Chinese regulator approves Korean Air-Asiana merger

The merger between South Korea's two leading airlines Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. passed a hurdle as China's antitrust watchdog ga...

Net assets of S.Korea's ETF rise to $63.1 billion despite stock woes

Despite South Korea's weak stock market this year, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) sector, which marked its 20th anniversary, maintained a clear grow...

Hanwha revs up to acquire STX Heavy Industries, following DSME purchase

Hanwha Corp. is revving up to acquire STX Heavy Industries, which provides parts and technical support for marine engines, shipbuilding equipment, a...

NPS fund management taps former GEPS CIO Seo as new chief

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world's third-largest pension fund, has tapped Seo Won-joo as the new chief investment officer, a...

Self-driving bus running on main roads launched for first time in S.Korea

South Korea in a first for the country has launched self-driving buses running on bus rapid transit (BRT) routes.The Ministry of Land, Infrastructur...

Korea’s big bio startups to launch $39 mn investment fund

South Korea’s four leading biotech firms plan to launch an investment fund of up to 50 billion won ($39 million) to support smaller domestic b...

Italian envoy to Korea says what works in Korea works globally

Italian Ambassador to South Korea Federico Failla said that as both Italy and Korea cherish and prioritize the importance of tradition and innovatio...

S. Korea foresees recession in falling freight prices, wages

Global ocean freight prices are falling amid a darkening outlook for South Korea, as Asia’s fourth-largest economy heavily depends on overseas...

LG to develop smart home devices responsive to users’ sleep data

An air conditioner or a TV set equipped with a timer that automatically turns power on and off based on the user's preference has been around for ye...

CJ ENM sets up brand incubator Brandworks Korea

South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. plans to foster the brand incubating business and promote sales through Brandworks Korea, the compa...

Korea's int'l passenger traffic exceeds domestic for 1st time since pandemic

The volume of international passengers in South Korea has exceeded that of domestic flights for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pa...

85% of S.Korea's Gen MZ have contactless savings accounts

A study finds 90% of South Korea's Generation MZ, a demographic comprising millennials and Generation Z members born between 1981 and 2010, use cont...

South Korea doubles gov't fintech innovation fund to $781 million

The South Korean government will double the value of its Fintech Innovation Fund, a source of financial support for the financial technology or fint...

SK may sell assets in Vietnam, Malaysia to raise billions of dollars

South Korean conglomerate SK Group is considering selling some of its assets in Vietnam and Malaysia owned by its investment vehicle SK South East A...

SFA to acquire 28% stake in CIS to lead renewable battery equipment sector

South Korea’s general equipment manufacturer SFA Engineering Corp. is poised to acquire CIS Corp., a renewable battery production equipment ma...

Kakao Games to launch Eversoul with 1.3 mn pre-orders

Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., said on Dec. 23 it will launch the global service of mobile role-p...

Launch of Innospace's Hanbit-TLV rocket called off due to technical glitch

The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Wednesday that it will invest 350 billion won ($273 million) to build a rocket launch site, which will ...

Korea’s local govts gear up to lure Tesla for Gigafactory

All of South Korea’s major municipal governments are gearing up to be considered as the site of a new Gigafactory, Tesla Inc.’s manufact...

KAI to develop Korea's first mine-sweeper helicopter

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) is poised to start R&D on a minesweeper helicopter that specializes in removing underwater mines.The compa...

Korea-China air flights set to rise with Beijing’s eased zero-COVID policy

Air flights between South Korea and China are set to rise significantly next year with the Chinese government issuing new guidelines easing its stri...

Dating My Best Friend’s Sister becomes webtoon in Korea

Dating My Best Friend’s Sister, a famous romance fiction by USA Today Bestselling author Violet Paige serialized on Radish, the web novel plat...

Lunit to export breast cancer detecting solutions to Hong Kong, Mongolia

South Korea's AI-based medical imaging equipment firm Lunit will export AI breast cancer diagnosis solutions to large hospitals in Hong Kong and Mon...

S.Korea to introduce mandatory offer for takeover deals

South Korea is set to require a takeover bidder for a listed company to buy stakes held by small shareholders at the same price to be paid to a majo...

S.Korea's CJ Logistics launches AI-based freight transportation platform

South Korea's CJ Logistics on Thursday said it launched The Unban, a freight transportation platform that directly connects senders and freight truc...

US non-agency mortgage-backed securities to shine in 2023: TCW

Amid the tightening of the Federal Reserve, among the most impacted asset classes were agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), issued by US governm...

Women break glass ceiling in South Korea's advertising sector

Major advertising agencies in South Korea have appointed women to the position of vice president. Because advertising is a field in which women are ...

LG Uplus enters Korea’s EV charging service market with VoltUp app

LG Uplus Corp., a South Korean mobile carrier, is entering the domestic electric vehicle charging service market by launching a service platform, Vo...

KTNET shows off logistics platform for tracking cargo, documents

The Korea Trade Network (KTNET) held a grand opening event for its uTH 2.0, a digital trade logistics platform, in partnership with the Korea Intern...

Vietnam emerges as South Korea's No. 3 trading partner

Vietnam will finish this year as South Korea's No. 3 trading partner and the country with which the latter has the largest trade surplus, a study ha...

Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee flies to Vietnam for global business

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee embarked on a business trip to Vietnam on Wednesday to attend an opening ceremony for a research and dev...