Apple Pay to shake up S.Korea's digital payment market
The launch of Apple Pay in South Korea on Tuesday is poised to shake up the country’s digital payment market as the sector leader Samsung Pay ...
Korea’s Micro Digital to supply bioreactors to major US firm
Micro Digital Co., South Korea’s only bioreactor maker, is set to ink a supply deal with a major US biopharmaceutical producer to expand its g...
S.Korea's brewery Seoul Jangsu forms marketing tie-up with fashion industry
With South Korea's traditional milky rice wine makgeolli seeing its second heyday centered on the 20- and 30-something crowds, marketing tie-ups tar...
S.Korean biotech GI Innovation's IPO draws tepid market interest
South Korean biotech GI Innovation Inc. is slated to debut on the local public market at less than half of its pre-IPO investment value, facing luke...
Samsung gets $191 million profit valuation from investment in Rainbow Robotics
Samsung Electronics Co. is found to have earned 250 billion won ($191 million) in profit valuation from its investment made two months ago in Rainbo...
Korean ETP market doubles amid increasing distrust of fund managers
South Korea’s exchange-traded product (ETP) market has doubled in four years as more investors preferred their own trades to discretionary inv...
Korea EV cell makers unveil new products to expand market
South Korea’s electric vehicle battery makers on Wednesday unveiled prototypes of new products, especially lithium iron phosphate (LFP) models...
F&F bets on China's beauty market under MLB brand
F&F Co., a South Korean retailer of Western brands such as Major League Baseball (MLB), has been rapidly penetrating China's cosmetics market, w...
Kolon Industries showcases hydrogen fuel cell materials at Tokyo Expo
Kolon Industries Inc., a Korean manufacturer of chemical and textile products, said on Wednesday that it was exhibiting its hydrogen fuel cell parts...
S.Korea’s jobs in February grow at slowest pace in 2 years
South Korea’s jobs grew at the slowest pace in two years last month partly owing to a slowdown in the country’s manufacturing sector due...
S.Korea's individual investors buy bonds this year worth $5.3 billion
Individual investors in South Korea this year have made net bond purchases, or the difference between the buying and selling amounts, worth over 7 t...
Korea Ginseng Corporation opens new R&D center in California
Korea Ginseng Corporation (KGC), a leading producer of Korean ginseng products, said on Wednesday that it has opened a new research and development ...
Korean 3D tech firm Koh Young looks to US medical robot market
Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, is slated to enter the US me...
Global macro investing to revive for more volatile age: M&G
The value of investments will fluctuate, which will cause prices to fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the original amount they inv...
Hanwha Energy sells Spanish solar plant project to Irish firm
South Korean energy company Hanwha Energy Corp. said on Wednesday that it had sold a solar power plant project in Spain to Amarenco Solar, an Irish ...
Boeing’s Korean supplier targets UAV market with guided weapons
Boeing Co.’s leading South Korean contractor aims to develop unmanned aerial vehicles with guided weapons, given the rapidly growing military ...
S.Korean sovereign wealth fund KIC to set up Mumbai office
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has kicked off procedures to open a Mumbai-based office later this year, The Korea Economic...
CJ Group adopts AI-based copywriter for producing marketing content
South Korea's CJ Group on Tuesday said it will develop and run a personalized artificial intelligence (AI) copywriter that automatically produces ma...
Hyundai to boost India presence via takeover of GM plant
Hyundai Motor Co., the leading South Korean carmaker, is set to expand its presence in India with a takeover of General Motors Co.’s plant in ...
Pulmuone looks to enter US plant-based convenience food market
Pulmuone, a leading South Korean producer of plant-based foods such as tofu and bean sprouts, is trying to expand the K-food territory in the global...
Hyundai L&C targets China’s interior materials market
Hyundai L&C, a South Korean building materials company under the Hyundai Department Store Group, said on Sunday that it has entered the Chinese ...
SK Ecoplant targets European waste battery recycling market
SK Ecoplant Co., its Singaporean subsidiary TES-AMM, and domestic eco-friendly business and secondary battery materials leader Ecopro Co. are poised...
Dayou A-Tech completes building EV seat production facility
Dayou A-Tech Co., a South Korean car seat manufacturer under the Dayou Winia Group, announced on Thursday that it has built a seat production facili...
DB HiTek sees capacity utilization rate rise to 80%
South Korea's semiconductor foundry company DB HiTek Co. last month saw its capacity utilization rate rise to the mid-80% level thanks to rising dem...
Foreign investors net buyers of Korean stocks for 5th straight month
Foreign investors bought more South Korean stocks in February, extending their buying spree to five months.The Financial Supervisory Service of Kore...
S.Korea's DB HiTek to split off fabless, bulk up foundry business
DB HiTek Co., a leading chipmaker in South Korea, said on March 7 it is set to split off its fabless unit by May 2 to ramp up its foundry business.D...
Hyundai eyes greater SUV market share with new Kona EV
Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled the all-new Kona Electric, its first fully revamped compact sport utility vehicle in five years, as the top So...
Samsung reclaims world's top spot in chip sales: Omdia
Samsung Electronics Co. topped the global chipmakers with $67.1 billion in revenue last year, according to London-based tech research firm Omdia ear...
S.Korea reigned supreme on global shipbuilding market in February
South Korea’s shipbuilding industry has blown away that of China in order volume.Clarkson Research, a British shipbuilding and shipping market...
Korea's Indent Corp. raises $8 mn for AI-based video review marketing
Indent Corporation, a South Korean startup that operates an AI-based video review marketing solution called VReview, announced on Tuesday that it ha...
