Golden reclaims Billboard Hot 100 crown; KPop Demon Hunters OST makes history with four tracks in Top 10

Golden reclaims Billboard Hot 100 crown; KPop Demon Hunters OST makes history with four tracks in Top 10

The original soundtrack (OST) from Netflix’s animated feature KPop Demon Hunters is rewriting Billboard history. Its breakout single Golden ha...

HD Hyundai Robotics to raise $144.3 mn to bolster AI-powered robots

HD Hyundai Robotics to raise $144.3 mn to bolster AI-powered robots

HD Hyundai Robotics Co., an industrial robot producer under South Korea’s shipbuilding and machinery giant HD Hyundai Co., will raise 200 bill...

S.Korean President Lee to meet KPop Demon Hunters director Maggie Kang, TWICE

S.Korean President Lee to meet KPop Demon Hunters director Maggie Kang, TWICE

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet with Maggie Kang, director of the Netflix animated feature KPop Demon Hunters, along with K-pop girl ...

LG to unveil new energy-saving fridges, washer-dryers at IFA 2025

LG to unveil new energy-saving fridges, washer-dryers at IFA 2025

LG Electronics Inc. will unveil 25 new refrigerator and washer-dryer models tailored for the European market at IFA 2025, the company said on Tuesda...

Harim-owned Pan Ocean buys stake in LS, fueling talk of alliance with Hoban amid corporate feud

Harim-owned Pan Ocean buys stake in LS, fueling talk of alliance with Hoban amid corporate feud

South Korean bulk carrier operator Pan Ocean Co., a unit of the country’s leading poultry processor Harim Co., has acquired a minority stake i...

South Korea, Vietnam to nearly double bilateral trade to $150 billion by 2030

South Korea, Vietnam to nearly double bilateral trade to $150 billion by 2030

South Korea and Vietnam agreed Monday in Seoul to boost bilateral trade to $150 billion over the next five years, nearly double current levels, by e...

Samsung to produce Apple’s next-gen chips at US foundry plant

Samsung to produce Apple’s next-gen chips at US foundry plant

The global memory chip powerhouse Samsung Electronics Co. will produce chips for Apple Inc. at its semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the US,...

Coca-Cola names BTS’ V as new brand ambassador: 'Excited to share the thrill'

Coca-Cola names BTS’ V as new brand ambassador: 'Excited to share the thrill'

Coca-Cola has a new face — and it’s none other than V of BTS. The beverage giant announced Thursday that the global K-pop star has ...

Vietnam’s top leader to make 1st South Korea visit in 11 years

Vietnam’s top leader to make 1st South Korea visit in 11 years

To Lam, general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party and the country’s de facto ruling leader, is expected to make a state visit to So...

At home, K-convenience stores battle stagnation; abroad they're powerful K-food ambassadors

At home, K-convenience stores battle stagnation; abroad they're powerful K-food ambassadors

In the bustling backstreets of Ulaanbaatar, shoppers file out of a CU convenience store with instant tteokbokki, or simmered Korean rice cake, packs...

Return of the K-pop queens: Blackpink, Twice power up YG, JYP

Return of the K-pop queens: Blackpink, Twice power up YG, JYP

Blackpink and Twice, two of South Korea’s most prominent K-pop female acts, made high-profile returns on Friday with new releases, heightening...

KKR in control feud over Korea’s top solar power plant

KKR in control feud over Korea’s top solar power plant

Global private equity giant KKR & Co. Inc. is embroiled in a management dispute over South Korea’s top solar power plant with key individu...

LS Electric poised to join Nvidia's supply chain via Vertiv deal

LS Electric poised to join Nvidia's supply chain via Vertiv deal

LS Electric Co., a South Korean industrial system supplier, is poised to deliver a large volume of power control equipment, including switchgears an...

POSCO inducted into World Steel Dynamics’ Hall of Fame

POSCO inducted into World Steel Dynamics’ Hall of Fame

South Korea’s POSCO Group has been permanently inducted into the Hall of Fame by the World Steel Dynamics (WSD), a US steel industry research ...

S.Korea’s power transformer exports soar as global supply shortage bites

S.Korea’s power transformer exports soar as global supply shortage bites

South Korean power equipment makers are riding a wave of export growth, with their transformers in high demand amid a global rush to reinforce power...

Hanjin KAL, LS expand defense business alliance to counter Hoban Group

Hanjin KAL, LS expand defense business alliance to counter Hoban Group

South Korea’s Hanjin Group and LS Group are tightening their alliance further against Hoban Group, which is raising its stake in Hanjin.Korean...

Google partners with Samsung, Gentle Monster for new smart glasses

Google partners with Samsung, Gentle Monster for new smart glasses

SILICON VALLEY – Google LLC is making a renewed push into the smart glasses market in partnership with South Korea’s Samsung Electronics...

LS moves closer to role as Hanjin KAL’s white knight vs Hoban

LS moves closer to role as Hanjin KAL’s white knight vs Hoban

Hanjin KAL Corp., the largest shareholder of Korean Air Lines Co., is strengthening its alliance with LS Group, the parent of LS Cable & System ...

LS Cable breaks ground on $681 mn underwater cable plant in Chesapeake

LS Cable breaks ground on $681 mn underwater cable plant in Chesapeake

WASHINGTON, D.C. – LS Cable & System Ltd., South Korea’s leading wire and cable manufacturer, has broken ground on its first underwa...

Samsung unveils upgraded AI-powered OLED TVs

Samsung unveils upgraded AI-powered OLED TVs

Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday showcased its new lineup of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs with advanced artificial intelligence features...

Hyundai premieres all-new NEXO, reinforcing hydrogen power

Hyundai premieres all-new NEXO, reinforcing hydrogen power

Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday unveiled the all-new NEXO, the first full-change model of the fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) since its launch in 20...

LS Cable's patent victory over Taihan Electric signals further disputes

LS Cable's patent victory over Taihan Electric signals further disputes

LS Cable & System Co. has gained the upper hand in its years-long patent dispute against Taihan Electric Wire Co. after a South Korean high pate...

Doosan Enerbility wins $1.5 bn in orders from Saudi Arabia

Doosan Enerbility wins $1.5 bn in orders from Saudi Arabia

Doosan Enerbility Co., South Korea’s leading gas turbine maunfacturer for power plants, said on Thursday that it has secured a combined $1.5 b...

Magnachip to sell display business in H1 to focus on power semiconductors

Magnachip to sell display business in H1 to focus on power semiconductors

South Korean chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. plans to sell its display business by the end of the first half as part of a strategic shift to...

HD Hyundai to invest $206 mn to develop SMR ship

HD Hyundai to invest $206 mn to develop SMR ship

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE), an intermediary shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Co., will invest up to 30...

Doosan Enerbility bags $200 mn Qatar power plant EPC deal

Doosan Enerbility bags $200 mn Qatar power plant EPC deal

Doosan Enerbility Co. has clinched an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a gas-fired power plant from Qatar in a consortiu...

Hyundai CEO Muñoz named MotorTrend Person of the Year

Hyundai CEO Muñoz named MotorTrend Person of the Year

South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer José Muñoz was picked as the most powerful figure in the in...

Korea’s OCI, Israel’s Arava Power to jointly build solar cell plant in Texas

Korea’s OCI, Israel’s Arava Power to jointly build solar cell plant in Texas

OCI Energy Co., a US subsidiary of South Korea’s OCI Holdings Co., and Israel’s Arava Power will jointly build a solar cell power plant ...

AI data center with up to 3 gigawatts of power envisioned for South Korea

AI data center with up to 3 gigawatts of power envisioned for South Korea

An investor group is planning one of the world’s largest data centers for artificial intelligence in South Korea, a sign of red-hot AI de...

HD Korea Shipbuilding premieres nuclear-powered ship design

HD Korea Shipbuilding premieres nuclear-powered ship design

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE), the parent of the world’s largest shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.,...

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