Lotte Duty Free focuses energy on stores in Seoul
South Korea’s Lotte Duty Free, which removed its stores from Incheon International Airport in late June, is channeling its energy toward boost...
Brookfield puts Conrad Seoul on market at over $370 mn
Brookfield Asset Management is seeking to sell off five-star hotel Conrad Seoul at more than 500 billion won ($369.5 million), tapping real estate i...
Robot dog Spot patrols Kia auto plant late at night
South Korean carmaker Kia Corp. ’s plant in Hwaseong, a southern suburb of Seoul in Gyeonggi Province, is guarded late at night by Spot, a fou...
100 new South Korean AI vanguards to be unveiled
One hundred new South Korean startups at the vanguard of development of innovative AI technology will be unveiled later this month, according to The...
Hanwha Robotics produces kitchen automation robots
South Korea’s Hanwha Robotics on Sunday announced its signing of an agreement on the development and commercial use of a robotics system for k...
Mirae Asset puts HI Investment headquarters on the market
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is seeking to sell off HI Investment & Securities Co. headquarters, the value of which is...
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...
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....
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...
