Travel sales for SE Asia, Japan sell out in South Korea

Travel sales for SE Asia, Japan sell out in South Korea

South Korean travelers are loosening their purse strings on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, with overseas travel sales for one of the biggest ho...

Aespa's first VR concert unveiles at the US music festival

Aespa's first VR concert unveiles at the US music festival

AmazeVR, a virtual reality (VR) concert production and distribution platform company, said on Friday that "Aespa VR Concert at Kwangya" was official...

SK Energy teams up with state-run power supplier for EV charging station

SK Energy teams up with state-run power supplier for EV charging station

SK Energy, a major South Korean oil refiner, teamed up with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) to install electric vehicle (EV) and hydrogen...

SK Inc. eyes significant growth in bio business from 2024

SK Inc. eyes significant growth in bio business from 2024

SAN FRANCISCO – SK Inc.,  the investment and holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, expects significant growth in its biopharma...

Capital-impaired SMEs are allowed to participate in government-led R&Ds

Capital-impaired SMEs are allowed to participate in government-led R&Ds

Capital-impaired companies can now receive government R&D support as long as they prove their research capabilities.The Ministry of SMEs and Sta...

Bank of Korea gives bearish outlook after rate hike

Bank of Korea gives bearish outlook after rate hike

South Korea’s central bank on Friday raised interest rates by a quarter point to 3.5%, while signaling a further cut in its economic growth fo...

S.Korea to extend trading hours of local forex market

S.Korea to extend trading hours of local forex market

South Korea will extend the trading hours for the local foreign exchange market to attract overseas investors and improve the trading system so that...

Hanwha Systems opens UAE branch as core base for Mideast exports

Hanwha Systems opens UAE branch as core base for Mideast exports

South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. on Thursday opened a branch office in Abu Dubai, the United Arab Emirates in the wake of the company's business gro...

S.Korea’s battery material exports double to $10 bn

S.Korea’s battery material exports double to $10 bn

South Korea’s battery material exports more than doubled to exceed overseas sales of electric vehicle cells last year, helping the country&rsq...

Korea's Webcash to expand B2B fintech solutions in Cambodia

Korea's Webcash to expand B2B fintech solutions in Cambodia

Webcash Co. a leading business-to-business (B2B) fintech solutions provider in South Korea, said on Thursday its Cambodian affiliate KOSIGN and Phno...

Major startup event Slush to hold spin-off meeting in Korea

Major startup event Slush to hold spin-off meeting in Korea

Slush, one of the world’s largest startup events, is set to hold a spin-off meeting in South Korea this year.Slush is a startup and tech event...

Orchestra PE acquires KFC Korea for about $50 mn

Orchestra PE acquires KFC Korea for about $50 mn

Asia-focused Orchestra Private Equity agreed on Wednesday to buy a 100% stake in the South Korean operations of fast food chain KFC for around 60 bi...

Kia EV6 named SUV of the year in North America

Kia EV6 named SUV of the year in North America

The Kia EV6 is this year's North American Utility Vehicle of the Year of the North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year Awards (NACTO...

POSCO Chemical moves into activated carbon business

POSCO Chemical moves into activated carbon business

POSCO Chemical Co. will join hands with Dong-Suh Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. to move into the activated carbon business, an eco-friendly material f...

PIF, GIC to invest $964 mn in Korea's Kakao Entertainment

PIF, GIC to invest $964 mn in Korea's Kakao Entertainment

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have agreed to invest a combined $964 million in K...

KCCI launches Carbon Reduction Certification Center

KCCI launches Carbon Reduction Certification Center

The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry(KCCI) said Thursday that it has established the Carbon Reduction Certification Center, a professional org...

Lotte to invest more in US bio biz, spend $3 bn in Korea

Lotte to invest more in US bio biz, spend $3 bn in Korea

SAN FRANCISCO -- South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. is considering investing more in the US bio industry and spending $3 billion in new factori...

SK Telecom, Nokia demonstrate Korea's first open RAN base station

SK Telecom, Nokia demonstrate Korea's first open RAN base station

SK Telecom Co. said on Tuesday that it verified jointly with Nokia the stable 5G speed and coverage performance in a field test by installing a clou...

POSCO opens first overseas venture incubating office in Silicon Valley

POSCO opens first overseas venture incubating office in Silicon Valley

POSCO Group said on Wednesday that it has opened the first overseas office of ChangeUp Ground in Silicon Valley in the US.ChangeUp Ground is a start...

SK Ecoplant looks to enter US battery recycling business: CEO

SK Ecoplant looks to enter US battery recycling business: CEO

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering company, will enter the US battery recycling business by investing in promising startups, C...

Hyundai L&C wins GR certification for recycled PET packaging sheets

Hyundai L&C wins GR certification for recycled PET packaging sheets

Hyundai Living & Culture, Hyundai Department Store Co. Group's building materials unit, said on Wednesday that it has received Good Recycled Pro...

S.Korea resumes egg imports in 13 months due to soaring prices

S.Korea resumes egg imports in 13 months due to soaring prices

As egg prices soared due to the spread of bird flu or avian influenza, the South Korean government resumed imports of eggs to ease price pressure.It...

S.Korea posts 2nd current account deficit in 3 months due to flat exports

S.Korea posts 2nd current account deficit in 3 months due to flat exports

South Korea in November last year suffered its second current account deficit in three months due to plummeting exports of key items like semiconduc...

Korea’s secondhand car market cools amid elevated interest rates

Korea’s secondhand car market cools amid elevated interest rates

South Korea’s secondhand car market is cooling rapidly as both dealers and buyers are reeling from elevated interest rates, which also bode il...

Hyundai Eng. acquires certifications for nuclear power plant construction

Hyundai Eng. acquires certifications for nuclear power plant construction

Hyundai Engineering Co. said on Tuesday it has obtained both domestic and foreign quality certifications to start the nuclear power plant EPC (desig...

Lotte Chemical conducts product risk assessment first time in Korea

Lotte Chemical conducts product risk assessment first time in Korea

Lotte Chemical Corp. said on Tuesday that it is conducting a risk assessment for its products for the first time in the domestic chemical industry...

GCCL develops Korea's first automatic clinical trial data sharing system

GCCL develops Korea's first automatic clinical trial data sharing system

Global Clinical Central Lab (GCCL), an affiliate of South Korean pharmaceutical firm Green Cross Corp., said on Monday it has jointly developed Kore...

South Korea develops 1,000 super gap startups

South Korea develops 1,000 super gap startups

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups on Monday said it would release the next day its plan for the so-called 2023 Super-gap Startup 1,000+ Project in w...

Seoul in talks to share nuclear plant export profits with Westinghouse

Seoul in talks to share nuclear plant export profits with Westinghouse

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. and its parent company Korea Electric Power Corp. are in discussion with Westinghouse Electric Corp. to share pr...

Broadcom to give Samsung warranties to avoid Korea penalties

Broadcom to give Samsung warranties to avoid Korea penalties

US chipmaker Broadcom Inc. agreed to provide three-year warranties and technical support for components equipped in products such as smart devices o...

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