Korean AI startup ActionPower poised to outdo OpenAI, Google: CEO
ActionPower Corp. founded in 2016 is small and young compared to Big Tech companies or heavily funded startups like OpenAI but it is mighty enough t...
Korea’s NPS likely to post 6.4% return for Q1 2023
National Pension Service (NPS) in South Korea achieved a 6.4% return on investment during the first quarter of this year, recovering some 73% of the...
HD KSOE to participate in EU's largest hydrogen transportation project
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Co. , is participatin...
KAI joins project to develop hydrogen-powered aircraft
South Korea's aerospace and defense company Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) on Wednesday said it joined a project of industry, academic and re...
LG Chem breaks ground on 4th cathode material plant in S.Korea
LG Chem Ltd., the top chemicals company in South Korea, said on Wednesday it broke ground on the country’s largest plant to produce carbon nan...
S.Korea to develop supercomputer for industrial use
South Korea is set to develop a supercomputer for industrial use as Asia’s fourth-largest economy lags far behind on the performance of such d...
POSCO Group, SKC to jointly develop lithium metal cathode material
South Korea’s POSCO Group and SKC will jointly develop a dream lithium metal cathode material for commercialization by 2026 under a strategy t...
S.Korea mulls adding national pension benefits to raise birth rate
South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare is considering adding national pension benefits for married couples to raise the ever-declining birth r...
Scammers set to exploit ChatGPT hype with fake apps in S.Korea
OpenAI’s sensational chatbot service ChatGPT is finally available in South Korea after its official launch last week, but its devotees in the ...
Seoul, Washington seek to release $7 bn Iranian funds frozen in S.Korea
South Korea and the US are discussing ways to release $7 billion worth of Iranian funds held in the Asian country as Seoul and Washington seek to im...
Schaeffler Korea to produce parts for hybrid cars, EVs
Schaeffler Korea Corp., the largest plain and roller bearing provider to automotive and industrial sectors in South Korea, is set to celebrate 70 ye...
LG Electronics to release monitor that folds neatly in bag
LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday will release the portable screen and stand StanbyME Go, which targets the growing ranks of South Korea's campers as...
S.Korea warns of stern response in case of N.Korea satellite launch
The launch of North Korea's first military reconnaissance satellite has entered a “countdown”. North Korea notified the Japanese governm...
S.Korean chips’ heavy reliance on China, US poses risk to national economy
South Korea’s semiconductor industry is more vulnerable to economic and industrial shifts in its key export markets than those of its rivals T...
Korea’s first integrated car plant being transformed into Kia’s EV base
GWANGMYEONG, Gyeonggi Province -- Kia Corp.'s oldest integrated auto plant — which is also South Korea’s first of its kind — was c...
POSCO to develop internal-use AI tool to replace ChatGPT
Steel giant POSCO Group has embarked on the development of an AI chatbot for internal use amid growing concerns about data leaks through generative ...
Samsung takes steps toward XR device processor chips
Samsung Electronics Co. has been taking steps to develop extended reality (XR) device processor chips to challenge Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and Go...
Starbuck’s seasonal giveaways still popular in S.Korea
Starbucks Korea announced on Sunday that the amount of application access increased by 50% on average compared to the previous day on last Thursday,...
Mirae Asset’s US real estate fund faces heavy losses
A private fund for US real estate managed by South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. has seen huge losses amid the tumble of the offi...
S.Korea's Shift Up scouts former OpenAI engineer
South Korea's game develop and design studio Shift Up has hired AI developer Kim Tae-hoon, who hails from Silicon Valley, to enhance its game artifi...
S.Korea’s heated debate on domestic helpers from Southeast Asia
South Korea is embroiled in a heated debate on a program to recruit domestic helpers from Southeast Asia at lower rates than those paid to their Kor...
Renault Korea creates mobility exhibition hall in metaverse
Renault Korea announced on Friday that it plans to establish and run an automobile-related experiential space called Renault Korea Hub in the metave...
S.Korea gov’t urges caution on using Vietjet Air, AirAsia
South Korean consumers have witnessed a substantial rise in complaints related to Vietjet Air and AirAsia, popular low-cost carriers used for trav...
HanAll, Daewoong to develop Parkinson's treatment with US partner
South Korea's HanAll Biopharma Co. and Daewoong Pharmaceutical on Thursday said they concluded a contract with NurrOn Pharmaceuticals of the US on...
Naver Cloud builds S.Korea’s first 5G network at construction site
Naver Cloud for the first time in South Korea has launched a specialized 5G mobile communications network at an apartment construction site.The comp...
S.Korea's construction companies turn sector into high-tech battleground
South Korea's construction companies are aggressively employing state-of-the-art technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), 3D modeling and ...
LG Energy's Ochang plant, Korea's EV cell mother factory
OCHANG, North Chungcheong Province -- LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, on Thursday for the ...
S.Korea succeeds in 3rd launch of homegrown rocket Nuri
GOHEUNG, SOUTH KOREA -- South Korea launched its homegrown space rocket on Thursday, making its first achievement to send a satellite for com...
Hyundai E&C, Holcim to jointly develop low-carbon construction materials
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) said on Thursday that it has established an agreement with Holcim, a renowned global ...
Mercedes Korea executive promoted as US customer service chief
Kim Jee-seop, former vice president of the customer service department at Mercedes-Benz Korea, has been promoted to oversee the German automaker&rsq...
