Samsung Display to build Micro OLED line for VR, AR devices

Samsung Display to build Micro OLED line for VR, AR devices

Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s largest display maker, is building a production facility for Micro OLEDs, a next-generation display technol...

S.Korean biopharmaceutical sector to see brisk M&As in H1, 2023

S.Korean biopharmaceutical sector to see brisk M&As in H1, 2023

An expert says the first half of next year will see the start of brisk M&As in biopharmaceuticals targeting strategic investors.Pyeon Jae-seong,...

Hyundai Motor's compact SUV Kona gets bigger

Hyundai Motor's compact SUV Kona gets bigger

Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled the new design of its compact SUV the new "all-new Kona."The all-new Kona is a second-generation model being i...

Hyundai becomes younger with 1 in 3 new executives in their 40s

Hyundai becomes younger with 1 in 3 new executives in their 40s

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, which owns Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., has carried out a year-end mid-tier executive reshuffle marked ...

LabGenomics unites with Humanscape on Asia, US genetic testing biz

LabGenomics unites with Humanscape on Asia, US genetic testing biz

LabGenomics Co., a molecular diagnostics company, said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with digital healthcare company Humanscape to deve...

Mirae Asset introduces AI investment info service

Mirae Asset introduces AI investment info service

Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday it had introduced two domestic stock artificial intelligence (AI) reporting services through its mobile t...

Samsung Heavy receives approval from US on gas recovery system

Samsung Heavy receives approval from US on gas recovery system

Samsung Heavy Industries, a major shipbuilder in South Korea, said on Tuesday that its boil-off gas recovery system (BReS) for LNG-powered vessels h...

T'way Air launches Pikachu Jet TW

T'way Air launches Pikachu Jet TW

T’way Air Co. said on Tuesday that it would start running the Pokemon-wrapped airplane "Pikachu Jet TW" from the end of this month and release...

Samsung Elec's green heat pump takes energy-starved Europe by storm

Samsung Elec's green heat pump takes energy-starved Europe by storm

Samsung Electronics on Monday said its heat pump Eco Heating System (EHS), a green heating and cooling system, has seen explosive sales growth on th...

Syntekabio launches new drug development platform STB Cloud in US

Syntekabio launches new drug development platform STB Cloud in US

Syntekabio,Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) drug development company, said on Monday it has launched its cloud-based AI drug develo...

KED's startup news platform Geeks launches revamped website

KED's startup news platform Geeks launches revamped website

Geeks, The Korea Economic Daily’s startup news platform launched in May, launched an upgraded website in Korean on Monday. The new conten...

Hyundai Motor transforms buses into mobile office spaces

Hyundai Motor transforms buses into mobile office spaces

South Korea's automaking giant Hyundai Motor Co. said on Monday it had launched the country's first mass-produced mobile office bus: the "Universe M...

Samsung unveils gaming experience zone at Selfridges London

Samsung unveils gaming experience zone at Selfridges London

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest chipmaker and a global electronics giant, announced on Sunday it will open a gaming simulator experience ...

Leaders of Samsung, BMW discuss bolstering EV battery partnership

Leaders of Samsung, BMW discuss bolstering EV battery partnership

Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y. Lee met with the Chairman of the Management Board of BMW Group Oliver Zipse on Saturday to discuss ways to deepe...

Samsung Electronics to enhance Minute Maid Park digitally

Samsung Electronics to enhance Minute Maid Park digitally

Samsung Electronics Co. has been selected as an official partner for display solutions at Minute Maid Park, the home stadium of the 2022 Major Leagu...

Korea to retain more skilled foreign workers with visa status upgrade

Korea to retain more skilled foreign workers with visa status upgrade

South Korea plans to more than double the number of skilled foreign workers next year as the country is struggling with a declining workforce at its...

Samsung Heavy obtains blockchain security certificate

Samsung Heavy obtains blockchain security certificate

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. announced the successful development of a cyber-security solution for autonomous ships using blockchain t...

Samsung eyes new mobile AP chip to take on Apple's iPhone

Samsung eyes new mobile AP chip to take on Apple's iPhone

Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. have had a long rivalry in the global market for smartphones and other mobile devices. In terms of sales...

Gabriela Hearst, Veronica Beard, Toteme to launch in Korea

Gabriela Hearst, Veronica Beard, Toteme to launch in Korea

US designer brands Gabriela Hearst and Veronica Beard, as well as Swedish premium Toteme are set to open exclusive stores in South Korea to allure f...

Daewoo Shipbuilding, POSCO jointly develop new materials

Daewoo Shipbuilding, POSCO jointly develop new materials

South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) and steelmaker POSCO have joined forces to develop new materials.DSME on Wedne...

Helixmith acquires US patent on new freeze-dried formulation

Helixmith acquires US patent on new freeze-dried formulation

South Korea's biotech company Helixmith Co. said Wednesday it has developed and patented a new freeze-dried formulation for Engensis (VM202), a non-...

Samsung suspends staff overseas training to cut costs

Samsung suspends staff overseas training to cut costs

Samsung Group canceled overseas training for South Korean staff for the first time in 32 years as the country’s top conglomerate tried to cut ...

Daewoong submits new drug applications for Fexuclue in 10 countries

Daewoong submits new drug applications for Fexuclue in 10 countries

South Korea's leading drug company Daewoong Pharmaceutical is accelerating its global expansion efforts for its 34th domestically developed drug Fex...

SK C&C to automate production process of SKC's US subsidiary

SK C&C to automate production process of SKC's US subsidiary

SK C&C announced on Wednesday that it will start a project to install a full-process automation system based on its smart factory platform I-FAC...

CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services

CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services

South Korea’s CJ Logistics Corp. is ramping up its cross-border e-commerce (CBE) businesses as its local rival Coupang Inc. is increasing domi...

Samsung Electronics launches newsrooms in Swedish, Norwegian

Samsung Electronics launches newsrooms in Swedish, Norwegian

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chipmaker and major mobile device manufacturer, opened online newsrooms in Sweden and Norway, it...

S. Korea's SillaJen launches clinical trials in US for new anti-cancer drug

S. Korea's SillaJen launches clinical trials in US for new anti-cancer drug

South Korean biotech company Sillajen Inc. has started recruiting patients for Phase 1 clinical trials in the US for an anti-cancer drug from a Swis...

Samsung’s foundry revenue exceeds mainstay NAND chip sales

Samsung’s foundry revenue exceeds mainstay NAND chip sales

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, saw its foundry business revenue exceed that of its mainstay NAND flash chips f...

Curious completes second Samsung Heavy drillship sale

Curious completes second Samsung Heavy drillship sale

South Korean private equity firm Curious Partners has recently completed selling an undelivered drillship constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries Co...

Hyundai Electric to supply ESS worth $160 mn to KEPCO's substation

Hyundai Electric to supply ESS worth $160 mn to KEPCO's substation

Hyundai Electric, an electric systems spinoff from South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., said on Tuesday that it will supply...

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