Tourist arrival gap between S.Korea, Japan widens sharply

Since Japan resumed visa-free travel for South Koreans in October last year, South Koreans have been flocking to the neighboring country.But the num...

Korean convention sector enjoys increase in events post-pandemic

Coex Convention & Exhibition Center, the largest event complex in Seoul, was crowded on Friday for a smart factory and plant automation fair.&ld...

S.Korea logs biggest-ever current account deficit in Jan on export slump

South Korea reported its record current account deficit in January due to sluggish exports, the country’s key growth driver, and a widened tra...

Hyundai E&C consortium breaks ground on $7 bn S-Oil Shaheen project

A South Korean consortium led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has embarked on building 9.26 trillion won ($7 billion) petrochemical fa...

SK Geo Centric optimizes plastic recycling tech with US company

SK Geo Centric Co., a South Korean energy and chemical company, is accelerating technical negotiations to build the world's first plastic recycling ...

Korea's Smilegate to launch PC-mobile cross-play game globally

Smilegate, a South Korean game developer and publisher, said on Friday that it will launch its new cross-play game "Wonderers: Eternal World" global...

Samsung, Arm partner Gaonchips eyes US as next offshore base

Gaonchips Co., a long-term Samsung Electronics Co’s chip design house partner that also works with British fabless chip company Arm Inc., will...

DB HiTek sees capacity utilization rate rise to 80%

South Korea's semiconductor foundry company DB HiTek Co. last month saw its capacity utilization rate rise to the mid-80% level thanks to rising dem...

S.Korea sees under 10 mn Facebook users per month: Report

The number of monthly users in South Korea of the Meta-run social media platform Facebook last month fell to under 10 million.Mobile Index, a big da...

System on chips: Samsung’s new high-stakes foundry business

Samsung Electronics Co. is setting its sights on system on chips (SoCs) to continue to drive growth in its foundry business amid a protracted slowdo...

HD Hyundai opens free in-house daycare center for up to 300 children

HD Hyundai Co., the owner of South Korea’s biggest shipbuilding group, opened an in-house daycare center at its new headquarters building in K...

Korea's StoneBridge Ventures invests $91 mn in semiconductor, AI

South Korean venture capital investment firm StoneBridge Ventures Inc. announced on Thursday that it has invested a total of 120 billion won ($90.9 ...

Korea's Innocean wins eight awards at Spikes Asia advertising festival

South Korea-based global marketing communications company Innocean said on Thursday that it received eight awards at the 2023 Spikes Asia, a prestig...

SK Networks invests $22 mn in US AI-based device company

South Korea's SK Networks has identified a startup specializing in AI-based devices and software platforms as a new investment target. The startup, ...

LG ups ante to counter Samsung's OLED TV return; expects profit in Q1

LG Electronics Inc. has released its highest-ever number of new organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV models in a bid to maintain its supremacy in ...

Korea’s Shinsegae to bolster convenience store business

South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group is set to boost its business in the rapidly growing convenience store sector as its supermarket cha...

Kumho Petrochem wins BB rating from MSCI's ESG ratings

Kumho Petrochemical Co. announced on Wednesday that it had received a "BB rating" in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluation by Mo...

Yoon’s US visit to test Biden’s trust as ally over chip, battery issues

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s summit meeting with his US counterpart Joe Biden next month will celebrate 70 years of the Korea-US sec...

S.Korea pledges steps to attract more foreign investment

South Korea will boost foreign investment in the country through increased incentives and deregulation, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister C...

Korea won sees largest drop in 1 month on hawkish Powell

The South Korean won currency on Wednesday suffered its largest depreciation in more than a month as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signal...

S.Korea's DB HiTek to split off fabless, bulk up foundry business

DB HiTek Co., a leading chipmaker in South Korea, said on March 7 it is set to split off its fabless unit by May 2 to ramp up its foundry business.D...

S.Korea's SK Ecoplant, POSCO develop K-floating body with domestic tech

South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. and POSCO on Wednesday said they secured basic design certification from the Norwegian classification body DNV for "K-...

GS Caltex, KOEN to establish clean hydrogen hub in Korea

GS Caltex Corp., a South Korean oil refiner jointly owned by Chevron and GS Group, announced a partnership with Korea South-East Power Co., Ltd. (KO...

LG Energy Solution to collaborate on Jeju offshore wind power pilot project

LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Wednesday that its subsidiary AVEL had signed an agreement with Korea South-East Power Co. (KOEN) and Tamra Offshore...

Hyundai Eng. completes Lemba-Imbu water purification plant in DR Congo

Hyundai Engineering, a South Korean construction contractor, held a completion ceremony for the "Lemba-Imbu water purification plant phase 1 project...

Korea’s sole foreign clinic operator CHA Healthcare to go public in 2025

CHA Healthcare Co. operating nearly 90 hospitals and infertility treatment centers across the world, is set to pave the way for South Koreans' inves...

BOK chief defies rate cut calls amid sustained inflation

South Korean central bank chief on Tuesday defied calls for an interest rate cut this year despite growing risks of a recession in Asia’s four...

Lunit receives $1 mn in tech fees from Guardant Health of US

The US operations of South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) medical company Lunit have received a major boost after the company got the green li...

Ascent Korea raises $25 mn to expand its search data analysis solution

Ascent Korea, a South Korean startup that provides an artificial intelligence-based solution to analyze search data and identify users’ hidden...

S.Korea's builders diversify biz portfolios to waste battery, other sectors

South Korea's construction companies are exploring other sectors to find new growth engines amid deteriorating profitability in the housing industry...