Korean banks enjoy robust earnings in Asian emerging markets

Korean banks enjoy robust earnings in Asian emerging markets

Four major banks in South Korea are enjoying healthy earnings from overseas businesses, particularly in Asian emerging markets.KEB Hana Bank posted ...

Korean Daewoo E&C seeks biz amid Indonesia’s new capital plan

Korean Daewoo E&C seeks biz amid Indonesia’s new capital plan

South Korean Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. is seeking business opportunities alongside Indonesia’s plan to relocate its capital as...

Seoul to build huge two-ring Ferris wheel for $700 mn

Seoul to build huge two-ring Ferris wheel for $700 mn

The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Sunday unveiled the design of a Ferris wheel, tentatively named Seoul Twin Eye, which it plans to complete by 2...

Hanwha Ocean showcases Jangbogo-III submarine in Warsaw

Hanwha Ocean showcases Jangbogo-III submarine in Warsaw

South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. held the Hanwha Ocean Day event in Warsaw, Poland, on November 29 for local media, to showcase its involve...

KHNP eyes Canada's nuclear energy project with ARC, NB Power

KHNP eyes Canada's nuclear energy project with ARC, NB Power

Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) said on Wednesday it has signed a non-binding agreement with ARC Clean Technology Canada Inc. and New Bruns...

Hyundai Motor’s Uniwheel offers new paradigm for future mobility

Hyundai Motor’s Uniwheel offers new paradigm for future mobility

Mobility has evolved at an incredible pace over the years. But there’s one thing that hardly changes – the configuration of the drivetra...

L&F to invest $1.9 bn to build key battery materials plants

L&F to invest $1.9 bn to build key battery materials plants

DAEGU, South Korea – L&F Co., South Korea’s major cathode supplier seeking to transform into a comprehensive battery materials produ...

Daewoo E&C seeks energy infrastructure biz in Yemen

Daewoo E&C seeks energy infrastructure biz in Yemen

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Yemeni Minis...

HD Hyundai wins $72 mn power equipment order in Saudi

HD Hyundai wins $72 mn power equipment order in Saudi

HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical equipment and energy solution company under South Korea’s shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co., has won a...

Samsung Engineering designs Sarawak green hydrogen project in Malaysia

Samsung Engineering designs Sarawak green hydrogen project in Malaysia

Samsung Engineering Co., the construction and engineering unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, said on Friday it has begun th...

SK E&S partners with East Timor gov't on CCS project

SK E&S partners with East Timor gov't on CCS project

South Korea's SK E&S announced on Wednesday that it signed a mutual cooperation partnership (MCP) with the East Timor Ministry of Petroleum and ...

S.Korean aerospace firms to co-work for SLV

S.Korean aerospace firms to co-work for SLV

South Korea's aerospace companies will collaborate to secure launch vehicle technology for small satellites weighing less than 500kg.  The Sou...

ADNOC awards steel pipe order contracts to Korea’s SeAH

ADNOC awards steel pipe order contracts to Korea’s SeAH

South Korea’s SeAH Steel Holdings Corp. said on Tuesday it has signed a five-year contract to provide 200,000 tons of steel pipes to Abu Dhabi...

Cytogen, Japan NCCH collaborate on cancer research

Cytogen, Japan NCCH collaborate on cancer research

South Korea's Cytogen, Inc. announced on Monday it will start cancer research using circulating tumor cells (CTC) with the National Cancer Center Ho...

AI to replace high-paid, highly educated doctors, CPAs: BOK

AI to replace high-paid, highly educated doctors, CPAs: BOK

Artificial intelligence poses the biggest threat to high-paid, highly educated professionals such as medical doctors, accountants and engineering te...

SK, Hyundai Motor's US JV, named Georgia's Deal of Year

SK, Hyundai Motor's US JV, named Georgia's Deal of Year

South Korea’s battery maker SK On and Hyundai Motor Group's joint battery project in Georgia, the US, was awarded the "Deal of the Year 2023 i...

WeWork vs Starbucks as workspace in South Korea

WeWork vs Starbucks as workspace in South Korea

In 2019, WeWork’s business model underwent a reality check.Its application for an initial public offering the same year was met with investor ...

Saudi Aramco’s $7 bn Korea project mired by labor shortage

Saudi Aramco’s $7 bn Korea project mired by labor shortage

Saudi Aramco’s $7 billion petrochemical project in South Korea, in what would be its largest-ever investment in the country, has hit a stumbli...

Lunit participates in US gov't Cancer Moonshot

Lunit participates in US gov't Cancer Moonshot

South Korea's medical AI company Lunit announced on Friday it will participate in the US President Joe Biden's cancer-conquering project Cancer Moon...

Samsung joins Swedish smartcity net zero home project

Samsung joins Swedish smartcity net zero home project

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday it will provide its Net Zero Home solutions for the upcoming Brobyholm Smartcity near Stockholm, Swede...

Hanwha Ocean to join Canadian patrol submarine project

Hanwha Ocean to join Canadian patrol submarine project

South Korea's shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. secured a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with four Canadian submarine tech firms at Deep Blue Forum 20...

Heerim wins design contract for Hyundai Motor's Saudi plant

Heerim wins design contract for Hyundai Motor's Saudi plant

South Korea's Heerim Architects & Planners said on Monday it secured the architectural design contract for Hyundai Motor Co.'s new automobile as...

LG CNS to join New York digital transformation project

LG CNS to join New York digital transformation project

South Korea's information technology service provider LG CNS announced on Friday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a digital tra...

S.Korea mulls plan B as Indonesia falls behind on KF-21 project payments

S.Korea mulls plan B as Indonesia falls behind on KF-21 project payments

Indonesia, a partner of South Korea’s KF-21 fighter jet development project, has failed again to notify the Korean government of its plan to p...

Samsung Engineering secures $349 mn bio plant deal

Samsung Engineering secures $349 mn bio plant deal

South Korea's Samsung Engineering secured a deal for the Songdo Bio Raw Material Plant construction project from the global life sciences and labora...

HD Hyundai joins $14 mn offshore wind power project

HD Hyundai joins $14 mn offshore wind power project

HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical equipment and energy solution company under South Korea’s shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co., has joine...

S-Oil basks in hefty Q3 profit, expects strong winter demand

S-Oil basks in hefty Q3 profit, expects strong winter demand

S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., said on Monday it swung to a net profit in the third quarter from a loss the year earli...

Naver Cloud to offer edutech service in Mongolia

Naver Cloud to offer edutech service in Mongolia

South Korea's Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Naver Corp., announced on Tuesday it will participate in the Digital Classroom Project of Mong...

Space industry to usher in Saudi Arabia's 2nd boom: KAI

Space industry to usher in Saudi Arabia's 2nd boom: KAI

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saudi Space Agency (SSA) to collaborate broadly in ...

Naver secures $100 mn digital twin project in Saudi Arabia

Naver secures $100 mn digital twin project in Saudi Arabia

South Korea's dominant web portal giant Naver Corp. has won a contract to develop a Digital Twin platform for Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Municipal a...

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