SK Bioscience's SKYCellflu approved in Indonesia

SK Bioscience Co., a bio and pharmaceutical affiliate of South Korea's SK Group, said on Wednesday that The Indonesian Food and Drug Authority BPOM ...

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...

Korea Zinc takes control of key shareholder in management feud with MBK

Korea Zinc Inc. succeeded in taking control of Young Poong Precision Corp., a key player in the management battle against North Asia-focused private...

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...

Samsung SDS, Ansys Korea to collaborate on cloud solutions

South Korea's Samsung SDS Co. said on Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ansys Korea to strengthen its cloud business.Ansys ...

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...

Samsung C&T consortium wins $1.6 bn Turkish highway project

A consortium of Samsung C&T Corp., South Korean state-run firms and a Turkish builder won a $1.6 billion project to build and run a highway in t...

Korea Investment Management to list Global AI-based ASIC ETF

Korea Investment Management Co. said on Monday it will list the ACE Global AI ASIC exchange-traded fund (ETF) on October 22. The ETF will focus on ...

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...

POSCO International wins top award at 2024 Korea IR Awards

South Korea's POSCO International Corp. won the top prize at the 2024 Korea IR Awards, organized by the Korea Investor Relations Service (KIRS), the...

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...

HD Hyundai to show unmanned construction equipment tech

South Korea's HD Hyundai XiteSolution said on Thursday that it plans to hold a demo show with remote control (RC) models of construction equipment...

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...