Nanodrug maker CEO calls on Yoon government for deregulation

Nanodrug maker CEO calls on Yoon government for deregulation

South Korean startups won four out of the 23 Best of Innovation awards at CES 2023, the world’s largest tech show last month. Among the winner...

NCSOFT lays off 20% of US operation before new game release

NCSOFT lays off 20% of US operation before new game release

NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s major game developing and publishing company, has recently laid off about 20% of its North American operation, joi...

S.Korea's NIA to extend IT cooperation project with Kazakhstan

S.Korea's NIA to extend IT cooperation project with Kazakhstan

South Korea's state-run research institute National Information Society Agency (NIA) said on Friday that it had signed an agreement with Kazakhstan'...

SK Bioscience climbs two notches in ESG evaluation, receives BBB rating

SK Bioscience climbs two notches in ESG evaluation, receives BBB rating

SK Bioscience Co., a biopharmaceutical arm of South Korea's SK Group, announced it has received a BBB rating in its latest environmental, social, an...

LG Uplus narrows operating profit gap with bigger rivals in 2022

LG Uplus narrows operating profit gap with bigger rivals in 2022

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, reported more than 1 trillion won ($814.2 million) in operating profit in 2022 for...

LG Uplus, LS Electric partner to support S.Korea's small businesses

LG Uplus, LS Electric partner to support S.Korea's small businesses

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, said on Friday that it has entered into a partnership with LS Electric Co. to expa...

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering ends fears over stock overhang

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering ends fears over stock overhang

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a subholding company for shipbuilding, oil refining and machinery conglomerate HD Hyundai Co. ...

Korea’s new EV subsidy plan favors Hyundai over Tesla, other imports

Korea’s new EV subsidy plan favors Hyundai over Tesla, other imports

South Korea is revising its electric vehicle subsidy plan in a way that favors local cars such as the Hyundai IONIQ 6 over imported vehicles, includ...

Meritz Securities poised to become Korea’s No. 1 for first time

Meritz Securities poised to become Korea’s No. 1 for first time

Meritz Securities Co., once a mid-tier securities firm in South Korea, is expected to command the local market as No. 1 after earning more than 1 tr...

S.Korea's science minister calls small modular reactors 'game changers'

S.Korea's science minister calls small modular reactors 'game changers'

Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho on Thursday pledged full support for the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), which he called a "ga...

KAL introduces self-service bag drop for domestic flights

KAL introduces self-service bag drop for domestic flights

South Korea's flagship carrier Korean Air Lines Co. is the first airline in the country to adopt self-service bag drop on domestic flights.The compa...

S.Korea's online K Bank withdraws plan for Kospi listing

S.Korea's online K Bank withdraws plan for Kospi listing

South Korea's K Bank has withdrawn its highly anticipated plan to hold an IPO this year in the judgement of a lower corporate value due to the slugg...

LG Energy inks $3.3 bn ECV battery deal for N.America, Europe

LG Energy inks $3.3 bn ECV battery deal for N.America, Europe

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest secondary battery maker, has inked a supply deal estimated up to $3.3 billion for North Ame...

Korea’s inflation picks up 5.2% in January on high utility prices

Korea’s inflation picks up 5.2% in January on high utility prices

South Korea’s headline inflation accelerated 5.2% year on year in January, reversing its course of slowing in the past two months due to gains...

NYLIM taps Sungyun Hong as head of Seoul office

NYLIM taps Sungyun Hong as head of Seoul office

New York Life Investments (NYLIM) has appointed Sungyun Hong as head of its Seoul office, the US asset management firm said on Wednesday. Hong ...

SK C&C joins hands with Microsoft for digital healthcare solutions

SK C&C joins hands with Microsoft for digital healthcare solutions

SK C&C, an IT services unit of SK Group, said on Thursday that it had signed an agreement with Microsoft Korea to advance into the global market...

NGeneBio to launch precision cancer test service in Thailand

NGeneBio to launch precision cancer test service in Thailand

South Korean medical diagnostic company NGeneBio Co. has partnered with MP Group, a large consignment testing agency in Thailand, to launch a precis...

Hyundai Motor opens Hyundai Mobility Lounge Kyoto Shijo

Hyundai Motor opens Hyundai Mobility Lounge Kyoto Shijo

Hyundai Motor Co. is establishing a permanent location in Japan's Kansai region to allow customers to experience its eco-friendly cars such as the I...

Kim&Chang sets to enter Indonesia's legal market

Kim&Chang sets to enter Indonesia's legal market

Kim & Chang, South Korea's leading law firm, is poised to expand into Indonesia, joining the race among major legal firms seeking a foothold in ...

Korea Customs Service to advance Tanzania's e-customs clearance system

Korea Customs Service to advance Tanzania's e-customs clearance system

The Korea Customs Service said on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Tanzania Revenue Authority for cooperati...

KB Financial Group holds investment conference via metaverse

KB Financial Group holds investment conference via metaverse

South Korea's KB Financial Group on Tuesday presented its investment philosophy to individual and institutional customers in the metaverse, a three-...

S.Korea's Woowa Brothers launches professional service robot affiliate

S.Korea's Woowa Brothers launches professional service robot affiliate

Woowa Brothers, the parent company of South Korea's food delivery app Baedal Minjok, on Wednesday spun off its professional service robot unit into ...

S.Korea's Samkang M&T undergoes relaunch with new name SK oceanplant

S.Korea's Samkang M&T undergoes relaunch with new name SK oceanplant

South Korea's Samkang M&T Co., a specialist in offshore wind plants and shipbuilding, has been renamed SK oceanplant under a strategy to raise t...

S.Korea's MGRV attracts $10mn Series B bridge investment

S.Korea's MGRV attracts $10mn Series B bridge investment

MGRV Community & Space, a South Korean startup that operates co-living facilities under the brand "Mangrove," announced on Wednesday it has attr...

Korea's InCerebro to leverage AI to identify drug candidates

Korea's InCerebro to leverage AI to identify drug candidates

South Korean AI-based drug developer InCerebro aims to identify potential drug candidates using molecular modeling technology, according to its CEO ...

S.Korea likely to suffer recession as Jan exports tumble

S.Korea likely to suffer recession as Jan exports tumble

South Korea is likely to head for a recession for the first time in three years as exports of Asia’s fourth-largest economy in January dropped...

S.Korea's fisheries ministry to transfer tech on Napoleon fish to SE Asia

S.Korea's fisheries ministry to transfer tech on Napoleon fish to SE Asia

South Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries will transfer technology to Indonesia on farming the tropical Napoleon fish and reduce sea pollution ...

S.Korea's top sci-tech school creates cutting-edge anti-drone technology

S.Korea's top sci-tech school creates cutting-edge anti-drone technology

A research team at South Korea's top science and technology university has developed an anti-drone technology that can remotely neutralize a city-in...

S.Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical to export tech to British company

S.Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical to export tech to British company

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical has licensed a new drug candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to CS Pharmaceuticals (CSP) of the U...

Korea's credit card approval volume hit all-time high last year

Korea's credit card approval volume hit all-time high last year

The annual card approval amount in South Korea exceeded 1,000 trillion won ($811.4 billion) for the first time ever. This is largely because of "ret...

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