Nara Space attracts $14.5 mn series B investment
South Korea's micro-satellite startup Nara Space Technology Inc. announced on Friday that it attracted a 20 billion won ($14.5 million) series B inv...
Hanwha Ocean, Canadian firms to collaborate on submarine projects
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Friday that it partnered with three Canadian companies at Canada’s largest defense exhibition, CAN...
Korean shopping mecca Dongdaemun Market's vacancy rates soar
Store vacancy rates in South Korea’s largest shopping mecca Dongdaemun Market have soared to as high as 86%, with Chinese e-commerce platfor...
Kakao Mobility, Archer to collaborate for K-UAM commercialization
South Korea's Kakao Mobility Corp. announced on Friday that it signed an agreement with Archer Aviation, the US-based urban air mobility (UAM) aircr...
Line Games to launch The Play of Genesis in Taiwan, Hong Kong
South Korea's Line Games Corp. announced on Friday that it signed a publishing agreement with Vietnam's tech giant VNG for the mobile game The Play ...
Samsung gets new tech certification for air purifier filter
Samsung Electronics Co.'s air purifier filter technology obtained the New Excellent Technology (NeT) certification from the Korea Agency for Technol...
KT offers reverse pitches to pick startup partners
KT Corp. has offered reverse pitches for South Korean artificial intelligence and technology startups to cooperate in the areas where it lacks in te...
KOTRA opens K-Tech Camp in Paris
The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Thursday that it established the Paris K-Tech Camp in Paris, France on May 23.KOTRA...
Nvidia beats Tesla to emerge as top foreign stock held by Koreans
Nvidia Corp., the global top artificial intelligence chip leader, overtook Tesla Inc., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle maker, to b...
Samsung Electronics holds Latin America Tech Seminar
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it hosted the 2024 Latin America Tech Seminar in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 28 and 29.According to...
LX Pantos to enter Indonesian resource logistics market
South Korea's LX Pantos said on Thursday that it signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with KSA, Indonesia's largest bulk carrier, to tap into the S...
Korean biotech Bertis to join BIO 2024 for global reach
South Korean biotech Bertis Inc. will deliver presentations at the BIO International Convention, one of the world’s largest bio and healthcare...
Korea’s HD Hyundai Electric wins $60 mn transformer deal in UK
South Korea’s electric equipment maker HD Hyundai Electric Co. said on Wednesday it has won a power transformer supply deal worth 47.1 million...
Pearl Abyss, Tencent to release Black Desert in China
South Korea's game developer and publisher Pearl Abyss Corp. announced on Wednesday that it's preparing to launch its cross-platform MMORPG Black De...
Dongkuk CM establishes European branch in Germany
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co. (Dongkuk CM), the cold-rolled steel business unit of South Korea's Dongkuk Steel Group, announced on Wednesday that it op...
Mega Coffee to open first store in Mongolia
South Korea's low-price coffee chain, Mega MGC Coffee, announced on Tuesday that it will open its first overseas store in Mongolia on May 30. This...
Samsung to deepen foray in US HVAC market with Lennox
Samsung Electronics Co. will set up a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) joint venture with Lennox International Inc., a major US HVAC...
Lotte Tour launches premium travel brand High&
Lotte Tour Development Co. announced on Tuesday that it launched the brand High& for high-quality premium package travel products.High& is a...
Hankook Tire extends sponsorship of Europa League for 3 years
Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Tuesday that it extended its official sponsorship contracts with the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa C...
L&F, CNGR to collaborate to respond to US IRA
L&F Co., South Korea’s major cathode supplier announced Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Chinese precu...
Everybot buys AI mobility company hycore
South Korea's service robot company Everybot Inc. acquired AI robot mobility specialist hyCore to expand into the personal mobility sector. Everybo...
Qoo10 launches K-Avenue for S.Korean products
Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte. announced on Tuesday that it launched K-Avenue, a sales channel for Korean products, on the newl...
SK Hynix: More room for share price rise after bull run
SK Hynix Inc.'s market value broke through the roof to top 150 trillion won ($110 billion) on Monday, becoming the second stock in South Korea to re...
Samsung Bioepis leads in Soliris biosimilar market in Europe
STOCKHOLM – Samsung Bioepis Co.'s biosimilar to Soliris for the treatment of patients with rare, life-threatening disease paroxysmal nocturnal...
Kolon Global inks Korea’s 1st private wind power supply deal
Kolon Global Corp., the leading South Korean wind farm developer, signed the country’s first private wind power supply deal with local compani...
Korean AI startups yet to join global unicorn club
The number of artificial intelligence unicorns has been on the rise thanks to the AI boom, but none of these South Korean AI startups have yet to jo...
SK Telecom to launch AI assistants for corporate clients
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, plans to introduce customized services to connect major large language models (LLMs) and cor...
GS25 opens 300th store in Vietnam
South Korean convenience store chain GS25 said on Sunday that it opened its 300th store in Vietnam. This is the milestone since it entered th...
Korean brokerage firms seek to raise $1.2 bn in property funds
South Korean brokerage firms are scurrying to raise more than 1.7 trillion won ($1.24 billion) in private equity funds to bet on soured property loa...
Netmarble leverages existing IPs, M&As to keep growth
Expectations are growing high that Netmarble Corp., South Korea’s second-largest game developer and publisher, will extend its growth streak t...
