Designer of 2018 Winter Olympic cauldron returns with solo golf cart

Personal space has become more important since the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, and one South Korean-led industrial design company has develop...

Hanmi Semiconductor named world’s top 10 chip equipment maker

South Korean chip equipment maker Hanmi Semiconductor Co. on Thursday said it made the world’s top 10 in the rankings of TechInsights, a globa...

S.Korea business lobby group regrets past political role

The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) on Thursday said it deeply regretted the political role it took in the previous governments and vowed to b...

Nexen Tire invests $1.3 bn to build US factory

South Korea's Nexen Tire Corp. plans to invest $1.3 billion (1.73 trillion won) to build its first-ever factory in the United States. Starting fro...

Samsung rolls out industry’s finest 12 nm DDR5 DRAM chips

Samsung Electronics Co. has begun mass production of 16 gigabit DDR5 DRAM chips, using the industry’s finest 12-nanometer process node, furthe...

Samsung SDS bolsters Cello Square with tech upgrades, global push

Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit under Samsung Group, has upgraded its digital forwarding freight service platform to bring ...

1% reduction in working-age population reduces GDP by 0.59%: report

A study has revealed that a decrease in the working-age population due to low birth rates and an aging population, coupled with an increase in the d...

S.Korean AI chip developer DeepX ready to take on Nvidia: CEO

Demand for artificial intelligence microprocessors is set to grow astronomically as electronics and cars are becoming smarter, said DeepX chief, add...

Korea's E-Mart shares tumble despite push for profitability

South Korea’s largest hypermarket chain E-Mart Inc., a unit of a local retail giant Shinsegae Group, suffered a drop in its share prices to a ...

Samsung to launch Galaxy A24 in S.Korea to target low-end market

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release the Galaxy A24, a budget phone model in the domestic market on Friday to targetin...

S.Korea's i-Sens buys US glucose-measuring device maker for $27 mn

South Korean maker of diabetes-related devices i-Sens Inc. on Wednesday announced its planned acquisition of AgaMatrix, an American manufacturer of ...

S.Korea's top 3 telecom companies boost pet-related services

South Korea's top three telecommunication companies are expanding their pet-related services to attract as customers the estimated 15 million owners...

S.Korea to send $130 mn in aid for Ukraine’s reconstruction

South Korea will aid the reconstruction of Ukraine, which is at war with Russia, through loans worth $130 million from the Economic Development Coop...

S.Korea, Canada to bolster key minerals supply partnership

South Korea and Canada will make close cooperation to strengthen their supply chains of critical minerals such as uranium and nickel, key materials ...

Kumho Petrochem signs MOU with Japanese second-largest refiner

South Korea's Kumho Petrochemical Co. and Idemitsu Kosan Co., a Japanese refining and petrochemical company, announced on May 17 that they have sign...

Chevrolet Trailblazer tops in US small SUV market

Chevrolet Trailblazer claimed the top spot in the subcompact crossover SUV market in the United States in the month of April. It maintained its posi...

S.Korea’s popular donut brand Knotted to enter US market

South Korean lifestyle hospitality startup Good Food For Good (GFFG) announced on Wednesday a strategic plan called "New GFFG 2.0." The plan aims to...

Night at Korean royal palace brims with stars and Gucci fashion

Seoul has again grabbed the attention of global fashionistas as Italian fashion house Gucci on Tuesday night finally staged its belated Korean fashi...

Samsung Display's QD-OLED wins SID award

South Korea's Samsung Display announced on Wednesday that its quantum-dot organic light emitting diode (QD-OLED) product received "Displays of the Y...

Samsung’s Galaxy Book3 controls more than half of Korea’s laptop market

When Samsung Electronics Co. reported the worst quarterly loss for its semiconductor business last month, it found hope and relief in its mobile bus...

Mirae Asset Securities acquires European ETF market maker GHCO

Mirae Asset Securities UK, the UK corporation of South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities, announced on Monday that it has acquired GHCO, a market-makin...

AskUp aims to make life more convenient, even with highball recipes

Amid the generative artificial intelligence technology sensation, businesses scramble to get creative in using AI to bolster their sales, and a Sout...

Canada’s Trudeau to visit Seoul as LG-Stellantis battery JV suspended

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. have stopped construction at a $ 4 billion electric vehicle ...

Hyundai Rotem's hydrogen fuel cell tram wins iF Design Award

Hyundai Rotem is South Korea's first rail company to win a global design award, with its hydrogen fuel cell tram claiming the main prize in the pr...

S.Korea’s January-April car exports at record high of $23.2 bn

In an impressive surge, South Korea's automobile exports soared to an unprecedented high of $6.16 billion (8.2 trillion won) in April, marking a sta...

Samsung Engineering, OMV sign agreement for modular project

South Korea's Samsung Engineering has partnered with global integrated energy company OMV for project collaboration. Samsung Engineering announced T...

S.Korea to launch first cyber office for small, medium businesses

South Korea's Minister of SMEs and Startups Lee Young on Monday said the country will launch its 18th office for small and medium enterprises (SME) ...

Korea starts building Shin Hanul, reviving aim to be nuclear powerhouse

South Korea has begun construction of the main parts of the Shin Hanul nuclear reactors No. 3 and No. 4, reviving its goal of becoming a global nucl...

CJ’s K-culture event draws record-high numbers in Japan

CHIBA, JAPAN – A global K-pop concert hosted by CJ ENM Co., a South Korean entertainment powerhouse, heated up the venue in Japan with an audi...

LS Electric to unveil eco-friendly smart energy techs in Vietnam

South Korea's LS Electric Co. announced on Monday its participation in the highly anticipated "Electric Energy Show 2023" to be held in Hanoi, Vietn...