S&P upgrades SK Innovation credit rating to BBB-

Global credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) announced on Friday that it upgraded SK Innovation Co.'s long-term credit rating from a ...

S.Korea aims to export $1 bn Gim by 2027

South Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries plans to enhance the global competitiveness of Korea's seaweed industry by establishing "Gim” ...

Korean food appliance makers witness K-food fever in Europe

VIENNA –  South Korea's small cooking appliance and beauty product makers gained certitude of their product quality and were convinced of...

Huons receives A grade in ESG evaluation

South Korea’s Huons Co. said on Tuesday that it received an A (excellent) grade in the 2024 ESG evaluation recently released by the Korea Inst...

Self-driving tech startup RideFlux raises $1.9 mn in Series B

RideFlux Inc., a South Korean autonomous driving technology startup, raised 26 billion won ($1.9 million) in a Series B funding round about four mon...

Czech anti-trust body puts signing of nuclear power deal on hold

The Czech anti-trust body put a temporary block on the conclusion of a contract with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) for the construction...

LG Elec launches modular home Smart Cottage

LG Electronics Inc. said on Wednesday it started selling its LG Smart Cottage, a compact, prefabricated modular home that utilizes its cutting-edge ...

Korea’s SK Networks partners with Malaysia’s Sunway on AI

South Korean trading company SK Networks Co. has joined forces with Malaysian conglomerate Sunway Group to work together on future growth sectors su...

PEN Ventures: A skilled startup accelerator for entrepreneurs going global

For startup accelerators that nurture promising young entrepreneurs, identifying a soon-to-be-unicorn, or a company valued at over $1 billion, in ...

Cuckoo eyes $172 mn IPO of Malaysian unit in Kuala Lumpur: Bloomberg

South Korea’s leading rice cooker and small appliance maker Cuckoo Holdings Co. is said to be seeking to list its Malaysian unit in the Southe...

South Korea’s Viva Republica drops Korean IPO plan, seeks US debut

Viva Republica Inc., a leading South Korean fintech unicorn and operator of mobile financial super app Toss, has dropped its plan to go public in th...

SK Telecom upgrades 5G base stations with Samsung

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Monday that it partnered with Samsung Electronics Co. to apply artificial intelligence (AI)-based quality opt...

DS Dansuk wins $750 mn SAF material order from Phillips 66

South Korea's DS Dansuk Co., which operates bioenergy, battery, and plastic recycling businesses, said on Monday it signed a 1 trillion won ($750 mi...

Korea's Hana Bank to promote foreigners as managers in overseas units

South Korean banks are set to reshuffle overseas units by promoting local staff to management positions, in a bid to boost the sluggish profitabilit...

Samsung to unveil 400-layer bonding vertical NAND for AI servers by 2026

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to unveil a 400-layer vertical NAND flash chip by 2026 to lead the fast-g...

Korean LPs tighten due diligence on general partners

In the wake of COVID-19, South Korean pension funds and insurance companies have placed a greater focus on asset managers' capabilities for post-inv...

Mirae Asset's IRP deposits surpasses $7.2 bn in 2024

South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Friday it became the first in the industry to surpass 10 trillion won ($7.2 billion) in individual ...

MBK Partners named as Time World's Best Companies

South Korea's private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd. said on Friday it was selected in the "2024 World’s Best Companies" list by international ...

Cosmax, Fudan Univ. to team up for microbiome research

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's largest cosmetics original development and design manufacturer (ODM), said on Friday it signed a memorandum of understand...

Samsung Bioepis eyes record sales in 2024 after stellar Q3

Samsung Bioepis Co., Samsung Biologics Co.'s fully owned biosimilar subsidiary, is expected to post its best-ever annual revenue this year after sal...

Samsung SDS, Korea Air Force to cooperate on military logistics

South Korea's Samsung SDS Co. said on Tuesday it signed an agreement with the Korea Air Force Headquarters to cooperate on the digital transformatio...

SK Bioscience's SKYCellflu approved in Indonesia

SK Bioscience Co., a bio and pharmaceutical affiliate of South Korea's SK Group, said on Wednesday that The Indonesian Food and Drug Authority BPOM ...

Instagram poised to crack Korean webcomics market

Big tech has begun its encroachment on the South Korean webcomics market, largely dominated by local players over the past two decades, fanning fear...

Korean food makers set sights on Europe with vegan, sugar-free offerings

PARIS – South Korean food companies such as Pulmuone Corp., Lotte Wellfood Co., Ottogi Corp. and Maeil Dairies Co. are gearing up for their ex...

South Korean VCs in search of better returns abroad

South Korean venture capitalists’ appetite for foreign entrepreneurs shows no sign of waning as they continue to look for better returns overs...

Samsung unveils generative wallpaper of AI TVs

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday the launch of its Generative Wallpaper feature for the 2024 Neo QLED and QLED models, powered by Tizen OS....

Superb AI, Cisco to strengthen AI network cooperation

South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) startup Superb AI said on Tuesday it was awarded Select Developer from the global network giant Cisco Syst...

North Korean Troops Train in Russia as Moscow Deepens War Coalition

North Korea has sent hundreds of special forces to eastern Russia for training in recent weeks, according to South Korea’s main intelligence a...

Hanwha Asset taps US for Korean defense ETF listing

Hanwha Asset Management Co., a financial service sibling of South Korea’s major defense and aerospace developer Hanwha Aerospace Co., is seeki...

Kakao to launch AI messenger service Kanana in H1 2025

South Korea’s platform giant Kakao Corp. will roll out Kanana, a conversational AI agent-integrated messenger app, in the first half of next y...