Airbnb Korea to evict listings not submitting business license

Airbnb Korea to evict listings not submitting business license

Airbnb Korea announced on Tuesday that it will require new listings on the platform to submit business registration information and a business licen...

Korea’s Hana Financial Group targets foreign customers

Korea’s Hana Financial Group targets foreign customers

Hana Financial Group, South Korea’s third-largest financial holding company, is targeting foreign individual customers in the country with a d...

Korea’s MeatBox to go public despite other failed grocery platform IPOs

Korea’s MeatBox to go public despite other failed grocery platform IPOs

MeatBox Global Inc., South Korea’s online livestock product sales platform operator, aims for an initial public offering valued at up to 28.5 ...

Gmarket, CJ Logistics to launch guaranteed delivery date service

Gmarket, CJ Logistics to launch guaranteed delivery date service

Gmarket Inc., an e-commerce arm of South Korea’s Shinsegae Group, said on Monday it will roll out a service to deliver products on the custome...

South Korea's hy to export Helicobacter Project Will to China

South Korea's hy to export Helicobacter Project Will to China

South Korea's hy, formerly known as Korea Yakult and a leader in dairy products, said on Monday that it started exporting its fermented milk product...

NCSOFT launches evaluation model to verify performance of AI LLMs

NCSOFT launches evaluation model to verify performance of AI LLMs

NCSOFT Corp. announced on Monday that it has launched VARCO Judge LLM, the first evaluation model in South Korea to verify the performance and capab...

Hanwha, LG to support Korea Zinc in battle against MBK

Hanwha, LG to support Korea Zinc in battle against MBK

South Korea’s Hanwha Group and LG Group are likely to help Korea Zinc Inc. fight against a takeover by MBK Partners Ltd. as the private equity...

Samjong KPMG reappoints CEO Kim Kyo Tae for 4th term

Samjong KPMG reappoints CEO Kim Kyo Tae for 4th term

Kim Kyo Tae on Friday was reappointed to a fourth term as chief executive of Samjong KPMG, announced the South Korean unit of the global audit and a...

Race to win tableside ordering market heats up in Korea

Race to win tableside ordering market heats up in Korea

Baemin, South Korea's top food delivery platform, and the country’s leading travel and accommodation booking platform operator Yanolja Co. hav...

Hana Bank opens branch for foreign customers in Pyeongtaek

Hana Bank opens branch for foreign customers in Pyeongtaek

South Korea's Hana Bank said on Thursday that it opened a branch for foreigners in Pyeongtaek.The Pyeongtaek Foreign Customer Center, located in Pye...

Korea Zinc teams up with brokerage firm to counter MBK

Korea Zinc teams up with brokerage firm to counter MBK

Korea Zinc Inc. Chair Choi Yun-birm has joined hands with a major local securities firm in a counterattack against MBK Partners Ltd. and the company...

MBK not to sell Korea Zinc to China after tender offer

MBK not to sell Korea Zinc to China after tender offer

MBK Partners Ltd. does not plan to sell Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest zinc and lead smelter, to China if MBK's takeover bid of up to 2 ...

Mirae Asset named as Best Securities House in S.Korea by Euromoney

Mirae Asset named as Best Securities House in S.Korea by Euromoney

Mirae Asset Securities announced on Thursday that it has been named “Best Securities House in South Korea” at the Euromoney Securities H...

India offers Korean firms detailed guidance for forays into India

India offers Korean firms detailed guidance for forays into India

India’s finance ministry, central bank and stock market operator outlined the country’s regulatory and investment environment for South ...

Rising overseas trips to raise Korea’s travel account deficit

Rising overseas trips to raise Korea’s travel account deficit

Demand for overseas travel among South Koreans during the upcoming holiday grew, while the number of inbound tourists from China is expected to shri...

MBK, Young Poong seek $1.5 bn hostile bid for Korea Zinc

MBK, Young Poong seek $1.5 bn hostile bid for Korea Zinc

MBK Partners Ltd., the North Asia-focused private equity firm, is set to take over Korea Zinc Inc. through an up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) ho...

Doosan completes high-end copper foil plant in Gimje, Korea

Doosan completes high-end copper foil plant in Gimje, Korea

South Korea's Doosan Corp. completed the construction of a high-end copper foil plant to produce materials widely used in automotive electronic comp...

South Korea scraps anti-nuclear policy with approval of two nuclear plants

South Korea scraps anti-nuclear policy with approval of two nuclear plants

South Korea has approved the construction of two nuclear power plants, officially ending its anti-nuclear policy pursued by the previous Moon Jae-in...

OpenResearch gets $7.5 mn seed round

OpenResearch gets $7.5 mn seed round

OpenResearch, an AI search service founded by former Kakao Brain CEO Kim Il-Doo, said on Thursday that it got a seed round 10 billion won ($7.5 mill...

Korea's Woori Bank adds two more branches in India

Korea's Woori Bank adds two more branches in India

South Korea’s Woori Bank announced on Thursday that It has opened additional branches in Pune and Ahmedabad, India.These are the bank's fourth...

S.Korea’s LIG Nex1, Iraq set for $2.6 billion deal on M-SAM missile system

S.Korea’s LIG Nex1, Iraq set for $2.6 billion deal on M-SAM missile system

Iraq has decided to import South Korean-made mid-range surface-to-air missile (M-SAM) system II, known as Cheongung II, in a deal estimated at $2.6 ...

Korea's SK Energy to start commercial operations of SAF production line

Korea's SK Energy to start commercial operations of SAF production line

SK Energy Co., South Korea’s largest oil refiner, is set to start commercial operations of a production line for sustainable aviation fuel (SA...

Korail to join Manila railway maintenance project

Korail to join Manila railway maintenance project

South Korea's state-run railway company Korea Railroad Corporation (Korail) said on Monday that it participates in the operation and maintenance (O&...

Nation With Lowest Birthrate Is Rocked by Soaring Sales of Dog Strollers

Nation With Lowest Birthrate Is Rocked by Soaring Sales of Dog Strollers

SEOUL—After pushing a stroller to a park near her home in a Seoul suburb, Kang Seung-min plopped down on a bench. Then an elderly woman ap...

Kia ranks first in customer satisfaction in India

Kia ranks first in customer satisfaction in India

Kia Corp. said on Tuesday that it ranked first in the mass-market brand category in the customer experience index survey recently released by India'...

Samsung expands AI horizon with B2B-specific SmartThings Pro

Samsung expands AI horizon with B2B-specific SmartThings Pro

BERLIN – South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is entering the AI-powered business-to-business connectivity platform market with its...

NCSOFT distributes four Sony game titles in S.Korea

NCSOFT distributes four Sony game titles in S.Korea

South Korea’s gaming giant NCSOFT Corp. will distribute four popular titles in South Korea through a partnership with Sony Interactive Enterta...

Korea’s AI, robot startups shine despite funding drought

Korea’s AI, robot startups shine despite funding drought

South Korea’s artificial intelligence and robotics startups raised more money through seed rounds than other sectors in August although invest...

Hyundai's Casper, Tesla boost Korea’s online car sales

Hyundai's Casper, Tesla boost Korea’s online car sales

South Korea’s online car sales are expected to exceed 5 trillion won ($3.7 billion) and hit a record high this year, driven by rising internet...

No Korean firms make it onto Korea’s top five mobile games list

No Korean firms make it onto Korea’s top five mobile games list

No South Korean game titles developed by domestic game developers made it onto the list of the country’s top five mobile games last month, ind...

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