TikTok to host offline concert in S.Korea

TikTok to host offline concert in S.Korea

TikTok announced on Friday that it will hold its first-ever offline live concert, "TikTok Stage The Shout," in South Korea on the 9th of next month....

SK Group needs agility to survive disruptions: chairman

SK Group needs agility to survive disruptions: chairman

South Korea's No. 2 conglomerate SK Group needs agile responses to rapidly changing business circumstances amid global geopolitical crises, C...

Korea steps up pressure on private sector to ease inflation

Korea steps up pressure on private sector to ease inflation

South Korea is intensifying pressure on the private sector to curb inflation by forcing companies such as food and beverage makers not to raise prod...

Koreans work longer hours than OECD average? Not in some sectors

Koreans work longer hours than OECD average? Not in some sectors

South Korea has had notoriously long working hours for decades.Long hours – alongside high levels of education and an increase of women in the...

SK C&C AI diagnostic service checks Doosan Enerbility’s plants

SK C&C AI diagnostic service checks Doosan Enerbility’s plants

SK C&C, a systems integration affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, on Thursday said it will provide diagnostic services based on generativ...

HDC IPark Mall opens S.Korea's first Nintendo pop-up store

HDC IPark Mall opens S.Korea's first Nintendo pop-up store

South Korea’s HDC IPark Mall has opened Japanese game giant Nintendo’s first official pop-up store at the Yongsan location in Seoul fr...

MZers fuel Disney Store's boom in S.Korea's offline market

MZers fuel Disney Store's boom in S.Korea's offline market

The Disney Store has become one of the hottest spots within Hyundai Department Store branches since the department store operator has opened three o...

Samsung eyes next-generation 5 nm eMRAM auto chip by 2027

Samsung eyes next-generation 5 nm eMRAM auto chip by 2027

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Thursday it aims to develop a next-generation 5-nanometer-processed aut...

Blackstone names Koramco preferred bidder for $553 mn landmark

Blackstone names Koramco preferred bidder for $553 mn landmark

Blackstone Inc. has tapped South Korea’s Koramco REITs Management and Trust Co. as the preferred bidder for prime office building Arc Place, t...

POSCO completes automotive steel plates plant in China

POSCO completes automotive steel plates plant in China

South Korea’s POSCO announced on Thursday it completed the new plant for automotive steel plates in Tangshan, Hebei province, China.As a joi...

Hyundai Motor muscles into online used car market

Hyundai Motor muscles into online used car market

Hyundai Motor Co. is slated to start selling certified used cars online from Oct. 24, three years after its announcement to enter the 30 trillion wo...

NJ certifies Taihan Cable as major power grid supplier

NJ certifies Taihan Cable as major power grid supplier

South Korean fiber optic cable manufacturer Taihan Cable & Solution Co. on Thursday said it has been certified as a major power grid supplier by...

China’s Temu challenges homegrown e-commerce platforms in Korea

China’s Temu challenges homegrown e-commerce platforms in Korea

Temu, a popular Chinese discount e-commerce platform that landed in South Korea just a few months ago, has apparently cracked homegrown players&rsqu...

Samsung Elec to develop spam filter with public web body

Samsung Elec to develop spam filter with public web body

Samsung Electronics Co. and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding on minimizing damage t...

LG Energy to expand residential ESS biz with new product

LG Energy to expand residential ESS biz with new product

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer, is set to launch a new residential energy storage s...

SK Hynix may block Kioxia-Western Digital merger

SK Hynix may block Kioxia-Western Digital merger

South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix Inc. is rumored to be frowning on the integration of Japan’s Kioxia Holdings Corp. with US-based Weste...

Late Samsung chairman Lee's New Management back in spotlight

Late Samsung chairman Lee's New Management back in spotlight

As the leader of Samsung Group for three decades, the late group Chairman Lee Kun-hee brought fundamental changes to the conglomerate under his &ldq...

Hyundai, Kia sign power chip supply, tech tie-up deal with Infineon

Hyundai, Kia sign power chip supply, tech tie-up deal with Infineon

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group has formed a strategic partnership with German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG to secure a ...

POSCO Int’l completes Mexico EV motor core plant for N.American market

POSCO Int’l completes Mexico EV motor core plant for N.American market

POSCO International Corp., the energy and trading unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., concluded construction on an electric...

Zuellig mulls acquiring S.Korea’s top drug distributor Geo-Young

Zuellig mulls acquiring S.Korea’s top drug distributor Geo-Young

Asia’s leading drug distributor Zuellig Pharma is considering the acquisition of Geo-Young Corp., the largest medicine wholesaler in South Kor...

Korea Inc.’s record short-term borrowing raises specter of debt overhang

Korea Inc.’s record short-term borrowing raises specter of debt overhang

South Korea’s short-term corporate loan growth is picking up at a fast pace, stirring concern among some analysts who see parallels to the 200...

Humedix gets gov't OK for trials of dementia candidate drug

Humedix gets gov't OK for trials of dementia candidate drug

South Korea’s Humedix Co., a developer of biological and pharmaceutical products, on Tuesday said it received approval from the Ministry of Fo...

Lululemon opens logistics center in S.Korea

Lululemon opens logistics center in S.Korea

Global sports brand Lululemon Athletica Inc. opened its first logistics center in South Korea. It's located in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province. This ...

Korea's Harim to divest of Hanjin KAL shares to fund HMM acquisition

Korea's Harim to divest of Hanjin KAL shares to fund HMM acquisition

South Korea’s poultry processing company Harim Group is set to sell off all its Hanjin KAL Co. shares its affiliate owns to secure capital for...

SK to invest in S.Korean company for bio jet fuel materials

SK to invest in S.Korean company for bio jet fuel materials

SK Group, South Korea’s energy-to-semiconductor conglomerate, is set to invest in a local renewable energy ingredient provider for stable proc...

Robot dog Spot patrols Kia auto plant late at night

Robot dog Spot patrols Kia auto plant late at night

South Korean carmaker Kia Corp. ’s plant in Hwaseong, a southern suburb of Seoul in Gyeonggi Province, is guarded late at night by Spot, a fou...

100 new South Korean AI vanguards to be unveiled

100 new South Korean AI vanguards to be unveiled

One hundred new South Korean startups at the vanguard of development of innovative AI technology will be unveiled later this month, according to The...

Korea delays ESG reporting rules for firms to 2026 or later

Korea delays ESG reporting rules for firms to 2026 or later

South Korea will postpone implementation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure rules for the country’s listed firms from 20...

Lotte leads corporate push to raise Korea’s dismal birthrate

Lotte leads corporate push to raise Korea’s dismal birthrate

South Korea’s dreadfully low birthrate — the world’s lowest — is not just a concern for politicians or government officials....

Korea’s LG telecom unit to launch logistics platform service

Korea’s LG telecom unit to launch logistics platform service

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, is poised to launch a platform service that will digitally transform the local logistics s...

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