Korea-China battery minerals tie-up mutually beneficial: CNGR chief

 Korea-China battery minerals tie-up mutually beneficial: CNGR chief

China and South Korea stand to mutually benefit by strengthening their partnership in the battery materials business amid tougher US regulations on ...

Indonesia yet to notify Korea of payment plan for joint fighter program

Indonesia yet to notify Korea of payment plan for joint fighter program

Indonesia has yet to provide South Korea with a timetable for payment on a joint fighter jet program as promised, undermining trust in Jakarta&rsquo...

S.Korea's NongHyup advances into EV charging

S.Korea's NongHyup advances into EV charging

South Korea's National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NongHyup), with over 9,000-plus offline bases nationwide, has entered the electric vehic...

LG Chem seeks to sell 2nd NCC facility in Korea in face of China’s ascent

LG Chem seeks to sell 2nd NCC facility in Korea in face of China’s ascent

LG Chem Ltd. has embarked on a process to sell its core naphtha cracking center (NCC) in South Korea, estimated at about 3 trillion won ($2.3 billio...

NPS taps Macquarie, IMM, Hahn & Co. as private equity managers

NPS taps Macquarie, IMM, Hahn & Co. as private equity managers

The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, said on Friday it has hired Macquarie Asset Managem...

Samsung SDI gets carbon footprint certification

Samsung SDI gets carbon footprint certification

South Korea's Samsung SDI Co., the sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker globally, announced on Friday that it has become the first secondary ba...

Lotte Rental drops plan to enter Korea’s secondhand car sales market

Lotte Rental drops plan to enter Korea’s secondhand car sales market

Lotte Rental Co., South Korea’s largest car rental firm, has dropped its plan to enter the domestic used car sales market. Instead, it will st...

S.Korea’s SK to buy US bio JV stake from Roivant for $48 mn

S.Korea’s SK to buy US bio JV stake from Roivant for $48 mn

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, is set to purchase the entire stake in a US bio joint venture held by its partner, as the...

S.Korea’s mattress maker Zinus launches premium product line

S.Korea’s mattress maker Zinus launches premium product line

South Korean furniture and mattress maker Zinus Inc., an affiliate of Hyundai Department Store Group, has started a premium mattress line.The compan...

S.Korea to tighten immigrant investor requirements

S.Korea to tighten immigrant investor requirements

South Korea will raise the minimum requirements for the country’s investment immigration visa program amid growing controversy over foreigners...

SK Telecom adds ChatGPT-based services to A Dot

SK Telecom adds ChatGPT-based services to A Dot

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Friday that it has completely revamped the user experience (UX) and added ChatT, based on ChatGPT, to allo...

S.Korea's beauty platform Hwahae opens flagship store on TikTok

S.Korea's beauty platform Hwahae opens flagship store on TikTok

South Korea's mobile beauty platform Hwahae has opened a flagship store on TikTok (Chinese name Douyin). Hwahae's operator Birdview announced t...

Nongshim’s Baeksansu, Disney to collaborate character products

Nongshim’s Baeksansu, Disney to collaborate character products

South Korea's instant noodle giant Nongshim Co. announced on Friday that it will release a collaborative product featuring Disney character images o...

SK Telecom invests $100 mn in American UAM developer

SK Telecom invests $100 mn in American UAM developer

South Korea's SK Telecom.Co has invested $100 million (131.6 billion won) in Joby Aviation, a Santa Cruz, California-based developer of urban air ...

S.Korea exports halal-certified beef to Malaysia for 1st time

S.Korea exports halal-certified beef to Malaysia for 1st time

Halal-certified premium Korean beef Hanwoo was exported to Malaysia on Thursday, marking the culmination of seven years of quarantine negotiations f...

Korea’s trade deficit with China runs deep; chip support required

Korea’s trade deficit with China runs deep; chip support required

Just like its neighboring countries in Asia, South Korea’s economic growth has long been swayed by the ups and downs of China, which heavily r...

CJ Olive Young to develop inner beauty as new growth engine

CJ Olive Young to develop inner beauty as new growth engine

South Korea's top beauty chain CJ Olive Young said on Thursday that it plans to capitalize on the growing market for inner beauty, positioning it as...

Japan sends most tourists to S.Korea in May: tourism body

Japan sends most tourists to S.Korea in May: tourism body

Most visitors to South Korea last month were from Japan. The Korea Tourism Organization on Thursday said its tourism data found that the number...

S-Oil hits 52-week low on earnings concerns

S-Oil hits 52-week low on earnings concerns

S-Oil Corp. hit a 52-week low on Thursday as analysts slashed earnings estimates for the South Korean oil refiner.The stock hit its lowest level sin...

JW Pharma unveils S.Korea's first homegrown hybrid incubator

JW Pharma unveils S.Korea's first homegrown hybrid incubator

South Korea's JW Pharmaceutical on Wednesday released three products from its new incubator brand Hi-Mammi.The company's rollout of hybrid and high-...

S.Korea opens doors wider for skilled foreign workers

S.Korea opens doors wider for skilled foreign workers

South Korea will raise the country’s visa quota for skilled foreign workers by 15 times from the previous level to ease chronic labor shortage...

Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 named Best EV of 2023 in US

Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 named Best EV of 2023 in US

Hyundai Motor Co.'s electric vehicle IONIQ 6 has been named Car and Driver's 2023 EV of the Year on Thursday. According to Hyundai Motor, IONIQ...

S.Korea, Japan to resume bilateral currency swap for dollars

S.Korea, Japan to resume bilateral currency swap for dollars

South Korea and Japan are set to revive their bilateral currency swap line to bolster their dollar liquidity this week after an eight-year suspensio...

Arkema buys S.Korea's PI Advanced for about $800 mn

Arkema buys S.Korea's PI Advanced for about $800 mn

Arkema, a French specialty materials producer, on Wednesday signed an agreement to purchase a 54.07% stake in South Korea’s PI Advanced Materi...

US to send Its biggest sub to Korean Peninsula in message to North and South

US to send Its biggest sub to Korean Peninsula in message to North and South

SEOUL—The U.S. plans to send its largest nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in four decades, in an effort to deter Nort...

Doosan inks $214 mn deal for Korea combined cycle power plant

Doosan inks $214 mn deal for Korea combined cycle power plant

Major South Korean power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. won a 280 billion won ($214.5 million) deal to supply key components such as a gas tu...

EVs lack luster in S.Korea’s secondhand car market

EVs lack luster in S.Korea’s secondhand car market

Electric vehicles suffered sharper price falls in South Korea’s secondhand car market this year, compared with combustion engine and hybrid ca...

Innocean opens K-ramen pop-up store in Bangkok

Innocean opens K-ramen pop-up store in Bangkok

Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, announced on Wednesday that it has opened a South Korean ramen pop-up store in Bangko...

Airplane hangar built in Heart of S.America by KOICA

Airplane hangar built in Heart of S.America by KOICA

The South Korean government's support for Paraguay, dubbed the "Heart of South America," to become an aviation maintenance hub is gaining momentum.K...

S.Korea to inject more than $2.3 bn in quantum science, tech by 2035

S.Korea to inject more than $2.3 bn in quantum science, tech by 2035

South Korea will pour more than 3 trillion won ($2.3 billion) into quantum science and technology by 2035, aiming to become the world’s fourth...

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