South Korea lags behind US, China in AI talent pool

South Korea lags behind US, China in AI talent pool

South Korea lags far behind advanced countries in nurturing artificial intelligence (AI) talent due to the lack of proper skills development program...

S.Korea sees new record of instant noodle exports

S.Korea sees new record of instant noodle exports

South Korea's exports of ramen exceeded 1 trillion won ($780 million) for the first time. Korean ramen is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year...

Korea Inc.’s dividend repatriation soars on new tax breaks

Korea Inc.’s dividend repatriation soars on new tax breaks

Major companies in South Korea, such as affiliates of Samsung, LG and Hyundai Motor Group, are bringing larger amounts of capital back home from abr...

Hyundai Group chair exits Schindler-invested unit board

Hyundai Group chair exits Schindler-invested unit board

Hyundai Group's chairwoman on Friday resigned from the board of its elevator unit, whose No. 2 shareholder is Schindler Holding AG, amid mounting sh...

Japanese furniture brand Nitori to open first store in Korea

Japanese furniture brand Nitori to open first store in Korea

Nitori Co., dubbed Japan's IKEA, is slated to open its first store in South Korea next week, accelerating its Asia-centered expansion push, while su...

Trafigura to invest in S.Korea’s EV cell materials maker

Trafigura to invest in S.Korea’s EV cell materials maker

Trafigura, a major global commodity trader, is set to invest in a South Korean electric vehicle battery raw materials manufacturer to take advantage...

Samsung Med. Center achieves Korea's first uterine transplantation

Samsung Med. Center achieves Korea's first uterine transplantation

The first successful case of uterine transplantation surgery in Korea has been reported, with the patient currently preparing for pregnancy. Samsung...

S.Korea turns more upbeat about economic recovery

S.Korea turns more upbeat about economic recovery

South Korea is more hopeful about a gradual recovery in the economy, driven largely by revived global demand for its mainstay export semiconductors,...

HD KSOE secures order for two VLEC

HD KSOE secures order for two VLEC

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) announced on Friday it has recently signed a shipbuilding contract for two very large-sc...

Thematic ETFs in Korea betting on India’s growth boom

Thematic ETFs in Korea betting on India’s growth boom

South Korean asset managers stand hand in hand with their global peers in betting on India’s bright growth outlook by rolling out India-themed...

Hyundai to be first automaker to sell cars on Amazon

Hyundai to be first automaker to sell cars on Amazon

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, will be the first carmaker to sell cars on Amazon in the US while providing drivers with the g...

Naver-invested Bering Lab tops at Huawei startup contest

Naver-invested Bering Lab tops at Huawei startup contest

South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) legal technology startup Bering Lab, with investment from Naver D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), receiv...

Samsung Asset launches 1st Korea-listed ETF in US

Samsung Asset launches 1st Korea-listed ETF in US

Samsung Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) manager, has launched an ETF in the US, the first of its kind t...

Hanwha’s REC Silicon plant restarts as US-China tension eases

Hanwha’s REC Silicon plant restarts as US-China tension eases

REC Silicon ASA, a US-based polysilicon maker, in which Hanwha Solutions Corp. and its affiliate have a 33% stake, has restarted operations after a ...

AI to replace high-paid, highly educated doctors, CPAs: BOK

AI to replace high-paid, highly educated doctors, CPAs: BOK

Artificial intelligence poses the biggest threat to high-paid, highly educated professionals such as medical doctors, accountants and engineering te...

S.Korea's FNS Value to enter Malaysian fintech market

S.Korea's FNS Value to enter Malaysian fintech market

South Korea's FNS Value announced on Thursday a collaboration agreement with the Malaysian big data technology company Big Dataworks. The two compan...

Hanyang, Air Products to co-work for green ammonia

Hanyang, Air Products to co-work for green ammonia

South Korea's Hanyang Corporation announced on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the US industrial gas company Air Product...

LG Elec to venture into US EV charger market in 2024

LG Elec to venture into US EV charger market in 2024

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is readying to enter the US electric vehicle charger market with the launch of EV chargers in the first half...

Kyung Dong Navien enters into US boiler market

Kyung Dong Navien enters into US boiler market

South Korea's heating systems manufacturer Kyung Dong Navien Co. announced on Thursday it shipped its first "Condensing Hydro Furnace" to the US mar...

South Korea’s SK Earthon discovers crude oil offshore Vietnam

South Korea’s SK Earthon discovers crude oil offshore Vietnam

SK Earthon Co., the petroleum exploration and production (E&P) unit of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., said on Thursda...

Fed rate likely to be 2-4% over next decade: Oaktree's Howard Marks

Fed rate likely to be 2-4% over next decade: Oaktree's Howard Marks

Investors are experiencing the third “sea change,” facing the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes and its impact on economies and busines...

Shinhan offers $77 mn debts in merger of Vistra, Tricor

Shinhan offers $77 mn debts in merger of Vistra, Tricor

South Korea's Shinhan Investment & Securities Co. said on Wednesday that it has led the merger of financial services firms Vistra and Tricor in ...

Pulmuone expands US fresh noodles plant

Pulmuone expands US fresh noodles plant

South Korea's food company Pulmuone announced on Wednesday it expanded its production line of fresh noodles plant in Gilroy, California, the US.&nbs...

BOK governor named chair of BIS financial system committee

BOK governor named chair of BIS financial system committee

Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong has been appointed as the chairman of the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) at the Bank for Int...

KT says farewell to telegraph after a century of service

KT says farewell to telegraph after a century of service

KT Corp., a leading South Korean telecom company, will end its telegraph service, once the fastest means of long-distance communication, after the c...

SK Ecoplant develops core battery recycling technologies

SK Ecoplant develops core battery recycling technologies

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. has developed four core battery-recycling technologies, including recovering nickel and cobalt from spent lithiu...

Korean battery makers’ broad restructuring hits US

Korean battery makers’ broad restructuring hits US

SK On Co., South Korea’s No. 3 battery maker, has decided to furlough employees at one of its US battery factories in the state of Georgia to ...

South Korea vulnerable to tech spies undeterred by soft penalties

South Korea vulnerable to tech spies undeterred by soft penalties

When a former Samsung Electronics Co. executive was arrested on industrial espionage charges by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (N...

SK, Hyundai Motor's US JV, named Georgia's Deal of Year

SK, Hyundai Motor's US JV, named Georgia's Deal of Year

South Korea’s battery maker SK On and Hyundai Motor Group's joint battery project in Georgia, the US, was awarded the "Deal of the Year 2023 i...

KAI participates in Dubai Airshow 2023

KAI participates in Dubai Airshow 2023

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, announced on Tuesday that it has participated in the "Duba...

Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman courts Korean AI startups as Riyadh, Abu Dhabi vie to build tech hubs K Shipbuilding up for sale as Korean shipyards ride new boom Samsung to buy US health tech firm Xealth in digital health push Korean waste management firm Koentec put on market for $730 mn US unveils 25% tariffs on S.Korea, sets Aug. 1 deadline for agreement