Korea's Hyundai E&C to build smart green city in Vietnam

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. is poised to become the first South Korean company to join Vietnam’s green smart city development p...

South Korea’s Shinhan launches credit card in Vietnam

South Korea’s Shinhan Card Co. launched its first credit card in Vietnam to expand its business portfolios into overseas markets as the sector...

Washington, Seoul to hold formal talks on US EV tax credit act

WASHINGTON D.C. – South Korea and the United States have agreed to launch formal negotiations over ways to address the negative impacts of the...

South Korean gamers mobilize offline to make their voices heard 

Angered by what they deem to be an unfair rewards system and poor customer service, South Korean players of Kakao Games Corp.’s Japan-created ...

Hankook Tire to spend $1.6 bn on US plant expansion

Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, will invest $1.6 billion to more than double its output in the US, the world&...

LG Electronics to debut world’s largest 97-inch OLED TV at IFA 2022

LG Electronics Inc. will unveil the world’s largest 97-inch organic light-emitting diode TV at the upcoming electronics show in Germany, a mov...

Samsung, LG boost use of recycled materials for electronics

South Korean tech giants Samsung and LG are increasing their amount of electronic products made from recycled materials. The companies will showcase...

LG Electronics to operate two lounges for OLED R monitor at Frieze Seoul

South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics Inc. will operate two lounges at the world-renowned Frieze Art Fair’s inaugural event in Seoul.&...

Only 1% of car parts makers in S.Korea feel ready for transition to EVs

The automotive industry around the globe is rapidly transitioning from the manufacturing sector to the digital arena. That is, from an internal...

Hyundai, Hanwha ink $5.8 bn defense deals with Poland

South Korea’s defense makers Hyundai Rotem Co. and Hanwha Defense signed formal contracts worth $5.8 billion to export battle tanks and self-p...

Samsung SDI to hasten US battery plant groundbreaking

Samsung SDI Co., the world's sixth-largest battery maker, is set to push forward the start of its plant construction in the US by two months in resp...

Crypto exchange Binance to work with Busan on blockchain

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, announced on Friday it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) ...

Korean teens prefer TikTok over KakaoTalk, says survey

South Korean teens appear to prefer to do their social networking on TikTok over KakaoTalk, as short-form videos surge in popularity worldwide. ...

Demand for Samsung foldables keeps smartphone parts makers busy

Smartphone parts suppliers to Samsung Electronics Co. are running their plants at full capacity as the South Korean tech giant’s latest fold...

Shinhan Card ties up with FiscalNote for global data biz

Shinhan Card Co. has joined forces with US legal data and analytics company FiscalNote Holdings Inc. to expand its data business into the global mar...

Samsung SDS to collaborate with NIST in post-quantum cryptography

Samsung SDS Co. announced on Thursday it will participate in the Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) project hosted by the National Cyberse...

Hyundai Elevator logs first quarterly loss since 1996

Hyundai Elevator Co., South Korea’s No. 1 elevator producer, swung to a quarterly operating loss for the first time since it was listed on the...

BOK delivers fourth straight rate hike as inflation persists

South Korea’s central bank on Thursday delivered its fourth interest rate hike in a row for the first time in its history as the monetary auth...

Lone Star, Seoul wrangle over KEB deal set to wrap up

A decade-long dispute between South Korea and the US private equity firm Lone Star Funds over a Korean deal will be wrapped up next week, with an in...

Lotte to support Korean SMEs via exhibitions in Berlin, New York

Lotte Group, South Korea’s fifth-largest conglomerate, is set to boost the global sales channels of some 200 Korean small and medium-sized ent...

SoftBank Son's youngest brother poised to buy Korean VC arm

Taizo Son, the youngest brother of SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son, is poised to buy the group's South Korean venture capital arm for around 200 bil...

Samsung C&T to build solar power plants worth $595 mn in Qatar

South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corp. is set to build solar power plants worth 800 billion won ($595.2 million) in Qatar, helping the Middle Eas...

Korean petchem producers cut output on weaker margins

South Korea’s petrochemical makers reduced ethylene production as a global economic slowdown is expected to hurt demand in the second half wit...

Korean bio firms look to pills, patches for people who fear needles

Getting shots of a drug or vaccine over a long period is not easy for many people.That's probably why global biopharmaceutical companies and biotech...

LG to nurture automotive electronics talent at Korean universities

LG Electronics Inc., the world’s leading home appliance maker, plans to foster talent for its automotive electronics business at South Korean ...

Samsung Electronics retains top TV vendor status in shrinking market

South Korea’s two home appliances giants – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. – dominated the global TV market in the...

SK, SABIC to invest $150 mn to boost Korean capacity

SK Geo Centric Co. and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) have agreed to co-invest 200 billion won ($150 million) to increase their production of ...

K-pop, Toyota’s platform for marketing in the US

LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Corp., the top global automaker, showcased its sports cars – the GR86 and the GR Supra – at the Los Angeles ...

Naver joins RE100 campaign to go carbon-free by 2050

South Korea’s Naver Corp. said on Monday it has joined the RE100 initiative to go carbon-free by 2050 as the first domestic internet portal to...

Korean chip exports to China rise thirteenfold in 21 years

China was South Korea’s top semiconductor buyer, purchasing 39.7% of overall Korean chip exports in 2021. The percentage increased 13 times ...