Instagram poised to crack Korean webcomics market
Big tech has begun its encroachment on the South Korean webcomics market, largely dominated by local players over the past two decades, fanning fear...
Hana Financial’s Hana The Next: New financial services tailored for seniors
As South Korea’s baby boomers, the demographic cohort born between 1955 and 1963, are reaching retirement age, financial institutions are reac...
Superb AI, Cisco to strengthen AI network cooperation
South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) startup Superb AI said on Tuesday it was awarded Select Developer from the global network giant Cisco Syst...
CJ Logistics, Baropharm to cooperate on pharmaceutical logistics
South Korea's CJ Logistics said on Monday it signed a strategic partnership and exclusive pharmaceutical logistics contract with Baropharm, an integ...
North Korean Troops Train in Russia as Moscow Deepens War Coalition
North Korea has sent hundreds of special forces to eastern Russia for training in recent weeks, according to South Korea’s main intelligence a...
Kakao to launch AI messenger service Kanana in H1 2025
South Korea’s platform giant Kakao Corp. will roll out Kanana, a conversational AI agent-integrated messenger app, in the first half of next y...
Mirae Asset's retirement pension reserves rise by $2.9 bn in 2024
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday that its defined contribution (DC) retirement pension and individual retirement pension (IR...
S.Korea's Hana Card, KFCC launch first PLCC
South Korea's Hana Card said on Tuesday it launched the first private label credit card (PLCC) product, the "MG+ Credit Card Primo Hana Card" of the...
Netmarble’s RPG ‘Solo Leveling’ reaches 50 mn cumulative users
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. announced on Tuesday that the action role-playing game (RPG) “Solo Leveling: Arise” has reac...
S.Korean AI content platform Zeta surpasses 1 mn users
South Korean generative artificial intelligence (AI) startup Scatter Lab said on Monday its interactive AI content platform Zeta has surpassed 1 mil...
POSCO International eyes M&A in US natural gas market
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., is considering ac...
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition: slimmest, lightest of its kind
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday it is unveiling the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition (SE) — the thinnest and lightest among the company&rs...
S.Korea’s exports fall 2.9% in first 20 days of October; chip sales strong
South Korea’s exports, the country’s main growth driver, fell 2.9% in the first 20 days of October amid falling demand for vehicles and ...
KB Kookmin Bank opens branches in Chennai, Pune
South Korea's KB Kookmin Bank opens branches in Chennai and Pune, major economic hubs in India on October 21. The bank, which established its Gurug...
S.Korea’s KF-21, Lockheed's F-16 shortlisted for Philippine fighter jet deal
South Korea’s homegrown fighter jet KF-21 is competing against US defense firm Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-16 for the Philippine governmen...
Online lender K Bank withdraws plan for Kospi listing
K Bank, a South Korean online bank, has postponed its initial public offering (IPO) plan to list on the main bourse Kospi later this month.The digit...
Blackpink’s Rose releases new song in collaboration with Bruno Mars
Girl group Blackpink's Rose released her single “APT.” in collaboration with global pop star Bruno Mars on Friday, her agency The Black ...
S.Korea’s No.1 soju maker HiteJinro to foray into global beauty market
HiteJinro Group, South Korea’s No. 1 alcoholic beverage maker with a century-old history, has tapped cosmetics development and production as a...
Samsung mobile chief to talk with Qualcomm on Galaxy S25 chips
Global smartphone leader Samsung Electronics Co.'s mobile business chief is expected to hold talks with senior executives of Qualcomm Inc. about s...
Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics, Toyota team up for humanoid robots
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. and Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s No. 3 and No. 1 automakers, respectively, are teaming ...
South Korea’s next AI unicorns stand out at KPAS 2024
South Korea’s major telecom company KT Corp. and the country’s leading financial newspaper The Korea Economic Daily have teamed up to sc...
Jimmy John’s to open its first store in Seoul in October
U.S. sandwich franchise Jimmy John's will open a store in Gangnam, Seoul, in October, the company announced on Thursday.This will be Jimmy John's fi...
SK Broadband to launch nationwide dedicated line service in S.Korea
South Korea's SK Broadband said on Thursday that it will establish a nationwide network using Internet Protocol-Multi Protocol Label Switching (IP-M...
Apparel maker Hansae sets sights on auto parts business as growth driver
HO CHI MINH CITY – South Korean apparel maker Hansae Yes24 Group has set its sights on the auto parts business as a new growth driver to diver...
Hyundai, Kia production may be disrupted by subsidiary labor strike
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest carmakers, are likely to face disruptions in local production as their auto parts s...
Activist fund Palliser demands SK Square draw up value-boosting measures
UK-based activist fund Palliser Capital Ltd. is calling on SK Square Co., the investment arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK G...
S.Korea’s premium kimchi war escalated by luxury hotels
Kimchi, Koreans’ staple food throughout millennia, has become a new, lucrative revenue source for the country’s luxury hotel chain opera...
Mom's Touch to enter Laos in 2025
South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. said on Wednesday that it signed a master franchise agreement with Laos-based ...
South Korea to designate Jeju as flying taxi pilot service zone
South Korea will designate its resort island Jeju a test operation zone for flying taxis as part of the country’s national urban air mobility ...
K Bank aims to turn into AI-based investment platform: CEO
K Bank, the digital banking unit of South Korean telecom giant KT Corp., aims to turn into an AI-based investment platform after going public later ...
