S. Korea's GI Cell, Japanese partner to study cell therapy for blood cancer

S. Korea's GI Cell, Japanese partner to study cell therapy for blood cancer

South Korea's GI Cell, the cell therapy affiliate of GI Innovation, on Tuesday said it signed an agreement with Optieum Biotechnologies of Japan on ...

S.Korean biotech firm Noul signs MOU with disease center of Ghana

S.Korean biotech firm Noul signs MOU with disease center of Ghana

South Korea's Medical diagnostics company Noul Co., Ltd. said on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ghana Infectious D...

Hyundai Transys holds consultations for partners to help them move overseas

Hyundai Transys holds consultations for partners to help them move overseas

South Korea's auto powertrain maker Hyundai Transys said on Monday that a total of 23 suppliers received its video consultation assistance for eight...

S.Korea leads liquid hydrogen fuel tank technology standards

S.Korea leads liquid hydrogen fuel tank technology standards

South Korea's draft proposal on aviation liquid hydrogen fuel tanks was adopted as an international standard at the International Organization for S...

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...

BGF EcoMaterials to partner with Hwaseung Material for composite materials

BGF EcoMaterials to partner with Hwaseung Material for composite materials

BGF EcoMaterials, a materials unit of the BGF Group, said on Friday that it has signed an agreement with Hwaseung Material, a fine chemical company,...

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...

Korean hospitality startup Jienem enters Vietnam with local partners

Korean hospitality startup Jienem enters Vietnam with local partners

Guesthouse accommodation service provider Jienem is revving up to enter the Vietnamese market.The South Korean startup announced Wednesday that it s...

Air Busan offers 4 daily flights on Busan-Fukuoka route

Air Busan offers 4 daily flights on Busan-Fukuoka route

Korea's low-cost carrier Air Busan Co. from Thursday will add a daily flight to its route linking the nation's biggest port city of Busan to Fukuo...

Korean Air signs agreement with L3Harris for airborne control system

Korean Air signs agreement with L3Harris for airborne control system

Korean Air Lines Co. is collaborating with L3Harris International, an American aerospace contractor, to introduce the airborne control system for th...

Lotte Chem, Air Liquide Korea launch JV for hydrogen business

Lotte Chem, Air Liquide Korea launch JV for hydrogen business

South Korea’s chemical firm Lotte Chemical Corp. and Air Liquide Korea, the Korean unit of the French company Air Liquide SA, announced on Tue...

Samsung, Naver agree to partner in developing next-gen AI semiconductor solutions

Samsung, Naver agree to partner in developing next-gen AI semiconductor solutions

Samsung Electronics Co. and Naver Corp. have agreed to cooperate in developing next-generation AI semiconductor solutions optimized for artificial i...

CJ partners with Emmyon to develop ingredients preventing muscle atrophy

CJ partners with Emmyon to develop ingredients preventing muscle atrophy

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a license contract with Emmyon, an American biotechnology start...

Korean LCCs resume flights to Taipei after nearly 3 years

Korean LCCs resume flights to Taipei after nearly 3 years

As domestic budget carriers begin opening or resuming flights to Taipei, the skyways between Korea and Taiwan have widened further.Jeju Air announce...

MBK joins acquisition of $1.3 bn debts in Marelli from KKR

MBK joins acquisition of $1.3 bn debts in Marelli from KKR

MBK Partners Ltd., alongside Deutsche Bank AG and other four investment firms, has acquired $1.3 billion worth of distressed debts in auto-parts sup...

Kakao Pay seeks to acquire Loca Mobility up for sale by MBK Partners

Kakao Pay seeks to acquire Loca Mobility up for sale by MBK Partners

Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment and digital wallet service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is seeking to acquire Loca Mobility Corp...

Jeju Samdasoo enters India, ships 45 tons of mineral water

Jeju Samdasoo enters India, ships 45 tons of mineral water

South Korea’s leading bottled mineral water brand Jeju Samdasoo has begun exports to India, shipping 45 tons of the water there from the resor...

LG U+ and Korea Fanuc to devise smart factory solutions for SMEs

LG U+ and Korea Fanuc to devise smart factory solutions for SMEs

Korean telecom giant LG Uplus Corp. on Tuesday said it will develop a smart factory solution for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) jointly with th...

MBK to buy Medit at lower price than Carlyle-GS bid

MBK to buy Medit at lower price than Carlyle-GS bid

MBK Partners, a leading Asian private equity firm, is set to buy Medit Corp. at a lower price than a bid from the US PE giant The Carlyle Group-led ...

UK grants de facto approval of Korean Air's Asiana takeover

UK grants de facto approval of Korean Air's Asiana takeover

The UK's top watchdog for market competition on Monday accepted corrective measures submitted by Korean Air Lines Co. on its proposed takeover of As...

Market volatility creates opportunities for secondary buyers: Stafford

Market volatility creates opportunities for secondary buyers: Stafford

Equity and bond portfolios' shrinking assets are major challenges currently faced by global investors in terms of asset allocation. But the situatio...

Hanwha, DL Chemical to split up two-decade-old YNCC joint venture

Hanwha, DL Chemical to split up two-decade-old YNCC joint venture

Yeochun NCC Co., a leading South Korean petrochemical producer, will split up after its two owners – Hanwha Group and DL Group – have ag...

SK On, EcoPro, China’s GEM to build battery materials plant in Indonesia

SK On, EcoPro, China’s GEM to build battery materials plant in Indonesia

SK On Co., a South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, has joined forces with two energy materials companies to build a nickel intermediate ...

Carlyle promotes two Koreans to partner, MD

Carlyle promotes two Koreans to partner, MD

The Carlyle Group Inc. announced on Tuesday 32 new partners and 39 new managing directors, effective Jan. 1 of 2023, including two Koreans, Sean (So...

Kumho Petrochemical to recycle plastic waste with French partner

Kumho Petrochemical to recycle plastic waste with French partner

Kumho Petrochemical on Tuesday said it has concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with French engineering service provider Technip Energies...

Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI raises $10 mn in Series A funding

Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI raises $10 mn in Series A funding

Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI Inc. announced on Tuesday that it raised 14 billion won ($10.3 million) in a Series A round. Pavilion Ca...

Mobility startup Poen takes first place at Geeks Show Up event in Jeju

Mobility startup Poen takes first place at Geeks Show Up event in Jeju

South Korea’s mobility startup Poen secured first place at the first-ever Geeks Show Up on Nov. 17, a demo day hosted by The Korea Economic Da...

FTX implosion disrupts interest issuance by GOPAX product

FTX implosion disrupts interest issuance by GOPAX product

The implosion of the Bahamas-based crypto exchange FTX is causing ripple effects around the world, and South Korea is no exception.Seoul-based cry...

S. Korea's T'way Air to resume Incheon-Chiang Mai route

S. Korea's T'way Air to resume Incheon-Chiang Mai route

South Korea's budget carrier T'way Air on Wednesday said it will resume from Nov. 28 its flight linking Incheon and Chiang Mai, Thailand, with seven...

US extends antitrust review of Korean Air-Asiana merger

US extends antitrust review of Korean Air-Asiana merger

The US competition authority extended its review of the proposed merger between South Korea’s two largest airlines to check if the deal hurts ...

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