Samsung SDI gets top int'l grade for zero-waste landfills
South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. on Wednesday said all of its domestic business sites received the highest grade of Platinum in the Zero Waste to...
Naver’s 'Cue:' throws down the gauntlet to MS Bing Chat
Naver Corp., South Korea’s dominant web portal operator, on Wednesday launched a beta service of its new generative artificial intelligence te...
Kakao Pay’s tie-up with Alipay spurs growth in China
BEIJING – Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is rapidly growing in China’s fintech...
Daesang opens Jongga kimchi pop-up store in London
South Korean food maker Daesang Corp. has launched a pop-up store for its kimchi brand called Jongga in London, UK, the company announced on Wednesd...
US court rules in favor of Korea's nuclear reactor exports
A US district court on Monday dismissed Westinghouse Electric Corp.’s lawsuit against South Korean state-run companies to block their nuclear ...
LG Energy raises $1 bn in bonds for EV battery production
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery manufacturer, said on Tuesday it has raised $1 billion by selling its first global...
Korean B2B cloud computing firm BusinessOn up for sale
BusinessOn Communication Co., a leading cloud computing firm listed on the junior bourse Kosdaq, is open to a sale of its controlling stake for arou...
Koreans’ US dollar selling spree continues in anticipation of weaker USD
US dollar investors in South Korea have not backed down from their shorting position of the currency despite the strengthening dollar against the Ko...
Hyundai eyes Saudi EV plant as Korea bets on Middle East boom
Hyundai Motor Co. is set to build an electric vehicle assembly plant in Saudi Arabia as South Korean companies are increasingly tapping growth oppor...
Seoul Semiconductor secures key EV LED patents
Seoul Semiconductor Co., the world’s No. 3 light-emitting diode (LED) maker, has secured key patents for LEDs to be used in electric vehicles ...
Alipay’s Ant becomes No.2 shareholder of S. Korea’s Toss Payments
Ant Group Co., the operator of China’s biggest mobile payment platform Alipay, has become the second-largest stakeholder of Toss Payments, the...
KAI's FA-50 participates in NATO Days 2023
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, announced on Monday that its FA-50GF light fighter expor...
Hyundai promotes Busan’s bid for 2030 Expo in New York with art cars
Hyundai Motor Group supports Busan’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo with IONIQ 5, IONIQ 6, and Genesis G80 covered with graffiti reading &l...
NCSOFT to run Battle Crush’s CBT in October for H1 2024 launch
NCSOFT Corp., a major South Korean game developer and publisher, is inviting game lovers to take part in the closed beta test (CBT) of its new actio...
Young Poong, AJ Networks to form battery recycling chain in Europe
South Korea’s non-ferrous metal company Young Poong Co. has teamed up with AJ Networks to establish a secondary batteries resource circulation...
Coupang to host business briefing on Taiwan market entry
South Korea's e-commerce leader Coupang Inc. announced on Friday that it plans to conduct a business briefing focused on aiding domestic small and m...
POSCO seeks partnership with CF Industries to produce blue ammonia
South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. is seeking to produce blue ammonia in partnership with CF Industries Holdings Inc., the world’s larges...
Lotte Mart at Seoul Station redesigned to lure foreign shoppers
South Korea’s Lotte Mart reopened its hypermarket at Seoul train station on Thursday following a four-month renovation to attract more foreign...
S.Korean travel guide featuring BTS published
The Korea Economic Daily (KED) on Tuesday released The Purple Road, a tourist guide of South Korea highlighting places where the seven members of ...
Hanmi Science joins race to develop Wegovy competitor
Hanmi Science Co., the holding company of South Korea’s pharmaceutical giant Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co., has joined the global race to develop t...
Want to buy an iPhone 15 in South Korea? Pay more
During the unveiling of the much-anticipated iPhone 15 series on Tuesday, Apple Inc. said its newest product line is in same price range as its prev...
IMM PE invites potential buyers for Genuone worth $752 mn
South Korea’s top-tier contract drugmaker Genuone Sciences Inc. with an estimated value of up to 1 trillion won ($752 million) is smooth saili...
Hyundai Glovis to participate in N.America's largest bulk cargo exhibition
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it will be a participant in Breakbulk Ameri...
SK Ecoplant, S.Korean startup to recycle waste fishing nets in SE Asia
South Korea’s top waste management company SK Ecoplant has joined forces with Netspa, a Busan-based startup for recycling waste fishing nets, ...
Seoul eyed as possible 2nd Asian base of Gagosian empire
Seoul, which took center stage on the global art scene after successfuly hosting international art fair Frieze’s second edition earlier this m...
Korean retailers boost Mongolia presence with new stores, products
South Korean retail giants are advancing into Mongolia where Korean food and daily necessities are gaining in popularity among local consumers. Big-...
Korean firms confident they can outpace China in LFP battery race
South Korea’s leading battery and materials makers on Monday shared their concerns about Chinese rivals’ ascent, but expressed confidenc...
HD Hyundai Electric wins $51 mn deal to power Neom megacity
HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical equipment and energy solution company under South Korea’s shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co., has won a...
Synthetic diamonds with ESG value lure Korean shoppers
Lab-grown diamonds, cultured in laboratories wth advanced technologies, are garnering attention from South Korean consumers as they are produced mor...
Amorepacific's Laneige debuts in Mexican market
South Korean cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. announced on Monday that it is entering the Mexican beauty market with its globally popular skincare...
