Korean LG Chem to spend $95 mn to double water treatment biz

South Korea’s top chemicals maker LG Chem Ltd. plans to spend 124.6 billion won ($94.5 million) on increasing its water treatment material out...

Nongshim Kellogg enters S.Korean instant rice market

Nongshim Kellogg Co. announced on Monday its foray into the domestic instant rice market with the launch of "Whole Oat Rice," a product made exclu...

S.Korea names 20 fabless firms to receive government support

South Korea is set to bolster support for local fabless companies, which design and sell chips, with an aim to grow the firms into global semiconduc...

BC Card to develop NFT as used luxury item receipt

South Korea’s BC Card on Sunday said it has applied for two domestic patents for payment receipt-based non-fungible token (NFT) technology to ...

Virtual bands, emerging stars to fuel global K-pop craze

Virtual bands have emerged as new stars to accelerate the K-pop craze across the world. An artificial girl quartet attracted more than 25 million vi...

Kia unveils design of EV5, its first China-made global electric car

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Friday unveiled the design of the EV5, its first China-made all-electric vehicle that th...

Daewoong applies for approval of Envlo in Saudi Arabia

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Friday that it has submitted an application for regulatory approval of its new diabetes treat...

Starbucks' space marketing shines in Korea with 'The' stores

Starbucks “The Yeosu Dolsan DT” in South Korea embodies the business philosophy of its founder and former Chief Executive Howard Schultz...

SK Hynix leads DRAM industry’s Q2 revenue rebound, retakes No. 2 spot

SK Hynix Inc. saw its DRAM chip shipments significantly increase in the second quarter, leading the industry’s overall revenue rebound, market...

Naver eyes global market with new LLM HyperCLOVA X

Naver Corp., the South Korean online platform giant, has finally debuted its upgraded large language model (LLM) HyperCLOVA X, its new pillar busine...

SK Bioscience resumes output of flu vaccine after two years

SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, on Wednesday shipped SKYCellflu, its vaccine for the common flu, for the fi...

LG aims to capture 50% of global luxury car display market by 2026

LG Display Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, said on Wednesday it aims to more t...

SK Telecom to enter generative AI market with large language model

SK Telecom announced on Wednesday that it will provide tailored generative AI services to businesses and public agencies using various advanced arti...

CJ's Bibigo launches new global campaign

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s flagship brand Bibigo is engaging with consumers worldwide through a new campaign. The company announ...

Celltrion’s Vegzelma listed on prescription of 10 private US insurers

South Korea’s Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Wednesday that it has signed contracts with 10 insurance providers in the US to boost the ...

DongKoo Bio & Pharma to enter Philippine healthcare market

South Korea’s DongKoo Bio & Pharma Co. on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Philippine healthcare group Adizat...

Lululemon taps into Korea’s live commerce market

Lululemon Athletica Inc., dubbed the Chanel of yoga wear, is tapping into South Korea’s live commerce market, a move that industry watchers sa...

HiteJinro to strengthen soju marketing in UK

South Korea’s leading soju maker HiteJinro Co. announced on Tuesday that its soju sales in the UK are showing consistent growth year by year. ...

42dot gets vehicle cybersecurity certification

42Dot, a self-driving technology affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Tuesday that it received a  certification of ISO/SAE 21434 Cyber Sec...

CJ Olive Young, Meta sign agreement for digital marketing

South Korea's health and beauty store chain CJ Olive Young announced on Tuesday that it signed a business cooperation agreement with Meta, global so...

Hyundai Transys' car seats rank in top 3 by US market survey

A leading US consumer satisfaction survey has ranked car seats made by South Korea’s Hyundai Transys in the top three for the fourth consecuti...

Samsung, LG Electronics top 2 global TV makers in H1

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., two South Korean tech giants, respectively achieved the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the global TV set ...

S.Korean hybrid car market surpasses $4.56 bn in H1 2023

South Korea's hybrid car market has shown a remarkable surge, reaching 6.12 trillion won ($4.56 billion) in the first half of 2023, according to the...

Hanwha Life sees cumulative profit in 15 years in Vietnam

Hanwha Life Insurance Co.’s Vietnamese subsidiary has reported a cumulative profit in 15 years, marking the first South Korean insurers’...

Kia to revive Ray EV to kick start S.Korean city car market

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, aims to revitalize the local city car segment with the reintroduction of an electric version of the ...

Gaming giant Krafton to pour additional $150 mn into India

South Korean gaming giant Krafton Inc., renowned for its global mega-hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), is slated to ramp up investment...

SK Biopharm to export epilepsy drug tech to Middle Eastern firm

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals announced on Friday a strategic tie-up with Hikma MENA FZE, marking the introduction of its new epilepsy medicat...

Naver's translation app Papago faces challenge from German competitor

A German competitor has entered South Korea's translation tool market to challenge No. 1 Naver Corp. and No. 2 Google.The Cologne, Germany-based art...

Hyundai acquires GM’s Indian plant, aims to sell more SUVs, EVs

Hyundai Motor Co. has acquired a car manufacturing plant in India from General Motors Co. as South Korea's top automaker aims to expand its presence...

Korean C&R Research to set up US, Thai units for global biz

C&R Research Inc., South Korea’s top contract research organization (CRO), plans to establish units in the US and Thailand this year while...