Hyundai IONIQ 5 N named Car and Driver's 2024 top EV

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. said on Sunday that its high-performance electric vehicle (EV) the IONIQ 5 N was selected as Car and Driver's presti...

Korean IT giants drop fandom platforms, help HYBE dominate

South Korean game developer Neowiz has sold its fan engagement platform unit, joining the moves by local IT giants such as Naver Corp. to pull out o...

Liner ranks 9th in generative AI services selected by a16z

South Korea's generative AI startup Liner said on Friday that its search service ranked 9th in the web services category of the Top-100 Gen AI Consu...

Lotte Fine Chemical, JEFA to collaborate on clean ammonia value chain

Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., said on Friday that it signed a Clean Ammonia Value Chain Agreement (JC...

Hanwha completes Australia plant for howitzers, armored vehicles

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. has completed building its first overseas plant — producing howitzers and ammunition carriers in Aust...

Samsung tops S.Korean smartphone market with 76% share

In the second quarter of this year,  the market share of Samsung Electronics Co. in the South Korean smartphone market slightly increased, whil...

What's wrong with making money from startup exits?

In South Korea, those who struck it rich from property investments are the subject of envy, but startup founders who make big money from their exits...

Enormous market ahead for Hopae, S.Korean DID pioneer

To Hopae Inc., a digital identity solution-developing startup native to South Korea, its home market is small. After successfully accommodating more...

SY Lee: A Korean startup creator who fetched $80 mn for Story Protocol

Seung Yoon Lee, a South Korean startup creator, was in his early 20s when he co-founded Radish Fiction Inc., a US-based mobile fiction platform, in ...

Hyundai Motor, Kia gets A- credit rating from S&P Global

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. said on Thursday that S&P Global upgraded their credit ratings from BBB+ to A-, with a Stable outlook for both c...

STIC to buy Korean flooring firm Nox from TPG for $336 mn

Seoul-based private equity firm STIC Investments has agreed to acquire global leading luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring firm Nox Corp. at 450 billion...

Stock-rich KCC's shareholdings exceed its market cap

KCC Corp., a paint and glass maker but better known as a white knight for South Korean conglomerates, holds more than 4 trillion won ($3 billion) wo...

After Mercedes Fire, EV Owners Want to Know What Battery They Have

SEOUL—The uproar over a Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle that burst into flames in South Korea this month wasn’t only about fire...

EV firefighting startup Lee Mobility gets seed round

South Korean startup Lee Mobility announced on Tuesday that it got a seed round investment from Bluepoint Partners, a domestic early-stage venture c...

Hansae Yes24 moves closer to acquiring GM supplier Erae AMS

Hansae Yes24 Holdings Co., the holding company of South Korea’s leading apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Hansae Co., has moved a ...

Air Incheon joins Boeing safety operation support program

South Korea's cargo airline Air Incheon announced on Wednesday that it signed an agreement with American aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. on Tuesd...

Korea Investment, most generous venture capitalist in H1

Korea Investment Partners Co. spent the most on local startups among venture capitalists in the first half, while South Korean game developer Smileg...

South Korea to extend export missile range from 300 km to 500 km

South Korea has decided to extend the range of missiles for export to 500 kilometers from the current 300 km after accepting requests to do so from ...

Korean won at 5-mth high; BOK may not lower interest rate

The South Korean won on Monday touched a five-month high as the central bank may not immediately cut its policy interest rate due to rising property...

Vietnamese lead influx of foreign workers with Korean dream

On Aug. 31, 2004, 92 Filipinos, wearing T-shirts and white caps, entered Incheon International Airport determined to make money in South Korea and r...

LG Uplus offers Korean Air gift cards to 5G subscribers

South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. is expanding benefits for subscribers of its online-exclusive prepaid plan Nugget, including offering Korean Air ...

SK Bioscience sells stake in US vaccine developer Novavax

SK Bioscience Co., a drug-making arm of South Korea's No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has sold a stake in Nasdaq-listed vaccine developer Novavax Inc. ...

Korean Telco giant KT’s Midas touch with hotel business  

KT Corp., one of South Korea’s top three mobile carriers, is on a roll in the hotel business despite its late foray into the hospitality indus...

Hyundai, Kia to apply BMS to all EVs for fire prevention

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, plans to install its battery management system (BMS) in all its electric vehicles to...

NCSOFT develops new game Doguri Adventure

South Korea’s major game developer and publisher NCSOFT Corp. has begun developing a casual game Doguri Adventure, featuring the character bra...

Korean Air, L3Harris to introduce more AEW&C aircraft

South Korean airliner Korean Air Lines Co. held the Industry Day in Seoul on Wednesday with the US-based defense company L3Harris to discuss South K...

South Korea’s job growth rises in July led by elderly workers

South Korea’s job numbers grew in July, led by new hires among those in their 60s and older in one of the world's fastest-aging countries. The...

Hyundai Mobis’ sustainability pledge for a better tomorrow  

Hyundai Mobis Co.'s efforts to build a better tomorrow don't stop at developing future mobility technologies like autonomous driving, connectivity a...

7-Eleven ratchets up sports marketing to take on GS25, CU

7-Eleven, the third-largest convenience store chain in South Korea, is challenging its bigger rivals GS25 and CU, attracting customers with Hello Ki...

Google to target global webtoon sector with Korean creators

BENGALURU – Google is teaming up with South Korean creators to target the global webtoon industry, spurring expectations that global Big Tech ...