SK Lubricants rebrands with name change as SK Enmove

SK Lubricants rebrands with name change as SK Enmove

SK Lubricants Co., the world’s leading lube base oil supplier, said on Sunday it will be rebranded as SK Enmove Co. on Dec. 1.The new name com...

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...

NPS narrows search for new CIO to two major candidates

NPS narrows search for new CIO to two major candidates

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund managing 917.2 trillion won ($692 billion) in asset...

SK Geo Centric to build Asia's biggest advanced recycling plant with British partner

SK Geo Centric to build Asia's biggest advanced recycling plant with British partner

South Korea's SK Geo Centric, the green chemical subsidiary of SK Innovation, will build Asia's largest advanced recycling (pyrolysis) plant in the ...

LG CNS to design smart city system for Indonesia's new capital

LG CNS to design smart city system for Indonesia's new capital

South Korea's LG CNS will provide a smart city design for Indonesia's new capital of Nusantara. The company on Tuesday said it signed the day before...

Hyundai launches fully revamped Grandeur; pre-orders jump

Hyundai launches fully revamped Grandeur; pre-orders jump

South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled a new Grandeur sedan – the first fully revamped model in six years – to strengthen...

NCSOFT unveils trailer of new shooting game LLL

NCSOFT unveils trailer of new shooting game LLL

NCSOFT Corp. on Monday unveiled the gameplay trailer for LLL, its new shooting game for PCs and consoles to be released worldwide in 2024, for the f...

CJ CheilJedang builds up future food materials business

CJ CheilJedang builds up future food materials business

CJ CheilJedang, following an organizational reshuffle, will focus on the development of future food such as food ingredients and alternative protein...

GS Caltex seeks balanced growth with $2 billion new olefin complex

GS Caltex seeks balanced growth with $2 billion new olefin complex

GS Caltex Corp., South Korea’s second-largest oil refiner, said on Friday it has completed the construction of a 2.7 trillion won ($2 billion)...

Hyundai Mobis to build $69 mn integrated logistics center in Korea

Hyundai Mobis to build $69 mn integrated logistics center in Korea

South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Thursday it will spend 94.8 billion won ($69 million) to build an integrated ...

Korea's SK E&S to produce 30,000 tons of liquid hydrogen per year

Korea's SK E&S to produce 30,000 tons of liquid hydrogen per year

SK E&S, the energy affiliate of SK Group, from next year will start domestic output and distribution of up to 30,000 tons of liquid hydrogen ann...

LG, Altair build AI-powered validation platform for automotive parts

LG, Altair build AI-powered validation platform for automotive parts

LG Electronics Inc., an industry frontrunner in applying artificial intelligence to home appliances, said on Wednesday it has joined forces with Alt...

Jin from BTS becomes new face of Ottogi Jin Ramen 

Jin from BTS becomes new face of Ottogi Jin Ramen 

South Korea’s food manufacturing giant Ottogi Co. has selected Jin from K-pop band BTS as its new face of the uber-popular Jin Ramen line.&nbs...

Samsung’s new NAND boasts industry’s highest storage capacity

Samsung’s new NAND boasts industry’s highest storage capacity

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has begun mass producing its latest NAND chip, which features the industry&rsqu...

Internet giant Naver to introduce same-hour delivery by year’s end 

Internet giant Naver to introduce same-hour delivery by year’s end 

South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp. plans to introduce same-hour delivery service by year’s end. Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon ann...

Korea, Hyundai Motor request 3-year reprieve on US EV tax credit law

Korea, Hyundai Motor request 3-year reprieve on US EV tax credit law

The South Korean government and the country’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. have requested the US government give Korean carmakers a three-y...

Samsung sets sights on new chips for self-driving homes on wheels

Samsung sets sights on new chips for self-driving homes on wheels

For decades, Samsung Electronics Co. has been a household name in the semiconductor industry, making chips that work like the human brain for comput...

Korea's WeMade shakes off crisis, secures new investment

Korea's WeMade shakes off crisis, secures new investment

Korea's game development company WeMade has secured new investment worth 66 billion won ($46.4 million), breathing a sigh of relief after receiving ...

Korean Air to introduce new planes, spend $1.7 bn on safety

Korean Air to introduce new planes, spend $1.7 bn on safety

Korean Air Lines Co., the country’s flag carrier, plans to bring in new airplanes and spend $1.7 billion on safety measures after a recent spa...

Market Kurly drops Market from platform name to expand business scope

Market Kurly drops Market from platform name to expand business scope

South Korea’s Kurly Inc. has changed the name of its grocery delivery service platform Market Kurly to Kurly as part of its corporate strategy...

Lotte Shopping joins hands with UK's Ocado to build online grocery store 

Lotte Shopping joins hands with UK's Ocado to build online grocery store 

Lotte Shopping Co. will join forces with the Hertfordshire, England-based Ocado Group, which licenses grocery fulfillment technology to retailers.&n...

No more ineffective drugs due to resistance

No more ineffective drugs due to resistance

L-Base is a pharmaceutical startup specializing in developing drugs for those who become resistant to existing cancer treatments. This year, the Minis...

LG CNS hires new employees based on computer coding skills

LG CNS hires new employees based on computer coding skills

LG CNS Co., the information technology service arm of LG Group, is hiring new employees based on computer coding skills regardless of the candidates...

NPS considers new investment in global real estate

NPS considers new investment in global real estate

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is open to new investments in overseas real estate, the pension fund’s American real estate...

Hyundai Motor to boost US presence with $5.5 bn new Georgia EV plant

Hyundai Motor to boost US presence with $5.5 bn new Georgia EV plant

Hyundai Motor Co. broke ground on a $5.54 billion electric vehicle and battery plant in the US state of Georgia on Tuesday, as the top South Korean ...

SK Hynix eyes DDR5 dominance with industry’s fastest chip modules

SK Hynix eyes DDR5 dominance with industry’s fastest chip modules

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is aiming to secure market dominance for a next-generation DRAM chip called DDR5 b...

CJ Group reshuffles CEOs with woman at helm of Olive Young

CJ Group reshuffles CEOs with woman at helm of Olive Young

South Korea’s CJ Group carried out a CEO and executive reshuffle on Oct. 24 around two months earlier than previous year-end promotions to imp...

Principal opens Seoul office to intensify client relationships

Principal opens Seoul office to intensify client relationships

US investment firm Principal Global Investors LLC has recently opened a Seoul office to strengthen the firm’s existing client relationships in...

DRIMAES to produce cloud-based car control platform with Qualcomm

DRIMAES to produce cloud-based car control platform with Qualcomm

Daegu-based startup DRIMAES is poised to develop and mass produce a cloud-based vehicle control platform using San Diego-based semiconductor giant Q...

Samsung mulls new foundry plant in Europe, to expand outsourcing

Samsung mulls new foundry plant in Europe, to expand outsourcing

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is considering expanding outsourced chip production and building a new foundry ...

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