Microsoft ties up with Korean startup Wrtn on AI solutions

Microsoft ties up with Korean startup Wrtn on AI solutions

Microsoft Corp. and a South Korean artificial intelligence portal startup Wrtn Technologies Inc. joined hands for the generative AI service based on...

Tesla Model Y reclaims spot as Koreans' favorite foreign car in September

Tesla Model Y reclaims spot as Koreans' favorite foreign car in September

The Tesla Model Y reclaimed the top spot on the best-selling imported car list in South Korea last month for the first time since September 2022. Th...

Hyundai Motor, Kia to adopt Tesla’s charging standard for EVs

Hyundai Motor, Kia to adopt Tesla’s charging standard for EVs

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have joined Tesla's Supercharger network for electric vehicles (EV).The North American branches of the two South Kor...

Korean bond market squeezed by maturing debt, new issues

Korean bond market squeezed by maturing debt, new issues

South Korea’s corporate bond market is saddled with a massive amount of debt due later this year and a surge in banks' new bond issues, amid h...

BMW premieres new 5 Series in Korea, the model’s top market

BMW premieres new 5 Series in Korea, the model’s top market

German carmaker BMW Group on Thursday premiered its latest 5 Series premium sedan in South Korea, an indication of the growing importance of the Asi...

Korean banks go digital in Southeast Asia for non-interest gains

Korean banks go digital in Southeast Asia for non-interest gains

South Korea’s top four banks are strengthening their overseas operations, particularly in the digital banking business, to increase their non-...

Daedong wins $52 mn engine order from Doosan Bobcat

Daedong wins $52 mn engine order from Doosan Bobcat

South Korea’s No. 1 agricultural machinery maker Daedong Corp. will supply multicylinder diesel engines to Doosan Bobcat Inc. for five years, ...

SK C&C invests in US startup Glassdome

SK C&C invests in US startup Glassdome

South Korea's SK C&C announced on Thursday that it has made a new investment in Glassdome, a US carbon emission management solution startup.&nbs...

LG Energy Solution to supply EV batteries to Toyota for 10 years

LG Energy Solution to supply EV batteries to Toyota for 10 years

LG Energy Solution Ltd. will supply 20 gigawatt hours (GWh) worth of batteries for electric vehicles of the world’s No. 1 car seller Toyota Mo...

Pulmuone, BlueNalu team up for cell-cultured seafood

Pulmuone, BlueNalu team up for cell-cultured seafood

South Korean food company Pulmuone revealed plans on Thursday to boost its strategic partnership with US-based seafood startup BlueNalu, focusing on...

Doosan Robotics looks for M&A targets post-IPO: CEO

Doosan Robotics looks for M&A targets post-IPO: CEO

When Ryu Junghoon was tapped as chief executive of Doosan Robotics Inc. two years ago, he vowed to turn the young robot-making company into an indus...

Lotte Chilsung secures majority stake in Pepsi Philippines

Lotte Chilsung secures majority stake in Pepsi Philippines

Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., a household name in South Korea’s soft drink market, said on Wednesday it has secured management rights of Pepsi-...

S.Korea industry production posts largest increase in 30 months

S.Korea industry production posts largest increase in 30 months

South Korea's Index of All Industry Production soared at its steepest pace in 30 months in August, driven by a resurgent semiconductor manufacturing...

Samsung Electronics bags AI chiplet foundry order from Tenstorrent

Samsung Electronics bags AI chiplet foundry order from Tenstorrent

Canadian chip-designing unicorn Tenstorrent Inc. has become a new foundry customer of Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-biggest foun...

POSCO Int’l to build permanent magnet factory in US with Star Group

POSCO Int’l to build permanent magnet factory in US with Star Group

South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc. is expediting its push to expand its presence in the electric vehicle supply chain, one of seven...

Korean Sept export drop eases as chip sales hit 1-year high

Korean Sept export drop eases as chip sales hit 1-year high

South Korea’s exports slowed their decline in September to their mildest drop amid a yearlong downturn, raising hopes for a recovery in Asia&r...

Korean language demand creates new overseas markets for startups

Korean language demand creates new overseas markets for startups

South Korean language startups are expanding their business in overseas markets with their local tongue through generative artificial intelligence, ...

Korean lab-grown diamond maker KDT to build plant in India

Korean lab-grown diamond maker KDT to build plant in India

South Korea’s sole lab-grown diamond producer KDT Diamond Co. will build its first overseas production facility in India by early next year to...

Lotte's chemical units look for talent from US universities

Lotte's chemical units look for talent from US universities

Lotte Group's two chemical units in South Korea searched for talent in US universities.Lotte Chemical Corp. and Lotte Fine Chemical Co. organized ...

Korean Hana ties up with Saudi EXIM Bank for Middle East biz

Korean Hana ties up with Saudi EXIM Bank for Middle East biz

Hana Financial Group, South Korea’s third-largest financial holding company, joined hands with the Saudi Export-Import Bank to expand its mark...

LG Uplus invests $7.4 mn in S.Korean edu-tech startup

LG Uplus invests $7.4 mn in S.Korean edu-tech startup

South Korea’s No. 3 wireless carrier LG Uplus Corp. on Tuesday said it will make an equity investment of some 10 billion won ($7.4 million) in...

Fed-triggered taper tantrum takes toll on Korean financial markets

Fed-triggered taper tantrum takes toll on Korean financial markets

The South Korean financial markets were roiled by a fresh taper tantrum after the US Federal Reserve chair signaled further tightening last week, tr...

SK Tel launches world’s 1st Korean large language model

SK Tel launches world’s 1st Korean large language model

SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday announced the official launch of the world’s first Korean large language model (LLM) “A.”, or A Dot, whi...

Samsung set to keep supremacy in low power DRAM with game changer

Samsung set to keep supremacy in low power DRAM with game changer

South Korea’s No. 1 memory chip maker Samsung Electronics Co., also the world’s top player, is set to further break away from the pack w...

LG H&H acquires S.Korean makeup brand Hince

LG H&H acquires S.Korean makeup brand Hince

South Korea's LG H&H Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement to acquire a 75% stake in Vivawave, which owns the domestic premiu...

Hyundai Motor clinches top spot in Indian dealer satisfaction study

Hyundai Motor clinches top spot in Indian dealer satisfaction study

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. has emerged as the leader in India’s mass-market satisfaction segment, according to an annual survey by ...

Samsung C&T invests $11 mn in construction robot venture

Samsung C&T invests $11 mn in construction robot venture

South Korean construction and engineering company Samsung C&T Corp. has invested 15 billion won ($11.2 million) in the construction robot startu...

Korean Air may give up Asiana’s cargo business, 4 routes for EU approval

Korean Air may give up Asiana’s cargo business, 4 routes for EU approval

Korean Air Lines Co. may give up the cargo business of Asiana Airlines Inc. and four of its lucrative routes in Europe in an all-in bet as the marri...

Instant noodles, rice, kimchi buoy Korean food exports

Instant noodles, rice, kimchi buoy Korean food exports

South Korea’s agricultural and food exports have turned upward this year, led by Koreans' everyday menu items such as rice, kimchi and instant...

Com2uS XPLA listed on S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax

Com2uS XPLA listed on S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax

South Korea's Com2uS Holdings Corp. announced on Monday that the cryptocurrency called XPLA used in the Com2uS Group's blockchain mainnet of the s...

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