Hankook & Co. buys autonomous driving tech startup 3Secondz

Hankook & Co. buys autonomous driving tech startup 3Secondz

Hankook & Company Co., a South Korean holding company that owns tire and mobility businesses, said on Tuesday that it has acquired the autonomou...

S.Korea's LS Materials set to boost earnings ahead of IPO process

S.Korea's LS Materials set to boost earnings ahead of IPO process

LS Materials Co., a South Korean energy storage devices maker, is slated to ramp up earnings to accelerate its initial public offering process this ...

Korea clears environmental hurdle for new Jeju airport

Korea clears environmental hurdle for new Jeju airport

South Korea’s environment ministry conditionally approved the construction of a new airport on Jeju Island with a 6.7 trillion won ($5.2 billi...

Korea's SK Telecom jointly develops AI patrol robots

Korea's SK Telecom jointly develops AI patrol robots

SK Telecom Co., along with its partner firms, will develop artificial intelligence (AI) robots that will replace security guards patrolling around s...

US burger giant Five Guys set for June S.Korea debut

US burger giant Five Guys set for June S.Korea debut

Five Guys, one of the top three burger brands in the US, will open in June its first branch in South Korea in Seoul’s posh Gangnam District. W...

S.Korea's imports of Japanese beer in January hit $2 million

S.Korea's imports of Japanese beer in January hit $2 million

Japanese beer imports in January exceeded $2 million, the most since a bilateral row erupted in July 2019 after Japan imposed export restrictions on...

KTO promotes travel to Korea in ITB Berlin

KTO promotes travel to Korea in ITB Berlin

The Korea Tourism Organization announced on Monday its participation in ITB Berlin 2023, the world's largest tourism fair held in Berlin, Germany, f...

Concerned about CHIPS Act, Korea says US investment less attractive

Concerned about CHIPS Act, Korea says US investment less attractive

South Korea on Monday expressed concerns about the guidelines of the US Chips and Science Act, saying that some of the conditions the US government ...

Apple Pay's S.Korea debut as early as third week in March

Apple Pay's S.Korea debut as early as third week in March

Apple Pay, the mobile payment service by iPhone maker, is set to launch in as early as two weeks in South Korea, home to the world’s largest s...

S.Korea's Fly Gangwon kicks off international air cargo service

S.Korea's Fly Gangwon kicks off international air cargo service

Fly Gangwon, a South Korean low-cost carrier, announced on Monday the launch of its international air cargo transportation service on the Taipei rou...

Korea’s SPC Samlip, Siam Makro to tie up for Thai bakery business

Korea’s SPC Samlip, Siam Makro to tie up for Thai bakery business

SPC Samlip Corp., a unit of South Korea’s food and bakery giant SPC Group, said on Monday it has forged a business partnership with Siam Makro...

S.Korea-Indonesia central banks renew currency swap agreement

S.Korea-Indonesia central banks renew currency swap agreement

Central banks of South Korea and Indonesia renewed a bilateral local currency swap arrangement to keep supporting trade and financial cooperation fo...

CJ CheilJedang opens internal venture development space Inno Play

CJ CheilJedang opens internal venture development space Inno Play

South Korea's food and bio giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. on Sunday said it opened Inno Play, an office space for commercializing innovative ideas and d...

Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Motor develop vehicle height adjustment system

Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Motor develop vehicle height adjustment system

Hyundai Mobis, a global auto parts vendor and affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Monday that it has co-developed an electronic levelling cont...

S.Korea's KIC to strengthen responsible investments

S.Korea's KIC to strengthen responsible investments

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) plans to actively voice its opinions on portfolio companies' management over the next two years to tighten its re...

S.Korea needs bold investment to keep K-chip supremacy: SNU scholar

S.Korea needs bold investment to keep K-chip supremacy: SNU scholar

The South Korean government and the private sector must commit to more generous and comprehensive support for the country's memory chip industry if ...

KT&G’s hidden saviors in activist fight: In-house funds

KT&G’s hidden saviors in activist fight: In-house funds

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, will likely get support from in-house shareholders in a battle against activist funds...

S.Korea's Taekwang Industrial acquires ISO 45001 certification

S.Korea's Taekwang Industrial acquires ISO 45001 certification

Taekwang Industrial Co., a textile and petrochemical subsidiary of Taekwang Group, announced on Sunday that it has achieved ISO 45001 certification ...

Korea's ST Pharm completes new R&D hub for gene therapy

Korea's ST Pharm completes new R&D hub for gene therapy

ST Pharm Co., a South Korean drug raw material-producing subsidiary of Dong-A Socio Holdings, said on Friday that it has finished building an R&...

Hanwha Systems begins developing active protection system for combat vehicles

Hanwha Systems begins developing active protection system for combat vehicles

South Korea's defense and IT service company Hanwha Systems Co. will develop core technology for an active protection system (APS), or state-of-the-...

KAI to develop flight training simulator with 3D game company

KAI to develop flight training simulator with 3D game company

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) is partnering with Epic Games Korea to develop a virtual reality (VR) flight training system.The South Korean ...

S.Korea's MZers consider income, working time most when job hunting: Survey

S.Korea's MZers consider income, working time most when job hunting: Survey

Members of South Korea's Generation MZ, or people born in the early 1980s to early 2000s, prioritize income and working time when looking for a job ...

Korea's Incheon Airport celebrates 100 millionth transfer passenger

Korea's Incheon Airport celebrates 100 millionth transfer passenger

Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main air gateway, marked a milestone on Thursday as it welcomed its 100 millionth transfer passen...

Kakao Healthcare to launch diabetes monitoring app

Kakao Healthcare to launch diabetes monitoring app

South Korea’s dominant mobile platform Kakao Corp. will kick off its healthcare services this year with the launch of a diabetes monitoring ap...

Binance’s new NFT platform accused of copying Korean startup’s Chatcasso

 Binance’s new NFT platform accused of copying Korean startup’s Chatcasso

Binance has been accused of copying a South Korean startup’s ideas and design of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered non-fungible token (...

S.Korea kicks off privatization of top container line HMM

S.Korea kicks off privatization of top container line HMM

South Korea has started the process to privatize the country’s No. 1 container line HMM Co. by tapping advisors for the sale of the controllin...

Korea's KSOE wins order for 3 LNG carriers at $770 mn

Korea's KSOE wins order for 3 LNG carriers at $770 mn

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, a shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Group, has secured a contract for liquefied natural gas ...

S.Korea's Igaworks inks deal with Thai ad agency for data solutions

S.Korea's Igaworks inks deal with Thai ad agency for data solutions

Igaworks, a big data platform company from South Korea, announced on Thursday a strategic partnership and solution supply deal with YDM Thailand, th...

Korea's Innogrid wins contract for open cloud platform project

Korea's Innogrid wins contract for open cloud platform project

Innogrid Co., a South Korean company specializing in cloud computing and digital transformation, said on Thursday that it secured a three-year deal ...

S.Korea ranks fifth in global auto output for third straight year

S.Korea ranks fifth in global auto output for third straight year

South Korea’s auto production last year ranked fifth worldwide for the third year in a row.A report on world automotive output from the Korea ...

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