Lotte Biologics invests in S.Korean bio-venture Pinotbio

Lotte Biologics invests in S.Korean bio-venture Pinotbio

South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. said on Friday that it has made an equity investment in Pinotbio, Inc. for the development of antibody-drug ...

S.Korea's Kainos Medicine exports AIDS treatment technology to China

S.Korea's Kainos Medicine exports AIDS treatment technology to China

South Korean new drug developer Kainos Medicine Inc. announced on Friday that it had signed a technology transfer agreement with Chinese pharmaceuti...

POSCO, three telcos to build communication systems against disasters

POSCO, three telcos to build communication systems against disasters

South Korean steel giant POSCO said on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with three domestic telecommunications companie...

Celltrion Healthcare enters top 10 in hospital prescriptions in Turkey

Celltrion Healthcare enters top 10 in hospital prescriptions in Turkey

South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Healthcare Co. on Thursday said it ranked in the top 10 out of 400 companies last year on the Turki...

Samsung, LG show Korean War hero tribute videos on Times Square

Samsung, LG show Korean War hero tribute videos on Times Square

A tribute video to honor Korean and U.S. veterans of the Korean War started screening on billboards in New York’s Times Square on Thursday. Th...

Korean won near 5-month low despite weak dollar; outlook dark

Korean won near 5-month low despite weak dollar; outlook dark

The South Korean won fell to the weakest level in almost five months, underperforming other currencies despite a softer dollar, as sluggish fundamen...

Asleep dreams big to help sleepless people worldwide find right treatment

Asleep dreams big to help sleepless people worldwide find right treatment

Armed with artificial intelligence and big data technologies, Asleep hopes to find the best treatment for sleep-deprived people around the world wit...

POSCO Future M to issue $226 mn Korean green bonds

POSCO Future M to issue $226 mn Korean green bonds

South Korea's battery component maker POSCO Future M Co. (formerly POSCO Chemical) announced on Friday that it will issue 300 billion won ($226 mill...

S.Korean firms applies for record-high 76,592 patents abroad in 2022

S.Korean firms applies for record-high 76,592 patents abroad in 2022

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) on Thursday said the number of patents filed overseas by domestic companies last year set a record-hi...

S.Korean gov't unveils $424 mn strategy to boost software, AI industries

S.Korean gov't unveils $424 mn strategy to boost software, AI industries

South Korean government has announced plans to invest about 563 billion won ($424 million) in bolstering the domestic software and artificial intell...

Another war in Russia: Hyundai, Kia versus Chinese carmakers

Another war in Russia: Hyundai, Kia versus Chinese carmakers

In Russia, which is in a state of war against Ukraine, there’s another war going on. This time, the war is between South Korea’s two lar...

Indonesia's Green Rebel enters S.Korean alternative meat market

Indonesia's Green Rebel enters S.Korean alternative meat market

Indonesia-based food tech startup, Green Rebel Foods, made public its official entry into the Korean plant-based protein food market. Bryan Toh, Glo...

POSCO Holdings opens new R&D center in Pohang

POSCO Holdings opens new R&D center in Pohang

POSCO Holdings said on Thursday that it has opened a headquarters for POSCO N.EX.T Hub, which will lead the R&D efforts for the entire POSCO G...

Korea Tourism Organization to host K-Tourist Festival in Japan

Korea Tourism Organization to host K-Tourist Festival in Japan

The Korea Tourism Organization announced on Thursday that it will hold a "K-Tourism Festival" on Apr. 21-22 in Hiroshima and Fukuoka, the key market...

Korean gov’t pledges additional $7.9 bn for startups amid fund squeeze

Korean gov’t pledges additional $7.9 bn for startups amid fund squeeze

The South Korean government will spend an additional 10.5 trillion won ($7.9 billion) to shore up the country’s startups and venture capitalis...

Export of Korean medical devices to Vietnam to be easier

Export of Korean medical devices to Vietnam to be easier

South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Thursday that the public procurement regulations of the Vietnamese government, which had...

Sports tech startups poised to launch next Korean unicorn

Sports tech startups poised to launch next Korean unicorn

UK Premier League Tottenham Hotspur star forward Son Heung-min and two-way US MLB icon Shohei Ohtani, a designated pitcher and hitter for the Los An...

Nexon Games’ Blue Archive surpasses 1 million pre-registrants in China

Nexon Games’ Blue Archive surpasses 1 million pre-registrants in China

South Korea’s Nexon Games Co. on Wednesday said the number of pre-registrants for its strategy role-playing game Blue Archive exceeded one mil...

K-pop group Astro's Moonbin found dead in his apartment

K-pop group Astro's Moonbin found dead in his apartment

Moonbin, a member of K-pop group Astro, has died, South Korean police said on Thursday.According to the police and the music industry, his manager f...

S.Korean LPs to up exposure to private debt, infrastructure in 2023: Survey

S.Korean LPs to up exposure to private debt, infrastructure in 2023: Survey

South Korean institutional investors are eyeing private debt and infrastructure for stable income and to hedge against inflation, a survey by The Kore...

Hyundai Mobis aims to win $1 bn in China orders in 2023

Hyundai Mobis aims to win $1 bn in China orders in 2023

South Korea's leading auto parts supplier Hyundai Mobis announced that it will win $1 billion this year in China, the world's largest electric veh...

S.Korean gov't to support domestic startups in Saudi Arabia entry

S.Korean gov't to support domestic startups in Saudi Arabia entry

South Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups held on Wednesday the "K-Deep Tech Startup Meetup" event at Startup Alliance & Space in Gangnam dist...

Korean battery players LG, Samsung, SK sweep US EV tax credits

Korean battery players LG, Samsung, SK sweep US EV tax credits

It has long been talked about and finally confirmed: South Korean battery companies are well-placed to benefit from the strengthened requirements of...

Curexo, Kyocera to enter Japan’s artificial joint surgery robot market

Curexo, Kyocera to enter Japan’s artificial joint surgery robot market

South Korea's medical robot company Curexo partnered with Kyocera Corporation to enter the Japanese market for artificial joint surgery robots.Curex...

China, India: Korean investors’ next stock investment targets

China, India: Korean investors’ next stock investment targets

The US stock market has long been the prime investment destination for South Korean investors, lured by the dynamics of the global top economy.With ...

Samsung SDI unveils super-gap battery tech aimed at Chinese market

Samsung SDI unveils super-gap battery tech aimed at Chinese market

South Korea's leading secondary battery maker Samsung SDI Co. is setting its sights on China's battery market with its super-gap solid-state battery...

Seoul Semiconductor's Sunlike LED is installed in Volvo's new EV

Seoul Semiconductor's Sunlike LED is installed in Volvo's new EV

Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd., a South Korean LED light manufacturer, announced on Tuesday that Volvo's new electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) EX9...

Samsung unveils HealthStack at US healthcare tech exhibition

Samsung unveils HealthStack at US healthcare tech exhibition

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it will showcase Samsung HealthStack ver. 1.0 at the "2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Ex...

SK Telecom enters next-generation broadcasting platform market in US

SK Telecom enters next-generation broadcasting platform market in US

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Tuesday that it will sell a next-generation broadcast platform, utilizing mobile edge computing (MEC) technolog...

MBK Partners co-founder tops 50 richest S.Koreans: Forbes

MBK Partners co-founder tops 50 richest S.Koreans: Forbes

Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder and partner at private equity firm MBK Partners, has topped the ranking of the 50 richest South Koreans by net worth...

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