Hanwha Solutions, SKS Credit propel to build eco-friendly data center

Hanwha Solutions, SKS Credit propel to build eco-friendly data center

Hanwha Solutions Corp. said on Monday that its business unit Hanwha Solutions Insight Division has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with S...

Doosan advances domestic development of green hydrogen turbine

Doosan advances domestic development of green hydrogen turbine

South Korea's Doosan Enerbility Co. on Sunday said it signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday with 10 domestic companies and universities at ...

LS Electric builds rail signal system in Taiwan for $39.8 million

LS Electric builds rail signal system in Taiwan for $39.8 million

South Korea's LS Electric Co. on Friday said the Railway Bureau of the Taiwanese Ministry of Transportation and Communications named the company the...

KSOE wins orders for 7 LNG carriers in 1 week

KSOE wins orders for 7 LNG carriers in 1 week

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a mid-level shipbuilding holding affiliate of HD Hyundai Co., has landed successive orders for...

Metaverse-based virtual offices: New breadwinner for LG CNS

Metaverse-based virtual offices: New breadwinner for LG CNS

LAS VEGAS – While buzzwords such as avatar and the metaverse are on everyone’s lips these days, waking up in the morning and going to a ...

Hyundai E&C wins record $28.4 billion in new orders last year

Hyundai E&C wins record $28.4 billion in new orders last year

South Korean builder Hyundai Engineering & Construction last year earned sales of 21 trillion won ($17 billion) thanks to growth in the domestic...

Korea to invest $367 million to nurture AI, metaverse, digital talent

Korea to invest $367 million to nurture AI, metaverse, digital talent

South Korea plans to spend 453.7 billion won ($367 million) this year to nurture digital talent in the fast-growing business sectors, including the ...

Samsung Eng. wins ADNOC’s $80.7 mn joint project

Samsung Eng. wins ADNOC’s $80.7 mn joint project

South Korea’s Samsung Engineering Co. has won a $80.7 million joint project from Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) for multi-billion-dollar g...

Lotte Chem to sell Pakistan unit for $156 mn to finance other projects

Lotte Chem to sell Pakistan unit for $156 mn to finance other projects

Lotte Chemical Corp. is set to sell its Pakistan unit for 192.4 billion won ($155.8 million won) to a chemical company in the country as the South K...

Woori Bank Launches 3D-based metaverse pilot service

Woori Bank Launches 3D-based metaverse pilot service

Woori Bank launched a 3D-based metaverse pilot service, the bank said on Friday.The bank will provide two services, one for interaction with small b...

Hancom Frontis to develop AI digital human, 3D scanning project

Hancom Frontis to develop AI digital human, 3D scanning project

Hancom Frontis, a Hancom Group company specializing in the metaverse, said on Tuesday that it has signed a three-way agreement with the Tech Univers...

Korean apparel retailer F&F to produce global K-pop stars

Korean apparel retailer F&F to produce global K-pop stars

South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. made a foray into the entertainment sector to create a synergy of K-content and fashion, competin...

Samsung Engineering wins $1.3 bn order to build ethylene plant in Qatar

Samsung Engineering wins $1.3 bn order to build ethylene plant in Qatar

South Korea's Samsung Engineering Co. said on Jan. 9 it has signed a 1.6 trillion won ($1.3 billion) contract to build the world's largest ethylene ...

Lotte showcases metaverse shopping pavilion at CES 2023

Lotte showcases metaverse shopping pavilion at CES 2023

Sitting on a chair, people with head-mounted displays enter a virtual world where they can choose their preferred avatars.Through these avatars, the...

Samsung to launch its first robot to assist with elderly care

Samsung to launch its first robot to assist with elderly care

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chip and smartphone maker, is set to launch its first robot later this year to care for the elde...

LG unveils self-driving auto parts, brighter OLED panels

LG unveils self-driving auto parts, brighter OLED panels

LG Group’s two units have showcased new automotive and display products, which would expand their presence in the autonomous driving and premi...

Caliverse, KT Alpha join hands to add K-pop to metaverse

Caliverse, KT Alpha join hands to add K-pop to metaverse

Caliverse, a subsidiary of Lotte Data Communication, said on Thursday that it has signed an agreement to expand the range of immersive metaverse con...

Hyundai’s Supernal, Microsoft to collaborate on UAM projects

Hyundai’s Supernal, Microsoft to collaborate on UAM projects

Supernal LLC, the urban air mobility affiliate of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co., and US tech giant Microsoft Corp. have agreed...

Redbrick, Microsoft to cooperate on university campuses in metaverse

Redbrick, Microsoft to cooperate on university campuses in metaverse

Redbrick, the developer and operator of metaverse platforms of South Korea, signed a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft Korea to cooperate o...

Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners

Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners

Com2verse, Com2uS Corp.'s metaverse subsidiary said on Tuesday that it has secured a strategic investment of 4 billion won ($3.1 million) each from ...

S.Korea's Daehan Green Power invests in energy superstation biz

S.Korea's Daehan Green Power invests in energy superstation biz

South Korea's Daehan Green Power has entered the green hydrogen sector, a new growth engine, through an energy super station project.The company on ...

7-Eleven shows off first realistic metaverse store at CES 2023

7-Eleven shows off first realistic metaverse store at CES 2023

Convenience store franchiser 7-Eleven said on Tuesday that it would display a new concept metaverse store for the first time in the industry toget...

LG Uplus to develop metaverse service for children with Witch Company

LG Uplus to develop metaverse service for children with Witch Company

South Korea's third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said on Friday that it will develop a web3 service for children to provide an immersive ex...

Hilton Seoul to close business for redevelopment project

Hilton Seoul to close business for redevelopment project

Millennium Hilton Seoul, founded in 1983, will close down for business on Dec. 31 due to redevelopment plans for the property.The five-star hotel ...

Doosan Corp. starts building flexible copper-clad layer plant

Doosan Corp. starts building flexible copper-clad layer plant

South Korea's Doosan Corp. is expanding its production line for flexible cooper-clad layers (FCCL) to boost competitiveness in electronic materials ...

Samsung to unveil C-Lab startups, projects at CES 2023

Samsung to unveil C-Lab startups, projects at CES 2023

Samsung Electronics Co. will showcase four projects and eight startups developed through its venture program C-Lab at CES 2023, the world's largest ...

Samsung Global Goals app rakes in over $10 million in charity 3 years after launch

Samsung Global Goals app rakes in over $10 million in charity 3 years after launch

Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday said Samsung Global Goals, a charity app for the company's Galaxy smartphones and devices, exceeded $10 million in...

CU to introduce shopping platform on metaverse

CU to introduce shopping platform on metaverse

Convenience store chain CU said on Thursday that it would introduce a meta-commerce service where online business activities take place on the met...

Samsung Display to build Micro OLED line for VR, AR devices

Samsung Display to build Micro OLED line for VR, AR devices

Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s largest display maker, is building a production facility for Micro OLEDs, a next-generation display technol...

Korean gaming giants racing for metaverse win

Korean gaming giants racing for metaverse win

Have you ever wondered what the metaverse really is? So far, the consensus is that it's a virtual world that can accommodate pretty much every socia...

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