S.Korea to probe Chinese batteries' alleged patent violations

South Korea will investigate alleged patent infringement by Chinese makers of smartphone batteries and high-nickel cathodes upon requests by LG Chem...

Hyundai, Samsung-backed startups vie for spotlight at CES  

LAS VEGAS – At CES, big tech names often take center stage but this is also a dream place for underdogs to become rising stars with unconventi...

Seoul kicks off Korea Grand Sale 2024 to double foreign tourists

South Korea on Thursday kicked off a push to nearly double the number of foreign tourists visiting the country this year to 20 million by hosting a ...

S.Korea ranks fourth in global mobile app market

The size of the South Korean mobile app market has exceeded 10 trillion won ($761 million).Data.ai, an app market analysis platform, released the 20...

Korea's Cosmax strengthens business in Middle East, Africa

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's largest cosmetics manufacturer specializing in original design manufacturing (ODM), is embarking on a full-scale entry in...

Boryung, Axiom Space launch joint venture in Korea

Boryung Corp., a South Korean healthcare investment company, said on Thursday it has officially launched a joint venture with Axiom Space, a US comm...

Upstage installs Solar in KakaoTalk AI services

South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) tech startup Upstage announced on Thursday that its small language model (SLM) Specialized and Opti...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics eyes turnaround with Galaxy AI

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., the top electronic components maker in South Korea, aims for a turnaround this year with the launch of the first arti...

Korea's JLK targets AI-based stroke care market in US

South Korea’s JLK Inc., an AI-based stroke care platform maker, will go all out to build its foothold in the US this year, aiming to lift its ...

Hyundai’s 42dot, Samsung to develop AI-powered SDV platform

LAS VEGAS – Hyundai Motor Group’s self-driving technology unit 42dot Inc. will develop an artificial intelligence-powered software-defin...

S.Korea to mass-produce homegrown fighter jet in 2024

South Korea is set to start mass production of the KF-21, its homegrown supersonic fighter jet, this year for expected deployment of the warplane fo...

South Korea Ban Takes Dog Meat Off the Menu

SEOUL—Dog meat will no longer be allowed in South Korea, capping a decadeslong campaign against a controversial practice that many locals have...

S.Korea’s November travel account deficit doubles vs October

South Korea’s travel account deficit doubled to $1.28 billion in November 2023 compared to the previous month, narrowing the current account s...

South Korean LCCs soar as long-haul carriers struggle

South Korea's low-cost carriers (LCCs) are enjoying a surge in demand as the country emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, while major carriers are st...

Upstage's AI beats global peers in benchmark math tests

South Korean artificial intelligence tech startup Upstage said on Monday that its math-specific large language model (LLM), jointly developed with l...

S.Korea needs 35,000 additional foreign workers: study

The South Korean government plans to issue non-professional employment (E-9) visas to 165,000 foreign workers this year. However, claims have arisen...

US tops Korea’s overseas construction orders in 2023

South Korea bagged more than $30 billion in overseas construction orders last year for the fourth consecutive year, mainly driven by a rise in order...

Korea’s Hanwha Ocean quits money-losing container shipbuilding business

South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean Co., the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, has decided to exit the money-losing container shipbuilding busin...

S.Korea launches official probe into HSCEI-tied ELS sale

South Korea’s financial authorities have opened an official probe into local banks and securities firms’ potential misselling of equity-...

Asiana, Korea Univ. to jointly attract medical tourism

South Korea's Asiana Airlines Inc. announced on Monday that it has partnered with Korea University Anam Hospital to promote medical tourism. The agr...

LG Uplus invests $7.6 mn in 42Maru

South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. announced on Sunday that it has invested 10 billion won ($7.6 million) in 42Maru, a domestic language AI startup....

Samsung ramps up on-device NPU chip R&D; LG Electronics joins race

Samsung Electronics Co., in a rare move, has added 200 engineers to its system-on-chip design team at its research center in South Korea to develop ...

Korea’s HMM among shippers benefiting from growing Red Sea crisis

The Red Sea crisis, disrupting the passage of ships through the Suez Canal, a central artery for global trade, is a bane for exporters looking for s...

Korea’s Hancom buys document software firm Clipsoft

Hancom Inc., a homegrown office suite developer in South Korea, said on Friday that it has acquired local business-to-business (B2B) digital documen...

South Korea Boosts Security for Politicians as New Threats of Violence Emerge

SEOUL—South Korea beefed up security for prominent political figures as new threats of violence materialized against top officials, including ...

Korean fried chicken: World's favorite K-food

In 2023, Korean-style fried chicken retained its crown as the most-loved Korean dish among global consumers, marking its fourth consecutive year a...

N.Korea fires more than 200 artillery shells off its west coast

North Korea's military conducted coastal artillery fire in the western part of the country on Friday.The North Korean military fired more than 200 a...

Korean travel agencies enjoy surging overseas trip demand

South Korea’s travel agencies enjoyed strong demand for overseas trips, adding to hopes that their earnings are likely to improve further this...

BMW overtakes Mercedes-Benz as top-selling foreign carmaker in S.Korea

BMW has overtaken Mercedes-Benz in the South Korean market, regaining the top spot in the foreign automobile sales segment for the first time in eig...

Samsung dubs upcoming Galaxy S24 AI phone as on-device AI race rages on

Employees at Samsung Electronics Co.'s Mobile eXperience (MX) division recently developed a habit of referring to the upcoming Galaxy series of smar...