S.Korea's Fly Gangwon kicks off international air cargo service

S.Korea's Fly Gangwon kicks off international air cargo service

Fly Gangwon, a South Korean low-cost carrier, announced on Monday the launch of its international air cargo transportation service on the Taipei rou...

Korea’s SPC Samlip, Siam Makro to tie up for Thai bakery business

Korea’s SPC Samlip, Siam Makro to tie up for Thai bakery business

SPC Samlip Corp., a unit of South Korea’s food and bakery giant SPC Group, said on Monday it has forged a business partnership with Siam Makro...

S.Korea-Indonesia central banks renew currency swap agreement

S.Korea-Indonesia central banks renew currency swap agreement

Central banks of South Korea and Indonesia renewed a bilateral local currency swap arrangement to keep supporting trade and financial cooperation fo...

CJ CheilJedang opens internal venture development space Inno Play

CJ CheilJedang opens internal venture development space Inno Play

South Korea's food and bio giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. on Sunday said it opened Inno Play, an office space for commercializing innovative ideas and d...

S.Korea's KIC to strengthen responsible investments

S.Korea's KIC to strengthen responsible investments

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) plans to actively voice its opinions on portfolio companies' management over the next two years to tighten its re...

S.Korea needs bold investment to keep K-chip supremacy: SNU scholar

S.Korea needs bold investment to keep K-chip supremacy: SNU scholar

The South Korean government and the private sector must commit to more generous and comprehensive support for the country's memory chip industry if ...

KT&G’s hidden saviors in activist fight: In-house funds

KT&G’s hidden saviors in activist fight: In-house funds

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, will likely get support from in-house shareholders in a battle against activist funds...

S.Korea's Taekwang Industrial acquires ISO 45001 certification

S.Korea's Taekwang Industrial acquires ISO 45001 certification

Taekwang Industrial Co., a textile and petrochemical subsidiary of Taekwang Group, announced on Sunday that it has achieved ISO 45001 certification ...

Korea's ST Pharm completes new R&D hub for gene therapy

Korea's ST Pharm completes new R&D hub for gene therapy

ST Pharm Co., a South Korean drug raw material-producing subsidiary of Dong-A Socio Holdings, said on Friday that it has finished building an R&...

KAI to develop flight training simulator with 3D game company

KAI to develop flight training simulator with 3D game company

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) is partnering with Epic Games Korea to develop a virtual reality (VR) flight training system.The South Korean ...

S.Korea's MZers consider income, working time most when job hunting: Survey

S.Korea's MZers consider income, working time most when job hunting: Survey

Members of South Korea's Generation MZ, or people born in the early 1980s to early 2000s, prioritize income and working time when looking for a job ...

Korea's Incheon Airport celebrates 100 millionth transfer passenger

Korea's Incheon Airport celebrates 100 millionth transfer passenger

Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main air gateway, marked a milestone on Thursday as it welcomed its 100 millionth transfer passen...

Binance’s new NFT platform accused of copying Korean startup’s Chatcasso

 Binance’s new NFT platform accused of copying Korean startup’s Chatcasso

Binance has been accused of copying a South Korean startup’s ideas and design of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered non-fungible token (...

S.Korea kicks off privatization of top container line HMM

S.Korea kicks off privatization of top container line HMM

South Korea has started the process to privatize the country’s No. 1 container line HMM Co. by tapping advisors for the sale of the controllin...

Korea's KSOE wins order for 3 LNG carriers at $770 mn

Korea's KSOE wins order for 3 LNG carriers at $770 mn

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, a shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Group, has secured a contract for liquefied natural gas ...

S.Korea's Igaworks inks deal with Thai ad agency for data solutions

S.Korea's Igaworks inks deal with Thai ad agency for data solutions

Igaworks, a big data platform company from South Korea, announced on Thursday a strategic partnership and solution supply deal with YDM Thailand, th...

Korea's Innogrid wins contract for open cloud platform project

Korea's Innogrid wins contract for open cloud platform project

Innogrid Co., a South Korean company specializing in cloud computing and digital transformation, said on Thursday that it secured a three-year deal ...

S.Korea ranks fifth in global auto output for third straight year

S.Korea ranks fifth in global auto output for third straight year

South Korea’s auto production last year ranked fifth worldwide for the third year in a row.A report on world automotive output from the Korea ...

SK Materials makes equity investment in ION for CO2 capture partnership

SK Materials makes equity investment in ION for CO2 capture partnership

SK Materials Co., an industrial gas manufacturing affiliate of South Korea’s SK Inc., has made an equity investment in ION Clean Energy Inc., ...

S.Korea's NPS likely to log 8.2% loss for 2022, record-low return

S.Korea's NPS likely to log 8.2% loss for 2022, record-low return

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is expected to post a negative return of 8.2% for 2022, according to its preliminary report on Th...

S.Korea's K Bank posts highest net profit in 2022

S.Korea's K Bank posts highest net profit in 2022

K Bank, a South Korean Internet-only bank, reported a net profit of 83.6 billion won ($63.6 million) in 2022, which nearly quadrupled compared to th...

S.Korea’s HMM tops carbon efficiency ranking on key shipping route

S.Korea’s HMM tops carbon efficiency ranking on key shipping route

South Korea’s largest container line HMM Co. said on Thursday it had the lowest carbon emission intensity on East Asia–US West Coast rou...

S.Korea's Aekyung opens Luna brand store on Chinese TikTok

S.Korea's Aekyung opens Luna brand store on Chinese TikTok

Aekyung Industrial, a South Korean consumer products company, announced on Thursday the opening of a stand-alone brand shop for their make-up specia...

Carmerce raises $2.3 mn in Series A led by Hankook Tire

Carmerce raises $2.3 mn in Series A led by Hankook Tire

South Korea's used car e-commerce platform Carmerce has raised 3 billion won ($2.3 million) in a Series A funding round led by Hankook Tire & ...

S.Korea’s exports drop for 5th straight month in Feb on plunging chip sales

S.Korea’s exports drop for 5th straight month in Feb on plunging chip sales

South Korea’s exports shrank 7.5% year over year in February on a plunge in shipments of its mainstay export item semiconductors amid the glob...

S.Korea's KGC to spur ginseng sales in China with state-run CR Group

S.Korea's KGC to spur ginseng sales in China with state-run CR Group

Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., is set to accelerate sales of its ginseng products across Chin...

EastarJet to resume flights after three years of suspension

EastarJet to resume flights after three years of suspension

South Korean budget carrier EastarJet will resume flights on the domestic Gimpo-Jeju route on Mar. 26 after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 ...

Daewoong’s Nabota expands into Germany, Austria

Daewoong’s Nabota expands into Germany, Austria

South Korean drugmaker Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. said on Tuesday it had launched its botulinum toxin product Nabota in Germany and Austria through i...

S.Korea's GEPS logs 10.2% return on alternative assets in 2022

S.Korea's GEPS logs 10.2% return on alternative assets in 2022

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) had a 4.4% loss on investment last year, seeing its assets under management (AUM) dr...

S.Korea's KAI signs $105 mn deal to supply parts for Boeing aircraft

S.Korea's KAI signs $105 mn deal to supply parts for Boeing aircraft

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s military aircraft manufacturer, said on Tuesday it has signed a deal to produce and suppl...

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