Hankook Tire's iON evo tops Auto Bild's electric car tire test

Hankook Tire's iON evo tops Auto Bild's electric car tire test

Korean tire manufacturer Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Friday that its electric vehicle-dedicated high-performance tire, the iON evo, h...

Paris Baguette to showcase at London Franchise Show 2023

Paris Baguette to showcase at London Franchise Show 2023

Paris Baguette, the bakery franchise owned by South Korea's SPC Group, said on Friday that it will participate in the London International Franchise...

S.Korean AI chip fabless Rebellions beats global chip giants in MLPerf tests

S.Korean AI chip fabless Rebellions beats global chip giants in MLPerf tests

Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, beat global chip giants Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and Nvidia Corp. in ...

Singapore-based Qoo10 acquires South Korean e-tailer WeMakePrice

Singapore-based Qoo10 acquires South Korean e-tailer WeMakePrice

The Singapore-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 has acquired South Korea's online shopping site WeMakePrice, making Qoo10 fourth in domestic online co...

Lotte Group secures $3.8 bn funding from four major Korean banks

Lotte Group secures $3.8 bn funding from four major Korean banks

Lotte Group announced on Friday that it has signed a financial support agreement worth 5 trillion won ($3.8 billion) with four major South Korean ba...

Korean PE firm STIC taps Bain & Co senior partner for PE business

Korean PE firm STIC taps Bain & Co senior partner for PE business

South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc. is set to hire Lee Hyukjin, a senior partner of global management consulting firm Bain & ...

Shared growth with startups essential for GS Group: Chairman Huh

Shared growth with startups essential for GS Group: Chairman Huh

GS Group, a South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate, plans to aggressively invest in startups and venture companies with promising technology &nd...

LG H&H hosts Korean Royal Court Culture event with Four Seasons Seoul

LG H&H hosts Korean Royal Court Culture event with Four Seasons Seoul

South Korea's major consumer goods company LG H&H Co. announced on Thursday that its cosmetics brand, The History of Whoo, hosts an event called...

Dongwon inks deal with Dongkuk for secondary battery raw material

Dongwon inks deal with Dongkuk for secondary battery raw material

South Korean firm Dongwon Systems Corp. has signed an agreement with Dongkuk Industries Co. for the supply, sale and development of raw materials fo...

LG Chem, CJ Logistics partner to recycle packaging wrap

LG Chem, CJ Logistics partner to recycle packaging wrap

South Korean companies LG Chem Ltd. and CJ Logistics have signed an memorandum of understanding on Thursday to establish a recycling ecosystem for p...

Investors ready their return to Korean stock market but with bet on declines

Investors ready their return to Korean stock market but with bet on declines

Investors are readying their return to the stock market in South Korea, encouraged by the rosy outlook for secondary battery stocks, but more retail...

FarmHannong's new herbicide enters the Pakistani market

FarmHannong's new herbicide enters the Pakistani market

South Korea's agricultural chemical company FarmHannong Co. announced on Thursday that its new herbicide Terrad'or will enter the Pakistani market. ...

SK C&C partners with Storm Ventures to discover promising B2B startups

SK C&C partners with Storm Ventures to discover promising B2B startups

South Korean IT services company SK C&C announced on Wednesday a partnership with American venture capital firm Storm Ventures to discover and c...

S.Korean Openedges’ chip IP licensed by Toyota affiliate Aisin

S.Korean Openedges’ chip IP licensed by Toyota affiliate Aisin

Openedges Technology, South Korean semiconductor design intellectual property (IP) platform, announced on Wednesday that it has entered into a vehic...

Korean shipbuilders yield No.1 spot to Chinese rivals in March

Korean shipbuilders yield No.1 spot to Chinese rivals in March

Korean shipbuilders were outstripped by China in shipbuilding orders and backlogs last month, according to UK-based shipping industry specialist Cla...

NongHyup opens office in Vietnam to strengthen K-food exports

NongHyup opens office in Vietnam to strengthen K-food exports

South Korea's NongHyup, or the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, announced on Wednesday that it has opened an office in Vietnam with pla...

S.Korean AI startup Liner Launches multilingual AI chatbot

S.Korean AI startup Liner Launches multilingual AI chatbot

South Korean AI search platform Liner announced on Wednesday the launch of a groundbreaking interactive search chatbot called "Liner Chat," designed...

Falling freight rates set to boost LG, Hyundai’s earnings

Falling freight rates set to boost LG, Hyundai’s earnings

The significant fall in seaborne freight rates of late is expected to boost earnings prospects for South Korea’s major companies, benefitting ...

Macquarie to buy Lotte’s S.Korean transportation card unit

Macquarie to buy Lotte’s S.Korean transportation card unit

Macquarie Asset Management, part of Australian investment bank Macquarie Group, is set to buy Loca Mobility Corp., Lotte Card Co.’s subsidiary...

Foreigners can enter S.Korean casino without physical passport

Foreigners can enter S.Korean casino without physical passport

Visitors to South Korea will be able to enjoy tax-free shopping and casino experiences with ease, thanks to the mobile passport identity verificatio...

ETRI’s drone communication tech is selected as international standards

ETRI’s drone communication tech is selected as international standards

South Korean researchers have developed international standards for drone communication, solving the problem of drones being unable to exchange info...

Hyundai’s Chung urges US operations to double down after record Q1

Hyundai’s Chung urges US operations to double down after record Q1

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun on Tuesday urged its US operations to work harder after its two automaking units, Hyundai Motor Co. and Ki...

Samsung Elec to invest $3.1 bn in S.Korean OLED plant

Samsung Elec to invest $3.1 bn in S.Korean OLED plant

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone maker, is set to spend 4.1 trillion won ($3.1 billion) on a new organic light-emitting...

TIMWORK lifts trophy at March D.Camp startup pitch competition

TIMWORK lifts trophy at March D.Camp startup pitch competition

TIMWORK Inc., a South Korean digital construction plan management software developer, won first prize at D.Camp’s March startup pitch competit...

Hanwha's takeover of DSME likely to get conditional approval

Hanwha's takeover of DSME likely to get conditional approval

South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday said it is discussing corrective measures with Hanwha Group over fears that the conglomerate's a...

Hyundai Motor to emerge as Korea’s highest earner, beating Samsung

Hyundai Motor to emerge as Korea’s highest earner, beating Samsung

Hyundai Motor Co. will likely emerge as South Korea’s top profit maker in the first quarter, driven by robust sales of pricey cars, pushing pa...

Lotte Biologics, Excellgene to collaborate on CDO biz

Lotte Biologics, Excellgene to collaborate on CDO biz

Lotte Biologics, South Korea's biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) company, announced on Sunday that it has...

Korean kitchen automation startups' US advance gains traction

Korean kitchen automation startups' US advance gains traction

South Korean kitchen automation system developers are eyeing the US as their next key market as demand for automated restaurant operating systems in...

S.Korean activist fund KCGI eyes foundry DB HiTek buyout

S.Korean activist fund KCGI eyes foundry DB HiTek buyout

Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund (KCGI) is eyeing a controlling stake in DB HiTek Co. as the activist fund became the second-largest shar...

Top Korean food delivery app posts record profits

Top Korean food delivery app posts record profits

Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top food delivery app, posted a record profit in 2022, which also marked its first profit ...

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