LG Chairman to refine strategy for EV battery production

LG Chairman to refine strategy for EV battery production

Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, visited a cathode plant on Monday to review supply chains for the batt...

Samsung Store tops home appliance store in S. Korea

Samsung Store tops home appliance store in S. Korea

Samsung Store, Samsung Electronics Co.'s direct-to-consumer (D2C) channel, has exceeded Lotte Himart in domestic sales for the first time in its his...

S.Korea's data market is estimated at $19 bn last year

S.Korea's data market is estimated at $19 bn last year

The size of South Korea's data industry market is expected to exceed 25 trillion won ($18.96 billion) last year.According to the results of a surv...

S.Korea’s KOTRA to aid domestic pharmaceutical firms in Japan entry

S.Korea’s KOTRA to aid domestic pharmaceutical firms in Japan entry

The government-run (South) Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Tuesday that it will hold an export consultation meeting for...

Korea to adopt cornerstone investor system to vitalize IPOs

Korea to adopt cornerstone investor system to vitalize IPOs

South Korea is set to introduce a system of cornerstone investors who agree in advance to subscribe to a forthcoming listing with conditions of lock...

S.Korea’s character Baby Shark stars with Sesame Street’s Elmo

S.Korea’s character Baby Shark stars with Sesame Street’s Elmo

Baby Shark, the popular children’s character from South Korea’s family entertainment company Pinkfong, and Elmo, the famous red monster ...

Korail wins $13 million consulting project for Philippines' railway

Korail wins $13 million consulting project for Philippines' railway

South Korea's state-run railway company Korea Railroad Corporation (Korail), announced on Monday that it has secured a consulting contract to manage...

SK Telecom, Singaporean company collaborate on virtual production

SK Telecom, Singaporean company collaborate on virtual production

SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Xon Studios and Singapore's virtual production specia...

Chairman of Polish defense company PGZ visits S.Korea

Chairman of Polish defense company PGZ visits S.Korea

Sebastian Chwalek, the chairman of Poland's state-owned defense industry company PGZ, is reportedly meeting with domestic Korean companies regarding...

S.Korea's Celltrion Healthcare launches Vegzelma in US

S.Korea's Celltrion Healthcare launches Vegzelma in US

South Korea's Celltrion Healthcare Co. on Monday said it launched on the US market Vegzelma, a biosimilar of Bevacizumab, a medication for colorecta...

IGIS, KKR delay plan to set up Seoul-based real estate JV

IGIS, KKR delay plan to set up Seoul-based real estate JV

IGIS Asset Management Co., the largest real estate investment firm in South Korea, and US private equity giant KKR & Co. have indefinitely postp...

S.Korea to dispatch key minerals investigation teams to Chile, Argentina

S.Korea to dispatch key minerals investigation teams to Chile, Argentina

South Korean government will dispatch a public-private partnership key minerals business survey team to Chile and Argentina to revitalize overseas r...

LS Electric to display smart energy solutions in Germany

LS Electric to display smart energy solutions in Germany

LS Electric Co., South Korean manufacturer of power and industrial automation equipment, announced on Monday that it will participate in the Hannove...

SK Siltron gets 20% of electricity from renewable energy

SK Siltron gets 20% of electricity from renewable energy

South Korea’s SK Siltron on Sunday said it procured 19.5% of the electricity it used last year from renewable energy. “In 2020, we were...

S.Korea's number of youth hires falls 90,000 in March

S.Korea's number of youth hires falls 90,000 in March

The number of youth hired for regular or "high-quality" jobs in South Korea fell over 40,000 last month year on year, while the ranks of jobs of a p...

Korea’s homegrown OTT Watcha at crossroads amid dearth of cash

Korea’s homegrown OTT Watcha at crossroads amid dearth of cash

South Korea’s homegrown over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc. is struggling to raise funds as it faces an uphill battle to win over customer...

South Korea’s MSCI campaign has time problem

South Korea’s MSCI campaign has time problem

It’s that time of year again, when South Korea turns on the charm offensive to impress the gang at MSCI to win developed market status.And Presi...

S.Korea plans to make digital platform gov't based on large-scale AI

S.Korea plans to make digital platform gov't based on large-scale AI

South Korean government is pursuing various measures to nurture talent as a way to secure national competitiveness in the AI industry as represented...

S.Korea, Kazakhstan to expand cooperation on mineral resource

S.Korea, Kazakhstan to expand cooperation on mineral resource

South Korea's Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang and Kazakhstan's first deputy prime minister Roman Sklyar, held a meeting in Seo...

S.Korea's hy to launch wine import business

S.Korea's hy to launch wine import business

South Korea’s hy, formerly Korea Yakult, announced on Thursday that it has recently obtained a liquor import license from South Korea's Nation...

POSCO conducts pilot release of rare metal ferrochrome

POSCO conducts pilot release of rare metal ferrochrome

South Korea's steelmaker POSCO and the government-run Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corp. (KOMIR) on Friday announced the first pi...

S.Korea’s Musinsa sees sales grow 54% in 2022 to $537 mn

S.Korea’s Musinsa sees sales grow 54% in 2022 to $537 mn

South Korea’s online fashion platform Musinsa saw sales last year surge over 50% to break the 700 billion won ($537.7 million) mark, though op...

Shinsegae supports int'l expansion of S.Korea's promising fashion brands

Shinsegae supports int'l expansion of S.Korea's promising fashion brands

South Korea's Shinsegae Department Store has launched activities to support the overseas expansion of up-and-coming domestic fashion brands. The com...

S.Korea’s EcoPro BM seeks to raise $385 mn through convertible bond sale

S.Korea’s EcoPro BM seeks to raise $385 mn through convertible bond sale

South Korea’s leading battery materials maker EcoPro BM Co. sought to raise up to 500 billion won ($385 million) through a convertible bond fo...

S.Korea’s first-generation bio companies set up support fund for new ventures

S.Korea’s first-generation bio companies set up support fund for new ventures

South Korea's first-generation bio companies and Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) have created a bio investment fund to support ventures in the field ...

POSCO International to transform into green company by 2030

POSCO International to transform into green company by 2030

POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., on Thursday unvei...

Preppy style attracts Korea's Gen Z, Alpha seeking retro trends

Preppy style attracts Korea's Gen Z, Alpha seeking retro trends

A licensed fashion brand from the University of Cambridge has entered South Korea as more young consumers are enthusiastic about the so-called Ivy L...

S.Korea, Boeing tie up for develop future advanced weapons

S.Korea, Boeing tie up for develop future advanced weapons

The Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) teams up with major US defense contractor Boeing to conduct research and development on...

S.Korean state-run railroad companies meet Czech Minister of Transport

S.Korean state-run railroad companies meet Czech Minister of Transport

South Korea's state-run railway companies Korea Railroad (KORAIL) and Korea National Railway (KR) announced on Thursday that they had met with repre...

Hyundai Dept. Store to open first Disney Store in Korea

Hyundai Dept. Store to open first Disney Store in Korea

South Korea's Hyundai Department Store Co. said on Thursday that it has acquired the operating rights of Disney Store, a retail brand of Walt Disney...

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