MLOps startup Vessl AI eyes 50% sales from US in 2025

MLOps startup Vessl AI eyes 50% sales from US in 2025

Vessl AI, a South Korea-native MLOps platform-operating startup, is envisioning a takeoff in the US next year after building a concrete client base ...

Korean shipbuilders in talks for $3.3 bn Qatar LNG tanker deals

Korean shipbuilders in talks for $3.3 bn Qatar LNG tanker deals

South Korean shipbuilders are in talks with Qatari state companies for an estimated $3.3 billion in deals to manufacture additional liquefied natura...

South Korean stock market crashes; more falls seen ahead

South Korean stock market crashes; more falls seen ahead

The South Korean stock market was one of the worst victims of panic selling by investors fearing further negative US economic news on Monday, with t...

Macquarie buys its 1st Korean data center for $538 mn

Macquarie buys its 1st Korean data center for $538 mn

Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (MKIF) has signed an agreement to buy a 40-megawatt (MW) data center from Seoul-based IGIS Asset Management Co. ...

Korean tech stocks suffer falls despite strong Q2 results

Korean tech stocks suffer falls despite strong Q2 results

Some 60% of the Kospi-listed companies that posted above-forecast results in the second quarter of this year have seen their share prices declining ...

GS25 to challenge Daiso in low-cost cosmetics market

 GS25 to challenge Daiso in low-cost cosmetics market

South Korean convenience store chain GS25 said on Sunday it would expand the lineup of affordable and small-pack basic cosmetic products, targeting ...

Slowing economy creates opportunity for S. Korean used car sellers

Slowing economy creates opportunity for S. Korean used car sellers

South Korea’s used car sellers hope to take advantage of the slowing economic growth at home and abroad to expand their market shares.Lotte Re...

Activist fund KCGI to buy Hanyang Securities for $180 mn

Activist fund KCGI to buy Hanyang Securities for $180 mn

South Korean private equity firm KCGI Co. is expected to acquire local brokerage house Hanyang Securities Co. for 244.9 billion won ($179.8 million)...

S.Korean stocks log largest daily loss since pandemic

S.Korean stocks log largest daily loss since pandemic

The South Korean stock market dropped more than 3% on Friday to breach the psychologically important barrier of 2,700 in almost two months, after we...

Korean cosmetics, Amazon Prime Day’s top beauty products

Korean cosmetics, Amazon Prime Day’s top beauty products

South Korean cosmetics were top picks among beauty products of Amazon Prime members during the global leading e-commerce platform’s largest an...

Hyundai E&C unveils new Hillstate brand video

Hyundai E&C unveils new Hillstate brand video

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Friday the release of a new Hillstate brand film titled "Wha...

Samsung invests in US AI security startup Protect AI

Samsung invests in US AI security startup Protect AI

Samsung Venture Investment Corp., Samsung Electronics Co.'s venture capital firm, has invested in Protect AI Inc., a US startup offering a security ...

S.Korea, China's technology leak, anti-dumping disputes surge

S.Korea, China's technology leak, anti-dumping disputes surge

South Korean companies are getting tough on anti-dumping and patent infringement cases as they feel threatened by the intensifying price competition...

LG Display to sell its last LCD plant to CSOT for $1.5 bn

LG Display to sell its last LCD plant to CSOT for $1.5 bn

South Korea’s LG Display Co. plans to sell its liquid crystal display (LCD) panel plant in Guangzhou, China, to TCL China Star Optoelectronics...

Samsung, Ottogi unveil exclusive lifestyle TV goods

Samsung, Ottogi unveil exclusive lifestyle TV goods

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that it collaborated with the domestic food company Ottogi to release limited edition goods called Samsu...

BalanceHero sees record high H1 sales in India

BalanceHero sees record high H1 sales in India

BalanceHero, a South Korean fintech startup that entered the Indian market, announced on Friday that its sales and loan execution amounts for the fi...

Hyundai Engineering gets Hillsboro solar power plant rights

Hyundai Engineering gets Hillsboro solar power plant rights

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering Co. announced on Thursday that it acquired a 260 MW Hillsboro Solar Power Plant project from OCI Energy. This is H...

Asicland, FADU to jointly develop eSSD controller

Asicland,  FADU to jointly develop eSSD controller

South Korean semiconductor design house Asicland Co. said on Thursday it signed a $19 million contract with the domestic fabless company FADU.Under ...

SoftBank-backed Tridge in trouble amid Korean startup doom

SoftBank-backed Tridge in trouble amid Korean startup doom

Tridge Co., South Korea’s first agricultural product and food trading platform operator invested in by SoftBank Group Corp., is in financial t...

Korean commercial real estate market to show slow recovery in H2

Korean commercial real estate market to show slow recovery in H2

South Korea’s commercial real estate market will post a slow recovery in the second half of this year due to rate cut delays and no big correc...

South Korea to develop gas-cooled reactor with POSCO, SK, Daewoo

South Korea to develop gas-cooled reactor with POSCO, SK, Daewoo

South Korea has embarked on a 44.5 billion won ($32.3 million) project to jointly develop an advanced gas-cooled nuclear reactor with related domest...

Shinsegae Factory Store to enter Laos in 2025

Shinsegae Factory Store to enter Laos in 2025

South Korea's Shinsegae Department Store announced on Wednesday that its off-price retail chain, Shinsegae Factory Store, will expand its global foo...

LG Uplus to produce live-action robot drama

LG Uplus to produce live-action robot drama

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced plans to partner with SAMG Entertainment and HighZium Studio Co. to create Korean-style robot content, aimi...

Toss Securities to establish New York subsidiary

Toss Securities to establish New York subsidiary

South Korea's Toss Securities will establish a subsidiary in New York, the US to to expand its overseas business. The company announced on Tues...

Kyochon Chicken opens first store in Vancouver

Kyochon Chicken opens first store in Vancouver

South Korea's fried chicken chain Kyochon F&B announced on Tuesday that it opened its first store in Vancouver, Canada.Kyochon F&B opened Ky...

SK Telecom's X Caliber to enter SE Asian pet market

SK Telecom's X Caliber to enter SE Asian pet market

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract to supply X Caliber, an AI-based pet diagnosis assistance solution, to t...

Korean treasury yields fall to lowest level in over 2 years

Korean treasury yields fall to lowest level in over 2 years

South Korea’s treasury bond yields fell to their lowest points in more than two years, slipping below the 3% level for the first time since Ap...

HD Hyundai Oilbank exports bio marine fuel blends

HD Hyundai Oilbank exports bio marine fuel blends

The Korea Customs Service announced on July 29 that domestic petroleum products were exported after being blended in a bonded zone for the first tim...

SM Entertainment, S.Korean startup Jienem to build K-Pop hotel

SM Entertainment, S.Korean startup Jienem to build K-Pop hotel

South Korea's residence operator startup Jienem announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kreation Music Rights (K...

Dreamtech builds electronics, medical device factory in India

Dreamtech builds electronics, medical device factory in India

South Korean electronics components maker Dreamtech said on Monday that it built a new factory in India's Greater Noida.The company invested 85.1 bi...

South Korea’s Lee completes cabinet lineup with IT executive, lawmaker Hyundai Glovis charts new waters with world’s first AI-driven self-sailing car carrier fleet Korea’s game studios rebrand as AI tech firms, move into fashion, robotics, media Return of the K-pop queens: Blackpink, Twice power up YG, JYP Samsung to launch AI health coach beta in US by end-2025