Dollar/won in wildest swing in 13 yrs despite intervention

The South Korean won suffered its wildest fluctuation against the dollar this year since 2010, shrugging off heavy dollar-selling intervention by lo...

Apple, Google may face $50.4 mn fine over in-app billing in Korea

Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google may be fined up to 68 billion won ($50.4 million) in South Korea for breaking the country’s in-app...

Microsoft ties up with Korean startup Wrtn on AI solutions

Microsoft Corp. and a South Korean artificial intelligence portal startup Wrtn Technologies Inc. joined hands for the generative AI service based on...

SK Networks completes acquisition of en-core

South Korean trading firm SK Networks Co. announced on Friday that it has completed the acquisition process of en-core, a leading data solutions and...

BMW premieres new 5 Series in Korea, the model’s top market

German carmaker BMW Group on Thursday premiered its latest 5 Series premium sedan in South Korea, an indication of the growing importance of the Asi...

S.Korea’s corporate R&D spending lags global rivals

Major South Korean companies’ spending on research and development lags investments made by their global competitors due to lower government t...

S.Korea to spur startup investments with eased rules

South Korea will deploy at least 10% of a state-backed fund of funds (FoF) to venture capital investment dedicated to small startups every year, the...

Foreign tourists can use Kakao Taxi in S.Korea

South Korea’s Kakao Mobility announced on Thursday that it has started integrating its taxi service app Kakao T with overseas apps. Foreign to...

Canada's Tim Hortons to open 2nd store in Gangnam

Canada's No. 1 coffee chain Tim Hortons announced on Thursday that it plans to establish its second South Korean flagship store at the bustling Te...

SK C&C invests in US startup Glassdome

South Korea's SK C&C announced on Thursday that it has made a new investment in Glassdome, a US carbon emission management solution startup.&nbs...

Korea expects inflation to ease from Oct after 5-month high

South Korea predicted headline inflation to ease from October after hitting a five-month high last month, adding to expectations that the central ba...

SK Telecom launches ICT infrastructure device

SK Telecom Co. on Wednesday said it launched Cloud Appliance, a cloud infrastructure device based on an ARM chipset.The company applied its virtuali...

Korea markets melt as Fed officials foresee longer-than-expected high rates

South Korean financial markets lost ground on Wednesday with the 10-year government bond yield at a one-year high as US Federal Reserve policymakers...

Naver's Kream integrates with Japan's Soda

Naver Corp.'s subsidiary Kream, the South Korean limited-edition goods trading platform has decided to merge its operations with Japan's Soda Inc., ...

SUVs, small pickups grab largest share of S.Korea's car market

Sport utility vehicles (SUV) and small pickup trucks in South Korea are occupying a larger share of the domestic automotive market.Industry sources ...

S.Korea industry production posts largest increase in 30 months

South Korea's Index of All Industry Production soared at its steepest pace in 30 months in August, driven by a resurgent semiconductor manufacturing...

Recreational cars grab largest share of S.Korea's automotive market

Recreational vehicles (RVs) in South Korea like sport utility vehicles (SUV) and small pickups are occupying a larger share of the domestic automoti...

S.Korea's ModaModa partners with Poland's MBF Group

South Korean haircare brand ModaModa has partnered with Poland's MBF Group S.A. for distribution, signifying its entry into the expanding European b...

SK Telecom enters Japan's pet care market

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. has entered the Japanese pet market using its innovative artificial intelligence (AI) under a tie-up with Japan&r...

SK On named to Fortune’s Change the World list

South Korea’s electric vehicle (EV) battery maker SK On is among innovative companies that have changed the world according to Fortune, a le...

Celltrion Pharm gets GMP certification from Japan

Celltrion Pharm Inc. announced on Wednesday that its pre-filled syringe (PFS) production facility in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province has obtain...

Foreign visitors to S.Korea more than triple on-year in August

The number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea has exceeded 1 million for two consecutive months since the outbreak of COVID-19.According to th...

Korea’s SKC to invest up to $70 mn in US smart glass firm Halio

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, is set to invest as much as $70 million in Halio Inc., a US smart glass technology company, to expand the ...

SK Tel launches world’s 1st Korean large language model

SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday announced the official launch of the world’s first Korean large language model (LLM) “A.”, or A Dot, whi...

SK Ecoplant, Ascend Elements in $66 mn US battery recycling JV deal

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management firm, and its two overseas affiliates are launching a $65.8 million ba...

SK E&S, Honeywell UOP to capture carbon from LNG plants

SK E&S Co., a clean energy unit of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, and Honeywell UOP, a US major refining and petrochemical tec...

HMM to open fastest shipping route from S.Korea to Indonesia

South Korea's HMM Co. on Tuesday said it will open a direct route connecting Busan with the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Surabaya.The revamped I...

Shinsegae Int’l to be exclusive distributor of D&G Beauty in S.Korea

South Korea's Shinsegae International said on Tuesday that it has signed an exclusive distribution contract with the Italian cosmetic brand Dolce &a...

S.Korea's travel agencies fight for survival with customized products

South Korea’s major travel agencies, feeling threatened by the rise of online travel agencies on the tourism market, are using their strengths...

Korean Air may give up Asiana’s cargo business, 4 routes for EU approval

Korean Air Lines Co. may give up the cargo business of Asiana Airlines Inc. and four of its lucrative routes in Europe in an all-in bet as the marri...