Samsung to sell certified refurbished Galaxy phones in Korea
Samsung Electronics Co. plans to sell certified refurbished Galaxy phones in South Korea at prices up to 50% cheaper than brand-new phones, a move e...
SK Square in talks with Qoo10 for joint management of 11Street
SK Square Co., the investment management arm of SK Group, is in talks with Qoo10 Pte. to merge its e-commerce subsidiary 11Street with the Singapore...
NS Shopping to support partner's Indonesian export
South Korean online shopping mall operator NS Shopping Co. announced on Friday it will support the overseas expansion of its partner, Taeyoung.Taeyo...
HD Hyundai develops electric propulsion system for large ships
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. have secured Approval in Principle (AIP) from the UK's Lloyd's ...
Theraject Asia applies for microneedle patent in US
South Korean microneedle company Theraject Asia on Thursday said it recently applied for a US patent for a medical microneedle, specifically a const...
Innocean to invest $370 million in new growth drivers
Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, will invest 500 billion won ($370 million) for four years u...
Prepare for long-term, illiquid asset management: Korean investors
South Korean institutional investors said they are preparing for prolonged high interest rates and market uncertainty, building mid- to long-term pl...
Korean garment maker Hansae targets growth amid economic woes
HO CHI MINH CITY – South Korean garment maker Hansae Co. expects to see decent growth in sales and profits next year despite the global clothi...
Neo Chair cements No. 1 spot as office chair brand on Amazon
Neo Chair, almost unheard of in its home country South Korea, is the top-selling office chair brand on Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce platfo...
SK Geo Centric to supply recycled plastic materials to Amcor
SK Geo Centric Co., a South Korean petrochemical company, announced on Thursday it has entered into an agreement to supply recycled plastic material...
LG Elec to launch new business with startup: LG NOVA head
SAN FRANCISCO – LG Electronics Inc. will set up a new business entity focusing on some of its new growth pillars — digital healthcare, c...
Naver succeeds in issuing $133 mn Samurai bonds
South Korea's Naver Corp. announced on Thursday it successfully issued Samurai bonds, becoming the first global IT company to do so. Naver's debut...
LG Chem to manufacture flooring from waste PET bottles
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. revealed on Thursday its plan to produce an eco-friendly plasticizer derived from discarded polyethylene terephthalate (P...
Stability prioritized over risk-taking assets: Korean investors
South Korean institutional investors increased private lending as interest rates stay higher for longer, while tapping into the secondary market for...
S.Korean HD Hyundai inks $3.9 bn Qatar LNG tanker deal
DOHA -- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s second-largest shipyard, has won a $3.9 billion deal to build 17 liquified natural gas ca...
Xexymix launches pop-up store in Shanghai BFC Mall
South Korea's media and e-commerce company Brand X Corp. announced on Wednesday its activewear brand Xexymix has opened a pop-up store at the BFC Ma...
South Korean game developers spin off fashion brands
South Korean gaming companies are eyeing the fashion industry in a bid to diversify their revenue sources by broadening the fan base for their popul...
S.Korean public sector's ICT systems to fully convert to cloud
South Korea’s public sector, barring extenuating circumstances, will build its information and communications (ICT) systems in private clouds ...
Medytox to enter China’s botulinum toxin market with Newlux
South Korean pharmaceutical company Medytox Inc. on Tuesday announced its plan to enter the Chinese market for botulinum toxins (BTX) with its cut...
Nvidia invests in Korean generative AI startup Twelve Labs
Nvidia Corp., a global chip designer, made its first investment in a South Korean generative artificial intelligence startup as Big Tech companies G...
HD Hyundai President Chung to deliver keynote at CES 2024
South Korea's No. 1 shipbuilding group’s heir apparent Chung Ki-sun will deliver a keynote speech at the world’s biggest consumer techno...
Mobile carrier LG Uplus makes inroads into EV charger market
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s mobile and broadband service provider, has released the prototype of its first electric vehicle charger to make ...
KG Mobility to develop Level 3 autonomous driving system
South Korea's KG Mobility Corp. announced on Tuesday it partnered with domestic autonomous self-driving software firm Autonomous a2z. The two c...
Tous Les Jours opens first store in Canada
CJ Foodville, the food subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group, announced on Tuesday its bakery chain brand Tous Les Jours has opened its first store i...
Naver secures $100 mn digital twin project in Saudi Arabia
South Korea's dominant web portal giant Naver Corp. has won a contract to develop a Digital Twin platform for Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Municipal a...
Paris Baguette to enter Middle Eastern halal market
Paris Baguette, the bakery franchise owned by South Korea's SPC Group, said on Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with UAE-b...
Curocell to localize blood cancer drug by 2025
South Korean biotech company Curocell Inc. on Sunday said it will apply for approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in September next yea...
SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom to design LLM
SK Telecom Co. on Sunday said it will develop a large language model (LLM) specifically for the communications sector with Deutsche Telekom of Germa...
S.Korean game developer Smilegate, angel of local startups
Smilegate, South Korean developer of the world’s top first-person shooter game Crossfire, is raising investments in domestic startups despite ...
China’s graphite export curbs deal blow to Korean battery sector
South Korean electric vehicle battery and battery component makers are fretting over the Chinese government’s impending restrictions on export...
