SK Enpulse to sell off chip processing units in China

SK Enpulse to sell off chip processing units in China

SK Enpulse Co., a South Korean semiconductor part and equipment maker, said on Wednesday it will sell off its chip pre-manufacturing processing unit...

SK C&C to provide corporate employee healthcare

SK C&C to provide corporate employee healthcare

South Korea’s SK C&C on Tuesday signed an agreement to offer employee healthcare management programs to companies with digital healthcare ...

Korea’s fertility startups gain traction with advanced technologies

Korea’s fertility startups gain traction with advanced technologies

South Korea’s fertility startups are garnering attention from investors with innovative technologies such as self-testing of ovarian health, s...

Seoul eyed as possible 2nd Asian base of Gagosian empire

Seoul eyed as possible 2nd Asian base of Gagosian empire

Seoul, which took center stage on the global art scene after successfuly hosting international art fair Frieze’s second edition earlier this m...

Korea’s heavy dependence on China for raw materials deepens

Korea’s heavy dependence on China for raw materials deepens

While the urea crisis in 2021 laid bare South Korea’s heavy dependence on China for basic raw materials, concerns are growing that Korea&rsquo...

Canada's coffee brand Tim Hortons to open store in Gangnam

Canada's coffee brand Tim Hortons to open store in Gangnam

Canada's No. 1 coffee chain Tim Hortons revealed plans on Tuesday to establish its first South Korean flagship store at the bustling intersection of...

SK Telecom's solution slashes cloud operating costs up to 40%

SK Telecom's solution slashes cloud operating costs up to 40%

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Monday said it launched an optimization solution based on Amazon Web Services (AWS) that slashes cloud operating cos...

SK Forest, NH Securities to cut CO2 emissions in East Timor

SK Forest, NH Securities to cut CO2 emissions in East Timor

South Korea’s SK Forest Co. and NH Investment & Securities on Friday held a launching ceremony for their joint supply of high-efficiency c...

S.Korea's KT invests in domestic startups Upstage, Qanda

S.Korea's KT invests in domestic startups Upstage, Qanda

South Korea's KT Corp. has invested 20 billion won ($15 million) in two domestic artificial intelligence (AI) startups. For the second time in ...

S.Korea, Indonesia to bolster high-tech partnership

S.Korea, Indonesia to bolster high-tech partnership

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- South Korea and Indonesia have affirmed their commitment to expanding the scope of business cooperation from high tech to food...

SK E&S signs PPA agreement with Iljin Group affiliates

SK E&S signs PPA agreement with Iljin Group affiliates

South Korea's SK E&S announced on Friday that it has entered into a direct power purchase agreement (PPA) with Iljin Global and Bearing Art, bot...

KB Financial Vice Chairman Yang named sole chairman candidate

KB Financial Vice Chairman Yang named sole chairman candidate

KB Financial Group Inc. has chosen Yang Jong-hee, its vice chairman, as the sole candidate for its next chief in charge of South Korea’s leadi...

S.Korea to receive $1 bn in unpaid bills from Uzbek gas project

S.Korea to receive $1 bn in unpaid bills from Uzbek gas project

South Korean firms are poised to receive $1 billion in unpaid bill that has accumulated since 2017 from Uzbekistan’s Surgil gas project as the...

SK Ecoplant to build data center linked to landing station in Pohang

SK Ecoplant to build data center linked to landing station in Pohang

South Korea's SK Ecoplant is set to establish, for the first time in South Korea, a global data center linked to a landing station in Pohang, North ...

S.Korea posts current surplus on bigger import decline in July

S.Korea posts current surplus on bigger import decline in July

South Korea maintained a surplus in the current account balance for the third consecutive month in July, driven by its positive goods trade balance ...

SK Rent-a-Car to replace internal combustion engine cars with EVs

SK Rent-a-Car to replace internal combustion engine cars with EVs

SK Rent-a-Car plans to overhaul its existing fleet of internal combustion engine vehicles in favor of electric cars. The company aims to capitalize ...

POSCO to lead Korea-Australia hydrogen, minerals partnership

POSCO to lead Korea-Australia hydrogen, minerals partnership

POSCO Group, South Korea’s largest steelmaker, will lead the country's efforts to cement a partnership with Australia in a broader range of ar...

S.Korea inks FTA with Philippines, boon to Korean car exports   

S.Korea inks FTA with Philippines, boon to Korean car exports   

South Korea has signed a free trade pact with the Philippines, which is expected to bolster Korean car exports to the Southeast Asian country with a...

S.Korea's Eximbank, Australia's EFA sign MOU on mineral supply chains

S.Korea's Eximbank, Australia's EFA sign MOU on mineral supply chains

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) on Thursday in Seoul signed a memorandum of understanding with Export Finance Australia (EFA) on cooperat...

Korea Inc. to focus more on India, Vietnam as biz partners

Korea Inc. to focus more on India, Vietnam as biz partners

South Korean companies are set to concentrate more on business with emerging markets including India and Vietnam than Asian major countries such as ...

S.Korea’s web novel sector hits $750 mn in value: Study

S.Korea’s web novel sector hits $750 mn in value: Study

South Korea's rising web novel industry, which has seen popular works like "Reborn Rich" and "The Red Sleeve" made into TV series, has exceeded 1 tr...

Korea warns foreigners of stricter rules on illegal short selling

Korea warns foreigners of stricter rules on illegal short selling

South Korea’s financial watchdog urged foreign brokerage firms to strengthen their internal control systems to ban illegal short selling on th...

Snack maker Orion earns dividends from Vietnam for 1st time

Snack maker Orion earns dividends from Vietnam for 1st time

South Korea’s confectionery and snack manufacturer Orion Corp. collected dividends from its Vietnamese unit for the first time as the company ...

High price, quality issues slow Kia EV9 sales in Korea

High price, quality issues slow Kia EV9 sales in Korea

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is struggling to sell its flagship large all-electric sport utility vehicle EV9 at home as high pric...

LG seeks outside innovators' ideas on new growth drivers at Superstart Day    

LG seeks outside innovators' ideas on new growth drivers at Superstart Day    

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest business group, is actively embracing collaboration with outside innovators to foster its new growth dr...

Samsung releases Galaxy Z Fold5 Thom Browne edition

Samsung releases Galaxy Z Fold5 Thom Browne edition

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will unveil the Galaxy Z Fold5 Thom Browne edition, a foldable smartphone created in collabora...

SK C&C, Yonsei Univ. to develop digital manufacturing experts

SK C&C, Yonsei Univ. to develop digital manufacturing experts

South Korea's digital solutions provider SK C&C will open a master’s degree program at Yonsei University in Seoul to develop experts in di...

S.Korean food company hy boosts cosmetics unit

S.Korean food company hy boosts cosmetics unit

South Korea’s hy, formerly Korea Yakult, has launched cosmetics made with fermented products using its self-developed lactic acid bacteria, ex...

S.Korea's Lotte Group helps SMEs penetrate Indonesian market

S.Korea's Lotte Group helps SMEs penetrate Indonesian market

South Korea's Lotte Group through Friday is holding the event Korea Expo in Jakarta in the Indonesian capital with the Korea Trade-Investment Promot...

SK Group, NPS may exercise put option on Masan without gain

SK Group, NPS may exercise put option on Masan without gain

South Korean institutional investors, including SK Group and National Pension Service (NPS), are likely to only recover their principal without prof...

Fictional K-pop band Saja Boys beat BTS, Blackpink to top US Spotify charts S.Korea’s extra budget approved; IBs lift economic forecast BTS’ Suga, MLB star Chan Ho Park to join Oakland Athletics as shareholders Celltrion secures $730 mn to buy biosimilar unit shares, pursue M&A Korean commercial act revision to drive reevaluation of equities: J.P. Morgan