Lotte Chemical to take part in CES for first time

Lotte Chemical to take part in CES for first time

South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp. for the first time will take part this month in CES, the world's largest information technology and home applianc...

Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners

Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners

Com2verse, Com2uS Corp.'s metaverse subsidiary said on Tuesday that it has secured a strategic investment of 4 billion won ($3.1 million) each from ...

S.Korean companies expect exports to decline in 1% range this year

S.Korean companies expect exports to decline in 1% range this year

South Korea's companies expect both sales and exports this year to decline in the 1% range from last year, predicting economic growth in the low 1% ...

NeoImmuneTech, US think tank to develop treatment for acute radiation syndrome

NeoImmuneTech, US think tank to develop treatment for acute radiation syndrome

Biopharmaceutical company NeoImmuneTech has grabbed an opportunity to supply new drug candidates in development as strategic items to the US gover...

Seoul Viosys receives CES Display Innovation Award

Seoul Viosys receives CES Display Innovation Award

Seoul Viosys Co. said on Tuesday that it received the Innovation Award in the display category for a component called "WICOP pixel" at CES 2023, the...

S.Korea's Daehan Green Power invests in energy superstation biz

S.Korea's Daehan Green Power invests in energy superstation biz

South Korea's Daehan Green Power has entered the green hydrogen sector, a new growth engine, through an energy super station project.The company on ...

Celltrion's Remsima receives approval in 100 countries in 10 years

Celltrion's Remsima receives approval in 100 countries in 10 years

South Korea's most valuable biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. said on Tuesday that its antibody biosimilar Remsima (ingredient: infliximab) h...

HLB confirms ophthalmic disease treatment in phase 3 clinical trials

HLB confirms ophthalmic disease treatment in phase 3 clinical trials

South Korea’s biomedicine startup HLB Therapeutics Co. said on Monday that its Neurotrophic Keratopathy (NK) treatment RGN-259 proved effectiv...

Daesang F&B changes company name to Daesang Dives

Daesang F&B changes company name to Daesang Dives

A South Korean food and beverage company Daesang F&B changed its name to Daesang Dives, the company said on Monday.Daesang Dives is a combinatio...

Ideahub to launch new platform for individual investors of patents in Q1

Ideahub to launch new platform for individual investors of patents in Q1

In the next three months, South Korea's Ideahub is poised to launch a platform on which individual investors can also invest in patents.If all goes ...

KT, E-mart warm up S.Korea's corporate bond market

KT, E-mart warm up S.Korea's corporate bond market

South Korea's KT Corp. and E-mart Inc. are the frontrunners in the new year's corporate bond demand forecasts, attracting attention on if they can b...

S.Korean cloud startups get funding despite recession fears

S.Korean cloud startups get funding despite recession fears

The contraction of South Korea's investment market has not stopped startups specializing in software as a service (SaaS) to attract funds given that...

Namyang sees big increase in overseas sales of Chupa Chups drink

Namyang sees big increase in overseas sales of Chupa Chups drink

Namyang Dairy Products is strengthening its presence in the overseas business-to-business (B2B) market through carbonated beverages. The famous loll...

SK Chemicals introduces Tiglutik, treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease

SK Chemicals introduces Tiglutik, treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease

SK Chemicals said on Monday that it is strengthening its portfolio of neurological diseases by introducing Tiglutik (riluzole), Lou Gehrig's disease...

Korean firms head to CES 2023 to showcase innovative technologies

Korean firms head to CES 2023 to showcase innovative technologies

LAS VEGAS, NV – A growing number of South Korea’s leading companies and startups are heading to CES 2023, the world’s largest tech...

SK Earthon teams up with British company Azuli in CO2 capture

SK Earthon teams up with British company Azuli in CO2 capture

SK Earthon has joined hands with Azuli, a British company that specializes in carbon capture and storage (CCS), to search for business opportunities...

Korean won to stay weaker than profitable levels – poll

Korean won to stay weaker than profitable levels – poll

The South Korean won was expected to stay weaker than levels for corporate profits this year as the local currency was likely to stay under pressure...

S.Korea's top 2 LPG importers E1 and SK Gas cut supply price

S.Korea's top 2 LPG importers E1 and SK Gas cut supply price

South Korea's two major importers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), E1 Corp. and SK Gas Corp., have both cut their supply price of LPG in the first ...

Document tool company Business Canvas secures Series A2 round

Document tool company Business Canvas secures Series A2 round

Business Canvas, a South Korean SaaS (software as a service) startup that services the global document tool "Typed," announced on Tuesday that it ha...

Medicox, Oramed sign MOU to enlist more institutional investors

Medicox, Oramed sign MOU to enlist more institutional investors

South Korea's biomedicine firm Medicox Co. said on Monday that it had signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Oramed Pharmaceutica...

Shinhan Bank to completely scrap mobile, online balance transfer fees

Shinhan Bank to completely scrap mobile, online balance transfer fees

Beginning on New Year's day, Shinhan Bank started waiving all balance transfer fees to other bank accounts and automated transfer fees for its mobil...

LG Uplus to develop metaverse service for children with Witch Company

LG Uplus to develop metaverse service for children with Witch Company

South Korea's third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said on Friday that it will develop a web3 service for children to provide an immersive ex...

S.Korea's Alteogen signs $145 million tech export deal with Swiss company

S.Korea's Alteogen signs $145 million tech export deal with Swiss company

South Korea's bio company Alteogen Inc. on Friday said it signed its fourth technology export contract since its 2018 development of the human recom...

KT Investment injects $27.8 million in 20 startups this year

KT Investment injects $27.8 million in 20 startups this year

KT Investment said on Thursday that it invested 35 billion won ($27.8 million) in 20 startups this past year, and that six invested companies succee...

SK Telecom applies mobile edge computing tech in US

SK Telecom applies mobile edge computing tech in US

SK Telecom Co. said on Thursday it had transmitted terrestrial broadcasting in the US capital of Washington D.C. using mobile edge computing (MEC) a...

Hanwha Techwin showcases smart parking solution

Hanwha Techwin showcases smart parking solution

Hanwha Techwin, a South Korean company specializing in video surveillance solutions, said on Thursday that it held a showcase event at its 63 Conven...

S.Korea's Medicox boosts unit for oral insulin, medical cannabis

S.Korea's Medicox boosts unit for oral insulin, medical cannabis

South Korea's Medicox Co. on Wednesday said it will raise 40 billion won ($32 million) to boost its unit for oral insulin and cannabidiol (CBD).The ...

Daewoong Pharma, Neurolive to jointly develop new antidepressant drug

Daewoong Pharma, Neurolive to jointly develop new antidepressant drug

South Korea's drug company Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with biopharmaceutical venture Neurorive to joi...

SK Energy expands fusion urban fuel cell business

SK Energy expands fusion urban fuel cell business

SK Energy has teamed up with new and renewable energy companies to develop urban distributed power generation and electric vehicle charging.The comp...

Samyang develops polycarbonates made of 90% recycled plastic

Samyang develops polycarbonates made of 90% recycled plastic

Samyang Corp., a food and chemical affiliate of Samyang Group, on Wednesday said it had developed South Korea's first eco-friendly polycarbonates co...

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