S.Korea's beauty platform Hwahae opens flagship store on TikTok

S.Korea's beauty platform Hwahae opens flagship store on TikTok

South Korea's mobile beauty platform Hwahae has opened a flagship store on TikTok (Chinese name Douyin). Hwahae's operator Birdview announced t...

EU temporarily halts probe of Korean Air-Asiana merger

EU temporarily halts probe of Korean Air-Asiana merger

Europe's antitrust regulator has temporarily suspended its investigation into the proposed merger of Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. a...

Doosan vice chairman visits robotics trade show Automatica

Doosan vice chairman visits robotics trade show Automatica

South Korea’s Doosan Group Vice Chairman Park Ji-won visited Automatica 2023 on Wednesday, a leading trade fair for smart automation held in M...

S.Korea exports halal-certified beef to Malaysia for 1st time

S.Korea exports halal-certified beef to Malaysia for 1st time

Halal-certified premium Korean beef Hanwoo was exported to Malaysia on Thursday, marking the culmination of seven years of quarantine negotiations f...

CJ Olive Young to develop inner beauty as new growth engine

CJ Olive Young to develop inner beauty as new growth engine

South Korea's top beauty chain CJ Olive Young said on Thursday that it plans to capitalize on the growing market for inner beauty, positioning it as...

Samsung Display to dump entire stake in LCD equipment maker

Samsung Display to dump entire stake in LCD equipment maker

South Korea’s Samsung Display Co. is set to sell its stake in a domestic liquid crystal display equipment maker as the unit of global tech gia...

JW Pharma unveils S.Korea's first homegrown hybrid incubator

JW Pharma unveils S.Korea's first homegrown hybrid incubator

South Korea's JW Pharmaceutical on Wednesday released three products from its new incubator brand Hi-Mammi.The company's rollout of hybrid and high-...

Noroo Paint unveils biodegradable plastic container

Noroo Paint unveils biodegradable plastic container

South Korea’s Noroo Paint on Wednesday said it developed an eco-friendly plastic container capable of oxidative biodegradation for its main pr...

Hanwha TotalEnergies completes building POE pilot plant

Hanwha TotalEnergies completes building POE pilot plant

Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical Co., a South Korean joint venture between Hanwha Group and TotalEnergies, announced on Thursday that it has compl...

Korean Air to use bio-jet fuel on international flights

Korean Air to use bio-jet fuel on international flights

Korean Air Lines Co. announced on Thursday that it will start operating bio-jet fuel flights in partnership with GS Caltex Corp., marking the first ...

Kakao Healthcare to build metaverse healthcare platform

Kakao Healthcare to build metaverse healthcare platform

Kakao Healthcare, a digital healthcare platform unit of South Korea's Kakao, announced on Wednesday that it has been selected as the final operato...

Arkema buys S.Korea's PI Advanced for about $800 mn

Arkema buys S.Korea's PI Advanced for about $800 mn

Arkema, a French specialty materials producer, on Wednesday signed an agreement to purchase a 54.07% stake in South Korea’s PI Advanced Materi...

US to send Its biggest sub to Korean Peninsula in message to North and South

US to send Its biggest sub to Korean Peninsula in message to North and South

SEOUL—The U.S. plans to send its largest nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in four decades, in an effort to deter Nort...

Interpark Triple sees surge in sales of Japan tours, activities

Interpark Triple sees surge in sales of Japan tours, activities

Sales of Japan tour and activity products to South Korean travelers have surged in recent weeks, driven by an increase in the number of independent ...

CJ Logistics to build logistics centers in US with $416 mn investment

CJ Logistics to build logistics centers in US with $416 mn investment

CJ Logistics Corp. and Korea Ocean Business Corporation (KOBC) will together build three logistics centers in the US with an estimated investment of...

Innocean opens K-ramen pop-up store in Bangkok

Innocean opens K-ramen pop-up store in Bangkok

Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, announced on Wednesday that it has opened a South Korean ramen pop-up store in Bangko...

HMM opens Indian-Mediterranean container route

HMM opens Indian-Mediterranean container route

South Korea’s HMM Co. has opened a container route to India and the Mediterranean.  In addition to serving the US and Europe, the conta...

LG CNS develops AI coding solution based on ChatGPT

LG CNS develops AI coding solution based on ChatGPT

LG CNS, the information technology service arm of LG Group, announced on Wednesday that it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based code ...

Hyundai, Kia invest extra $1.5 mn in automotive chip startup

Hyundai, Kia invest extra $1.5 mn in automotive chip startup

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. announced on Wednesday that they have invested extra 2 billion won ($1.54 million) in BOS Semiconductors, a vehicle ...

LG Electronics targets EdTech market in US

LG Electronics targets EdTech market in US

LG Electronics Inc. is showcasing a lineup of acclaimed products designed for the education sector at the International Society for Technology in Ed...

POSCO Int'l, CIP tie up for Korean offshore wind project

POSCO Int'l, CIP tie up for Korean offshore wind project

POSCO International, the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., has joined hands with C...

Korea’s KHNP wins project for tritium removal plant in Romania

Korea’s KHNP wins project for tritium removal plant in Romania

State-backed Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has won a €200 million order to build a tritium removal facility (TRF) at a nuclear pow...

S.Korean gov't unveils new K-tourism video ads

S.Korean gov't unveils new K-tourism video ads

The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, along with the Korea Tourism Organization, announced on Tuesday that they have launched t...

Hyundai Mobis overtakes Japan's Aisin on global auto parts market

Hyundai Mobis overtakes Japan's Aisin on global auto parts market

South Korea's Hyundai Mobis has surpassed Japan's Aisin, its biggest competitor in auto parts excluding batteries, to break into the top five on the...

S.Korean firms' rights issues swell 10-fold in June

S.Korean firms' rights issues swell 10-fold in June

An increasing number of South Korean companies are bumping up new share sales in search of cheaper funds. A total of 10 companies listed on the Kosp...

S.Korea's Naver Webtoon to expand IP-based operations

S.Korea's Naver Webtoon to expand IP-based operations

South Korea's Naver Webtoon is selling its online intellectual property (IP)-based webtoon products on the offline market to expand its webtoon IP o...

Pinkfong Baby Shark console game to launch in September

Pinkfong Baby Shark console game to launch in September

South Korea's The Pinkfong Company, popularly known for its "Baby Shark" character, announced on Tuesday the imminent release of a console game titl...

Hyundai Card, Visa form global data alliance

Hyundai Card, Visa form global data alliance

South Korea’s Hyundai Card has launched a data analysis business with Visa. Hyundai Card on Monday said it formed a strategic business partner...

S.Korean oil refiner GS Caltex accelerates advance into cosmetics biz

S.Korean oil refiner GS Caltex accelerates advance into cosmetics biz

GS Caltex Corp., South Korea’s second-largest oil refiner, is expediting its advance into the cosmetics industry as part of its green transfor...

Samsung, 4 Korean banks to foster financial software engineers

Samsung, 4 Korean banks to foster financial software engineers

Samsung Electronics Co. and South Korea’s four commercial banks – Shinhan, KB Kookmin, Hana and Woori – have agreed to help suppor...

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