Lunit selected as contractor for building medical AI platform in Singapore

Lunit selected as contractor for building medical AI platform in Singapore

South Korean medical AI company Lunit announced on Friday that it has been selected as the final contractor in the bidding for the establishment of ...

Orsted wins 1.6 GW offshore wind power license from Korea

Orsted wins 1.6 GW offshore wind power license from Korea

Danish energy company Orsted has secured exclusive rights to build South Korea’s largest offshore wind power complex in a project estimated at...

Ananti to go solo in Busan without Hilton

Ananti to go solo in Busan without Hilton

Ananti Inc. will end its six-year-long partnership with Hilton Hotels & Resorts by removing the global hotel giant's nameplate from its luxury s...

Daewoong Pharm set to export Envlo Tab to Russia, CIS

Daewoong Pharm set to export Envlo Tab to Russia, CIS

Daewoong Pharmaceutical, a leading South Korean pharmaceutical company will export its new diabetes drug Envlo Tab. (active ingredient:enavogliflozi...

Air Premia posts first-ever quarterly profit

Air Premia posts first-ever quarterly profit

Air Premia Inc., a South Korean budget carrier, on Thursday reported its first-ever quarterly profit in the third quarter of this year, fueled by a ...

POSCO startup POSCORE wins grand prize at D.Camp All-Star League

POSCO startup POSCORE wins grand prize at D.Camp All-Star League

POSCORE, an in-house startup of South Korean steel giant POSCO Group, won the grand prize during an annual startup demo day hosted Wednesday by star...

Korea's startup ecosystem lags behind peers in global investments

Korea's startup ecosystem lags behind peers in global investments

South Korea’s startup environment lags behind major countries in terms of global expansion and foreign investment attraction, a report from st...

Hanwha Ocean showcases Jangbogo-III submarine in Warsaw

Hanwha Ocean showcases Jangbogo-III submarine in Warsaw

South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. held the Hanwha Ocean Day event in Warsaw, Poland, on November 29 for local media, to showcase its involve...

STX to develop Gargoub port in Egypt with grain silos

STX to develop Gargoub port in Egypt with grain silos

STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, is expected to develop a Mediterranean port in Egypt and build grain silos at the port, a move ex...

HD Hyundai taps RCE to go global with used heavy machinery

HD Hyundai taps RCE to go global with used heavy machinery

HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co., the construction machinery provider under South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate HD Hyundai Group, will ventu...

Asiana collaborates with China's Ctrip for live commerce broadcast

Asiana collaborates with China's Ctrip for live commerce broadcast

Asiana Airlines Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will conduct a live commerce broadcast in collaboration with China's largest online travel agenc...

Hanwha Ocean to develop submarine technology to evade detection

Hanwha Ocean to develop submarine technology to evade detection

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. has consecutively secured contracts for naval technology-related vessel research projects. The company recently annou...

KOTRA to support K-startups in European expansion

KOTRA to support K-startups in European expansion

The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Wednesday the establishment of a South Korean pavilion at the upcoming SLUSH 2023, ...

More Koreans seek high-yield bond funds, betting the Fed will end hikes

More Koreans seek high-yield bond funds, betting the Fed will end hikes

South Korean investors are growing more interested in global high-yield bond funds, betting that the US Federal Reserve is likely to end its interes...

Iljin Electric bags $333 mn high-voltage transformer deal in US

Iljin Electric bags $333 mn high-voltage transformer deal in US

Iljin Electric Co. has won its largest-ever 431.8 billion won ($333.2 billion) order to supply high-voltage transformers to a US energy company, the...

Hanjin to strengthen logistics for K-fashion brands

Hanjin to strengthen logistics for K-fashion brands

South Korea's Hanjin Transportation, a logistics unit of Hanjin Group, announced on Tuesday that it plans to strengthen Swoop, a logistics service o...

Korean defense sector to offset semiconductor downturn: FT

Korean defense sector to offset semiconductor downturn: FT

South Korea’s defense sector is enjoying booming demand from countries across the world that are cutting their reliance on Russian weapons, of...

S.Korean gov't to support export of postnatal care centers

S.Korean gov't to support export of postnatal care centers

The South Korean government will support the overseas expansion of domestic postnatal care centers. South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Fin...

L&F to invest $1.9 bn to build key battery materials plants

L&F to invest $1.9 bn to build key battery materials plants

DAEGU, South Korea – L&F Co., South Korea’s major cathode supplier seeking to transform into a comprehensive battery materials produ...

Cosmax targets Thailand with K-beauty cosmetic formulations

Cosmax targets Thailand with K-beauty cosmetic formulations

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's largest cosmetics manufacturer that specializes in original design manufacturing (ODM), announced on Monday that it is ac...

KG Mobility may lose its name to trademark troll

KG Mobility may lose its name to trademark troll

KG Mobility Corp., South Korean automaker specializing in sport utility vehicles, is on the brink of losing its new name, which could deal a blow to...

Korean shipbuilders seek overseas yards for surging orders

Korean shipbuilders seek overseas yards for surging orders

South Korean shipbuilders are seeking overseas production bases through mergers and acquisitions to meet soaring demand across the world as they hav...

Korean ELS investors biting nails over sharp falls in Hong Kong shares

Korean ELS investors biting nails over sharp falls in Hong Kong shares

Chinese shares listed on the Hong Kong bourse have fallen sharply so far this year, placing the city’s main stock index, the HSCEI, among the ...

Korean LCC T’way enjoys healthy earnings on preemptive investment

Korean LCC T’way enjoys healthy earnings on preemptive investment

South Korean budget airline T'way Air Co. reported strong earnings as it benefited from its preemptive move of introducing new aircraft to increase ...

Samsung Engineering designs Sarawak green hydrogen project in Malaysia

Samsung Engineering designs Sarawak green hydrogen project in Malaysia

Samsung Engineering Co., the construction and engineering unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, said on Friday it has begun th...

Hyundai Kona Electric beats Honda in German test

Hyundai Kona Electric beats Honda in German test

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Friday that its best-selling electric vehicle (EV) compact sports utility vehicle (SUV) Kona Electric received higher...

Lotte Fine to invest $99 mn to up green materials sales by 6 times  

Lotte Fine to invest $99 mn to up green materials sales by 6 times  

Lotte Fine Chemical Co., South Korea’s largest ammonia producer, will spend a total of 129 billion won ($99 million) in an aim to become the w...

Black Friday sales offer short-lived relief to Korean retailers

Black Friday sales offer short-lived relief to Korean retailers

South Korean retailers and fashion outlets are seeing record-breaking sales during their big discount events this month, but industry watchers said ...

Two S.Koreans selected as members of CAE

Two S.Koreans selected as members of CAE

Kinam Kim, President of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK) and Sang Yup Lee, Vice President of NAEK were selected as foreign memb...

GC Biopharma wins $10 mn order for flu vaccine in Thailand

GC Biopharma wins $10 mn order for flu vaccine in Thailand

South Korea's GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Thursday that its flu vaccine GC Flu secured a $10 million order in the upcoming bid by Thailand's Gov...

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