Korea’s shaved ice dessert bingsu price up 30% on-year on inflation

 Korea’s shaved ice dessert bingsu price up 30% on-year on inflation

Inflation has hit almost every corner of the real economy in South Korea, and the country’s popular summer dessert bingsu is no exception, wit...

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 competes with Apple on rising non-terrestrial network market

Samsung competes with Apple on rising non-terrestrial network market

The global market for non-terrestrial networks (NTN), or communications systems that use satellites to text and make phone calls even in places wher...

Hyundai Mobis develops world’s first rollable vehicle display

Hyundai Mobis develops world’s first rollable vehicle display

Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth largest automotive components supplier, has developed a rollable vehicle display, the first of its kind i...

IGIS, KKR delay plan to set up Seoul-based real estate JV

IGIS, KKR delay plan to set up Seoul-based real estate JV

IGIS Asset Management Co., the largest real estate investment firm in South Korea, and US private equity giant KKR & Co. have indefinitely postp...

LS Electric to display smart energy solutions in Germany

LS Electric to display smart energy solutions in Germany

LS Electric Co., South Korean manufacturer of power and industrial automation equipment, announced on Monday that it will participate in the Hannove...

S.Korea, Boeing tie up for develop future advanced weapons

S.Korea, Boeing tie up for develop future advanced weapons

The Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) teams up with major US defense contractor Boeing to conduct research and development on...

Hyundai to spend $18 bn on EVs; Kia breaks ground on first PBV plant

Hyundai to spend $18 bn on EVs; Kia breaks ground on first PBV plant

South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Group has unveiled its 2030 vision to become one of the world’s top three electric vehicle...

LG Electronics rolls out third-generation Cloi ServeBot

LG Electronics rolls out third-generation Cloi ServeBot

LG Electronics Inc. has rolled out a new serving robot that easily serves soup, boosting the device's performance and customer convenience. The com...

Chanel watches make world's 1st online debut in Korea

Chanel watches make world's 1st online debut in Korea

Chanel watches have made their online debut through South Korea's leading platform SSG.COM, becoming the French brand’s first launch of fashio...

POSCO Group plans talks with former US diplomat

POSCO Group plans talks with former US diplomat

Former US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will hold talks with Chairman Choi Jeong-woo of South Korea’s POSCO Group.They will discuss...

HD Hyundai moves K-pop gala to Busan for World Expo bid

HD Hyundai moves K-pop gala to Busan for World Expo bid

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Co. will move an annual K-pop concert to Busan this year to support the city’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo....

Samsung prepares for DRAM upturn with bold investment even after chip output cut

Samsung prepares for DRAM upturn with bold investment even after chip output cut

Samsung Electronics Co. has joined its peers in cutting memory chip production on its chip division’s anticipated first loss in more than a de...

LG Energy’s Q1 profit soars on gains from US battery tax credits

LG Energy’s Q1 profit soars on gains from US battery tax credits

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Friday its first-quarter operating profit likely more than doubled,...

HD Hyundai Elec commercializes DC distribution facilities for 1 MW bldgs

HD Hyundai Elec commercializes DC distribution facilities for 1 MW bldgs

HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical power equipment and energy solution affiliate of South Korean conglomerate HD Hyundai Co. Group, on Friday s...

S.Korea's NPS increases stake in Lotte Tour Development

S.Korea's NPS increases stake in Lotte Tour Development

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) has increased its stake in Lotte Tour Development Co. to 6.07%, according to an announcement by Lotte T...

LG H&H hosts Korean Royal Court Culture event with Four Seasons Seoul

LG H&H hosts Korean Royal Court Culture event with Four Seasons Seoul

South Korea's major consumer goods company LG H&H Co. announced on Thursday that its cosmetics brand, The History of Whoo, hosts an event called...

Hyundai Motor wins Newsweek World’s Greatest Auto Disruptors Awards

Hyundai Motor wins Newsweek World’s Greatest Auto Disruptors Awards

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Wednesday that it won two categories at the "World's Greatest Auto Disruptors 2023" awards ceremony by Newsweek, a ...

SK Telecom's integrated tech links QCC networks

SK Telecom's integrated tech links QCC networks

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Wednesday said it developed a technology that virtualizes and connects quantum cryptography and communication (QCC) ...

Robot dog Spot joins in S.Korea’s World Expo bid efforts

Robot dog Spot joins in S.Korea’s World Expo bid efforts

Spot, a dog-like robot developed by South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor-owned Boston Dynamics Inc., has joined in the country’s bi...

SK Hynix to raise $1.5 bn in exchangeable bonds

SK Hynix to raise $1.5 bn in exchangeable bonds

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Monday it would raise $1.5 billion through exchangeable bonds (EBs) in a p...

Louis Vuitton to launch the third pop-up restaurant in S.Korea

Louis Vuitton to launch the third pop-up restaurant in S.Korea

The French luxury brand Louis Vuitton to open a pop-up restaurant in South Korea. This is the third one since May and September last year. Acco...

Hyundai debuts possible final Sonata, Tesla joins 1st time: Seoul auto show

Hyundai debuts possible final Sonata, Tesla joins 1st time: Seoul auto show

Hyundai Motor Co. may consider discontinuing its steady seller Sonata sedan after the latest edition's release, the company’s chief hinted at ...

SK Hynix unsure about applying for US chip subsidies: CEO

SK Hynix unsure about applying for US chip subsidies: CEO

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Wednesday it is unsure about applying for US...

Doosan Group opens museum on its corporate history

Doosan Group opens museum on its corporate history

South Korea's Doosan Group on Tuesday opened Doosan Heritage 1896, a museum displaying 127 years of the conglomerate's history, at Doosan Tower in t...

Kia EV9 boasts 336-mile target range in digital world premiere

Kia EV9 boasts 336-mile target range in digital world premiere

Kia Corp.’s second all-electric sport utility vehicle EV9 made its global premiere virtually on Tuesday, boasting a target driving range of 54...

Samsung unveils Exynos Modem 5300 to rival Qualcomm, MediaTek

Samsung unveils Exynos Modem 5300 to rival Qualcomm, MediaTek

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled its latest 5G telecommunications modem, the Exynos Modem 5300, to compete with rivals s...

AI tech firm Interminds to attract up to $12 mn in Series C

AI tech firm Interminds to attract up to $12 mn in Series C

South Korean startup Interminds Co., an AI developer of unmanned convenience store operations, aims to attract 10 billion won to 15 billion won ($7....

S.Korean fashion platform Ably attracts $39 mn before Series C round

S.Korean fashion platform Ably attracts $39 mn before Series C round

South Korea’s Ably Corp., operator of the fashion shopping app Ably, has attracted 50 billion won ($39 million) via venture debt amid the slow...

SK Innovation invests an extra $50 million in US clean energy firm Amogy

SK Innovation invests an extra $50 million in US clean energy firm Amogy

South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. has newly invested $50 million in Amogy Inc., a US ammonia-based power system developer, to expand its green b...

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