Kia opens e-sports pop-up store Earth 6A3
Kia Corp. said on Thursday that it has officially launched its pop-up store of e-sports "Earth 6A3" in Seongsu-dong, Seoul. With a primar...
NHN Commerce acquires Italian luxury brands retailer Ikonic
NHN Commerce, South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s shopping platform, announced on Tuesday its acquisition of a 77.8% stake in Ikonic Srl,...
LG Uplus to enter fashion metaverse
South Korea‘s LG Uplus Corp. has launched a fashion metaverse business, starting this month the clothing store Meta Slap, a digital service fo...
Dior to open Tears capsule collection pop-up store in Seoul
Dior will open a pop-up store in Seoul's Seongsu-dong to commemorate the launch of the "Dior Tears capsule collection."This collection was created t...
Beauty markets in three NE Asian nations split into cheap, small luxury
The beauty markets of South Korea, China and Japan are split into cost-effective products of under $10 and "small luxury" items like premium perfume...
S.Korea’s best-selling premium fashion brand Time to go global
Handsome Corp., a fashion house of South Korea’s major retailer Hyundai Department Store Group, will launch The Time, an upmarket collection...
Lunit participates in Saudi's SEHA Virtual Hospital project
South Korean medical AI company Lunit announced on Wednesday that it will participate in the "SEHA Virtual Hospital" project, a key initiative of Sa...
Hyundai unveils driverless shuttle at Korean National Assembly
Hyundai Motor Co. has launched a pilot service of the RoboShuttle, a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous driving technology, ...
POSCO Int'l to cut carbon emissions 37% by 2030
South Korea's largest trading company POSCO International on Sunday said it officially declared its goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 to b...
S.Korea has just 1.2% of world's corporate unicorns: study
Among 10 major economies worldwide, South Korea's global share of unicorn companies, or startups with a corporate value of over $1 billion, has shru...
Hyundai Motor, Kia regain top spot in Vietnam's auto market
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are solidifying their dominance in the Vietnamese car market through the launch of new models and competitive lineup...
Doosan to start demonstration of high-efficiency hydrogen turbine
South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility Co. is set to develop and demonstrate a high-efficiency H-class large hydrogen turbine technology utilizing pu...
S.Korea's KakaoBank to launch internet bank in Thailand
South Korea's KakaoBank Corp. has begun its advance into Southeast Asia through a tie-up with a financial company in Thailand. KakaoBank on Friday ...
Samsung C&T to participate in SMR project in Romania
South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. is working with NuScale Power, a leading American nuclear power company, to promote the construction of a small ...
S.Korea mulls adding national pension benefits to raise birth rate
South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare is considering adding national pension benefits for married couples to raise the ever-declining birth r...
S.Korean chips’ heavy reliance on China, US poses risk to national economy
South Korea’s semiconductor industry is more vulnerable to economic and industrial shifts in its key export markets than those of its rivals T...
Louis Vuitton creates jobs for Korean women returning from career breaks
Louis Vuitton will create jobs for South Korean women coming back from career breaks, a rare move for a global high-end brand in the fast-growing lu...
Hansae to build eco-friendly clothing plant in Vietnam
South Korean textile and clothing maker Hansae on Friday announced plans to build a plant in Vietnam to expand production of eco-friendly clothing u...
S.Korea, Canada to bolster key minerals supply partnership
South Korea and Canada will make close cooperation to strengthen their supply chains of critical minerals such as uranium and nickel, key materials ...
Night at Korean royal palace brims with stars and Gucci fashion
Seoul has again grabbed the attention of global fashionistas as Italian fashion house Gucci on Tuesday night finally staged its belated Korean fashi...
Hansae: Hidden Korean champion in global OEM apparel market
Hansae is an unfamiliar name to many South Koreans for sure.But among original equipment manufacturing (OEM) companies in the apparel industry, Hans...
S.Korea’s Dongdaemun fashion district shows revival post-COVID-19
Doosan Tower, the most visible shopping mall in the Dongdaemun fashion market, is finally making a comeback. The number of foreign visitors seeking ...
S.Korea to prop up quantum tech with academia, private sector
South Korea, trailing in the global race for quantum technology, will open a new quantum technology-dedicated graduate school with a consortium led ...
S.Korean gov't proposes nuclear power plant cooperation to Hungary
South Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang discussed ways to strengthen industrial and trade cooperation with Lászl&o...
Asleep forms partnership with National Sleep Foundation of US
South Korea's sleep technology startup Asleep, which was part of an economic delegation accompanying President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent state visit to...
Gucci picks Korean royal palace for 2024 collection
Seoul is emerging as a new venue for global luxury brands’ fight for pride, with Louis Vuitton and Gucci set to unveil their new fashion colle...
BIND wins D.Camp startup pitch race in April, co-sponsored by CJ
BIND Corp. was chosen by investors as the best of the best for its online fashion platform for middle-aged men during South Korea’s major star...
S.Korea’s Musinsa, Disney to collaborate character products
South Korea’s online fashion platform Musinsa has partnered with the Walt Disney Company Korea, a Korean unit of the global entertainment...
KKR mulls investing $150 mn in Korean fashion platform Musinsa
Musinsa Co., South Korea’s leading online fashion platform, is in the final stage of attracting 200 billion won ($149.8 million) from US priva...
KT launches AI-enabled freight info service Brokarry 2.0
Lolab Co. Ltd., KT's digital logistics subsidiary, released its Brokarry 2.0 freight brokerage and transportation service, which incorporates artifi...
