Fortune 500 has just 16 Korean companies: study
Sixteen South Korean corporations are on Forbes' Global 500 list, a survey found.Critics say the distribution of the nation's leading companies is t...
Korean confectionery and snack co. Orion enjoys brisk sales in Vietnam
South Korea’s confectionery and snack maker Orion Corp. is enjoying rapid growth in Vietnam, thanks to brisk sales of the Choco-Pie, a chocola...
Korea-China air flights set to rise with Beijing’s eased zero-COVID policy
Air flights between South Korea and China are set to rise significantly next year with the Chinese government issuing new guidelines easing its stri...
Video streaming platform Wavve acquires K-content provider KOCOWA
South Korea’s OTT platform Wavve has acquired Los Angeles-based content platform KOCOWA, short for Korean Content Wave. KOCOWA is a US online ...
CJ CheilJedang develops biodegradable cosmetic containers
CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Thursday that it has applied a biodegradable container developed from a composite material mixed with PHA (polyhydroxya...
CU to introduce shopping platform on metaverse
Convenience store chain CU said on Thursday that it would introduce a meta-commerce service where online business activities take place on the met...
Lotte Mart opens 50th Indonesian store in Serpong
Lotte Mart said on Thursday that it would open its 50th store in Serpong, Indonesia. The store is 4,628 square meters, with more than 80% of the tot...
Vietnam emerges as South Korea's No. 3 trading partner
Vietnam will finish this year as South Korea's No. 3 trading partner and the country with which the latter has the largest trade surplus, a study ha...
Stayfolio receives $7.7 mn in Series A investment
South Korea's property-rental platform Stayfolio announced on Wednesday that it has won 10 billion won ($7.7 million) worth of additional investment...
Hyundai Mobis, Ottopia tie up for remote mobility tech
Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest automotive part supplier, and Israeli teleoperation startup Ottopia Technologies Ltd. have joined...
Mom's Touch opens 2nd restaurant in Bangkok
South Korea's F&B franchise Mom's Touch announced on Wednesday that it has opened its second store "K Chimaek" in Bangkok, Thailand.Chimaek, a c...
S.Korea's Lithium Plus succeeds in mass-producing lithium hydroxide
Lithium Plus, the S.Korean lithium materials company, said on Wednesday that it has succeeded in mass-producing battery-grade ultra-high-purity lith...
ToolGen, ANLBIO to jointly develop progeria treatments
South Korea's two biotech startups ToolGen Incorporated and ANLBIO on Tuesday signed a joint research and development agreement for developing proge...
S.Korean biopharmaceutical sector to see brisk M&As in H1, 2023
An expert says the first half of next year will see the start of brisk M&As in biopharmaceuticals targeting strategic investors.Pyeon Jae-seong,...
Korean holding firms likely to post bigger dividend payouts in 2022
South Korea's major holding companies are expected to set higher dividends per share (DPS) at end-2022 than in previous years, a Samsung Securi...
More S.Koreans buy, sell homes online without realtors
South Korea’s top online flea market Danggeun Market and other platforms are growing more popular for property deals as home sellers look for ...
Mirae Asset introduces AI investment info service
Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday it had introduced two domestic stock artificial intelligence (AI) reporting services through its mobile t...
Korean gaming giants racing for metaverse win
Have you ever wondered what the metaverse really is? So far, the consensus is that it's a virtual world that can accommodate pretty much every socia...
Hanwha Systems to build network to share land, sea, air target info
South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. will start domestic research and development of new tactical data links used by member countries of the North Atlan...
T'way Air launches Pikachu Jet TW
T’way Air Co. said on Tuesday that it would start running the Pokemon-wrapped airplane "Pikachu Jet TW" from the end of this month and release...
Korean LG CNS to expand digital marketing biz with DX tech
South Korea’s LG CNS Co., the information technology service arm of LG Group, is geared up to expand the digital marketing business for growth...
Korean kids' future career choices are athletes, teachers, YouTubers
A survey revealed that the number of middle and high school students who opted for computer engineers and software developers as their future career...
LG Electronics to open ESG zone at CES 2023 in January
South Korean conglomerates, including LG Electronics Inc., will introduce their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) visions and strategies a...
Foreign airlines gnaw at Korean LCCs on international flight routes
South Korea’s budget airlines are facing growing competition with foreign carriers on profitable international routes with the reopening of ai...
S.Korean food delivery app Baemin vows to hike logistics unit's service quality
Woowa Youths, an affiliate of Woowa Brothers, the parent company of South Korea's top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, on Monday announced its visio...
Syntekabio launches new drug development platform STB Cloud in US
Syntekabio,Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) drug development company, said on Monday it has launched its cloud-based AI drug develo...
KED's startup news platform Geeks launches revamped website
Geeks, The Korea Economic Daily’s startup news platform launched in May, launched an upgraded website in Korean on Monday. The new conten...
POSCO restarts key hot rolling mill at typhoon-hit plant
POSCO, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, resumed operations of a key hot rolling mill at a typhoon-hit plant in South Korea earlier than e...
Technocrats dominate major Korean companies’ leadership
Technocrats dominated the management of South Korea’s top 10 business groups, as technical specialists with deep understanding of business too...
Lunit exports AI imaging analysis solution to Brazil
South Korea's medical imaging startup Lunit said on Monday it has signed a software licensing agreement with Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in...
