LS ITC, KEPCO to team up for energy efficiency projects

LS ITC, KEPCO to team up for energy efficiency projects

LS ITC, an IT service unit of LS Group, announced on Friday the signing of a pivotal business agreement with Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO).This...

SK Ecoplant to supply AI-based incinerator tech to Malaysia

SK Ecoplant to supply AI-based incinerator tech to Malaysia

South Korea's energy, construction and engineering corporation SK Ecoplant on Friday said it signed a contract with Cenviro, Malaysia's largest publ...

Shinyoung Asset, Baillie Gifford launch global growth stock fund

Shinyoung Asset, Baillie Gifford launch global growth stock fund

Shinyoung Asset Management Co. has joined hands with Baillie Gifford & Co., a UK investment management firm, to launch a long-term growth stock ...

Hyundai E&C, Naver Cloud to develop futuristic healthy housing model

Hyundai E&C, Naver Cloud to develop futuristic healthy housing model

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) on Thursday announced its signing of a deal with Naver Cloud on cooperation in the de...

Lotte Global Logistics, CoEvolution to develop automatic solutions

Lotte Global Logistics, CoEvolution to develop automatic solutions

South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a strategic partnership with ...

Kakao Pay’s tie-up with Alipay spurs growth in China

Kakao Pay’s tie-up with Alipay spurs growth in China

BEIJING – Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is rapidly growing in China’s fintech...

LG Energy raises $1 bn in bonds for EV battery production

LG Energy raises $1 bn in bonds for EV battery production

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery manufacturer, said on Tuesday it has raised $1 billion by selling its first global...

Hyundai Wia finishes EV thermal management test center

Hyundai Wia finishes EV thermal management test center

South Korea’s No. 2 automotive parts supplier Hyundai Wia Corp. on Tuesday completed construction of a thermal management test center at the c...

K-pop without ‘K’ nurtured to evolve into global mainstream genre

K-pop without ‘K’ nurtured to evolve into global mainstream genre

Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of South Korea’s entertainment powerhouse HYBE Co., has been leading a global girl group audition program i...

Samsung Heavy, Pan Ocean to co-develop digital solutions

Samsung Heavy, Pan Ocean to co-develop digital solutions

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pan Ocean Co., the country's...

Kolmar Global launches hangover reliever Condition in Singapore

Kolmar Global launches hangover reliever Condition in Singapore

South Korea's Kolmar Global, a subsidiary of Kolmar Korea Holdings, on Monday said it exported the domestic hangover reliever brand Condition to Sin...

LG's refrigerator receives Int'l EPD certification

LG's refrigerator receives Int'l EPD certification

LG Electronics Inc. has announced that its high-end refrigerator, the Objet Collection, has become the first in the home appliance industry to recei...

LG’s FAST drive to combat TV set market slowdown

LG’s FAST drive to combat TV set market slowdown

South Korea’s electronics giant LG Electronics Inc. is upending its TV business strategy by betting even bigger on software and content to off...

HMM embarks on biofuel ship pilot testing on global route

HMM embarks on biofuel ship pilot testing on global route

South Korea has begun a pilot operation of a biofuel-powered container ship on a global route, the government said on Friday. HMM Co.'s container sh...

Samsung releases The Wall for virtual production in Europe

Samsung releases The Wall for virtual production in Europe

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that it unveiled "The Wall for Virtual Production" at IBC 2023, the world's largest trade fair for elect...

Lotte Healthcare to launch AI-based health management platform

Lotte Healthcare to launch AI-based health management platform

South Korea's Lotte Healthcare has entered the digital healthcare market through the launch next week of its personalized healthcare management pl...

Hyundai Motor set to exit Russia with St. Petersburg plant sale to AGR

 Hyundai Motor set to exit Russia with St. Petersburg plant sale to AGR

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is reportedly exiting Russia by selling its car manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg to AGR Aut...

Hyundai Glovis to participate in N.America's largest bulk cargo exhibition

Hyundai Glovis to participate in N.America's largest bulk cargo exhibition

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it will be a participant in Breakbulk Ameri...

Seoul eyed as possible 2nd Asian base of Gagosian empire

Seoul eyed as possible 2nd Asian base of Gagosian empire

Seoul, which took center stage on the global art scene after successfuly hosting international art fair Frieze’s second edition earlier this m...

Hanwha Aerospace to unveil self-propelled howitzer K9A2 in UK

Hanwha Aerospace to unveil self-propelled howitzer K9A2 in UK

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. announced on Tuesday that it will unveil the latest model of its K9 self-propelled howitzer, the K9A2, at the Def...

Naver, Hotel Shilla to collaborate for AI and cloud

Naver, Hotel Shilla to collaborate for AI and cloud

South Korean leading luxury hotel and retail operator Hotel Shilla has entered into a strategic partnership with internet giant Naver Corp. The coll...

Kakao Mobility to build mobility-customized GenAI platform

Kakao Mobility to build mobility-customized GenAI platform

South Korea's Kakao Mobility has announced a vision to build an evolved platform with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) specialized for mob...

SK Ecoplant to build data center linked to landing station in Pohang

SK Ecoplant to build data center linked to landing station in Pohang

South Korea's SK Ecoplant is set to establish, for the first time in South Korea, a global data center linked to a landing station in Pohang, North ...

Kia, Lotte Global Logistics to develop logistics-specific PBV

Kia, Lotte Global Logistics to develop logistics-specific PBV

South Korea's Kia Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lotte Global Logistics at its headquarters in Y...

Shinhan REITs to buy HSBC's Seoul headquarters at $135 mn

Shinhan REITs to buy HSBC's Seoul headquarters at $135 mn

Shinhan REITs Management Co., a real estate investment arm of South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group, is poised to acquire a 65.8% stake in the...

Naver raises S.Korean market lead thanks to LLM HyperCLOVA X

Naver raises S.Korean market lead thanks to LLM HyperCLOVA X

South Korea’s leading web portal Naver Corp. has raised its domestic market share, which plummeted to the mid-50% range in May, thanks to Hype...

Korea ranks 3rd on global dominant product list to tie Japan

Korea ranks 3rd on global dominant product list to tie Japan

TOKYO -- South Korea has ranked third among countries having the world’s most dominant products. In six categories, including smartphones, mem...

Mirae Asset No. 1 among overseas asset managers in India

Mirae Asset No. 1 among overseas asset managers in India

MUMBAI – South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., managing 22 trillion won ($16.7 billion) in India, ranks No. 1 among overseas...

LG Elec to fend off challengers with tech supremacy: H&A Head Ryu   

LG Elec to fend off challengers with tech supremacy: H&A Head Ryu   

LG Electronics Inc., the South Korean home appliance giant that is also the world’s No. 1 home electronics seller, is sure it can hold its mar...

Corning stepping stone for Samsung's global leap: Chairman Lee

Corning stepping stone for Samsung's global leap: Chairman Lee

Their relationship dates back to 1973 when Samsung founder Lee Byung-chull and Amory Houghton Jr., then-chairman of Corning Inc., met to discuss a b...

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