Defense, healthcare lure global funds in dull market
Defense, healthcare and semiconductor materials companies have been the main investment targets of global funds such as Fidelity and Morgan Stanley ...
LG Energy Solution drops to third on global market for EV battery in Q1
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in the first quarter fell to third in the global share of electric vehicle (EV) batteries in use spanning all ...
S.Korea, US advised to cooperate in advanced nuclear power plant
Amid declining exports of nuclear power plants from major countries like South Korea and the US, Russia and China have captured about 80% of the glo...
SK Biopharmaceuticals gets marketing approval for epilepsy drug in Israel
South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals said on Wednesday that the Israeli Ministry of Health has approved the company's new drug application (NDA...
Hyundai Motor unveils XCIENT fuel cell tractor in N.America
Hyundai Motor Co. showcased the mass-production model of its XCIENT Fuel Cell Tractor, a 37.2-ton 6x4 truck specifically designed for long-distance ...
Samsung foundry backlogs top $74.6 bn for logic chip biz goal
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 2 foundry player, has secured contract semiconductor manufacturing order backlogs of more than 100 tr...
KKR to buy Namsan Green Building in Seoul for $186.7 million
KKR & Co. Inc. has agreed to buy Namsan Green Building in a central office district in Seoul for an estimated 250 billion won ($186.7 million).T...
KIC mulls expanding assets in Asian emerging markets: CEO
NEW YORK – Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is considering expanding alternative investments in Asian emerging markets...
S.Korea’s AI platform Wrtn to enter Japanese market
South Korean generative AI startup Wrtn Technologies unveiled Wrtn Japan, its Japanese version generative AI platform, during the "Generative AI Asi...
Doosan Enerbility secures place on US market for SMR
South Korea's heavy industry company Doosan Enerbility Co. on Thursday said it discussed on Tuesday cooperation in areas like hydrogen production us...
Samsung unveils 89-inch Micro LED display in China
Samsung Electronics Co. will launch its 89-inch Micro LED display in China for the first time at the "Appliance & Electronics World Expo 2023" (...
Samsung bets on H2 recovery with heavy spending after record chip losses
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday reported its worst quarterly loss for its semiconductor business, but echoed the widely held industry view that ...
Kolon Industries to move into secondary battery recycling market
Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturing company, is entering the secondary battery recycling market. The company an...
SK Hynix expects second-half market recovery after record Q1 loss
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it expects the global semiconductor market to rebound in the sec...
CG Bio establishes US corporation to develop tissue products
South Korean bio-regenerative medical firm CG Bio has launched a new US corporation CG MedTech, to focus on the development and marketing of tissue ...
EcoPro sets sights on Europe with $286 million cathode plant in Hungary
South Korea’s EcoPro Co., a leading battery materials maker, has begun construction of a 380 billion won ($286 million) cathode plant in Hunga...
Celltrion Healthcare enters top 10 in hospital prescriptions in Turkey
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Healthcare Co. on Thursday said it ranked in the top 10 out of 400 companies last year on the Turki...
Indonesia's Green Rebel enters S.Korean alternative meat market
Indonesia-based food tech startup, Green Rebel Foods, made public its official entry into the Korean plant-based protein food market. Bryan Toh, Glo...
Sports tech startups poised to launch next Korean unicorn
UK Premier League Tottenham Hotspur star forward Son Heung-min and two-way US MLB icon Shohei Ohtani, a designated pitcher and hitter for the Los An...
SK Hynix unveils industry’s slimmest 12-layer, 24 GB HBM3 chip
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Thursday it has developed the world’s first 12-layer DRAM product wi...
S.Korea’s hottest stock EcoPro may miss invitation from MSCI Korea in May
Cosmo Advanced Materials & Technology Co. and Hanwha Aerospace Co. are expected to join the MSCI Korea Index next month but South Korea’s ...
Innocean to cooperate domestic EV charging company for marketing
Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with EV...
Curexo, Kyocera to enter Japan’s artificial joint surgery robot market
South Korea's medical robot company Curexo partnered with Kyocera Corporation to enter the Japanese market for artificial joint surgery robots.Curex...
China, India: Korean investors’ next stock investment targets
The US stock market has long been the prime investment destination for South Korean investors, lured by the dynamics of the global top economy.With ...
Samsung SDI unveils super-gap battery tech aimed at Chinese market
South Korea's leading secondary battery maker Samsung SDI Co. is setting its sights on China's battery market with its super-gap solid-state battery...
S.Korea's data market is estimated at $19 bn last year
The size of South Korea's data industry market is expected to exceed 25 trillion won ($18.96 billion) last year.According to the results of a surv...
SK Telecom enters next-generation broadcasting platform market in US
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Tuesday that it will sell a next-generation broadcast platform, utilizing mobile edge computing (MEC) technolog...
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 launches marketing offensive in China with N brand
Hyundai Motor Co. will launch its high-performance vehicle brand Hyundai N in China in the second half of the year as part of its offensive on the r...
Samsung Galaxy may use Bing as default search engine, not Google
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest smartphone maker, is considering switching the default search engine for its Galaxy mobile...
