Korea game makers lure more female users with Hello Kitty
South Korean game developers have teamed up with Hello Kitty and other fictional characters of Japanese entertainment company Sanrio Co. to lure mor...
LG Elec beats earnings estimates on healthy automotive biz
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings thanks to the strong automotive busin...
Lotte Wellfood ups Choco Pie India sales target to $60 mn with new factory
Lotte Wellfood Co., formerly Lotte Confectionery Co., has revised up this year’s Choco Pie sales forecast in India to 80 billion won ($60 mill...
Doosan Robotics launches collaborative robot SW platform
Doosan Robotics Inc. announced on Tuesday that it launched the software platform for collaborative robots, Dart Suite. Dart Suite enables the crea...
Samsung unveils next-generation flagship mobile processor
SAN JOSE, California -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, on Thursday unveiled the Exynos 2400, a new premium mobile ...
Incheon Airport’s cumulative passengers surpass 800 mn
Incheon International Airport, which opened in 2001, has surpassed a cumulative total of 800 million passengers. Incheon International Airport Corpo...
Korean financial markets tumble as Fed signals higher rates
South Korean stocks, bonds and its currency tumbled on Thursday as the US Federal Reserve gave indications of another interest rate hike this year a...
Samsung Heavy develops laser high-speed welding robot for LNG vessels
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries said on Thursday that it has developed the maritime sector's first laser high-speed welding robot, aimed at s...
Samsung tops US customer satisfaction in PC sector
Samsung Electronics Co. has been rated as the most satisfactory PC brand among US consumers, according to a survey by the American Customer Satisfac...
Koreans’ US dollar selling spree continues in anticipation of weaker USD
US dollar investors in South Korea have not backed down from their shorting position of the currency despite the strengthening dollar against the Ko...
SK Hynix tests new AI hardware on Meta’s generative AI model
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., has unveiled a new memory chip-based device that boo...
Samsung releases Galaxy Watch6 Classic PXG edition
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will begin limited-time offers of the "Galaxy Watch6 Classic PXG edition," in collaboration wi...
LG Chem opens European CS Center in Germany
South Korea's top chemical company LG Chem Ltd. announced the opening of its European Customer Solution Center (CS Center) in Frankfurt on Wednesday...
Hanjin KAL to sell off its Waikiki Resort Hotel at $108 mn
South Korea’s Hanjin KAL Corp. will sell the assets owned by its Hawaii-based subsidiary Waikiki Resort Hotel Inc. to US company AHI-CLG LLC a...
Snack maker Orion earns dividends from Vietnam for 1st time
South Korea’s confectionery and snack manufacturer Orion Corp. collected dividends from its Vietnamese unit for the first time as the company ...
Samsung launches high-performance SSD 990 Pro 4TB
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it is set to release a 4-terabyte (TB) SSD in its high-performance 990 Pro series. The SSD is des...
SK Group commemorates chairman's 25th year since inauguration
SK Group, South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate, will commemorate the 25th anniversary of Chey Tae-won’s inauguration as chairman on Sept. 1....
S.Korean lenders in New York luxury hotel likely to see losses
Some South Korean institutional investors may see significant losses on their investment in a hotel in the heart of New York as the developer has de...
Hyundai Home Shopping launches live broadcast using AI tech
South Korea's Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp. on Tuesday said it will release the new concept show based on artificial intelligence (AI) "Seo Ah...
S.Korea exports Hanwoo beef to Cambodia for 1st time
The premium Korean beef Hanwoo was exported to Cambodia on Monday for the first time, marking the culmination of eight years of quarantine negotiati...
Hyundai Mobis, Israel's Autotalks to develop V2X for self-driving cars
Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest auto component maker, is slated to partner with Israeli chipset maker Autotalks Ltd. to develop 5...
Koreans' Japanese yen savings hit record high in July
South Korean investors continued gobbling up the Japanese currency, which has remained weak against the Korean currency after retreating from a one-...
Mirae Asset Securities exceeds $3 bn in overseas equity
Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday it owns more than 4 trillion won ($3 billion) of equity capital in overseas operations as of June 30 of t...
Korea sales set to China to fall for 15th straight mth on property crisis
South Korea’s exports to China are poised to slide for a 15th straight month with an expected deeper drop in August amid a faltering economic ...
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...
CJ Olive Young to expand men's product line
South Korea's health and beauty store chain CJ Olive Young on Thursday said its study of customer data over the past three years found that the prop...
Hanatour launches real-time travel info-sharing chat app
South Korea's leading travel agency Hanatour Service Inc. has launched the location-based travel-specialized open chat service app called "Hana Open...
S.Korean fighter jet FA-50 flies for first time in Europe
South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI)'s FA-50 light fighters successfully made their debut i...
Paradise City, Ctrip to jointly launch S.Korean travel packages
Paradise City, an integrated resort in Incheon, announced on Monday that it has partnered with China's largest online travel agency Ctrip to introdu...
Lotte Hotels & Resorts to launch premium kimchi product
Lotte Hotels & Resorts, a leading South Korean hospitality company, announced on Thursday its intention to penetrate the domestic kimchi market,...
