S.Korea's UAM group to develop tourism transportation on southern coast

S.Korea's UAM group to develop tourism transportation on southern coast

Urban air transportation (UAM) in South Korea will open a tourism road on the country's southern coast, which is dubbed "the nation's Mediterranean ...

S.Korea's BSI dips below 100 for 15th consecutive month

S.Korea's BSI dips below 100 for 15th consecutive month

The economic outlook of South Korean manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors is negative for June, the 15th consecutive month of such pessimis...

BTS 10th anniversary stamps sell out online in 3 hours

BTS 10th anniversary stamps sell out online in 3 hours

The online pre-sale of K-pop band BTS' 10th anniversary stamp sold out early.According to the Korea Post on Wednesday, the online pre-sale of BTS' 1...

Korea's two ride hailing apps to merge in H1, become top operator

Korea's two ride hailing apps to merge in H1, become top operator

South Korea’s ride hailing apps TADA and i.M are set to complete their merger as early as the first half of this year, aiming to become the co...

S.Korea's economy no longer supported by China: BOK head

S.Korea's economy no longer supported by China: BOK head

South Korea’s central bank chief said on Monday the local economy is no longer supported by China given the sustained decline of its exports t...

US antitrust body blocks $1.4 bn Korean Air-Asiana deal

US antitrust body blocks $1.4 bn Korean Air-Asiana deal

Korean Air Lines Co. ’s acquisition of smaller domestic rival Asiana Airlines Inc. is poised to collapse after the US antitrust agency raised ...

Korea's loan delinquency rates soar; outlook to worsen in H2

Korea's loan delinquency rates soar; outlook to worsen in H2

South Korean banks are seeing loan delinquency rates surge due to the increase in lending during the pandemic and a series of rate hikes. The rates ...

SpaceX pushes back Starlink's S.Korea launch to Q4

SpaceX pushes back Starlink's S.Korea launch to Q4

Starlink, low-orbit satellite internet constellation operated by the US aerospace company SpaceX, has delayed the launch of its South Korean service...

A Goliath vs. Davids battle in the S.Korean OTT market

A Goliath vs. Davids battle in the S.Korean OTT market

Netflix Inc. is poised to further distance itself from its money-losing local peers in the South Korean video streaming market this year, as it make...

UAE to find $2 bn investment opportunities in S.Korea

UAE to find $2 bn investment opportunities in S.Korea

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is reviewing $2 billion worth of investment project in South Korea, such energy and information communications techno...

HD Hyundai Energy Solutions wins its first solar module order in Africa

HD Hyundai Energy Solutions wins its first solar module order in Africa

South Korea's HD Hyundai Energy Solutions Co., HD Hyundai Co.'s solar power subsidiary, on Monday said it will supply solar modules for construction...

Renault Korea seeks to establish R&D center in Busan

Renault Korea seeks to establish R&D center in Busan

Renault Korea has announced plans to establish an R&D center in Busan.The Busan city government announced it will sign a "Business Cooperation A...

S.Korea selects 100 core technologies to achieve carbon neturality

S.Korea selects 100 core technologies to achieve carbon neturality

South Korea has designated 100 core technologies to achieve carbon neutrality including heat pumps that retrieve heat from air and water, the green ...

Resumption of LG Energy Solution's JV in Canada gets green light

Resumption of LG Energy Solution's JV in Canada gets green light

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. has received the green light to resume construction of an electric-vehicle battery joint venture in Ca...

JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon to visit S.Korea on June 5

JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon to visit S.Korea on June 5

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon is set to visit Seoul on June 5 and discuss South Korea’s overseas investments with exec...

MLB apparel by Korea's F&F finds favor in China

MLB apparel by Korea's F&F finds favor in China

F&F Co., a South Korean outdoor fashion retailer, has notched a success selling US Major League Baseball (MLB) apparel in China. This comes desp...

UAE state funds gear up for $30 bn S.Korean investment

UAE state funds gear up for $30 bn S.Korean investment

Senior officials of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and other major sovereign funds of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) met with executives ...

Foreigners gobble up chip stocks in S.Korea, buoying overall Kospi

 Foreigners gobble up chip stocks in S.Korea, buoying overall Kospi

Foreign investors' appetite for South Korean stocks remains insatiable, mainly for semiconductor heavyweights, underscoring their high expectations ...

Hanwha Systems soon to install radar on S.Korea fighter jet

Hanwha Systems soon to install radar on S.Korea fighter jet

The active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar developed jointly by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and defense contractor Hanwha Sys...

Korea's SK E&S plans $14 bn joint investment in hydrogen biz

Korea's SK E&S plans $14 bn joint investment in hydrogen biz

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. is poised to spend 18.5 trillion won ($13.9 billion) with partners by 2025 to set up a hydrogen industry value ch...

S.Korea's Osteonic starts sports medicine exports to Japan

S.Korea's Osteonic starts sports medicine exports to Japan

South Korea's surgical and medical instruments maker Osteonic Co. on Thursday announced the start of exports of its Kinex sports medicine products t...

Hanmi Semiconductor named world’s top 10 chip equipment maker

Hanmi Semiconductor named world’s top 10 chip equipment maker

South Korean chip equipment maker Hanmi Semiconductor Co. on Thursday said it made the world’s top 10 in the rankings of TechInsights, a globa...

LG Energy Solution secures lithium concentrate in N.America

LG Energy Solution secures lithium concentrate in N.America

South Korea's battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Friday that it has signed a lithium concentrate supply contract with Australian c...

S.Korea business lobby group regrets past political role

S.Korea business lobby group regrets past political role

The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) on Thursday said it deeply regretted the political role it took in the previous governments and vowed to b...

Hanwha Systems, KAI sign contracts to develop SAR satellites

Hanwha Systems, KAI sign contracts to develop SAR satellites

Hanwha Systems Co. and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., Korea’s two leading aerospace and defense companies, have clinched deals with a govern...

Sartorius to build $600 mn Korea facilities, open to more investment

Sartorius to build $600 mn Korea facilities, open to more investment

Sartorius AG, a global pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment supplier, plans to spend $600 million on its first facilities in South Korea, about s...

Korea's E-Mart shares tumble despite push for profitability

Korea's E-Mart shares tumble despite push for profitability

South Korea’s largest hypermarket chain E-Mart Inc., a unit of a local retail giant Shinsegae Group, suffered a drop in its share prices to a ...

Samsung to launch Galaxy A24 in S.Korea to target low-end market

Samsung to launch Galaxy A24 in S.Korea to target low-end market

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release the Galaxy A24, a budget phone model in the domestic market on Friday to targetin...

S.Korea's i-Sens buys US glucose-measuring device maker for $27 mn

S.Korea's i-Sens buys US glucose-measuring device maker for $27 mn

South Korean maker of diabetes-related devices i-Sens Inc. on Wednesday announced its planned acquisition of AgaMatrix, an American manufacturer of ...

S.Korea's top 3 telecom companies boost pet-related services

S.Korea's top 3 telecom companies boost pet-related services

South Korea's top three telecommunication companies are expanding their pet-related services to attract as customers the estimated 15 million owners...

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