FarmHannong's new herbicide enters the Pakistani market

FarmHannong's new herbicide enters the Pakistani market

South Korea's agricultural chemical company FarmHannong Co. announced on Thursday that its new herbicide Terrad'or will enter the Pakistani market. ...

SK C&C partners with Storm Ventures to discover promising B2B startups

SK C&C partners with Storm Ventures to discover promising B2B startups

South Korean IT services company SK C&C announced on Wednesday a partnership with American venture capital firm Storm Ventures to discover and c...

S.Korean Openedges’ chip IP licensed by Toyota affiliate Aisin

S.Korean Openedges’ chip IP licensed by Toyota affiliate Aisin

Openedges Technology, South Korean semiconductor design intellectual property (IP) platform, announced on Wednesday that it has entered into a vehic...

Korean shipbuilders yield No.1 spot to Chinese rivals in March

Korean shipbuilders yield No.1 spot to Chinese rivals in March

Korean shipbuilders were outstripped by China in shipbuilding orders and backlogs last month, according to UK-based shipping industry specialist Cla...

NongHyup opens office in Vietnam to strengthen K-food exports

NongHyup opens office in Vietnam to strengthen K-food exports

South Korea's NongHyup, or the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, announced on Wednesday that it has opened an office in Vietnam with pla...

S.Korean AI startup Liner Launches multilingual AI chatbot

S.Korean AI startup Liner Launches multilingual AI chatbot

South Korean AI search platform Liner announced on Wednesday the launch of a groundbreaking interactive search chatbot called "Liner Chat," designed...

Falling freight rates set to boost LG, Hyundai’s earnings

Falling freight rates set to boost LG, Hyundai’s earnings

The significant fall in seaborne freight rates of late is expected to boost earnings prospects for South Korea’s major companies, benefitting ...

Macquarie to buy Lotte’s S.Korean transportation card unit

Macquarie to buy Lotte’s S.Korean transportation card unit

Macquarie Asset Management, part of Australian investment bank Macquarie Group, is set to buy Loca Mobility Corp., Lotte Card Co.’s subsidiary...

Foreigners can enter S.Korean casino without physical passport

Foreigners can enter S.Korean casino without physical passport

Visitors to South Korea will be able to enjoy tax-free shopping and casino experiences with ease, thanks to the mobile passport identity verificatio...

ETRI’s drone communication tech is selected as international standards

ETRI’s drone communication tech is selected as international standards

South Korean researchers have developed international standards for drone communication, solving the problem of drones being unable to exchange info...

Hyundai’s Chung urges US operations to double down after record Q1

Hyundai’s Chung urges US operations to double down after record Q1

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun on Tuesday urged its US operations to work harder after its two automaking units, Hyundai Motor Co. and Ki...

Samsung Elec to invest $3.1 bn in S.Korean OLED plant

Samsung Elec to invest $3.1 bn in S.Korean OLED plant

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone maker, is set to spend 4.1 trillion won ($3.1 billion) on a new organic light-emitting...

TIMWORK lifts trophy at March D.Camp startup pitch competition

TIMWORK lifts trophy at March D.Camp startup pitch competition

TIMWORK Inc., a South Korean digital construction plan management software developer, won first prize at D.Camp’s March startup pitch competit...

Hyundai Motor to emerge as Korea’s highest earner, beating Samsung

Hyundai Motor to emerge as Korea’s highest earner, beating Samsung

Hyundai Motor Co. will likely emerge as South Korea’s top profit maker in the first quarter, driven by robust sales of pricey cars, pushing pa...

Lotte Biologics, Excellgene to collaborate on CDO biz

Lotte Biologics, Excellgene to collaborate on CDO biz

Lotte Biologics, South Korea's biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) company, announced on Sunday that it has...

Korean kitchen automation startups' US advance gains traction

Korean kitchen automation startups' US advance gains traction

South Korean kitchen automation system developers are eyeing the US as their next key market as demand for automated restaurant operating systems in...

S.Korean activist fund KCGI eyes foundry DB HiTek buyout

S.Korean activist fund KCGI eyes foundry DB HiTek buyout

Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund (KCGI) is eyeing a controlling stake in DB HiTek Co. as the activist fund became the second-largest shar...

Top Korean food delivery app posts record profits

Top Korean food delivery app posts record profits

Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top food delivery app, posted a record profit in 2022, which also marked its first profit ...

Hyundai Mipo wins $184 mn order four mid-sized PC carriers

Hyundai Mipo wins $184 mn order four mid-sized PC carriers

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., a subsidiary of HD Hyundai Group's shipbuilding division, has secured a construction contract for four medium-sized PC (p...

S.Korean firms' digital transformation more than a step behind Western: Report

S.Korean firms' digital transformation more than a step behind Western: Report

A research report has shown that the level of digital transformation among South Korean companies is lagging behind that of European and American co...

KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups

KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups

South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group will launch a 250 billion won ($193 million) fund to invest in startups ...

JB Financial wins proxy fight against activist fund Align Partners

JB Financial wins proxy fight against activist fund Align Partners

South Korea’s JB Financial Group Co. won a proxy battle against local activist fund Align Partners Capital Management on dividends and nominat...

Korean Dongkuk opens 2nd Mexican color-coated steel plant

Korean Dongkuk opens 2nd Mexican color-coated steel plant

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. opened its second color-coated steel plant in Mexico as South Korea’s third-largest steelmaker aims to expand its prese...

Lotte Shopping: Resurrected in Indonesia after death in China

Lotte Shopping: Resurrected in Indonesia after death in China

JAKARTA – On a hot spring day in March, Lotte Mart’s Gandaria City Mall hypermarket was as bustling with shopping Indonesians as usual.I...

Hyosung TNC to team up with Samsung for eco-friendly protective clothing

Hyosung TNC to team up with Samsung for eco-friendly protective clothing

Hyosung TNC Corp., a South Korean textile and yarn manufacturer, is teaming up with Samsung Electronics Co. to produce eco-friendly protective cloth...

Alarm bells ring for S.Korean IT firms' ChatGPT craze

Alarm bells ring for S.Korean IT firms' ChatGPT craze

The global popularity of ChatGPT is driving South Korean startups to launch a string of new services linked to the artificial intelligence-powered l...

Dongkuk Steel installs solar power generation facility at Pohang plant

Dongkuk Steel installs solar power generation facility at Pohang plant

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., the world's leading manufacturer of color-coated steel, announced on Wednesday that it has installed a 10-megawatt solar pow...

S.Korea's exports of instant noodles exceed $800 mn mark in 2022

S.Korea's exports of instant noodles exceed $800 mn mark in 2022

South Korea's exports of instant noodles such as ramen last year exceeded $800 million to break an all-time record.Export data released on Thursday ...

CJ undertakes educational programs for ethnic minorities in Vietnam

CJ undertakes educational programs for ethnic minorities in Vietnam

South Korea's CJ Group announced on Wednesday that it will undertake a "Second Girls Education Project" for the Vietnamese ethnic minority.The proje...

S.Korean carbon trading company EcoEye seeks listing

S.Korean carbon trading company EcoEye seeks listing

South Korean carbon credit trading company EcoEye Co. is preparing for an initial public offering, poised to be the first listing of a firm in the s...

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