S.Korea, Indonesia to bolster high-tech partnership

S.Korea, Indonesia to bolster high-tech partnership

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- South Korea and Indonesia have affirmed their commitment to expanding the scope of business cooperation from high tech to food...

Hanjin KAL to sell off its Waikiki Resort Hotel at $108 mn

Hanjin KAL to sell off its Waikiki Resort Hotel at $108 mn

South Korea’s Hanjin KAL Corp. will sell the assets owned by its Hawaii-based subsidiary Waikiki Resort Hotel Inc. to US company AHI-CLG LLC a...

Hyundai-LG battery JV in Indonesia to power IONIQ 5, other EVs: Chung

Hyundai-LG battery JV in Indonesia to power IONIQ 5, other EVs: Chung

Hyundai Motor Co.'s battery joint venture with LG Energy Solution Ltd. in Indonesia will become the South Korean carmaker’s battery manuf...

Hanwha Ocean recognized for eco-friendly tech at Gastech 2023

Hanwha Ocean recognized for eco-friendly tech at Gastech 2023

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. said on Friday that it had received key environmental certifications from two leading maritime classification societi...

S.Korea inks FTA with Philippines, boon to Korean car exports   

S.Korea inks FTA with Philippines, boon to Korean car exports   

South Korea has signed a free trade pact with the Philippines, which is expected to bolster Korean car exports to the Southeast Asian country with a...

S.Korea's Eximbank, Australia's EFA sign MOU on mineral supply chains

S.Korea's Eximbank, Australia's EFA sign MOU on mineral supply chains

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) on Thursday in Seoul signed a memorandum of understanding with Export Finance Australia (EFA) on cooperat...

AriBio applies for Phase 3 clinical trials in China for oral dementia drug

AriBio applies for Phase 3 clinical trials in China for oral dementia drug

South Korean clinical-stage biotech company AriBio Co. on Thursday said it applied for Phase 3 clinical trials on the anti-Alzheimer's candidate t...

POSCO Int'l, Equinor tie up for Ulsan offshore wind project

POSCO Int'l, Equinor tie up for Ulsan offshore wind project

POSCO International Corp., a South Korean energy and trading arm of steel behemoth POSCO Holdings Inc., signed a memorandum of understanding on Thur...

Daewoong gets patent of Nabota as migraine drug in US

Daewoong gets patent of Nabota as migraine drug in US

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Thursday that it has received a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for the use of...

E-Mart opens 4th Korean hypermarket in Ulaanbaatar

E-Mart opens 4th Korean hypermarket in Ulaanbaatar

South Korea’s top supermarket chain E-Mart Inc. launched its fourth hypermarket in Ulaanbaatar on Thursday with a stronger push for Korean bra...

Amorepacific's Hera enters Japanese market

Amorepacific's Hera enters Japanese market

South Korea's Amorepacific Corp. announced on Thursday that its premium color cosmetics brand Hera has launched in Japan, signaling a significant mo...

Hanwha vice chair pitches submarines to Polish president

Hanwha vice chair pitches submarines to Polish president

Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan is stepping up efforts to win Poland's high-profile submarine project worth an estimated 3 trillion won ($2...

S.Korean food company hy boosts cosmetics unit

S.Korean food company hy boosts cosmetics unit

South Korea’s hy, formerly Korea Yakult, has launched cosmetics made with fermented products using its self-developed lactic acid bacteria, ex...

Aramco, PIF chief to meet key South Korean figures this week

Aramco, PIF chief to meet key South Korean figures this week

Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan, chairman of the world’s top oil company Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) and governor of the kingdom’s sovereign...

SK Group, NPS may exercise put option on Masan without gain

SK Group, NPS may exercise put option on Masan without gain

South Korean institutional investors, including SK Group and National Pension Service (NPS), are likely to only recover their principal without prof...

Korean startups join hands amid dwindling funding, acceleration support

Korean startups join hands amid dwindling funding, acceleration support

Collaboration is becoming active among peer startups in South Korea to create synergy between different technologies and accelerate an early stage s...

Over 130 Chinese travel industry officials visit S.Korea

Over 130 Chinese travel industry officials visit S.Korea

Since the Chinese government allowed its citizens to participate in group tours to South Korea last month, Chinese travel industry representatives h...

KT, Vector Institute to cooperate for hyperscale AI

KT, Vector Institute to cooperate for hyperscale AI

South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has been in talks with Canada's Vector Institute to explore collaborative opportunities in the...

S.Korean gov't to invest $827 mn in cyber security sector by 2027

S.Korean gov't to invest $827 mn in cyber security sector by 2027

South Korea will invest 1.1 trillion won ($827.1 million) in the information security sector by 2027, nearly double its combined budget of 556.9 bil...

POSCO International to take part in CCS project in Texas

POSCO International to take part in CCS project in Texas

POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., is expected to wi...

10 mn-subscriber YouTuber Mark Wiens to showcase K-food

10 mn-subscriber YouTuber Mark Wiens to showcase K-food

Renowned food influencer Mark Wiens is set to showcase the allure of gastronomic journeys in South Korea. According to the Korea Tourism Organizatio...

Hyundai Mobis eyes over 30% growth in Europe through 2030

Hyundai Mobis eyes over 30% growth in Europe through 2030

MUNICH, GERMANY – Hyundai Mobis Co., an auto part-making unit of Hyundai Motor Group, is targeting average annual sales growth of 30% in Europ...

Kakao Mobility to collaborate with Indonesia on digital economy

Kakao Mobility to collaborate with Indonesia on digital economy

South Korea's Kakao Mobility announced on Tuesday that it is discussing ways to collaborate on building the digital ecosystem with major platform co...

Naver raises S.Korean market lead thanks to LLM HyperCLOVA X

Naver raises S.Korean market lead thanks to LLM HyperCLOVA X

South Korea’s leading web portal Naver Corp. has raised its domestic market share, which plummeted to the mid-50% range in May, thanks to Hype...

Mirae Asset No. 1 among overseas asset managers in India

Mirae Asset No. 1 among overseas asset managers in India

MUMBAI – South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., managing 22 trillion won ($16.7 billion) in India, ranks No. 1 among overseas...

HK inno.N releases K-Cab in Singapore

HK inno.N releases K-Cab in Singapore

South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N announced on Monday that it has released the new drug K-CAB for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in ...

POSCO mulls opening integrated steel plant in India

POSCO mulls opening integrated steel plant in India

CHENNAI, INDIA – POSCO, the South Korean steel giant under POSCO Holdings Inc., is considering opening an integrated steel mill in India ...

CJ ENM launches domestic fashion brand of Barneys New York

CJ ENM launches domestic fashion brand of Barneys New York

CJ ENM Co., South Korea’s entertainment and e-commerce giant, has launched the domestic fashion brand Barneys New York, a luxury department st...

HD Hyundai posts big exports to Argentina, S.Arabia

HD Hyundai posts big exports to Argentina, S.Arabia

South Korea's HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co. (HCE) on Sunday said it recently concluded deals to supply 73 machines including excavators and ...

LG Elec to fend off challengers with tech supremacy: H&A Head Ryu   

LG Elec to fend off challengers with tech supremacy: H&A Head Ryu   

LG Electronics Inc., the South Korean home appliance giant that is also the world’s No. 1 home electronics seller, is sure it can hold its mar...

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