S.Korea’s exports fall 2.9% in first 20 days of October; chip sales strong

South Korea’s exports, the country’s main growth driver, fell 2.9% in the first 20 days of October amid falling demand for vehicles and ...

LG 2024 OLED TVs named as best TV in US

LG Electronics Inc. 's  2024 organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs were named as the best OLED TV by several prominent US media outlets.Accor...

S.Korea’s KF-21, Lockheed's F-16 shortlisted for Philippine fighter jet deal

South Korea’s homegrown fighter jet KF-21 is competing against US defense firm Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-16 for the Philippine governmen...

Koramco to open office next to NPS for property investment partnership

Koramco Asset Management Co. will open a liaison office next to South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) to bolster cooperation with the w...

Naver Cloud launches AI meeting minutes service

Naver Cloud, the cloud subsidiary of South Korean online giant Naver Corp., said on Friday the launch of Naver Works Clova Note, an AI-based enterpr...

S.Korea’s No.1 soju maker HiteJinro to foray into global beauty market

HiteJinro Group, South Korea’s No. 1 alcoholic beverage maker with a century-old history, has tapped cosmetics development and production as a...

POSCO International wins top award at 2024 Korea IR Awards

South Korea's POSCO International Corp. won the top prize at the 2024 Korea IR Awards, organized by the Korea Investor Relations Service (KIRS), the...

South Korea’s next AI unicorns stand out at KPAS 2024

South Korea’s major telecom company KT Corp. and the country’s leading financial newspaper The Korea Economic Daily have teamed up to sc...

HD Hyundai to show unmanned construction equipment tech

South Korea's HD Hyundai XiteSolution said on Thursday that it plans to hold a demo show with remote control (RC) models of construction equipment...

Hanwha Securities completes acquisition of Ciptadana in Indonesia

South Korea's Hanwha Investment & Securities said on Thursday that it completed the acquisition of Indonesia's Ciptadana Sekuritas.Ciptadana Sek...

Jimmy John’s to open its first store in Seoul in October

U.S. sandwich franchise Jimmy John's will open a store in Gangnam, Seoul, in October, the company announced on Thursday.This will be Jimmy John's fi...

SK Broadband to launch nationwide dedicated line service in S.Korea

South Korea's SK Broadband said on Thursday that it will establish a nationwide network using Internet Protocol-Multi Protocol Label Switching (IP-M...

LG Uplus to support AI startup creation

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Wednesday that it launched the startup support program Shift, which aims to discover and nurture startups, incl...

Hyundai Mobis to invest $257 mn in EV parts plants in Slovakia

Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s fifth-largest auto parts maker, agreed to invest some 350 billion won ($256.9 million) in building electric veh...

Galaxy S24 Ultra named best cellphone in US by consumer magazine

Samsung Electronics Co. 's Galaxy S24 Ultra was ranked as the best-performing smartphone in the US, surpassing Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max in a ...

KIC bets on AI-driven value creation: CEO

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will aggressively explore early investment opportunities in sectors undergoing AI-driven in...

S.Korea’s premium kimchi war escalated by luxury hotels

Kimchi, Koreans’ staple food throughout millennia, has become a new, lucrative revenue source for the country’s luxury hotel chain opera...

NPS bullish on real estate in low interest era: chairman

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will raise exposure to residential housing and data centers to take advantage of lower interest r...

South Korea to designate Jeju as flying taxi pilot service zone

South Korea will designate its resort island Jeju a test operation zone for flying taxis as part of the country’s national urban air mobility ...

KB Kookmin Bank issues €500 mn in covered bonds

South Korea's KB Kookmin Bank said on Tuesday that it issued €500 million ($545 million) in global covered bonds the previous day.Covered bonds...

K Bank aims to turn into AI-based investment platform: CEO

K Bank, the digital banking unit of South Korean telecom giant KT Corp., aims to turn into an AI-based investment platform after going public later ...

Big Tech get slap on wrist for tax avoidance in Korea

Global Big Tech companies such as Google, Meta and Netflix have paid a pittance in South Korea taxes and were fined as little as one-ten-thousandth ...

Global Sae-A completes spinning mill in Costa Rica

South Korea's Global Sae-A Group said on Monday it had inaugurated a third spinning factory for its yarn-producing subsidiary, Sae-A Spinning, in ...

MBK wins enough stake in tender offer to control Korea Zinc

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd. has secured a large enough stake in Korea Zinc Inc. through a tender offer to take control ...

Flashlight Capital offers to buy KT&G’s ginseng business for $1.4 billion

Singapore-based investment management firm Flashlight Capital Partners Pte. (FCP) has offered to buy South Korean tobacco maker KT&G Corp.'s gin...

LG Elec to advance in-cabin sensing solution

LG Electronics Inc. said on Monday it's advancing its in-cabin sensing solution which detects and analyzes the interior of vehicles to prevent acc...

Mirae Asset gets int'l privacy protection certification

South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Monday that it won the international personal information standard ISO 27701 certification after un...

Korea’s Hyundai E&C likely to join UK SMR race with Holtec

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), in partnership with US-based Holtec International Corp. is likely ...

Corporate management disputes spring up in S.Korea

An unprecedentedly high number of South Korean corporations have become targets of unwanted hostile takeover attempts or have been embroiled in mana...

S.Korea tops 5G mobile gaming environment in E.Asia

South Korea led the game score in East Asia with 90.06 out of 100 during the first half of this year, followed by China with 85.64 and Japan with a ...