Korean IT giants drop fandom platforms, help HYBE dominate

Korean IT giants drop fandom platforms, help HYBE dominate

South Korean game developer Neowiz has sold its fan engagement platform unit, joining the moves by local IT giants such as Naver Corp. to pull out o...

Liner ranks 9th in generative AI services selected by a16z

Liner ranks 9th in generative AI services selected by a16z

South Korea's generative AI startup Liner said on Friday that its search service ranked 9th in the web services category of the Top-100 Gen AI Consu...

Lotte Fine Chemical, JEFA to collaborate on clean ammonia value chain

Lotte Fine Chemical, JEFA to collaborate on clean ammonia value chain

Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., said on Friday that it signed a Clean Ammonia Value Chain Agreement (JC...

Hanwha completes Australia plant for howitzers, armored vehicles

Hanwha completes Australia plant for howitzers, armored vehicles

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. has completed building its first overseas plant — producing howitzers and ammunition carriers in Aust...

Samsung tops S.Korean smartphone market with 76% share

Samsung tops S.Korean smartphone market with 76% share

In the second quarter of this year,  the market share of Samsung Electronics Co. in the South Korean smartphone market slightly increased, whil...

Enormous market ahead for Hopae, S.Korean DID pioneer

Enormous market ahead for Hopae, S.Korean DID pioneer

To Hopae Inc., a digital identity solution-developing startup native to South Korea, its home market is small. After successfully accommodating more...

SY Lee: A Korean startup creator who fetched $80 mn for Story Protocol

SY Lee: A Korean startup creator who fetched $80 mn for Story Protocol

Seung Yoon Lee, a South Korean startup creator, was in his early 20s when he co-founded Radish Fiction Inc., a US-based mobile fiction platform, in ...

Hyundai Motor, Kia gets A- credit rating from S&P Global

Hyundai Motor,  Kia gets A- credit rating from S&P Global

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. said on Thursday that S&P Global upgraded their credit ratings from BBB+ to A-, with a Stable outlook for both c...

STIC to buy Korean flooring firm Nox from TPG for $336 mn

STIC to buy Korean flooring firm Nox from TPG for $336 mn

Seoul-based private equity firm STIC Investments has agreed to acquire global leading luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring firm Nox Corp. at 450 billion...

Stock-rich KCC's shareholdings exceed its market cap

Stock-rich KCC's shareholdings exceed its market cap

KCC Corp., a paint and glass maker but better known as a white knight for South Korean conglomerates, holds more than 4 trillion won ($3 billion) wo...

Kolon Global, Hana Bank to form onshore wind power fund

Kolon Global, Hana Bank to form onshore wind power fund

South Korea's Kolon Global Corp. announced on Tuesday it signed an agreement with Hana Bank, Hana Alternative Asset Management, and MDM Asset Manage...

EV firefighting startup Lee Mobility gets seed round

EV firefighting startup Lee Mobility gets seed round

South Korean startup Lee Mobility announced on Tuesday that it got a seed round investment from Bluepoint Partners, a domestic early-stage venture c...

Hansae Yes24 moves closer to acquiring GM supplier Erae AMS

Hansae Yes24 moves closer to acquiring GM supplier Erae AMS

Hansae Yes24 Holdings Co., the holding company of South Korea’s leading apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Hansae Co., has moved a ...

Air Incheon joins Boeing safety operation support program

Air Incheon joins Boeing safety operation support program

South Korea's cargo airline Air Incheon announced on Wednesday that it signed an agreement with American aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. on Tuesd...

Korea Investment, most generous venture capitalist in H1

Korea Investment, most generous venture capitalist in H1

Korea Investment Partners Co. spent the most on local startups among venture capitalists in the first half, while South Korean game developer Smileg...

HD Hyundai Infracore to supply construction equipment to Saudi Arabia

HD Hyundai Infracore to supply construction equipment to Saudi Arabia

South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract to supply 100 excavators and wheel loaders to Saudi Arabia's l...

KAI, TAI ink deal to boost T-50TH support

KAI, TAI ink deal to boost T-50TH support

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Thai Aviation Industries (TAI), Thailand's state-owned aircraf...

South Korea to extend export missile range from 300 km to 500 km

South Korea to extend export missile range from 300 km to 500 km

South Korea has decided to extend the range of missiles for export to 500 kilometers from the current 300 km after accepting requests to do so from ...

Korean won at 5-mth high; BOK may not lower interest rate

Korean won at 5-mth high; BOK may not lower interest rate

The South Korean won on Monday touched a five-month high as the central bank may not immediately cut its policy interest rate due to rising property...

Vietnamese lead influx of foreign workers with Korean dream

Vietnamese lead influx of foreign workers with Korean dream

On Aug. 31, 2004, 92 Filipinos, wearing T-shirts and white caps, entered Incheon International Airport determined to make money in South Korea and r...

Samsung's financial arms beat No.1 banking group KB in profit

Samsung's financial arms beat No.1 banking group KB in profit

Samsung Group's financial services business has overtaken South Korea's No. 1 banking group KB Financial Group in terms of net profit, posing a thre...

Korea’s airline firms plagued by elevated fuel costs, strong dollar

Korea’s airline firms plagued by elevated fuel costs, strong dollar

South Korea’s six listed airline companies posted worsening profitability in the second quarter, plagued by higher jet fuel costs and the US d...

LG Uplus offers Korean Air gift cards to 5G subscribers

LG Uplus offers Korean Air gift cards to 5G subscribers

South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. is expanding benefits for subscribers of its online-exclusive prepaid plan Nugget, including offering Korean Air ...

SK Bioscience sells stake in US vaccine developer Novavax

SK Bioscience sells stake in US vaccine developer Novavax

SK Bioscience Co., a drug-making arm of South Korea's No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has sold a stake in Nasdaq-listed vaccine developer Novavax Inc. ...

IMBiologics transfers autoimmune disease drug tech to Huadong Pharma

IMBiologics transfers autoimmune disease drug tech to Huadong Pharma

South Korea's antibody-based biotech company IMBiologics announced on Friday that it signed a contract to transfer the technology of its autoimmune ...

Korean Telco giant KT’s Midas touch with hotel business  

Korean Telco giant KT’s Midas touch with hotel business  

KT Corp., one of South Korea’s top three mobile carriers, is on a roll in the hotel business despite its late foray into the hospitality indus...

Hyundai, Kia to apply BMS to all EVs for fire prevention

Hyundai, Kia to apply BMS to all EVs for fire prevention

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, plans to install its battery management system (BMS) in all its electric vehicles to...

Korea’s top landscaping firm Dawon to expand in SE Asia

Korea’s top landscaping firm Dawon to expand in SE Asia

South Korea’s Dawon Corporation aims to expand its business in Southeast Asia as it beat out major domestic builders such as Samsung C&T C...

GS E&C in talks to sell entire stake in GS Elevator to Chinese firm

 GS E&C in talks to sell entire stake in GS Elevator to Chinese firm

South Korea’s GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) is in talks to sell its entire stake in GS Elevator Co. to a Chinese strate...

NCSOFT develops new game Doguri Adventure

NCSOFT develops new game Doguri Adventure

South Korea’s major game developer and publisher NCSOFT Corp. has begun developing a casual game Doguri Adventure, featuring the character bra...

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