S.Korea's CMG Pharmaceutical opens animal medicine unit

S.Korea's CMG Pharmaceutical opens animal medicine unit

CMG Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of South Korea's CHA Biotech, on Monday announced the launch of an animal medicine unit and entry into the market f...

Hyundai Motor transforms buses into mobile office spaces

Hyundai Motor transforms buses into mobile office spaces

South Korea's automaking giant Hyundai Motor Co. said on Monday it had launched the country's first mass-produced mobile office bus: the "Universe M...

S.Korea must use Indonesia, Thailand as EV output-export bases: report

S.Korea must use Indonesia, Thailand as EV output-export bases: report

The Korea Automotive Technology Institute says the domestic auto industry should more proactively use Asean-region members like Indonesia and Thaila...

S.Korean startup enters UK market for wireless charging of EVs

S.Korean startup enters UK market for wireless charging of EVs

A South Korean startup will enter the British market for wireless charging facilities for electric vehicles (EV), as Korean firms speed up their adv...

Hyundai, Kia to rank third in Europe’s car market after 45 years

Hyundai, Kia to rank third in Europe’s car market after 45 years

Just a couple of decades ago, vehicles built by Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. were dismissed as second-class cars of poor quality, with some car m...

KRX opens German office to promote EU certification of Korean indices

KRX opens German office to promote EU certification of Korean indices

The Korea Exchange said that it opened its third overseas office in Frankfurt, Germany, and would promote the EU Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) certifi...

Korean Air resumes regular staff recruitment for 1st time in 3 years

Korean Air resumes regular staff recruitment for 1st time in 3 years

Korean Air Lines Co. for the first time in three years has resumed regular staff recruitment that was suspended by the COVID-19 pandemic.Airline ind...

S.Korean Airlines increase flights in anticipation of travel boom

S.Korean Airlines increase flights in anticipation of travel boom

South Korean airlines launched extensive marketing activities such as increasing international flights and giving free tickets in preparation for mo...

S.Korea's e-commerce platform Plugo secures $9 million in investment

S.Korea's e-commerce platform Plugo secures $9 million in investment

South Korea's Plugo, a comprehensive e-commerce platform based in Singapore, has attracted $9 million in Series A investment, the Silicon Valley, Ca...

KCC's paint selected as World-Class Product for 14 consecutive years

KCC's paint selected as World-Class Product for 14 consecutive years

South Korea's leading chemical and auto parts supplier KCC Corp. said on Thursday that its anti-rust and anti-fouling paints for ships and ceramics ...

Korean stocks with healthy earnings to shine in H2 2023

Korean stocks with healthy earnings to shine in H2 2023

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Securities Co. expected local shares with strong earnings including growth stocks to rally in the second half of nex...

Vuno's fundus-reading AI obtains medical device certification in Thailand

Vuno's fundus-reading AI obtains medical device certification in Thailand

South Korea's medical device startup company Vuno announced on Thursday that its fundus reading artificial intelligence (AI) solution Vuno Med-Fundu...

TmaxSoft, Douzone Bizon form partnership for enterprise ICT market

TmaxSoft, Douzone Bizon form partnership for enterprise ICT market

South Korea's two leading software firms TmaxSoft and Douzon Bizon signed a strategic business agreement on Thursday to link Douzon's enterprise res...

LG Chem in $95.5 million drug out-licensing deal with China’s Innovent

LG Chem in $95.5 million drug out-licensing deal with China’s Innovent

LG Chem Life Sciences, the biopharmaceutical unit of LG Chem Ltd., and China’s biotech company Innovent Biologics have entered into a strategi...

S.Korea's golf course market doubles in value over 10 years

S.Korea's golf course market doubles in value over 10 years

The value of South Korea's market golf course market now equals 98.5% of Japan's.The Korea Leisure Industry Institute (KLII) on Thursday released a ...

Korea Exchange, Uzbek Ministry of Finance sign agreement for cooperation

Korea Exchange, Uzbek Ministry of Finance sign agreement for cooperation

The Korea Exchange (KRX) has agreed to cooperate with the Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan on the maintenance of the stock market IT system. T...

Hyundai Motor enters Israeli market for hydrogen-powered trucks

Hyundai Motor enters Israeli market for hydrogen-powered trucks

Hyundai Motor Co. is expanding in the Middle East through the debut in Israel of its hydrogen fuel cell truck line Xcient. The carmaker on Tuesday ...

Bionote slashs IPO price to 9,000 won, 50% lower than previous valuation

Bionote slashs IPO price to 9,000 won, 50% lower than previous valuation

Everybody is aware that investment fever on biotech firms has already cooled due to rising interest rates and concerns over the fizzling economy, an...

LG Electronics to launch two OLED gaming monitor models in US

LG Electronics to launch two OLED gaming monitor models in US

South Korea's electronics giant LG Electronics Co. announced on Monday that starting on the same day it would release the world's first OLED gaming ...

Hyundai, Kia on course for record EV sales in Europe

Hyundai, Kia on course for record EV sales in Europe

Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top carmaker, is on course for record electric vehicle sales in Europe, with its new models' expansion in t...

Jeju Air rules Korea-Japan routes to beat legacy carriers

Jeju Air rules Korea-Japan routes to beat legacy carriers

Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s largest budget airline, is dominating flights to Japan to beat full-service carriers (FSCs) in the country such as...

IONIQ 5 named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-2023

IONIQ 5 named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-2023

Hyundai Motor Co. on Friday said its electric-powered sport-utility vehicle (SUV) IONIQ 5 was named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-23 by th...

Lordsystem, NHN Doctortour agree to promote mobile passport authentication service

Lordsystem, NHN Doctortour agree to promote mobile passport authentication service

South Korea’s two companies, Lordsystem and NHN Doctortour, decided to cooperate on mobile passport identity verification services, which wi...

Korea October current account surplus tumbles as exports slide

Korea October current account surplus tumbles as exports slide

South Korea’s current account surplus plunged as exports fell for a second straight month, adding to concerns over a slowdown in Asia’s ...

SK Biopharmaceuticals launches epilepsy drug in France

SK Biopharmaceuticals launches epilepsy drug in France

South Korean SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. said on Friday that its treatment of epilepsy "Cenobamate" has been approved for sale in France.The company l...

Baring PEA breaks $1 bn PI Advanced Materials buyout deal

Baring PEA breaks $1 bn PI Advanced Materials buyout deal

Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia has broken a deal to buy a majority stake in the world’s largest polyimide film manufacturer PI Adv...

SK Hynix develops world's fastest server DRAM sample

SK Hynix develops world's fastest server DRAM sample

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Thursday it has developed working samples of DDR5 multiplexer combined ranks dual ...

Iljin Electric moves into DC power transmission device market

Iljin Electric moves into DC power transmission device market

Iljin Electric, an integrated heavy electric device unit of South Korea's Iljin Group, will participate in the domestic MVDC (medium-voltage direct ...

South Korea needs to attract more foreign professionals: FKI

South Korea needs to attract more foreign professionals: FKI

In order to address the chronic shortage of industrial engineering manpower, a research report proposed that South Korea put more effort into attracti...

Home&Shopping partners with K-Market to explore opportunities in Vietnam

Home&Shopping partners with K-Market to explore opportunities in Vietnam

Home & Shopping, South Korea's home shopping channel specializing in products of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),  announced on Th...

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