S.Korea breaks into World Bank's global logistics top 20 list for 1st time

S.Korea breaks into World Bank's global logistics top 20 list for 1st time

South Korea’s logistics performance has ranked 17th in the world, marking its first entry into the top 20 nations, as assessed by the World Ba...

Cheil Worldwide wins Grand Prix at Cannes Lions 2023

Cheil Worldwide wins Grand Prix at Cannes Lions 2023

South Korea's leading ad agency and marketing company Cheil Worldwide clinched nine awards, including the coveted Grand Prix, at the esteemed Cannes...

LG Innotek to spend $1 bn to double Vietnam output capacity

LG Innotek to spend $1 bn to double Vietnam output capacity

South Korea’s LG Innotek Co., a major camera module supplier for Apple iPhones, is set to invest $1 billion in Vietnam to more than double its...

Vestas to relocate Asia-Pacific HQ to Seoul in September

Vestas to relocate Asia-Pacific HQ to Seoul in September

Denmark-based Vestas, the world's top wind turbine manufacturer, is set to move its Asia-Pacific regional headquarters from Singapore to South Korea...

SKIET rejuvenates old mining town in Poland as green industry hub

SKIET rejuvenates old mining town in Poland as green industry hub

DABROWA GORNICZA, Poland – It was not long ago that the Polish city of Dabrowa Gornicza in Silesia Province was struggling to bring back its g...

Hyundai Motor to take 1st crack at Korea’s used car market

Hyundai Motor to take 1st crack at Korea’s used car market

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is entering the country’s used car market, whose entry by big companies has long been deni...

How North Korea’s Hacker Army Stole $3 Billion in Crypto, Funding Nuclear Program

How North Korea’s Hacker Army Stole $3 Billion in Crypto, Funding Nuclear Program

Last year an engineer working for the blockchain gaming company Sky Mavis thought he was on the cusp of a new job that would pay more money.A recrui...

Genesis GV70 EV tops German magazine comparison

Genesis GV70 EV tops German magazine comparison

The Electrified GV70, an electric SUV from Hyundai Motor Group's luxury brand Genesis, has won the top spot in a comparison test run by Germany's ...

Hyundai Motor, Vietnam Nat'l Univ., Hanoi promote HR development

Hyundai Motor, Vietnam Nat'l Univ., Hanoi promote HR development

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun is rolling up his sleeves to develop human resources in Vietnam. Accompanying the economic delegation of ...

LG Elec, SM to launch home fitness app in July

LG Elec, SM to launch home fitness app in July

LG Electronics Inc. and SM Entertainment Co. will jointly launch next month a home fitness app nine months after the project was delayed in Septem...

Three-fifths of Kia EV9 pre-order customers are new to Kia

Three-fifths of Kia EV9 pre-order customers are new to Kia

About 60 percent of reservations for the EV9, Kia Corp.'s large electric SUV, are first-time buyers for the brand."Sixty percent of the individual c...

KAI joins hands with VTX to enter Vietnam's helicopter market

KAI joins hands with VTX to enter Vietnam's helicopter market

Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) on Friday signed a preliminary agreement with Vietnam’s Viettel Aerospace Institute (VTX) to cooperate in...

S.Korean builders feel tailwind from Middle East

S.Korean builders feel tailwind from Middle East

South Korean construction companies, struggling with soaring raw material prices and higher interest rates, are poised to bounce back with a string ...

AI talent shortage poses threat to Korean AI tech development

AI talent shortage poses threat to Korean AI tech development

Since the advent of the AI-powered chatbot sensation ChatGPT, the battle to win AI talent across companies large and small has intensified, threaten...

Yen’s plunge spurs bargain-hunting in Korea; savings fastest in 6 years

Yen’s plunge spurs bargain-hunting in Korea; savings fastest in 6 years

The sliding yen is prompting South Koreans to go bargain-hunting for the Japanese currency in the wobbly financial market as yen-denominated deposit...

S.Korea's Samyang Foods promotes Buldak Ramen in Hanoi

S.Korea's Samyang Foods promotes Buldak Ramen in Hanoi

Samyang Foods Co., South Korea's leading food manufacturer, announced on Friday that it opened a promotional booth at the "K-Food Festival" held at ...

Revuelto, Lamborghini's first PHEV, launched in S.Korean market

Revuelto, Lamborghini's first PHEV, launched in S.Korean market

Italian supercar brand Automobili Lamborghini unveiled its first-ever plug-in hybrid (PHEV) super sports car, the "Revuelto," in South Korea on Frid...

KAI succeeds in localizing wing spar components for Israeli business jet

KAI succeeds in localizing wing spar components for Israeli business jet

Korean Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), a South Korean aerospace and defense company, announced on Friday that it held a commemorative event for the...

S.Korean content biz event in Indonesia targets SE Asian consumers

S.Korean content biz event in Indonesia targets SE Asian consumers

An export conference for South Korean content this week in Jakarta, Indonesia, targeted the Southeast Asian market's population of 600 million.The I...

S.Korea expands cooperation with Vietnam in intellectual property rights

S.Korea expands cooperation with Vietnam in intellectual property rights

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) on Thursday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Intellectual Property Office of Vie...

S.Korea's military aircraft exports to NATO get major boost

S.Korea's military aircraft exports to NATO get major boost

South Korea has concluded a deal with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on mutual recognition of certification of military aircraft airw...

Blind recognized as one of Time100 Most Influential Companies 2023

Blind recognized as one of Time100 Most Influential Companies 2023

Blind, the renowned online forum for verified but anonymous professionals, has been included on the esteemed Time100 Most Influential Companies list...

Asan Medical Center to establish digestive disease hospital in Dubai

Asan Medical Center to establish digestive disease hospital in Dubai

Asan Medical Center announced plans on Thursday to establish a 65-bed gastrointestinal specialized hospital in Dubai Healthcare City in Dubai, UAE, ...

Central Europe’s fast-growing economy attracts global investors: Abris

Central Europe’s fast-growing economy attracts global investors: Abris

More investors choose safer assets in developed regions such as the US and Western Europe today with rate hikes and liquidity tightening. But Poland-b...

LG Energy’s 1st bond issue draws record $3.6 bn in bids

LG Energy’s 1st bond issue draws record $3.6 bn in bids

LG Energy Solution Ltd.'s first bond issue was 10 times oversubscribed on Thursday, drawing a record 4.7 trillion won ($3.6 billion) in bids for a S...

Korea’s SK Square sells off entire stake in Grab as shares tumble

Korea’s SK Square sells off entire stake in Grab as shares tumble

SK Square Co., the intermediate holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, has liquidated Grab Geo Holdings, a joint venture with Grab Holding...

POSCO-led consortium signs 47-yr Oman green hydrogen project

POSCO-led consortium signs 47-yr Oman green hydrogen project

A consortium led by POSCO Holdings Inc. and Samsung Engineering Co. has signed a 47-year contract with Oman worth an estimated $7 billion-$8 billion...

Kakao Healthcare ties up with Dexcom for global diabetes biz

Kakao Healthcare ties up with Dexcom for global diabetes biz

South Korea’s Kakao Healthcare Corp. has taken a step forward to expand its business into the global market by collaborating with US medical d...

US beats China to become S.Korea’s No.1 export destination in 2022

US beats China to become S.Korea’s No.1 export destination in 2022

South Korea last year exported most to the US thanks to brisk sales of the country’s cars in the world’s No. 1 economy, whereas trade wi...

Intel’s foundry revamp sets off alarm bells for Samsung, TSMC

Intel’s foundry revamp sets off alarm bells for Samsung, TSMC

Intel Corp.’s announcement to restructure its manufacturing business to become a leading foundry player is setting the stage for a bigger show...

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