LG Electronics wins US air conditioning award for 7th year

LG Electronics wins US air conditioning award for 7th year

LG Electronics Inc. said on Monday that it has won a performance award from the Air-Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), a US...

Korea's Kumho Tire sponsors Touring Car Championship

Korea's Kumho Tire sponsors Touring Car Championship

Kumho Tire Co. announced on Monday its title sponsorship of the Touring Car Championship (TCR), a global touring car competition, with the organizer...

Novel medicines poised to be Korea’s next mainstay export

Novel medicines poised to be Korea’s next mainstay export

South Korea, a major global generic and biosimilar medicine producer with leading names such as Samsung Biologics Co. and Celltrion Inc., has rapidl...

Hyundai Motor Group ranks first in US vehicle dependability study

Hyundai Motor Group ranks first in US vehicle dependability study

Hyundai Motor Group has once again topped the U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) conducted by J.D. Power, ranking first among 16 global automoti...

Samsung's Galaxy S23 obtains Canstar Blue's Most Satisfied Customers award

Samsung's Galaxy S23 obtains Canstar Blue's Most Satisfied Customers award

Galaxy S23, the latest mobile handset of South Korea's electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co.,  obtained the Canstar Blue 2023 Most Satisfie...

Asiana Airlines completes transforming cargo carriers to passenger planes

Asiana Airlines completes transforming cargo carriers to passenger planes

South Korean airline Asiana Airlines Inc. has returned all seven aircraft converted into cargo carriers during the COVID-19 pandemic to passenger pl...

11 Hyundai Motor Group products receive US' Good Design Awards

11 Hyundai Motor Group products receive US' Good Design Awards

Hyundai Motor Group on Wednesday said 11 of its products won honors at this year's Good Design Awards of the US.The honors are jointly selected by t...

LG Uplus announces official start of original content production

LG Uplus announces official start of original content production

LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday that it would officially kickstart producing original content, following its pilot program about desserts relea...

Celltrion wins trial against Regeneron for US patent lawsuit over biosimilar

Celltrion wins trial against Regeneron for US patent lawsuit over biosimilar

South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced Friday that it won its first trial against New York-based biotech giant Regeneron Ph...

Hyundai’s Trailer Drone concept wins top Red Dot design award

Hyundai’s Trailer Drone concept wins top Red Dot design award

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Friday its Trailer Drone, a fully autonomous hydrogen mobility concept, has won the top ...

LG Energy, KT join KED’s top 30 Korean innovator list

LG Energy, KT join KED’s top 30 Korean innovator list

KT Corp. and Studio Dragon Corp. have joined the ranks of South Korea’s most innovative companies thanks to their creation of cultural produ...

Korean shipbuilder KSOE wins $1.5 bn order for 7 LNG carriers

Korean shipbuilder KSOE wins $1.5 bn order for 7 LNG carriers

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), the intermediate holding company of the world’s top shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Indust...

Seoul leans toward alternative military service for BTS

Seoul leans toward alternative military service for BTS

South Korea is leaning toward allowing the K-pop boy band BTS to fulfill alternative service instead of active military duty, the country’s mi...

KT spurs content creation with hot Netflix drama Attorney Woo

KT spurs content creation with hot Netflix drama Attorney Woo

On the heels of South Korea's successful Netflix drama "Squid Game" comes drama series “Extraordinary Attorney Woo." It has topped the streami...

LG Elec. profit down on costs; automotive biz back in the black

LG Elec. profit down on costs; automotive biz back in the black

LG Electronics Inc., the global home appliance maker, suffered a lower profit in the second quarter on the back of rising commodity and logistics co...

Korean biotech firms fold COVID-19 therapeutics development businesses

Korean biotech firms fold COVID-19 therapeutics development businesses

A string of South Korean pharmaceutical and biotech companies are waving the white flag when it comes to developing COVID-19 treatments. As the...

Washington D.C. recognizes Korea as origin of kimchi

Washington D.C. recognizes Korea as origin of kimchi

Washington D.C. has joined the three US states of California, Virginia and New York to designate Nov. 22 “Kimchi Day,” and has acknowled...

S.Korea stocks see dead cat bounce; outlook remains gloomy

S.Korea stocks see dead cat bounce; outlook remains gloomy

South Korea’s shares on Friday rebounded after tumbling in the previous two straight sessions, outperforming their peers in Asia, but few expe...

Hankook Tire sees increasing threat from combative labor union's demands

Hankook Tire sees increasing threat from combative labor union's demands

As a string of sporadic labor union strikes enters its third week, the risk of supply disruption has spread to an unlikely victim – Hankook Ti...

Netmarble to officially launch Seven Knights Revolution on July 28 

Netmarble to officially launch Seven Knights Revolution on July 28 

Netmarble Corp. is poised to officially launch its latest game Seven Knights Revolution on July 28 in South Korea. The South Korean mobile game...

Naver Webtoon to form JV with Japan’s TBS for original IP

Naver Webtoon to form JV with Japan’s TBS for original IP

Naver Webtoon Corp., the digital comics and novel platform of South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp., has agreed to set up a joint vent...

KT to build media value chain with $4.1 bn content sales by 2025

KT to build media value chain with $4.1 bn content sales by 2025

KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, on Thursday unveiled an ambitious goal to become the country’s leading media and co...

Korea’s fashion OEM firms eye record sales 

Korea’s fashion OEM firms eye record sales 

South Korea’s clothing original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are set to see a supercycle or a sustained period of expansion driven by robust ...

Korean content shares jump on Beijing’s eased restrictions 

Korean content shares jump on Beijing’s eased restrictions 

South Korean content shares finished Friday’s trade higher, buoyed by expectations of resumed exports to China and news that Disney+ will rele...

New York third US state to recognize kimchi's Korean origin

New York third US state to recognize kimchi's Korean origin

Korean food is all about ingredients, which alongside various fermentation techniques, have made kimchi a global side dish enjoyed not just as centr...

CJ ENM’s streaming platform raises $209 mn to finance original content

CJ ENM’s streaming platform raises $209 mn to finance original content

TVing Co. is poised to sell 382,513 new shares to South Korean private equity fund JC Partner Co.’s affiliate to raise 250 billion won ($209 m...

Hyundai Motor launches robotaxi service in upscale Gangnam district

Hyundai Motor launches robotaxi service in upscale Gangnam district

City governments, automakers, and tech giants are leading the adoption of robotaxis in major cities throughout South Korea. The Ministry of Lan...

All of Us Are Dead ends boost to related stocks

All of Us Are Dead ends boost to related stocks

Netflix’s new original drama series All of Us Are Dead was another South Korean drama hit, but stocks related to the new zombie thriller have ...

Hyundai Motor launches robotaxi service in upscale Gangnam district

Hyundai Motor launches robotaxi service in upscale Gangnam district

City governments, automakers, and tech giants are leading the adoption of robotaxis in major cities throughout South Korea.  The Ministry of L...

LG Display turns to black in 2021 after three years

LG Display turns to black in 2021 after three years

South Korea's LG Display Co. swung to an operating profit in 2021 after two consecutive years of shortfalls, led by a sharp rebound in LCD panel pri...

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