift toward on-device AI

New Samsung, LG laptops drive industry shift toward on-device AI

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are unveiling new artificial intelligence-powered laptops next month, joining an industry move to in...

Naver Webtoon to enhance global biz with new exec for US IPO

Naver Webtoon to enhance global biz with new exec for US IPO

Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, aims to ramp up its global business with the appointment of a new executive ahead...

Line Next attracts $140 mn to globally expand NFT platform

Line Next attracts $140 mn to globally expand NFT platform

Line Next Corp., a digital asset affiliate of South Korean online portal giant Naver Corp., has attracted $140 million in a funding round led by Cre...

HYBE ranks fifth in global tour revenue in 2023

HYBE ranks fifth in global tour revenue in 2023

The global tour revenue of HYBE Co., home to BTS and Seventeen, reached 250 billion won ($190 million) over the year.According to Hybe on Tuesday, t...

Mirae Asset acquires Indian brokerage firm Sharekhan for $360 million

Mirae Asset acquires Indian brokerage firm Sharekhan for $360 million

South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group has acquired Sharekhan Ltd., India’s 10th-largest brokerage firm, to enh...

S.Korea’s GC Cell targets global cell therapy CDMO business

S.Korea’s GC Cell targets global cell therapy CDMO business

GC Cell Corp., an affiliate of South Korea’s major pharmaceutical company GC Biopharma Corp., is targeting the cell therapy contract developme...

LegoChem Bio mulls name change after defeat to Lego

LegoChem Bio mulls name change after defeat to Lego

South Korean biopharmaceutical company LegoChem Biosciences Inc. is seeking to change its name after it lost in a trademark infringement lawsuit fil...

New 2024 E-Class soon to arrive in Korea, land of Mercedes-Benz

New 2024 E-Class soon to arrive in Korea, land of Mercedes-Benz

As with the launch of every new E-Class, the flagship model of luxury German car brand Mercedes-Benz, the phrase “evolution, not revolution&rd...

LG Elec joins governing body of SOAFEE

LG Elec joins governing body of SOAFEE

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Thursday that it became the ninth member of the governing body of the Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge ...

Lotte Group’s 3rd-generation son comes to the fore

Lotte Group’s 3rd-generation son comes to the fore

Shin Yoo-yeol, the eldest son of Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-Bin, was promoted to lead the group’s new division to be launched within its h...

Korean banks enjoy robust earnings in Asian emerging markets

Korean banks enjoy robust earnings in Asian emerging markets

Four major banks in South Korea are enjoying healthy earnings from overseas businesses, particularly in Asian emerging markets.KEB Hana Bank posted ...

Global NAND chip sales up in Q3 amid Samsung output cut

Global NAND chip sales up in Q3 amid Samsung output cut

Global sales of NAND flash chips slightly grew in the third quarter as industry leaders such as Samsung Electronics Co. cut output, a report showed ...

Hyundai Mobis builds new electrification research center

Hyundai Mobis builds new electrification research center

South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis announced on Tuesday that it opened the Electrification Research Center in Euiwang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea...

S.Korea, Japan seal 3-year $10 bn currency swap deal

S.Korea, Japan seal 3-year $10 bn currency swap deal

South Korea and Japan on Friday revived their bilateral currency swap line to boost their dollar liquidity amid improved diplomatic relations.The tw...

Korea's startup ecosystem lags behind peers in global investments

Korea's startup ecosystem lags behind peers in global investments

South Korea’s startup environment lags behind major countries in terms of global expansion and foreign investment attraction, a report from st...

CJ CheilJedang introduces K-Food in EzyMart across Australia

CJ CheilJedang introduces K-Food in EzyMart across Australia

South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. on Thursday announced its foray into Australia's convenience store sector by introducing its popular ...

HD Hyundai taps RCE to go global with used heavy machinery

HD Hyundai taps RCE to go global with used heavy machinery

HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co., the construction machinery provider under South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate HD Hyundai Group, will ventu...

KOTRA to support K-startups in European expansion

KOTRA to support K-startups in European expansion

The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Wednesday the establishment of a South Korean pavilion at the upcoming SLUSH 2023, ...

More Koreans seek high-yield bond funds, betting the Fed will end hikes

More Koreans seek high-yield bond funds, betting the Fed will end hikes

South Korean investors are growing more interested in global high-yield bond funds, betting that the US Federal Reserve is likely to end its interes...

Hancom to unveil document creator like Mircrosoft's Copilot

Hancom to unveil document creator like Mircrosoft's Copilot

Hancom Inc., a homegrown office suite developer in South Korea, is set to speed up its artificial intelligence business with a beta service of AI-po...

Naver to launch global version of Whale browser in Q1 2024

Naver to launch global version of Whale browser in Q1 2024

Naver Cloud, the infrastructure subsidiary of South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp., plans to launch a global version of its Whale browser in...

Taihan Cable to bid for power distribution network in UK

Taihan Cable to bid for power distribution network in UK

South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the global infrastructure ...

KAIST, IVI to collaborate on global vaccine research

KAIST, IVI to collaborate on global vaccine research

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the I...

Compelling investment opportunity in US data center market: Principal

Compelling investment opportunity in US data center market: Principal

Current tenant demand for data centers has never been stronger and is growing at an unprecedented rate. Investors have started to take notice and ma...

S. Korea’s CU surpasses 500 global stores

S. Korea’s CU surpasses 500 global stores

South Korean convenience store chain CU announced on Thursday that it surpassed 500 global stores, achieving an annual footfall of 100 million overs...

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