Kia unveils electric SUV EV9 teaser images

Kia unveils electric SUV EV9 teaser images

Kia Corp., a South Korean carmaker, unveiled teaser images of its latest electric SUV, "The Kia EV9," on Thursday. This electric vehicle is built on...

S.Korean EV charger maker lands $770 mn export deal in North America

S.Korean EV charger maker lands $770 mn export deal in North America

South Korea's Moderntec, an electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions company, on Wednesday said it signed a three-year export contract with a partne...

EastarJet to resume flights after three years of suspension

EastarJet to resume flights after three years of suspension

South Korean budget carrier EastarJet will resume flights on the domestic Gimpo-Jeju route on Mar. 26 after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 ...

KSOE wins order for 4 petrochem product carriers

KSOE wins order for 4 petrochem product carriers

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), HD Hyundai Co.'s intermediate shipbuilding subsidiary, announced on Tuesday that it had signed...

Korean e-commerce Coupang logs profits in Q3-Q4 2022

Korean e-commerce Coupang logs profits in Q3-Q4 2022

South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. achieved record-high yearly revenue and operating profits for two consecutive quarters between July to De...

Lotte to produce clean ammonia in US with CF Industries

Lotte to produce clean ammonia in US with CF Industries

Lotte Chemical Corp., a major South Korean petrochemical manufacturer, joined hands with CF Industries Holdings Inc., the world’s largest ammo...

Celltrion teams up with bio venture to develop new anti-cancer drug

Celltrion teams up with bio venture to develop new anti-cancer drug

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. will develop an anti-cancer drug that combines oncolytic virus technology with biosimilars un...

LG Uplus to show off total smart factory solutions at trade show

LG Uplus to show off total smart factory solutions at trade show

LG Uplus Corp., a mobile telecom service carrier in South Korea, announced on Tuesday that it would present a complete set of smart factory solution...

Hanwha Solutions receives green certification for recycled plastic materials

Hanwha Solutions receives green certification for recycled plastic materials

South Korean chemical and renewable energy firm Hanwha Solutions Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has received a global certification for its recy...

Naver’s HyperCLOVA X: More Korean-proficient than ChatGPT

Naver’s HyperCLOVA X: More Korean-proficient than ChatGPT

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. will unveil an updated version of its AI platform HyperCLOVA, HyperCLOVA X, which it said better unders...

Korea SMEs, Startups Agency cooperates with India's IIT

Korea SMEs, Startups Agency cooperates with India's IIT

The Korea SMEs and Startups Agency announced on Monday that it had signed a business agreement with the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Tra...

Dubai delegation conducts due diligence on Medytox's plant in Korea

Dubai delegation conducts due diligence on Medytox's plant in Korea

South Korea's biopharmaceutical firm Medytox Inc. said on Monday that a high-level delegation led by Dubai Science Park (DSP) under Dubai's state-ow...

China's CDFG targets duty free operation at Incheon Airport

China's CDFG targets duty free operation at Incheon Airport

China Duty Free Group Co. (CDFG), the only state-owned duty free business manager in China, has joined a bid alongside four South Korean retail gian...

Kakao vows to thwart HYBE scheme for SM control

Kakao vows to thwart HYBE scheme for SM control

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s dominant mobile platform, said on Monday it would mobilize all possible countermeasures against HYBE Co. ’s a...

Boryung signs deal with Stendhal to launch hypertension drug in Mexico

Boryung signs deal with Stendhal to launch hypertension drug in Mexico

Boryung, a South Korean pharmaceutical company, said on Monday it had signed a deal with Stendhal SA de CV, a Mexican medical specialty company, to ...

S.Korea’s SK Telecom to advance AI tech through partnerships

S.Korea’s SK Telecom to advance AI tech through partnerships

BARCELONA -- SK Telecom Co. plans to develop world-class artificial intelligence technology through partnerships with companies of Korean descent at...

Hyundai Elevator cuts breakdowns with AI prediction technology

Hyundai Elevator cuts breakdowns with AI prediction technology

South Korea’s No. 1 elevator maker Hyundai Elevator Co. said on Monday it had reduced the number of stoppages and breakdowns of its elevators ...

SillaJen starts US trial of anti-cancer drug from Basilea

SillaJen starts US trial of anti-cancer drug from Basilea

SillaJen Inc. said on Monday it has enrolled the first patient in a US phase 1 trial of an anti-cancer drug BAL0891 licensed from Swiss drugmaker Ba...

Kakao Brain to launch investment fund for AI startups

Kakao Brain to launch investment fund for AI startups

Kakao Brain, a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) company owned by Kakao Corp., said on Sunday it plans to set up a fund of up to 10 billion ...

LG Elec honored with BPW Gold Award for advancing gender equality

LG Elec honored with BPW Gold Award for advancing gender equality

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Sunday that it has been honored with the 28th BPW Gold Award from the Korea Federation of Business & Profession...

Hyundai Steel's sustainability report wins gold prize in US

Hyundai Steel's sustainability report wins gold prize in US

South Korea's steelmaker Hyundai Steel announced Sunday that its integrated report 2022 Beyond Steel has been recognized for its excellence by a wor...

GM Korea begins mass production of Trax crossover

GM Korea begins mass production of Trax crossover

General Motors Korea announced on Sunday that it celebrated the start of mass production of the Chevrolet Trax Crossover, a new utility vehicle, at ...

Korea's SeAh poised to supply satellite parts to SpaceX

Korea's SeAh poised to supply satellite parts to SpaceX

SeAh Changwon Integrated Special Steel Co. is in negotiations with SpaceX to supply steel used for rockets and satellites to become South Korea's fi...

S.Korea’s LG Uplus, Dell to develop open RAN platform tech

S.Korea’s LG Uplus, Dell to develop open RAN platform tech

South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and global IT giant Dell Technologies are set to jointly develop an open radio acces...

Korean firms scurry to expand nickel, lithium supply chains

Korean firms scurry to expand nickel, lithium supply chains

South Korea’s leading companies such as SK, POSCO, LG and LX are scurrying to expand their supply chains for lithium and nickel, key raw mater...

Samsung, SK Hynix face cap on tech level of chips made in China

Samsung, SK Hynix face cap on tech level of chips made in China

WASHINGTON D.C. – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, might be unable to manufacture a...

Korean Air, KIMS jointly develop stealth aircraft materials and parts

Korean Air, KIMS jointly develop stealth aircraft materials and parts

Korean Air and The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) have agreed to cooperate in developing aircraft materials and parts technology togeth...

S.Korean firms with focus on emerging Asia to shine

S.Korean firms with focus on emerging Asia to shine

South Korean companies with a large proportion of sales to emerging Asia are expected to shine in the stock market this year as their revenue from t...

LG Electronics, Yonsei Univ. develop talent for smart TV platforms

LG Electronics, Yonsei Univ. develop talent for smart TV platforms

LG Electronics Inc. and South Korea’s Yonsei University are searching for talented human resources to build software platforms for smart TVs.T...

US calls on 2 S.Korean pharmaceutical companies for swift end to legal battle

US calls on 2 S.Korean pharmaceutical companies for swift end to legal battle

Following its lawsuit against Daewoong Pharmaceutical, South Korea's Medytox Inc. is waging an all-out legal war against domestic counterpart Hugel ...

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