E-Land Retail to enter convenience store market

E-Land Retail to enter convenience store market

South Korea's E-Land Retail, the operator of Kim's Club, NC Department Store, and New Core Outlet operator, plans to enter the convenience store mar...

Samsung SDS unveils supply chain solution in US

Samsung SDS unveils supply chain solution in US

South Korea's Samsung SDS Co. introduced a supplier relationship management (SRM) solution at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium 2024 in Orlando, Fl...

Japan’s heavy hand with Naver: Uneasy sign for market economy

Japan’s heavy hand with Naver: Uneasy sign for market economy

Recent actions by the Japanese government and chief executives of LY Corp. and SoftBank Corp. are raising eyebrows, leading many to question whether...

Hyundai’s JV Motional delays robotaxi commercialization, cuts jobs

Hyundai’s JV Motional delays robotaxi commercialization, cuts jobs

Self-driving technology developer Motional decided to delay robotaxi deployments with ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. ag...

SK Hynix looks to expand AI memory leadership with new NAND chip

SK Hynix looks to expand AI memory leadership with new NAND chip

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. aims to expand its memory leadership in the artificial intelligence sphere beyond the high-performance DRAM segmen...

Korea’s Koh Young to launch brain surgery robot in US in 2025

Korea’s Koh Young to launch brain surgery robot in US in 2025

Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, aims to launch a brain surge...

VC firm DSC Investment forms Korea's largest secondary fund

VC firm DSC Investment forms Korea's largest secondary fund

South Korean asset manager DSC Investment has formed the country’s largest-ever fund for venture capital secondaries to explore opportunities ...

Samsung Welstory completes new Vietnam logistics center

Samsung Welstory completes new Vietnam logistics center

South Korean food and beverage company Samsung Welstory announced on Thursday that it completed a new logistics center with a cold chain system in B...

Shilla Duty Free to co-work with China's largest lifestyle info platforms

Shilla Duty Free to co-work with China's largest lifestyle info platforms

South Korea's Shilla Duty Free Shop announced on Thursday that it partnered with Meituan and Dazhong Dianping, China's largest travel and lifestyle ...

SK Hynix to sell 50% stake in Wuxi foundry unit to Chinese firm

SK Hynix to sell 50% stake in Wuxi foundry unit to Chinese firm

SK Hynix Inc. will sell nearly a half stake in its foundry unit in China to a Chinese state-run enterprise for $349.3 million in a bid to expand its...

Upbit’s staking deposits exceed $2.2 bn

Upbit’s staking deposits exceed $2.2 bn

The staking deposits of Upbit, South Korea's leading crypto exchange, surged past 3 trillion won ($2.2 billion) by the end of April, according to ...

APR completes second factory in Pyeongtaek

APR completes second factory in Pyeongtaek

South Korea's cosmetic and clothing company APR announced on Wednesday that it completed its second plant, the APR Factory Pyeongtaek 2 Campus. ...

SK Telecom eyes tangible results from AI business in 2024

SK Telecom eyes tangible results from AI business in 2024

South Korea’s No. 1 mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. is set to accelerate investments in artificial intelligence to bring more tangible outcomes ...

Doosan to make new fuel cell for hydrogen power plant deals

Doosan to make new fuel cell for hydrogen power plant deals

South Korea’s Doosan Fuel Cell Co. plans to begin mass production of a new phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC) model, which is expected to raise ...

South Korea to accept Indonesia’s KF-21 project cost cut proposal

South Korea to accept Indonesia’s KF-21 project cost cut proposal

South Korea plans to accept Indonesia’s request to cut its share of payments for a joint fighter jet development project to one-third of the o...

SK E&S builds world’s largest hydrogen liquefaction plant

SK E&S builds world’s largest hydrogen liquefaction plant

SK E&S Co., a South Korean liquefied natural gas importer, has built the world’s largest hydrogen liquefaction plant in Incheon, west of S...

Native Korean fast-fashion brands poised to snatch market

Native Korean fast-fashion brands poised to snatch market

South Korea’s homegrown fast-fashion brands are expected to continue making big strides at home as cost-conscious consumers shifted toward mor...

Perigee, SSC to cooperate on space launch vehicle

Perigee, SSC to cooperate on space launch vehicle

South Korea's small space launch vehicle startup Perigee Aerospace Inc. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with the Swedish Space Corporation ...

Shinsegae’s day of reckoning looms for online ambitions

Shinsegae’s day of reckoning looms for online ambitions

Back in 2021, South Korea’s retail titan Shinsegae Inc. beat its archrival Lotte Shopping Co. to purchase Gmarket and Auction, the country's t...

NHN Cloud sets sights on GPU cloud service with Nvidia’s H100

NHN Cloud sets sights on GPU cloud service with Nvidia’s H100

NHN Cloud Corp., a cloud computing unit of South Korea’s internet company NHN Corp., is setting its sights on a graphics processing unit (GPU)...

Samsung tops global OLED market in one year

Samsung tops global OLED market in one year

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it achieved the number one sales position in the global OLED monitor market one year after enter...

Startups bet on affluent Gen X in Korea’s senior living market

Startups bet on affluent Gen X in Korea’s senior living market

Elder-care startups are rushing to build high-end senior homes in South Korea targeting affluent Generation Xers set to retire in five years on expe...

Hasty overseas expansion hurts Korean entertainment sector

Hasty overseas expansion hurts Korean entertainment sector

South Korea’s entertainment and content industries suffered from hasty expansions with investments of billions of dollars in the global market...

UAE to invest up to $1 bn in S.Korean ventures

UAE to invest up to $1 bn in S.Korean ventures

The United Arab Emirates is set to invest a maximum of $1 billion in South Korean startups via a joint venture, as a part of its mid- to long-term p...

Genesis beats BMW to rival Mercedes in Korea's premium segment

Genesis beats BMW to rival Mercedes in Korea's premium segment

In South Korea, esteemed German auto brands BMW and Mercedes-Benz have for years been the top two brands vying for the hearts of luxury car buyers, ...

S.Korea’s largest startup fair NextRise to be held in June

S.Korea’s largest startup fair NextRise to be held in June

The Korea International Trade Association announced on Tuesday that the largest domestic startup fair in South Korea, NextRise 2024 Seoul," will be ...

Qcells launches commercial operations at new plant in Georgia, US

Qcells launches commercial operations at new plant in Georgia, US

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group known as Qcells in overseas markets, ha...

HMM gets Platinum ESG rating from EcoVadis

HMM gets Platinum ESG rating from EcoVadis

HMM Co., South Korea’s flagship sea carrier, announced on Tuesday that it achieved the Platinum rating from EcoVadis, a global environmental, ...

S.Korean anti-obesity drugmakers eye niche demand

S.Korean anti-obesity drugmakers eye niche demand

The global weight management market has entered a new chapter following the arrival of blockbuster weight-loss medication Wegovy, and South Korean l...

Samsung Electronics unveils 114-inch Micro LED

Samsung Electronics unveils 114-inch Micro LED

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it unveiled its 114-inch Micro LED to expand its Micro LED lineup to include 89-inch, 101-inch.&nb...

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