Korea’s taxi app i.M ties up with MK Group to land in Japan
South Korea’s premium ride-hailing app i.M joined hands with Japan’s taxi operator MK Group to allow each platform's customers to use bo...
Law&Company vows to go global with AI legal assistant
Law&Company Co., the operator of South Korea’s largest legal advice app LawTalk, will venture into the US legal tech market in five years ...
LG Elec, Tennessee Titans renew sponsorship
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Tuesday that it renewed a three-year expansion to its official partnership with the Tennessee Titans, an NFL team b...
POSCO International completes Korea’s first non-state-run LNG terminal
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Tuesday i...
Hyundai Motor Group, Oxford Univ. establish Foresight Center
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Tuesday that it partnered with the University of Oxford and established the Oxford-Hyundai Motor Group Foresight Ce...
Korea’s GS Entec to invest $217 mn in wind power business
South Korea’s GS Entec Corp. is set to invest 300 billion won ($216.8 million) in facilities to manufacture wind power equipment as it shifts ...
Korea’s edtech startups defend against global giants with AI
South Korea’s major online adult education platforms improved their earnings powered by classes on artificial intelligence, defying concerns o...
FG Korea to open Five Guys stores in Japan
FG Korea, the operator of the American handcrafted hamburger brand Five Guys in South Korea, will open its stores in Japan in the second half of nex...
GC Biopharma exports Alyglo to US
South Korea’s major pharmaceutical company GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Monday that it shipped the initial volume of Alygro, its immunoglob...
Korea’s POBA to invest $109 mn in Koramco’s office REIT
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is set to commit 150 billion won ($108.5 million) in preferred stocks for offices in...
Hyundai Motor unveils SUV digital ad series
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that it will sequentially release the digital advertisement series Hyundai SUV (sports utility vehicles) Origi...
KTO holds Visit Korea Alliance exhibition for foreigners
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) announced on Monday that it will hold a VK Alliance Products and Services Special Exhibition for foreigners thr...
Foreign net buying of S.Korean stocks hits all-time high
Offshore investors net purchased nearly 23 trillion won ($16.7 billion) worth of South Korea-listed stocks in the first half of this year. The buyin...
GM Korea supplier Erae cs eyes revival by unit sales
A controlling stake in Erae AMS Co., formerly Delphi Automotive Systems’ South Korean affiliate, is on sale with eight potential bidders eyein...
S. Korea may join offshore wind alliance to take on China
South Korea is considering teaming up with a global body formed to cope with China’s rapid expansion in the world’s wind power industry ...
SK Innovation gets MSCI ESG's leader rating
South Korean oil refiner SK Innovation Co. secured an AA rating in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assessment by Morgan Stanley Capi...
SK Telecom, Singtel partner for next-gen network tech
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) to collab...
Hyundai Motor car sales hit record in India for 1st half
Hyundai Motor Co. delivered its record-high number of cars in India during the first six months of this year but lost share in the fiercely competit...
NPS-backed new prime office building in Seoul struggles with poor demand
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is seeing little demand for a Seoul-based new prim...
Affinity-backed SSG.COM offers 1st voluntary redundancies
Money-losing SSG.COM, once the most popular online shopping mall in South Korea, is asking some of its employees to volunteer to leave the company f...
SK Geo Centric produces sustainable synthetic fiber
South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. will collaborate with global companies in the petrochemical, textile, and apparel sectors from Japan, Finland...
S.Korea's Vegan J. enters Amazon USA
South Korean eco-friendly cosmetic brand Vegan J. announced on Friday that it sells its products on Amazon, the largest e-commerce platform in the U...
S.Korea promotes export of $3.8 bn railcars to Morocco
The South Korean government is promoting exporting Korean-style railway cars (K-rail), including high-speed trains worth $3.8 billion, to Morocco.Th...
Cosmax mulls building cosmetics factory in Latin America
Cosmax Inc., South Korea's biggest cosmetics original development and design manufacturer (ODM), is considering building a new offshore plant in Lat...
Time to revive innovator spirit: LG Energy Solution CEO
South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., also the world’s No. 3, must accelerate innovation and prop up fundamentals to ...
Doosan Tesna to invest $160 mn in chip testing plant in Korea
South Korea’s Doosan Tesna Inc. will build a semiconductor testing factory in the country with an investment of 220.6 billion won ($159.7 mill...
Kyobo Life, Japan’s SBI to team up on security token, digital finance
South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Group and Japan’s SBI Group have entered into a strategic business partnership agreement to expand th...
Samsung Display gets Pantone Validated
Samsung Display announced on Thursday that its monitors and laptop panels received Pantone Validated and SkinTone Validated. The company said i...
Korea’s No. 1 flea market app Karrot expands services across Canada
Danggeun Market Inc., South Korea’s largest online flea market service provider, is expanding its online used-goods marketplace app Karrot acr...
Korea slaps Credit Suisse with largest ever short-sale penalty
South Korea's financial regulator said on Wednesday it has officially imposed Credit Suisse Group AG and its affiliate a combined 27.2 billion won...
