Samsung to unveil 1st triple-folding smartphone by year’s end to rival Huawei’s Mate X2 Tri-Fold

Samsung to unveil 1st triple-folding smartphone by year’s end to rival Huawei’s Mate X2 Tri-Fold

NEW YORK – Samsung Electronics Co. plans to release its first triple-folding smartphone by the end of this year to fend off growing competitio...

Meritz leaps to No. 2 financial holding firm in South Korea

Meritz leaps to No. 2 financial holding firm in South Korea

Meritz Financial Group Inc., once a medium-sized financial service firm in South Korea, has become the second-most valuable publicly traded financia...

Bering Lab eyes 7-fold jump in revenue in 5 years

Bering Lab eyes 7-fold jump in revenue in 5 years

Bering Lab Inc., a South Korea-based artificial intelligence technology-powered translation startup with specialties in legal, financial and intelle...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition: slimmest, lightest of its kind

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition: slimmest, lightest of its kind

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday it is unveiling the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition (SE) — the thinnest and lightest among the company&rs...

Samsung Galaxy Z foldable's pre-sales soars 40% rise in India

Samsung Galaxy Z foldable's pre-sales soars 40% rise in India

Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest foldable phones showed strong sales potential in India, the world's most populous country, with pre-sales for the G...

IGIS fund defaults on loan linked to German office

IGIS fund defaults on loan linked to German office

A 370-billion-won ($270 million) real estate fund managed by IGIS Asset Management Co. faces a heavy loss from its investment in Trianon, a landmark...

Korea fines Doosan Enerbility $12 mn for improper bookkeeping

Korea fines Doosan Enerbility $12 mn for improper bookkeeping

South Korea’s top financial regulator said on Wednesday it will fine local major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. 16.1 billion won ($...

Hyundai Wia to create new subsidiaries: Movient, Teczen

Hyundai Wia to create new subsidiaries: Movient, Teczen

South Korea's second-largest auto parts maker Hyundai Wia Corp. announced on Thursday that it will establish two subsidiary companies, "Movient" and...

Hanwha to re-enter biopharma market, targeting biomaterials

Hanwha to re-enter biopharma market, targeting biomaterials

South Korea’s Hanwha Group will re-enter the biopharmaceutical market to become the country’s sole producer of tris buffers, a key reage...

Asiana collaborates with China's Ctrip for live commerce broadcast

Asiana collaborates with China's Ctrip for live commerce broadcast

Asiana Airlines Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will conduct a live commerce broadcast in collaboration with China's largest online travel agenc...

North Korea Launches Suspected Spy Satellite After Two Botched Tries

North Korea Launches Suspected Spy Satellite After Two Botched Tries

SEOUL—North Korea appeared to launch its homegrown spy satellite late Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, a much-anticipated attempt a...

CJ CheilJedang’s frozen rice sales surpass $74 mn in US

CJ CheilJedang’s frozen rice sales surpass $74 mn in US

South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Monday the cumulative sales of its frozen rice products produced and sold in the United ...

SK Telecom rolls out super-fast 400 Gbps 5G wired network

SK Telecom rolls out super-fast 400 Gbps 5G wired network

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday announced a national first through its 400 gigabit per second (Gbps) high-capacity wired network used ...

Samsung to develop Galaxy Fold, Flip-customized games

Samsung to develop Galaxy Fold, Flip-customized games

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker by volume, is developing mobile games customized to its Galaxy Fold and Flip series ...

POSCO Future M aims to raise profit 20-fold by 2030

POSCO Future M aims to raise profit 20-fold by 2030

POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s electric vehicle battery materials maker, aims to raise its profit by about 20 times and sales over tenfold ...

Global fashion brands block Koreans' access to US websites

Global fashion brands block Koreans' access to US websites

Some global fashion brands such as Ralph Lauren Corp. and Tommy Hilfiger have blocked South Koreans’ access to their US websites to support bu...

Preorders for new Galaxy foldable smartphones exceed 1 million

Preorders for new Galaxy foldable smartphones exceed 1 million

The Samsung Electronics Co. foldable Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 could be the next big thing on the smartphone market.The company on Tuesday said it ...

Bullet maker Poongsan chief Ryu’s new role: Korea’s top business lobbyist

Bullet maker Poongsan chief Ryu’s new role: Korea’s top business lobbyist

  Jin Roy Ryu, chairman of South Korea’s leading copper smelter and defense equipment maker Poongsan Corp., has been chosen to lead the ...

Super-large screens account for one third of Samsung’s TV sales

Super-large screens account for one third of Samsung’s TV sales

Samsung Electronics Co. announced that one out of every three of its Neo QLED and QLED TVs sold in South Korea between January and July this year fe...

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5: Don’t bother to open it!

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5: Don’t bother to open it!

The Galaxy Z Flip 5, the fifth generation of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip smartphones, makes a clear distinction from its predecessors: enabling users ...

Samsung unpacks Galaxy Z Flip 5, Fold 5 foldables

Samsung unpacks Galaxy Z Flip 5, Fold 5 foldables

Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled the newest edition to its Galaxy Z foldable series – Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Fold 5 – designed...

Samsung improves 4 nm foundry yields, on par with TSMC: analyst

Samsung improves 4 nm foundry yields, on par with TSMC: analyst

Samsung Electronics Co. has improved its chip foundry manufacturing yield for the 4-nanometer node to the level shown by its archrival Taiwan Semico...

S.Korean firms' rights issues swell 10-fold in June

S.Korean firms' rights issues swell 10-fold in June

An increasing number of South Korean companies are bumping up new share sales in search of cheaper funds. A total of 10 companies listed on the Kosp...

Bread mimicking S.Korean penny embroiled in design theft controversy

Bread mimicking S.Korean penny embroiled in design theft controversy

The Bank of Korea (BOK) has announced that it is in talks with companies to change the design of the “Gyeongju 10 won bread,” which rece...

EU’s new battery act comes with caveats; headache for Samsung, Apple

EU’s new battery act comes with caveats; headache for Samsung, Apple

The European Union’s decision to go greener with batteries that cut carbon emissions and promote recycling comes with a few caveats, posing a ...

Yanolja looks to triple foreign visitors to Korea with K-culture tours

Yanolja looks to triple foreign visitors to Korea with K-culture tours

South Korea’s top travel and accommodation platform Yanolja Co. aims to nearly treble the number of foreign tourists to the country through it...

Korea’s GS E&C holds first global HR conference in Mumbai

Korea’s GS E&C holds first global HR conference in Mumbai

GS Engineering & Construction Co. announced on Friday that it recently held the “1st Global HR Leaders Conference” attended by chief...

Samsung Electronics makes 17-fold gains from investment in ASML

Samsung Electronics makes 17-fold gains from investment in ASML

Slightly more than a decade ago, ASML Holding N.V. had to reach out to its customers such as Samsung Electronics Co., Intel Corp. and Taiwan Semicon...

LG Electronics to release monitor that folds neatly in bag

LG Electronics to release monitor that folds neatly in bag

LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday will release the portable screen and stand StanbyME Go, which targets the growing ranks of South Korea's campers as...

Hyosung Chemical makes emergency investment in crisis-hit Vietnamese subsidiary

Hyosung Chemical makes emergency investment in crisis-hit Vietnamese subsidiary

Hyosung Chemical announced on Monday that it will invest $120 million in its Vietnamese subsidiary, Hyosung Vina Chemicals Co.Hyosung Vina Chemicals...

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