AI tech firm Interminds to attract up to $12 mn in Series C

AI tech firm Interminds to attract up to $12 mn in Series C

South Korean startup Interminds Co., an AI developer of unmanned convenience store operations, aims to attract 10 billion won to 15 billion won ($7....

Hanwha gets nod on DSME deal from most countries, but not Korea

Hanwha gets nod on DSME deal from most countries, but not Korea

South Korea’s leading defense maker Hanwha Group has obtained approval for its acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co....

S.Korean fashion platform Ably attracts $39 mn before Series C round

S.Korean fashion platform Ably attracts $39 mn before Series C round

South Korea’s Ably Corp., operator of the fashion shopping app Ably, has attracted 50 billion won ($39 million) via venture debt amid the slow...

DB HiTek mulls $780 mn capex in foundry after fabless demerger

DB HiTek mulls $780 mn capex in foundry after fabless demerger

South Korea’s chip foundry company DB HiTek Co. is mulling about 1 trillion won ($780 million) in capital expenditures to enhance its foundry ...

HMM receives Gold rating in EcoVadis ESG evaluation

HMM receives Gold rating in EcoVadis ESG evaluation

HMM Co., formerly known as Hyundai Merchant Marine, announced on Thursday that it has received the "Gold" rating for environmental, social and gover...

LS Cable wins $86 mn contract to supply submarine cables to Taiwan

LS Cable wins $86 mn contract to supply submarine cables to Taiwan

LS Cable & System Ltd. announced on Thursday that it has won a contract worth about 110 billion won ($86 million) to supply submarine cables for...

Goobne Chicken signs franchise contract with Texas-based company

Goobne Chicken signs franchise contract with Texas-based company

Goobne Chicken, an oven-baked chicken brand operated by GN Food Corporation of South Korea, announced on Thursday that it had signed a master franch...

Paris Baguette expands to Canada with first store in Toronto

Paris Baguette expands to Canada with first store in Toronto

SPC, the South Korean food and beverage conglomerate, announced the opening of the first Paris Baguette store in Toronto, Canada, on March 23. The m...

S.Korean robot startup aims to ramp up supply by 9 times

S.Korean robot startup aims to ramp up supply by 9 times

A South Korean autonomous-driving robot startup Neubility aims to increase supply by almost nine times this year as demand for such machines in the ...

EV fast-charging company Crocus succeeds in $5 mn Series B funding

EV fast-charging company Crocus succeeds in $5 mn Series B funding

Crocus Inc., a South Korean startup focused on energy infrastructure and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), announced on Wednesday that it rai...

EcoPro taps mines in the Americas to secure cathode materials: EcoPro CEO

EcoPro taps mines in the Americas to secure cathode materials: EcoPro CEO

EcoPro Group, South Korea’s leading battery materials producer, is mulling investments in mines in the Americas to source cathode materials, a...

Kakao Mobility buys UK ride-hailing startup Splyt for global biz

Kakao Mobility buys UK ride-hailing startup Splyt for global biz

South Korea’s Kakao Mobility Corp. said on Wednesday it has acquired the British ride-hailing startup Splyt, marking the first overseas takeov...

Kolon Industries to make 100% plant-based eco-friendly plastic

Kolon Industries to make 100% plant-based eco-friendly plastic

Kolon Industries Inc.'s Future Technology Institute announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Stora Enso Oyj, a global biomaterials leader f...

SK Ecoplant Americas completes fuel cell project at US hospitals

SK Ecoplant Americas completes fuel cell project at US hospitals

SK Ecoplant Americas has completed a project to supply and install solid oxide fuel cells at US hospitals in collaboration with Bloom Energy. The pr...

Doosan Enerbility wins back-to-back power plant deals in Central Asia

Doosan Enerbility wins back-to-back power plant deals in Central Asia

South Korean power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. has secured a series of contracts in Central Asia, including orders in Uzbekistan and Kazakhs...

LG Chem supplies RO filters for Chinese lithium extraction project

LG Chem supplies RO filters for Chinese lithium extraction project

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. has supplied reverse osmosis (RO) filters for a project to extract lithium from China's largest salt lake.The company on ...

KB, Hana drive major S.Korean overseas banking profits lower

KB, Hana drive major S.Korean overseas banking profits lower

KB Kookmin Bank and Hana Bank led weaker earnings of the four largest South Korean lenders’ overseas units last year although their rivals Shi...

CGBio inks export deal for hyaluronic acid fillers with Chinese distributor

CGBio inks export deal for hyaluronic acid fillers with Chinese distributor

CGBio, a South Korean bio-regenerative medical company, has signed an export deal with Shanghai Feiting Trading Co., a Chinese medical device distri...

LB Investment draws record demand from individual investors

LB Investment draws record demand from individual investors

LB Investment Inc., a venture capital firm associated with the LG founder's family, has achieved a remarkable competition rate of over 1,000 to 1 fo...

Yanolja Cloud to develop real estate platform with SK Discovery

Yanolja Cloud to develop real estate platform with SK Discovery

South Korea's Yanolja Cloud, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, announced on Tuesday its partnership with SK Discovery Co. to build a proptech ...

Boryung, Axiom Space to set up JV to explore space healthcare options

Boryung, Axiom Space to set up JV to explore space healthcare options

South Korea's Boryung Corp., just decades ago a mom-and-pop pharmacy, will bring its healthcare expertise to space with Axiom Space Inc., a US comme...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX set for tie-up with KT SAT for Starlink service in Korea

Elon Musk’s SpaceX set for tie-up with KT SAT for Starlink service in Korea

  SpaceX, the rocket and spacecraft manufacturer founded by Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk, will likely join forces with KT Corp. to lau...

Celltrion eyes Baxter's arm as it gears up for M&As

Celltrion eyes Baxter's arm as it gears up for M&As

Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s largest biosimilar maker, said on Tuesday it has studied a possible acquisition of the biopharma solutions unit ...

Will S.Korean games benefit from China’s deregulation?

Will S.Korean games benefit from China’s deregulation?

China is loosening its grip on foreign online games with approvals on 27 titles, raising hopes that South Korean publishers will expand their presen...

S.Korean LPs name 41 best alternative asset managers

S.Korean LPs name 41 best alternative asset managers

Blackstone, Hamilton Lane, HarbourVest Partners and Audax Private Equity were jointly named the most preferred PE firms by South Korean institutional ...

Korea's Kooksoondang sees its makgeolli exports surpass $10 mn mark

Korea's Kooksoondang sees its makgeolli exports surpass $10 mn mark

Kooksoondang Co., a South Korean brewery that produces traditional rice-based wines, announced on Tuesday that its exports reached an all-time high ...

SK C&C, Naver Cloud team up to boost AI services for Korean companies

SK C&C, Naver Cloud team up to boost AI services for Korean companies

SK C&C, a leading information technology service provider in South Korea, has announced a partnership with Naver Cloud to develop ultra-large ar...

LG Elec, Bayada strengthen cooperation on home care medical devices

LG Elec, Bayada strengthen cooperation on home care medical devices

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Tuesday that it had signed a business agreement with Bayada Home Healthcare, a US-based company specializing in hom...

LS E-Link partners with Logen to boost EV charging

LS E-Link partners with Logen to boost EV charging

LS E-Link, a new corporation of South Korea's LS Group that specializes in electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and operation, has signed a...

Doosan Robotics signs medical robot MOU with Chinese company

Doosan Robotics signs medical robot MOU with Chinese company

Doosan Robotics Inc., a South Korean company affiliated with the Doosan Group, announced on Tuesday that it had signed an MOU with Guangxi Pinge, a ...

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