Hanwha Systems wins $34.5 mn CMS order from Philippine Navy
South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. revealed on Friday its bid to provide its domestically developed combat management system (CMS) to six 2,400-t...
Does Google Bard in Korean pose any risk to Naver, Kakao?
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – Global tech giant Google on Wednesday unveiled an upgraded version of Bard, its generative artificial intelligence...
Kia, Kakao Mobility to jointly develop PBV for ride-hailing
Kia Corp. and Kakao Mobility announced on Friday that they have signed the previous day a memorandum of understanding for the development of a purpo...
S.Korean growth outlook dims on increased trade deficit
South Korea’s exports are on course to drop for the eighth consecutive month as they declined in the first 10 days of May, data showed on Thur...
Korean KT Cloud to raise $452 mn from IMM via rights offering
KT Cloud Corp., a subsidiary of South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp., is set to raise 600 billion won ($452 million) from a unit of Seoul-base...
S.Korea to invest $2.6 bn in quantum technology by 2035
South Korea will spend 3.5 trillion won ($2.6 billion) on quantum science and technology development by 2035 in partnership with the country’s...
SK Chemicals to show eco-friendly cosmetic containers in China
South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. will participate in the China Beauty Expo 2023, hold in Shanghai, China, from May 12 for three days. This event is ...
KGC promotes S.Korean top red ginseng brand CheongKwanJang in China
Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp. , announced on Thursday its participation in the "2023 TFWA Wor...
CJ Logistics to establish global distribution center in Saudi Arabia
South Korea's CJ Logistics unveiled plans on Thursday to construct a Global Distribution Center (GDC) in Saudi Arabia, a burgeoning logistics hub in...
Samsung Electronics to open flagship store in Seoul's Gangnam district
Samsung Electronics Co. in late June will open its new flagship store Samsung Gangnam near Gangnam Station, a posh area of Seoul.Sources from the in...
Terra co-founder Do Kwon’s $177 million assets in Korea under seizure
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, the mastermind behind the Terra-Luna cryptocurrency collapse, has had most of his assets in South Korea frozen, a...
Slowing economy slams S.Korean retailers; outlook dim
South Korean major retailers are suffering from a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy, adding to concerns about weaker earnings in the c...
US eyes new rules for Samsung, SK to bring chip machines to China
The US government is considering establishing new rules for South Korea’s chipmakers to import advanced equipment to China to upgrade their fa...
K-beef targets global halal market through exports to Malaysia
Korean beef is making its entry into the global halal food market, starting with Malaysia. South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affa...
Mirae Asset Securities joins Singapore Exchange's trading membership
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities has made history as the first Korean financial investment firm to join the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) trading...
LS Electric targets Southeast Asian microgrid market
South Korea's LS Electric Co. will join hands with Thailand's second-largest company Siam Cement Group (SCG) to target the Southeast Asian market fo...
S.Korea’s chronic disease: Decline in youth employment
The number of young workers in South Korea fell for a sixth straight month in April to its lowest point in more than two years, deepening concerns t...
Hanwha Q Cells holds No.1 position in US solar module market
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, secured the top position in the US resid...
Korean shipyards to benefit from record LNG carrier prices
South Korean shipbuilders are expected to benefit from record liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier prices while bagging more orders for new vessels d...
S.Korean kitchen robot startup Wave attracts $3 mn investment
South Korea's kitchen robot startup Wave Lifestyle Technologies announced on Tuesday that it has raised a Series A1 investment of 4 billion won ($3 ...
Virtual human YT debuts as SSG.COM’s shopping host
SSG.COM, the e-commerce brand of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Inc., announced on Tuesday that virtual human YT has been named the official sh...
S.Korea's game companies wage intense war in MMORPG sector
South Korea's massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG), a mainstream genre in domestic games, is showing signs of an increasingly he...
Poshmark powers Naver earnings; HyperCLOVA X the next booster
South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings thanks to strong sales of Poshmark Inc. in the US. It ...
GS E&C apologizes for collapse of apartment parking lot
GS Engineering & Construction Co. made an official apology on Tuesday for the collapse of a structure in an underground parking lot of a new apa...
Korean Air to launch in-flight wi-fi service for int'l routes
Korean Air Lines Co. announced on Tuesday that it will begin in-flight wi-fi service on selected international routes starting from June 1.Korean Ai...
Hankook Tire takes on market for high-end sports cars
South Korea's Hankook Tire & Technology is reinforcing its partnerships with makers of high-performance sports cars based on a systematic develo...
Celltrion drops bid to acquire Baxter’s biopharm unit
Celltrion Inc. announced on Tuesday it has decided not to pursue the acquisition of the biopharmaceutical unit of U.S. medical device maker Baxter I...
Leeum's enduring charm to foreign VIPs
On a shiny Monday morning, the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art nestled on the slope of Mt. Namsan in a quiet Hannam neighborhood in Seoul was flanked b...
Samsung, LG step up competition for smart TV content
The world’s two largest TV makers Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are scrambling to boost their smart TV content to make up fo...
S.Korean gov't proposes nuclear power plant cooperation to Hungary
South Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang discussed ways to strengthen industrial and trade cooperation with Lászl&o...
