Routinery readies for new chapter with 2.0

Routinery readies for new chapter with 2.0

Born in South Korea but blowing up abroad, the Routinery app is designed to make small changes in users' daily routines to make a big difference in ...

GIC taps its real estate expert Jasmine Loo as new Korea head

GIC taps its real estate expert Jasmine Loo as new Korea head

Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund with around $770 billion in assets under management, has t...

Samsung’s new AI Galaxy devices: Lighter, smarter and more powerful

Samsung’s new AI Galaxy devices: Lighter, smarter and more powerful

PARIS – Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Unpacked event this summer is mind-boggling. The South Korean tech giant’s new AI-featured devi...

HD Hyundai Samho expands berthing facilities

HD Hyundai Samho expands berthing facilities

South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Samho Co. has expanded its berthing facilities to meet the growing number of orders for eco-friendly ships.The s...

Cosmax Group unveils new CI

Cosmax Group unveils new CI

South Korea's Cosmax Group unveiled a new corporate identity (CI) on Wednesday. The new CI reflects Cosmax Group's identity as a global beauty and h...

Gmarket CEO vows to reclaim lead with know-how from Alibaba, Coupang

Gmarket CEO vows to reclaim lead with know-how from Alibaba, Coupang

The new chief executive of South Korea’s Gmarket Inc. on Monday pledged to drive the local retail giant Shinsegae Group’s online shoppin...

Hyundai Motor car sales hit record in India for 1st half

Hyundai Motor car sales hit record in India for 1st half

Hyundai Motor Co. delivered its record-high number of cars in India during the first six months of this year but lost share in the fiercely competit...

NPS-backed new prime office building in Seoul struggles with poor demand

NPS-backed new prime office building in Seoul struggles with poor demand

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is seeing little demand for a Seoul-based new prim...

Samsung’s Q2 profit soars on AI chips; second-half outlook rosy

Samsung’s Q2 profit soars on AI chips; second-half outlook rosy

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday flagged a more than 15-fold increase in its second-quarter operating profit as the artific...

Samsung launches dedicated HBM, advanced chip packaging teams

Samsung launches dedicated HBM, advanced chip packaging teams

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has officially launched a team dedicated to developing advanced high-bandwidth ...

Cosmax mulls building cosmetics factory in Latin America

Cosmax mulls building cosmetics factory in Latin America

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's biggest cosmetics original development and design manufacturer (ODM), is considering building a new offshore plant in Lat...

SK Square to ramp up chip investment with new CEO

SK Square to ramp up chip investment with new CEO

South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group said on Thursday that its investment arm SK Square Co., led by new CEO Han Myung-jin, will ramp ...

LG Chem launches Synovian in China

LG Chem launches Synovian in China

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. announced on Wednesday that it launched its homegrown new drug for osteoarthritis Synovian (marketed in China as Hyruan O...

Lotte Biologics targets $1.1 billion in sales with new bio plants

Lotte Biologics targets $1.1 billion in sales with new bio plants

South Korean biopharmaceutical company Lotte Biologics Co. said on Wednesday it is aiming for 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in annual sales by 203...

POSCO aims to quadruple operating profits by 2030

POSCO aims to quadruple operating profits by 2030

POSCO Group, South Korea’s No. 1 steelmaker, has set an ambitious goal of quadrupling its operating profits and doubling revenue by 2030 with ...

SK Group, led by SK Hynix, to invest $77 billion in AI, chips

SK Group, led by SK Hynix, to invest $77 billion in AI, chips

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate after Samsung, is investing 106.4 trillion won ($77 billion) in artificial intelligence an...

Samsung OLED gaming monitor sales surpass 20,000 units

Samsung OLED gaming monitor sales surpass 20,000 units

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that its sales of the new Odyssey OLED gaming monitor series have surpassed 20,000 units in a month.&nbs...

Hyundai Mobis combines electrification, module divisions

Hyundai Mobis combines electrification, module divisions

Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, said on Friday it has merged its electrification and module divisions to stream...

Naver Whale features in Renault Korea vehicles

Naver Whale features in Renault Korea vehicles

South Korea’s homegrown web browser Whale, developed by Naver Corp., will be installed in Renault Korea cars. Naver Cloud announced on Friday...

Hyundai Inster, Kia EV3, Genesis Neolun shine at Busan auto show

Hyundai Inster, Kia EV3, Genesis Neolun shine at Busan auto show

BUSAN – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, on Thursday premiered the Inster, an all-electric crossover city car, the latest...

Samsung Electronics unveils new smartphone image sensors

Samsung Electronics unveils new smartphone image sensors

Samsung Electronics Co. has developed new image sensors -- ISOCELL HP9, ISOCELL JN5 and ISOCELL GNJ -- expected to enable smartphones to take cleare...

Galaxy Ring, new foldables set to steal the show at Samsung Unpacked Paris

Galaxy Ring, new foldables set to steal the show at Samsung Unpacked Paris

Now it’s official. Samsung Electronics Co. is hosting its next Galaxy Unpacked summer event in Paris on July 10.Samsung picked Paris as the ve...

Doosan emerges as darling in Korea’s BBB bond market

Doosan emerges as darling in Korea’s BBB bond market

Doosan Co. is poised to raise up to 80 billion won ($58 million) in bond sales this week following its credit rating upgrade as the holding company ...

Mom's Touch adds two new restaurants in Mongolia

Mom's Touch adds two new restaurants in Mongolia

South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Friday that it has recently opened its sixth and seventh stores i...

Lotte Chemical develops anti-thermal runaway material

Lotte Chemical develops anti-thermal runaway material

Lotte Chemical Corp., South Korea’s second-largest petrochemicals company seeking to ramp up value-added advanced materials production, has de...

Netmarble's new RPG 'Solo Leveling' logs $70 mn sales in 1st month

Netmarble's new RPG 'Solo Leveling' logs $70 mn sales in 1st month

South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. is enjoying growing sales of its new action role-playing game (RPG) “Solo Leveling: Arise,” ...

Taihan Cable wins $94 mn power grid project in US

Taihan Cable wins $94 mn power grid project in US

South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Tuesday that it has consecutively won three power grid projects in the US. The total cont...

North Korea Sent Excrement Balloons. South Korea’s Response: Blasting BTS Hits.

North Korea Sent Excrement Balloons. South Korea’s Response: Blasting BTS Hits.

SEOUL—After enduring days of balloon bombardment from the Kim Jong Un regime, South Korea countered with an airwaves assault of it...

SK Networks to split off SpeedMate, trade division

SK Networks to split off SpeedMate, trade division

South Korea's SK Networks Co. plans to split off its auto management division SpeedMate and its trading unit.The board of directors approved the pla...

POSCO seeks additional lithium deals from Argentina, Chile

POSCO seeks additional lithium deals from Argentina, Chile

POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO, aims to clinch additional deals from Argentina and Chile to secure lith...

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