S.Korea to spur startup investments with eased rules
South Korea will deploy at least 10% of a state-backed fund of funds (FoF) to venture capital investment dedicated to small startups every year, the...
Foreign tourists can use Kakao Taxi in S.Korea
South Korea’s Kakao Mobility announced on Thursday that it has started integrating its taxi service app Kakao T with overseas apps. Foreign to...
Canada's Tim Hortons to open 2nd store in Gangnam
Canada's No. 1 coffee chain Tim Hortons announced on Thursday that it plans to establish its second South Korean flagship store at the bustling Te...
Samsung Electronics to soon unveil Galaxy SmartTag2
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday announced its planned global release on Wednesday of Galaxy SmartTag2, the improved version of its mobile access...
Korea expects inflation to ease from Oct after 5-month high
South Korea predicted headline inflation to ease from October after hitting a five-month high last month, adding to expectations that the central ba...
LG Energy Solution to supply EV batteries to Toyota for 10 years
LG Energy Solution Ltd. will supply 20 gigawatt hours (GWh) worth of batteries for electric vehicles of the world’s No. 1 car seller Toyota Mo...
Korea markets melt as Fed officials foresee longer-than-expected high rates
South Korean financial markets lost ground on Wednesday with the 10-year government bond yield at a one-year high as US Federal Reserve policymakers...
Naver's Kream integrates with Japan's Soda
Naver Corp.'s subsidiary Kream, the South Korean limited-edition goods trading platform has decided to merge its operations with Japan's Soda Inc., ...
SUVs, small pickups grab largest share of S.Korea's car market
Sport utility vehicles (SUV) and small pickup trucks in South Korea are occupying a larger share of the domestic automotive market.Industry sources ...
S.Korea industry production posts largest increase in 30 months
South Korea's Index of All Industry Production soared at its steepest pace in 30 months in August, driven by a resurgent semiconductor manufacturing...
Recreational cars grab largest share of S.Korea's automotive market
Recreational vehicles (RVs) in South Korea like sport utility vehicles (SUV) and small pickups are occupying a larger share of the domestic automoti...
S.Korea's ModaModa partners with Poland's MBF Group
South Korean haircare brand ModaModa has partnered with Poland's MBF Group S.A. for distribution, signifying its entry into the expanding European b...
Samsung Electronics bags AI chiplet foundry order from Tenstorrent
Canadian chip-designing unicorn Tenstorrent Inc. has become a new foundry customer of Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-biggest foun...
LG Chem to sell polarizer businesses to Chinese peers for $800 mn
LG Chem Ltd., the parent of South Korea’s No. 1 battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., will unload its polarizer businesses to two Chinese pla...
Celltrion Pharm gets GMP certification from Japan
Celltrion Pharm Inc. announced on Wednesday that its pre-filled syringe (PFS) production facility in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province has obtain...
Foreign visitors to S.Korea more than triple on-year in August
The number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea has exceeded 1 million for two consecutive months since the outbreak of COVID-19.According to th...
Korea’s SKC to invest up to $70 mn in US smart glass firm Halio
SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, is set to invest as much as $70 million in Halio Inc., a US smart glass technology company, to expand the ...
LG Uplus invests $7.4 mn in S.Korean edu-tech startup
South Korea’s No. 3 wireless carrier LG Uplus Corp. on Tuesday said it will make an equity investment of some 10 billion won ($7.4 million) in...
LG H&H acquires S.Korean makeup brand Hince
South Korea's LG H&H Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement to acquire a 75% stake in Vivawave, which owns the domestic premiu...
HMM to open fastest shipping route from S.Korea to Indonesia
South Korea's HMM Co. on Tuesday said it will open a direct route connecting Busan with the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Surabaya.The revamped I...
Shinsegae Int’l to be exclusive distributor of D&G Beauty in S.Korea
South Korea's Shinsegae International said on Tuesday that it has signed an exclusive distribution contract with the Italian cosmetic brand Dolce &a...
S.Korea's travel agencies fight for survival with customized products
South Korea’s major travel agencies, feeling threatened by the rise of online travel agencies on the tourism market, are using their strengths...
Korean Air may give up Asiana’s cargo business, 4 routes for EU approval
Korean Air Lines Co. may give up the cargo business of Asiana Airlines Inc. and four of its lucrative routes in Europe in an all-in bet as the marri...
Net-zero by 2050 will hit S.Korea’s economic growth: BOK
The net zero emission target by 2050 is forecast to lower South Korea’s economic growth rate by an average of 0.6 percentage point per year ...
S.Korea to extend forex trading hours from Oct. 4 to lure foreign dealers
South Korea will extend the operating hours of the domestic foreign exchange market from next month, allowing foreign currency dealers to directly p...
Com2uS XPLA listed on S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax
South Korea's Com2uS Holdings Corp. announced on Monday that the cryptocurrency called XPLA used in the Com2uS Group's blockchain mainnet of the s...
S.Korea to expand quota of foreign skilled workers to 35,000
The South Korean Ministry of Justice announced on Monday that it will expand the quota of foreign skilled workers from the current 2,000 to 35,000.E...
LG Elec takes on Lenovo, Asus in foldable laptop race
LG Electronics Inc. will join the race to lead the emerging foldable laptop market, currently led by foreign notebook majors Lenovo Ltd. and ASUSTeK...
S.Korea’s SK Earthon starts oil production in South China
SK Earthon Co., the resources development subsidiary of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., began crude production at an oil f...
LG Uplus, Hanwha unveil ceiling-mounted EV charging system
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. and Hanwha Corporation/E&C, a construction unit of Hanwha Corp., announced on Monday that the development of their ...
