Chinese game Genshin Impact's summer fest draws large crowds in Seoul

Chinese game Genshin Impact's summer fest draws large crowds in Seoul

Shanghai-based game developer and publisher miHoYo Co. on Wednesday wrapped up its well-attended week-long Genshin 2022 Summer Festival in Seoul.&nb...

LX Pantos mulls Air Premia acquisition to facilitate global logistics service

LX Pantos mulls Air Premia acquisition to facilitate global logistics service

LX Pantos Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s LX Group, is looking to acquire a controlling stake in local budget carrier Air Premia Co.,...

Samsung Elec. plans unmanned factories on manpower shortage

Samsung Elec. plans unmanned factories on manpower shortage

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is seeking unmanned factories in a move that other major South Korean manufacturers...

Korean homegrown OTT platform Watcha up for sale

Korean homegrown OTT platform Watcha up for sale

South Korea’s over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc. is in talks with some companies to sell off its shares, according to investment banking ...

SK Geo Centric, Veolia join forces to lead Asia’s plastic recycling business

SK Geo Centric, Veolia join forces to lead Asia’s plastic recycling business

SK Geo Centric, an SK Innovation Co. subsidiary focused on the eco-friendly chemical business, joined hands with Paris-based Veolia Environnement S....

S.Korean defense stocks boosted by $7.6 bn deal with Poland

S.Korean defense stocks boosted by $7.6 bn deal with Poland

South Korean defense stocks got a boost from a 10 trillion-won ($7.6 billion) export deal with Poland announced last week. Korea Aerospa...

Korean DL E&C to enter SMR biz with Canada’s Terrestrial

Korean DL E&C to enter SMR biz with Canada’s Terrestrial

South Korea’s construction company DL E&C Co. is set to make inroads into the small modular reactor (SMR) business for future growth ...

South Korea to cut red tape, raise student quota to grow chip talent

South Korea to cut red tape, raise student quota to grow chip talent

South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, said on Tuesday it will cut administrative red tape and ease the restrictive s...

Korea to raise cash support on foreign investments in key sectors

Korea to raise cash support on foreign investments in key sectors

South Korea plans to spend more cash on attracting foreign investments in high-tech and core supply chain industries as foreign direct investment to...

LG Uplus aims to recycle 100% of industrial waste in 3 years

LG Uplus aims to recycle 100% of industrial waste in 3 years

LG Uplus Corp. announced it will recycle 100% of industrial waste from its plants by 2025.The mobile network arm of LG Corp. published a report titl...

Korea, game developers in tug of war over P2E genre

Korea, game developers in tug of war over P2E genre

A battle over play-to-earn (P2E) games in South Korea between the government and the industry has yet to show any signs of abating as the authority ...

Krafton founder: Robotics, deep learning should be S.Korea’s future

Krafton founder: Robotics, deep learning should be S.Korea’s future

Krafton Inc. founder and chairman Chang Byung-gyu is a rare example of a serial entrepreneur in South Korea – a country dominated by family-ow...

NCSOFT publishes second ESG report with a playbook concept

NCSOFT publishes second ESG report with a playbook concept

NCSOFT Corp., a leading South Korean game developer, has published its second annual sustainability report using a playbook map concept. The re...

Samsung Eng. to invest in Vietnam for SE Asia water biz

Samsung Eng. to invest in Vietnam for SE Asia water biz

Samsung Engineering Co. agreed to spend $41 million on Vietnam’s largest private water treatment company for the eco-friendly business in Sout...

SK Materials, Showa Denko to jointly seek US semiconductor gas business

SK Materials, Showa Denko to jointly seek US semiconductor gas business

SK Materials Co., an industrial gas manufacturing affiliate of South Korea’s SK Inc., and Japanese chemicals company Showa Denko K.K. have agr...

Samsung to fuel rivalry with Sony in mobile image sensor market

Samsung to fuel rivalry with Sony in mobile image sensor market

Samsung Electronics Co. is set to narrow the gap with bigger competitor Sony in the global image sensor market. The South Korean tech giant introduc...

S.Korea ushers in new space era with rocket launch success

S.Korea ushers in new space era with rocket launch success

GOHEUNG, South Korea -- South Korea opened a new space era as it succeeded in the launch of a homegrown space rocket carrying payloads to become the...

Tech experts to discuss future mega-trends at KIF 2022

Tech experts to discuss future mega-trends at KIF 2022

The Korea Investment Festival (KIF), the largest annual investor relations (IR) event in South Korea, will be held June 29-30 at the Fairmont Ambass...

Netmarble to officially launch Seven Knights Revolution on July 28 

Netmarble to officially launch Seven Knights Revolution on July 28 

Netmarble Corp. is poised to officially launch its latest game Seven Knights Revolution on July 28 in South Korea. The South Korean mobile game...

Korea Inc. hit by rising commodity prices, weak won, supply crisis

Korea Inc. hit by rising commodity prices, weak won, supply crisis

South Korea’s major industries, especially the petrochemical and auto parts sectors, are suffering from surging global commodity prices, a wea...

Chemical makers to halt plants as truck driver strike deepens

Chemical makers to halt plants as truck driver strike deepens

South Korea’s petrochemical companies are set to halt operations as the work stoppage by unionized truck drivers stretched into an eighth day ...

LB Investment submits preliminary IPO assessment request to KRX

LB Investment submits preliminary IPO assessment request to KRX

LB Investment has submitted a preliminary assessment request to the Korea Stock Exchange, the first step to an initial public offering. It chose Mir...

Industrial losses balloon as Korean trucker strike enters 7th day

 Industrial losses balloon as Korean trucker strike enters 7th day

South Korea’s manufacturing sector faces ballooning losses across industries as the trucker strike entered its seventh day on Monday, disrupti...

SK Innovation to focus on small reactors, batteries, waste recycling

SK Innovation to focus on small reactors, batteries, waste recycling

SK Innovation Co., the refinery and chemicals unit of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK, is accelerating a shift toward eco-friendl...

S.Korean trucker strike enters 3rd day, targets Samsung’s supply chain

S.Korean trucker strike enters 3rd day, targets Samsung’s supply chain

South Korea’s unionized truckers, on day three of a large-scale strike, have moved to disrupt the supply of materials needed to manufacture se...

LG Elec CEO pledges cross-industry design innovation

LG Elec CEO pledges cross-industry design innovation

MILAN, Italy – South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. will focus on upgrading its home appliance designs to reflect the latest design trends ...

SK Hynix to supply industry’s best-performing DRAM to Nvidia

SK Hynix to supply industry’s best-performing DRAM to Nvidia

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is set to supply the industry’s best-performing DRAM to US graphic chipmaker...

Korea's small webtoon platforms eye global adult markets

Korea's small webtoon platforms eye global adult markets

South Korea’s smaller webtoon platforms are targeting the world’s digital adult comics market, in which industry leaders Naver Corp. and...

Hyundai Robotics, Vodafone to provide service robots in Germany

Hyundai Robotics, Vodafone to provide service robots in Germany

South Korean robotics firm Hyundai Robotics Co. announced it signed a letter of intent for a business partnership with global telecommunications gia...

Venture capital heavyweights tighten belts after 13-year spending spree

Venture capital heavyweights tighten belts after 13-year spending spree

Venture capital firms at home and abroad are tightening their belts, following growing concerns over inflation and continued interest hikes by maj...

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