Stay-in-hotel trend for the holidays revs up luxury hotels
Luxury hotels in South Korea are enjoying the emerging trend of Koreans choosing relaxing vacations at hotels, rather than taking holidays overseas....
S.Korea's Bioneer forms diagnostic joint venture with Indonesian company
South Korea's biotech company Bioneer Corp. on Monday said it concluded a deal to form a joint venture with PT Indika Energy of Indonesia for busine...
Bespin Global establishes Vietnam Tech Center for cloud, digital innovation
South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global will foster cloud and digital innovation industries in Central Vietnam. To this end, the compan...
Medipost completes first dose of Cartistem in phase 3 clinical trials in Japan
South Korea's stem cell research company Medipost Co. said on Monday that it has completed the administration of Cartistem, a stem cell treatment fo...
South Korea Revives Nuclear Debate as Tensions With the North Rise
SEOUL—Rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula and Pyongyang’s spree of weapons tests are fueling a debate in South Korea over the deploy...
Korea eyes removal of pre-reporting for forex transactions
South Korea as early as the second half of next year could lift regulations on money transfers abroad that exceed $50,000 per year.Daily foreign cur...
UAE’s sovereign funds to invest $30 billion in South Korea
ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates will invest $30 billion in South Korea across strategic sectors, including the nuclear power, defense, hy...
FSS to inquire actual use of funds raised by issuing ESG bonds
From now on, companies in South Korea that have raised funds by issuing ESG (environmental, social, and governance) bonds will have to answer questi...
S.Korea's SKC Solmics changes name to SK Enpulse
South Korea's SKC Solmics, a wholly owned fine ceramics subsidiary of SKC, on Sunday said it changed its name to SK Enpulse.With 100% investment fro...
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
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, a major South Korean oil refiner, teamed up with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) to install electric vehicle (EV) and hydrogen...
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
South Korea will extend the trading hours for the local foreign exchange market to attract overseas investors and improve the trading system so that...
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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 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 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...
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
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
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
South Korea’s secondhand car market is cooling rapidly as both dealers and buyers are reeling from elevated interest rates, which also bode il...
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
Global Clinical Central Lab (GCCL), an affiliate of South Korean pharmaceutical firm Green Cross Corp., said on Monday it has jointly developed Kore...
