Korea's credit card approval volume hit all-time high last year

The annual card approval amount in South Korea exceeded 1,000 trillion won ($811.4 billion) for the first time ever. This is largely because of "ret...

Kakao Mobility enters Laos under biz strategy for Southeast Asia

South Korea's Kakao Mobility has entered Laos under a plan to use the country as a base for the transportation company's operations in Southeast Asi...

LG Elec eyes profit from EV powertrain, car lighting biz

LG Electronics Inc., the world’s leading home appliance maker, aims to take profit from the electric vehicle powertrain and car lighting units...

Foreigners net sell S.Korean bonds for first time in four years

Foreign investors dumped South Korean bonds in Janaury, becoming net sellers of the securities for the first time in four years as they booked pro...

One in 5 South Koreans claims Starbucks Rewards stars

Starbucks Korea saw members of its rewards program surpass 10 million this month, meaning that one in every five South Koreans is a registered membe...

Ybrain, Chong Kun Dang join forces for digital medicine distribution

South Korean electroceutical platform company Ybrain Inc. said on Tuesday it has entered into a joint promotion agreement with Chong Kun Dang Pharma...

Samsung to showcase customized home appliances at KBIS 2023

Samsung Electronics Co. will showcase its home appliance lineup that focuses on sustainability and personalized design at the 2023 Kitchen & Bat...

Hanwha kickstarts localization of 1,000-hp gas turbine engine components

A project to lengthen the lifecycle of 1,000-horsepower gas turbine engine core components and materials, which is led by Hanwha Aerospace Co. locat...

Hyundai Mobis bags record $4.6 bn orders from global carmakers

South Korea's Hyundai Mobis, a key affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, last year enjoyed its best year in orders received from abroad.The company on T...

Tmap, Shinsegae I&C sign agreement for EV charging collaboration

Tmap Mobility said on Monday that it has signed an agreement for the electric vehicle charging business with Shinsegae I&C, an IT service affili...

Una Stella secures $4.4 mn pre-Series A funding

South Korean start-up Una Stella announced on Monday that it has secured 5.5 billion won ($4.4 million) in pre-Series A funding, led by Strong Ventu...

Kakao Mobility to pursue joint development with 4 major delivery services

South Korea's transportation company Kakao Mobility on Monday said it concluded a "delivery service business agreement for joint development of the ...

T'way Air completes IOSA recertification process

South Korea's low-cost carrier T'way Air Co. said on Monday that it has completed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) recertification from the ...

POSCO Chem, Samsung SDI ink $33 bn EV battery material deal

POSCO Chemical Co., a battery material unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., and Samsung SDI Co., the world’s No. 6 ele...

GM Korea to launch Trax, Cadillac EV; likely turn to profit this year

GM Korea Co. expects to turn to profit this year after years of losses as the South Korean subsidiary of the US auto giant plans to bring six new an...

JW Pharma to put AI into new drug ingredient development

South Korea's drug developer JW Pharmaceutical is expanding the scope of its artificial intelligence (AI) uses from new drug research to the develop...

Korea's venture capital investment falls 12% last year amid downturn

South Korea's venture capital investment last year fell more than 10% from a year ago due to the economic downturn caused by a series of global rate...

Samsung hires two ex-Ericsson executives to lead network business

South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has hired two former executives of Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson to boost its ne...

Foreign airlines fill hole left by Korean carriers

Foreign carriers such as Delta Air Lines and Vietnam’s VietJet Air are rapidly increasing flights to and from South Korea, filling the hole le...

Hyundai Dept. Store introduces AI chatbot service Jellppo

Hyundai Department Store Co. said on Sunday that it would introduce the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot "Jellppo." Jellppo is an AI-based one-o...

Korean refiners lift runs to 3-year high on record exports

Refiners in South Korea raised their operating rates to a three-year high in 2022 as petroleum product exports hit a record high in value.Refinery r...

Samsung Biologics’ profit near doubles on strong orders

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s top contract drugmaker, said its profit almost doubled last year thanks to more orders as its sales surged ...

LG Energy to raise capex by 50% in bet on strong EV growth

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to ramp up capital expenditure by more than half thi...

A-Team Ventures succeeds in attracting $4.1 mn investment from LX

A-Team Ventures, which runs an online manufacturing platform "Capa," said on Friday that it has raised a Series B funding of 5 billion won ($4.1 mil...

KT&G refuses activist funds' call for ginseng biz spinoff

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, on Thursday refused activist funds' requests to spin off and list its ginseng unit wh...

Korean proptech startup Sweet Spot attracts $7.7 mn Series B funding

South Korea's retail property technology startup Sweet Spot attracted a Series B investment of 9.5 billion won ($7.7 million) from venture capital a...

S.Korea's Bespin Global launches all-in-one AIoT

South Korea's cloud solution provider Bespin Global said on Thursday that it would launch "IoTOps," a software as a service (SaaS)-based artificial ...

DongKoo Bio signs MOU to move into SE Asian healthcare market

DongKoo Bio & Pharma Co. has built a bridgehead for expansion toward the world, including Southeast Asia by joining hands with LVMC Holdings, th...

LG Elec targets indoor golf market with its ProBeam projector

LG Electronics Inc. is targeting the overseas indoor golf market with its premium commercial projector LG ProBeam.The company said on Thursday that ...

Samkang M&T to supply offshore wind power substructure to Japan's NSE

Samkang M&T, a subsidiary of SK Ecoplant Co., has signed a contract to supply jacket foundations for offshore wind generators to a Japanese comp...