China’s graphite export curbs deal blow to Korean battery sector
South Korean electric vehicle battery and battery component makers are fretting over the Chinese government’s impending restrictions on export...
Naver-invested Nota AI named global leader in AI optimization
South Korea’s Nota AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) optimization model company with investment from Naver D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), an inv...
Samyang Foods launches TomYum Buldak Ramen in US
South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. announced on Friday it began to release the new export-exclusive product of Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, or Buldak Rame...
Koreans work longer hours than OECD average? Not in some sectors
South Korea has had notoriously long working hours for decades.Long hours – alongside high levels of education and an increase of women in the...
SK C&C AI diagnostic service checks Doosan Enerbility’s plants
SK C&C, a systems integration affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, on Thursday said it will provide diagnostic services based on generativ...
S.Korean VCs go global for breakthrough
South Korean venture capitalists are actively discovering attractive investment assets overseas to find a breakthrough amid a prolonged local VC dro...
POSCO completes automotive steel plates plant in China
South Korea’s POSCO announced on Thursday it completed the new plant for automotive steel plates in Tangshan, Hebei province, China.As a joi...
NJ certifies Taihan Cable as major power grid supplier
South Korean fiber optic cable manufacturer Taihan Cable & Solution Co. on Thursday said it has been certified as a major power grid supplier by...
Air Premia mulls $110 mn rights offer for more long-haul flights
South Korean low-cost carrier (LCC) Air Premia Inc. will make a decision on a rights offering worth up to 150 billion won ($110.4 million) at a boar...
S.Korean airlines see 12.87 mn int’l passengers in Q3 2023
South Korean airlines’ international passenger traffic in the third quarter reached 85% of that over the same period in 2019, the year befor...
Samsung Bioepis releases Soliris biosimilar in Europe
Samsung Bioepis Co., a biopharmaceutical research and development unit under South Korea's Samsung Group, is rolling out its latest product Epysqli,...
Bank Woori Saudara to open 160th Indonesian branch
South Korea's Woori Bank announced on Wednesday its Indonesian subsidiary Bank Woori Saudara is set to open a new outpost in Pekanbaru, Sumatra's Ri...
SK Hynix may block Kioxia-Western Digital merger
South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix Inc. is rumored to be frowning on the integration of Japan’s Kioxia Holdings Corp. with US-based Weste...
Hyundai, Kia sign power chip supply, tech tie-up deal with Infineon
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group has formed a strategic partnership with German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG to secure a ...
Korean game sector shifts to consoles as mobile market falls
South Korean game developers are rushing to introduce titles for consoles targeting die-hard players amid the shrinking mobile market.A survey of 10...
SK Telecom launches cloud cost management platform
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Wednesday announced the launch of Cloud Radar 2.0, its next-generation cloud management platform that leverages arti...
Naver launches AI-based hotel recommendations service
South Korea’s web portal giant Naver Corp. has launched a beta service for For You, which recommends hotels using artificial intelligence (A...
Nongshim invests $7.4 mn to nurture food tech startups
South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co., unveiled plans on Wednesday to pump 10 billion won ($7.4 million) into venture funds, aiming to d...
Allgot’s frozen kimbap to hit Costco shelves in US in H1, 2024
South Korean food company Allgot Co.’s frozen kimbap, which sold out immediately after landing in the US about two months ago, is on another r...
One Store secures $14.8 mn investment from Krafton
South Korean homegrown app store One Store Co. has attracted a 20-billion-won ($14.8-million) investment from Krafton Inc. The company's goal is to ...
Red ginseng proven to treat drug addiction: Research
It has been revealed that red ginseng significantly improves drug addiction and withdrawal symptoms caused by substance abuse. The research results ...
Johnson & Johnson more interested in Korean bio startups
Johnson & Johnson, a global pharmaceutical giant, showed more interest in South Korean bio startups with competitive innovation despite the rece...
SeeDevice named Semiconductor Review’s Company of the Year
SILICON VALLEY -- SeeDevice Inc., a fabless image sensor developer famous for its quantum-effect CMOS (QMOS) sensors capable of expanding vision bey...
China Appears to Have Repatriated North Koreans Despite International Pressure
SEOUL—China appeared to have repatriated a large number of North Koreans this week, despite international pressure given the harsh punishment ...
Hyundai’s Supernal, Kia showcase flying car, military drones at ADEX 2023
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group is showcasing the concept of its electric flying car and hydrogen-powered military drones unde...
SK to invest in S.Korean company for bio jet fuel materials
SK Group, South Korea’s energy-to-semiconductor conglomerate, is set to invest in a local renewable energy ingredient provider for stable proc...
KT Cloud releases AI inference GPU infrastructure service
South Korea’s KT Cloud on Monday launched the service AI SERV, which allows the use of infrastructure for high-performance graphics processing...
SK Chemicals, Estée Lauder to co-work for eco-friendly packaging
South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. announced on Tuesday a partnership with Estée Lauder, the leading global cosmetics brand, to integrate circula...
100 new South Korean AI vanguards to be unveiled
One hundred new South Korean startups at the vanguard of development of innovative AI technology will be unveiled later this month, according to The...
Korean cars' gap vs. Japanese to narrow in UAE under CEPA
South Korean carmakers are expected to rapidly catch up to their Japanese rivals in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after their home country and the ...
