Mirae Asset to sell Korean treasuries to retail investors
The South Korean government on Monday tapped Mirae Asset Securities Co. as the brokerage chosen to sell treasury bonds, the sale of which will be la...
SK D&D relaunches renewable energy business spin-off as SK Eternix
SK D&D Co., a real estate unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Monday it has completed the planned spin-off of its renewable energy bus...
LG Display to raise $971 mn in rights offering for OLED business
LG Display Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, said on Monday it will raise 1.29 trillion won...
Korean EV battery makers to unveil tech for industry recharge
South Korea’s three major electric vehicle battery makers are gearing up to invigorate the global green car market with new technologies they ...
S.Koreans watch YouTube over 40 hours a month
South Koreans spend more than 40 hours per month on YouTube, according to the study on Monday.Wiseapp·Retail·Goods, the domestic appli...
Korean manufacturers on edge over US visa quotas
A South Korean automotive parts maker, which made its inroads into the US in the mid-2010s, sharply expanded its production facilities in Alabama la...
NPS to invest up to $8.2 bn in undervalued Korean stocks
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is expected to invest up to 11 trillion won ($8.2 ...
Samsung, LG Electronics sweep honors at iF Design Awards 2024
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. have taken home the most trophies among nominees at iF Design Awards 2024, setting a benchmark in de...
Meta’s AI, XR push to gain speed with Korea’s support
South Korea is backing Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., in the Facebook operator’s artificial inte...
Wanted Lab, Digital Hearts to support S.Korean, Japanese startups
South Korea’s human resources (HR) management tech company Wanted Lab Inc. announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understand...
KT teams up with Amazon to bolster B2B generative AI
BARCELONA -- KT Corp., South Korea’s leading telecom services provider, said on Thursday it has signed a strategic partnership with Amazon Web...
S.Korean ramyun exports increase by 40% in January
South Korea's ramyun(instant noodles) exports increased 39.4% year-over-year to $86 million in January, according to the Korea Customs Service. Th...
Kakao Ventures invests in AI optimization startup Omelet
Kakao Ventures Corp. has made an undisclosed amount of seed investment into Omelet, a South Korean early stage startup developing industrial operati...
Celltrion ships initial supply of Zymfentra to US
South Korea's Celltrion Inc. announced on Wednesday that it shipped the first supply of its subcutaneous injection type of the autoimmune disease tr...
Mubadala ties up with Korea’s Woori for global investments
Mubadala Investment Co., Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, has joined hands with Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest fi...
DevSisters, Krafton sign Cookie Run India publishing deal
South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a publishing agreement in India for the mobile game "Cookie R...
Tous Les Jours exceeds 60 stores in Indonesia
CJ Foodville, the food subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group, announced on Wednesday that its bakery chain brand Tous Les Jours has opened a new st...
SoftBank-backed Coupang posts 1st-ever annual profit in 2023
South Korea’s leading e-commerce platform Coupang Inc. on Wednesday posted its first-ever operating profit of $473 million in 2023, driven by ...
Some 6 out of 10 working Korean women choose to be child-free
More than 60% of South Korean women from their mid-20s to their mid-40s who are currently working have no plan to have children although nearly all ...
Hana Bank, Fount to co-work for robo-advisor service
South Korea's Hana Bank announced on Tuesday that it has signed a business agreement with robo-advisor company Fount Investment Co. to launch a reti...
Korean banking groups see record-high loan losses in 2023
South Korea’s top four financial services groups – KB, Shinhan, Hana and Woori -- booked 1.97 trillion won ($1.5 billion) of loans as lo...
Seoul City, Cyber Vally to support AI startups for overseas expansion
Seoul City announced on Tuesday that it will collaborate with Cyber Valley GmbH, Europe's largest artificial intelligence (AI) research consortium, ...
KHNP, Centrus sign LOI for nuclear fuel supply
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) announced on Monday that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with the US-based Centrus Energy Corp. to...
HyperCLOVA X surpasses GPT-4 in Korean AI evaluation
South Korea's Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Naver Corp., announced on Tuesday that its HyperCLOVA X has scored higher than OpenAI and Goog...
HL Mando listed in S&P Sustainability Yearbook 2023
HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea’s HL Group, announced on Tuesday that it has been i...
S.Korean boiler firms expand exports
Despite a global economic slowdown, South Korea's overseas exports of boilers and water heaters increased 4.9% year over year by $478.3 million in 2...
Kolon Industries upgrades aramid smart factory system
Kolon Industries Inc. has upgraded its smart factory system to ensure its doubled production capacity of super fiber aromatic polyamide fibers (aram...
Hyundai Everdigm enters NA construction machinery market
South Korea’s Hyundai Everdigm Corp. announced on Monday that it has signed a dealership agreement with the US-based heavy equipment special...
Caring raises $30 million in Series B funding
Caring Co., a South Korean startup offering senior care services, succeeded in raising 40 billion won ($30 million) in a series B funding round, e...
Paris Baguette opens first store in Hawaii
Paris Baguette, the bakery franchise owned by South Korea's SPC Group, announced on Monday that it opened its first store in Hawaii, the US. The s...
