Korean game sector shifts to consoles as mobile market falls

Korean game sector shifts to consoles as mobile market falls

South Korean game developers are rushing to introduce titles for consoles targeting die-hard players amid the shrinking mobile market.A survey of 10...

Brookfield puts Conrad Seoul on market at over $370 mn

Brookfield puts Conrad Seoul on market at over $370 mn

Brookfield Asset Management is seeking to sell off five-star hotel Conrad Seoul at more than 500 billion won ($369.5 million), tapping real estate i...

Lululemon opens logistics center in S.Korea

Lululemon opens logistics center in S.Korea

Global sports brand Lululemon Athletica Inc. opened its first logistics center in South Korea. It's located in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province. This ...

Korean cars' gap vs. Japanese to narrow in UAE under CEPA

Korean cars' gap vs. Japanese to narrow in UAE under CEPA

South Korean carmakers are expected to rapidly catch up to their Japanese rivals in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after their home country and the ...

LG Energy barely fends off CATL in global EV battery market

LG Energy barely fends off CATL in global EV battery market

LG Energy Solution Ltd. retained the top position in the global electric vehicle battery market excluding China in the first eight months of this ye...

CJ Logistics reinforces ties with India’s Tata Motors

CJ Logistics reinforces ties with India’s Tata Motors

South Korea’s CJ Logistics on Friday said its Indian subsidiary CJ Darcl has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tata Motors of India on...

LG Uplus set to catch up to KT as Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier

LG Uplus set to catch up to KT as Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier

  LG Uplus Corp., the perennial No. 3 mobile carrier in South Korea, is fast catching up to its closest rival KT Corp. to rank second just beh...

Mirae Asset puts HI Investment headquarters on the market

Mirae Asset puts HI Investment headquarters on the market

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is seeking to sell off HI Investment & Securities Co. headquarters, the value of which is...

S.Korea's DuChemBio localizes core materials of radiopharmaceuticals

S.Korea's DuChemBio localizes core materials of radiopharmaceuticals

South Korea's DuChemBio Co. announced on Thursday that it has obtained final approval for a recovery and purification facility for oxygen-18 concent...

Cosmax forms dedicated suncare OTC team

Cosmax forms dedicated suncare OTC team

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's largest cosmetics manufacturer that specializes in original design manufacturing (ODM), announced on Thursday the establi...

Netmarble's Marblex listed on Zaif in Japan

Netmarble's Marblex listed on Zaif in Japan

Marblex, a blockchain subsidiary of the South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp., announced on Thursday that it has listed its cryptocurrency Mar...

Ably, Meta develop AI-based ad measurement tech

Ably, Meta develop AI-based ad measurement tech

South Korean fashion commerce platform Ably Corp. on Thursday announced the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology for as...

POSCO International, GS Caltex to build palm oil refinery in Indonesia

POSCO International, GS Caltex to build palm oil refinery in Indonesia

South Korea’s POSCO International Corp. and GS Caltex Corp. on Thursday signed a $210 million deal to build a bio feedstock refinery facility ...

S.Korean vaccine developer Quratis eyes Iraqi market

S.Korean vaccine developer Quratis eyes Iraqi market

South Korean vaccine developer Quratis Inc. on Wednesday announced its signing of a term sheet on the direction and major transaction terms of coope...

Mirae Asset Securities puts its Yeouido building on the market

Mirae Asset Securities puts its Yeouido building on the market

Mirae Asset Securities Co. is seeking to sell off its Seoul-based office building, the value of which is estimated at around 300 billion won ($223.7...

Shinsegae targets global luxury cosmetics market with own brand

Shinsegae targets global luxury cosmetics market with own brand

South Korea’s Shinsegae International Inc. targets the global luxury cosmetics market with its own house brand as it aims to transform into a ...

Korean startups join push to champion satellite data analytics market

Korean startups join push to champion satellite data analytics market

Artificial intelligence is making big changes everywhere, even in space. Joining an AI-controlled space war, South Korean startups armed with AI tec...

Hanwha Group chair calls for startup-like entrepreneurial spirit

Hanwha Group chair calls for startup-like entrepreneurial spirit

South Korea’s Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn on Monday urged the defense-to-financial conglomerate to revive the bold innovations of its...

Vuno's brain imaging AI medical device secures FDA certification

Vuno's brain imaging AI medical device secures FDA certification

South Korea's medical device startup Vuno announced on Tuesday that its AI-powered brain quantification device Vuno Med-DeepBrain has received the 5...

Lotte Wellfood ups Choco Pie India sales target to $60 mn with new factory

Lotte Wellfood ups Choco Pie India sales target to $60 mn with new factory

Lotte Wellfood Co., formerly Lotte Confectionery Co., has revised up this year’s Choco Pie sales forecast in India to 80 billion won ($60 mill...

Lotte Chemical sells JV stakes in China, eyes other profitable markets

Lotte Chemical sells JV stakes in China, eyes other profitable markets

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has sold its entire stakes in joint ventures with Chinese partners as the Korean company faces a supply glu...

Hyundai to hike Exter SUV output to capitalize on void in India

Hyundai to hike Exter SUV output to capitalize on void in India

Hyundai Motor Co. plans to ramp up the production of its compact sport utility vehicle Exter in India to capitalize on the void in the entry-level S...

Samsung to develop Galaxy Fold, Flip-customized games

Samsung to develop Galaxy Fold, Flip-customized games

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker by volume, is developing mobile games customized to its Galaxy Fold and Flip series ...

Apple, Google may face $50.4 mn fine over in-app billing in Korea

Apple, Google may face $50.4 mn fine over in-app billing in Korea

Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google may be fined up to 68 billion won ($50.4 million) in South Korea for breaking the country’s in-app...

KAI participates in International Astronautical Congress 2023

KAI participates in International Astronautical Congress 2023

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, participated in the 74th International Astronautical Congr...

Korean bond market squeezed by maturing debt, new issues

Korean bond market squeezed by maturing debt, new issues

South Korea’s corporate bond market is saddled with a massive amount of debt due later this year and a surge in banks' new bond issues, amid h...

BMW premieres new 5 Series in Korea, the model’s top market

BMW premieres new 5 Series in Korea, the model’s top market

German carmaker BMW Group on Thursday premiered its latest 5 Series premium sedan in South Korea, an indication of the growing importance of the Asi...

Pulmuone, BlueNalu team up for cell-cultured seafood

Pulmuone, BlueNalu team up for cell-cultured seafood

South Korean food company Pulmuone revealed plans on Thursday to boost its strategic partnership with US-based seafood startup BlueNalu, focusing on...

Korea markets melt as Fed officials foresee longer-than-expected high rates

Korea markets melt as Fed officials foresee longer-than-expected high rates

South Korean financial markets lost ground on Wednesday with the 10-year government bond yield at a one-year high as US Federal Reserve policymakers...

Hanwha bets big on robots with Hanwha Robotics' official launch

Hanwha bets big on robots with Hanwha Robotics' official launch

South Korea’s seventh-largest conglomerate Hanwha Group has joined a race to win the burgeoning robot market, with the official launch of Hanw...

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