S.Korea to spur defense sector tech with $1.5 bn R&D investment

S.Korea to spur defense sector tech with $1.5 bn R&D investment

South Korea plans to accelerate growth in the defense industry, a future growth engine of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, by investing more tha...

S.Korean investors eye VC, growth equity in tech: Adams Street

S.Korean investors eye VC, growth equity in tech: Adams Street

Many investors are questioning whether private markets will stay bullish amid uncertainty in 2023. The markets will continue to generate interesting...

POSCO Steeleon’s eco-friendly steel plate gets US certification

POSCO Steeleon’s eco-friendly steel plate gets US certification

POSCO Steeleon Co., a South Korean steelmaker and a unit of POSCO Group, said on Wednesday that its biomass color steel plate has been certified as ...

Doosan Enerbility promotes technology at world's largest energy exhibition

Doosan Enerbility promotes technology at world's largest energy exhibition

Major South Korean power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. announced on Wednesday that it has started promoting its nuclear power and gas turbine ...

Smaller firms' successful IPOs fail to boost Korean listing market

Smaller firms' successful IPOs fail to boost Korean listing market

South Korean companies are returning to the local initial public offering market this year, after failing their market debuts last year. But that ha...

HD Hyundai expands online communication channels

HD Hyundai expands online communication channels

HD Hyundai Co., formerly known as Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, has announced its intention to enhance its online communication channels to better...

Ssangyong E&C completes construction of Dubai's Atlantis The Royal

Ssangyong E&C completes construction of Dubai's Atlantis The Royal

Ssangyong Engineering & Construction announced on Tuesday the successful completion of "Atlantis The Royal," an ultra-luxury hotel in Dubai, the...

Lessons from Korean Air’s botched mileage program reform

Lessons from Korean Air’s botched mileage program reform

Korean Air Lines Co. has suspended a plan to revamp its mileage program after it drew harsh criticism from both its customers and government officia...

Samsung, LG ditch BOE in likely Apple deal for iPad Pro OLED panels

Samsung, LG ditch BOE in likely Apple deal for iPad Pro OLED panels

Samsung Display Co. and LG Display Co. will likely win orders from Apple Inc. to build organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for the US tech ...

SK On resumes Ford F-150 Lightning battery production line

SK On resumes Ford F-150 Lightning battery production line

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, on Monday resumed operations of the cell production line for Ford Motor Co.’s electr...

CJ Investment fosters Korean startups to discover new growth engines

CJ Investment fosters Korean startups to discover new growth engines

CJ Investment, the corporate venture capital arm of CJ Corp., announced on Tuesday its plans to foster promising South Korean startups in order to d...

BOK sees interest rate as tight amid continued drop in exports

 BOK sees interest rate as tight amid continued drop in exports

South Korea’s central bank said on Tuesday it regards the current interest rate as tight, suggesting the monetary authority may hold the polic...

Patty-cooking robotics startup Aniai completes seed funding

Patty-cooking robotics startup Aniai completes seed funding

Aniai Inc., a foodservice robotics developer founded by a South Korean, said on Feb. 21 it has attracted $3 million via a seed funding round to boos...

Kyochon sets sights on Western expansion with Canadian franchise deal

Kyochon sets sights on Western expansion with Canadian franchise deal

Kyochon F&B, the operator of South Korea's premier fried chicken brand Kyochon Chicken, said on Tuesday that it has secured a master franchise a...

Samsung eyes wider foundry client base with Ambarella deal

Samsung eyes wider foundry client base with Ambarella deal

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Tuesday it will manufacture automotive chips for US chip designer Ambar...

LG Uplus to provide infotainment service for Toyota's RAV4 PHEV

LG Uplus to provide infotainment service for Toyota's RAV4 PHEV

South Korean mobile telecom carrier LG Uplus Corp. has announced on Tuesday its plans to install its integrated infotainment (IVI) platform, the Upl...

KT succeeds in developing core equipment for 5G-specialized networks

KT succeeds in developing core equipment for 5G-specialized networks

KT Corp., a South Korean telecom service operator, has successfully developed equipment that embodies the core technology of 5G-specialized networks...

CJ Logistics opens office in Poland to beef up European business

CJ Logistics opens office in Poland to beef up European business

CJ Logistics said on Tuesday that it has opened an office in Wroclaw, Poland’s largest industrial city located in the southwest, as part of th...

Korea's Hansol Technics enjoys profit on chip equipment unit

Korea's Hansol Technics enjoys profit on chip equipment unit

Hansol Technics Co., a South Korean company that makes modules for liquid crystal display (LCD) and solar panels, boosted earnings last year thanks ...

Will CATL’s bargain sales hurt Korean EV battery makers?

Will CATL’s bargain sales hurt Korean EV battery makers?

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), the leading global electric vehicle battery manufacturer, has started a price war in the w...

Hyundai Dream Tour partners with Air France-KLM for eco-friendly fuel

Hyundai Dream Tour partners with Air France-KLM for eco-friendly fuel

On Monday, Hyundai Dream Tour, a travel company affiliated with Hyundai Department Store Group, announced a partnership with Air France-KLM to promo...

SK Signet lands first order in UK worth $7.7 million

SK Signet lands first order in UK worth $7.7 million

South Korea's SK Signet Inc., which produces ultra-fast chargers for electric vehicles (EVs), on Monday said its European branch SK Signet Europe in...

Lexus, Volvo: Koreans' top picks among foreign brands in after-sales service

Lexus, Volvo: Koreans' top picks among foreign brands in after-sales service

Lexus, the premium brand of Japanese carmaker Toyota Corp., offers the best after-sales service among imported cars in South Korea, followed by Swed...

Kia participates in IDEX 2023, largest defense exhibition in MENA

Kia participates in IDEX 2023, largest defense exhibition in MENA

On Monday, Kia Corp. announced its participation in IDEX 2023, a defense industry trade show being held at the National Exhibition Center in Abu Dha...

Koreans’ voracious appetite for pork belly extends to Canadian pork market

Koreans’ voracious appetite for pork belly extends to Canadian pork market

As South Korea prepares for Samgyeopsal Day, or Pork Belly Day, on March 3, the country has further upped pork imports from Canada – this afte...

Brazil approves Celltrion Pharm’s syringe facility

Brazil approves Celltrion Pharm’s syringe facility

Celltrion Pharm Inc., a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, said on Monday it received certification from Brazil’s health regulator for it...

LG Elec wins best eco-friendly washing machine title in US

LG Elec wins best eco-friendly washing machine title in US

Consumer Reports, a prominent consumer magazine in the US, has named LG Electronics Inc.'s washing machines as the "best eco-friendly washing machin...

EU launches antitrust probe on Korean Air-Asiana deal

EU launches antitrust probe on Korean Air-Asiana deal

The European antitrust regulator opened a full-scale probe on the proposed takeover of Asiana Airlines Inc. by Korean Air Lines Co., given concerns ...

LG Uplus to participate in Drone Show Korea

LG Uplus to participate in Drone Show Korea

On Sunday, South Korean mobile telecom carrier LG Uplus Corp. announced that it would host a joint exhibition hall with Kakao Mobility, GS Engineeri...

SK Nexilis signs $1 billion deal to supply copper foil to Northvolt

SK Nexilis signs $1 billion deal to supply copper foil to Northvolt

SK Nexilis Co., a unit of South Korean chemical materials maker SKC Ltd., said on Sunday it has signed a 1.4 trillion won ($1.08 billion) deal to su...

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