Seoul to launch AI chatbot service for foreign visitors' tour planning

Seoul city government is in talks with tech firms including Google LLC, Microsoft Corp. and Naver Corp. to provide foreigners with artificial intell...

KT&G faces another legal battle with Korean activist fund

Singapore-based private equity firm Flashlight Capital Partners Pte. said Monday that it has filed court injunctions against KT&G Corp., beginni...

Daesang holds kimchi pop-up event in Seoul

South Korean food company Daesang Corp. on Friday said it is holding through Oct. 15 the country’s first kimchi pop-up store “Kimchi Bla...

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...

Seoul envisions its own Hudson Yards in the city's east end

Seoul, the capital of South Korea for more than six centuries since the Joseon dynasty, is poised to revamp its city planning for the next century w...

Japanese steelmakers flood South Korea on back of weaker yen

Japanese steelmakers are expanding their market shares in South Korea, backed by the yen's drop against the Korean won to the lowest in eight years....

US court rules in favor of Korea's nuclear reactor exports

A US district court on Monday dismissed Westinghouse Electric Corp.’s lawsuit against South Korean state-run companies to block their nuclear ...

K-food behind Japanese travelers' rush to S.Korea

South Korea is actively promoting itself as a foodies’ heaven to invite more Japanese tourists who have already contributed the most to the co...

Seoul Semiconductor secures key EV LED patents

Seoul Semiconductor Co., the world’s No. 3 light-emitting diode (LED) maker, has secured key patents for LEDs to be used in electric vehicles ...

KT to build AI medical R&D innovation zone in Seoul

South Korean wireless carrier KT Corp. will build an innovation valley for medical research and development (R&D) based on artificial intelligen...

Lotte Mart at Seoul Station redesigned to lure foreign shoppers

South Korea’s Lotte Mart reopened its hypermarket at Seoul train station on Thursday following a four-month renovation to attract more foreign...

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...

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...

Seoul to open hidden space below City Hall subway station

Seoul is set to unveil a secret path below the City Hall subway station to the public for the first time in 40 years as the South Korean capital aim...

Shinhan REITs to buy HSBC's Seoul headquarters at $135 mn

Shinhan REITs Management Co., a real estate investment arm of South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group, is poised to acquire a 65.8% stake in the...

Land use for SK Ecoplant's wind power venture in Canada approved

The green hydrogen Nujio’qonik project in Canada, a venture that South Korea's SK Ecoplant is taking part in, has secured approval to use go...

The Hyundai Seoul attracts 100 mn visitors in 30 months

The Hyundai Seoul, the largest shopping mall in the South Korean capital, has attracted over 100 million visitors since its opening to emerge as a h...

LG Display boosts ties with Mercedes-Benz in vehicle screens

South Korea's LG Display Co. has reinforced its auto display cooperation with German automotive giant Mercedes-Benz, raising prospects that the form...

Fans of Supreme rush into the label's 1st Korean store

The US street fashion brand “Supreme,” which has a global fandom with a brand name written in white in a red box, opened its first store...

Seoul’s slow but enduring push to be Asia’s premier financial hub

It is a long-cherished dream of Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, to present itself to the world as Asia’s prime financial hub, but the ...

SK Telecom to host global AI hackathon in Seoul with OpenAI

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. will hold next month an artificial intelligence contest with OpenAI, the American information and communications techno...

Camp David Summit to Unite U.S., South Korea, Japan

WASHINGTON—A new trilateral alliance linking the U.S., South Korea and Japan will enhance cooperation among the nations in key areas, includin...

Hyundai Motor, Seoul Univ. to establish Future Automotive Mobility

Hyundai Motor Co. and Seoul National University have joined forces to cultivate talent in electric vehicle control and vehicle software, which are e...

Falling on deaf ears: Costco Korea cart pusher's death

Costco Wholesale’s co-founder Jim Sinegal had said South Korea was a “fantastic market,” where it ran its largest store in terms o...

S.Korea, Laos boost partnership in global drive to cut CO2 emissions

South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Tuesday held talks with Laos' Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment at the Seoul hea...

Seoul Metro to develop communication system for foreign passengers

Foreign users of major subway stations in Seoul can communicate with Seoul Metro Corp. staff through simultaneous translation.  Through artific...

Affinity's CJ Lee to become 3rd Korean executive to leave

Affinity Equity Partners’ founding member and Managing Partner Lee Chul-joo (CJ Lee) will resign from the Asia’s leading buyout manager,...

42dot launches its first B2B self-driving shuttle service

42Dot, a self-driving technology affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, on Tuesday said it launched a self-driving shuttle at Samsung Mobility Museum in ...

Seoul mulls ‘treble damages’ for illegal K-content websites

The South Korean government and the ruling People Power Party are considering tripling punitive damages to illegal distributors of Korean entertainm...

Hanwha to turn Seoul landmark into modern art hub

Standing 249 meters (817 feet) high, 63 SQUARE, well known as the 63 Building to older generations, was once the tallest building in Seoul until it ...