Diageo to open Asia’s first pop-up store in Seoul

Diageo to open Asia’s first pop-up store in Seoul

London-based global alcoholic beverage company Diageo announced on Wednesday it will open a pop-up store in Garosu-gil,  Sinsa-dong, Gangnam, S...

POSCO Int'l to build facility for modular in Ukraine

POSCO Int'l to build facility for modular in Ukraine

South Korea's POSCO International Corp. announced on Wednesday it plans to build a facility for modular in Ukraine. The company's Vice Chairman...

Pulmuone expands US fresh noodles plant

Pulmuone expands US fresh noodles plant

South Korea's food company Pulmuone announced on Wednesday it expanded its production line of fresh noodles plant in Gilroy, California, the US.&nbs...

BOK governor named chair of BIS financial system committee

BOK governor named chair of BIS financial system committee

Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong has been appointed as the chairman of the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) at the Bank for Int...

KT says farewell to telegraph after a century of service

KT says farewell to telegraph after a century of service

KT Corp., a leading South Korean telecom company, will end its telegraph service, once the fastest means of long-distance communication, after the c...

SK Ecoplant develops core battery recycling technologies

SK Ecoplant develops core battery recycling technologies

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. has developed four core battery-recycling technologies, including recovering nickel and cobalt from spent lithiu...

South Korea vulnerable to tech spies undeterred by soft penalties

South Korea vulnerable to tech spies undeterred by soft penalties

When a former Samsung Electronics Co. executive was arrested on industrial espionage charges by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (N...

SK Telecom verifies AI server liquid immersion cooling tech

SK Telecom verifies AI server liquid immersion cooling tech

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it has successfully verified the liquid immersion cooling technology, a next-generation Inter...

KAI participates in Dubai Airshow 2023

KAI participates in Dubai Airshow 2023

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, announced on Tuesday that it has participated in the "Duba...

Lunit gets FDA approval for AI cancer diagnosis solution

Lunit gets FDA approval for AI cancer diagnosis solution

South Korean medical AI company Lunit said on Tuesday its Lunit Insight DBT, an AI imaging diagnosis solution aiding in breast cancer diagnosis, has...

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 ...

Samsung Elec, Naver tie up for smart building business

Samsung Elec, Naver tie up for smart building business

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, and Naver Corp., South Korea’s online giant, have joined hands to develop...

S.Korea’s semiconductor exports rebound in 1st 10 days of November

S.Korea’s semiconductor exports rebound in 1st 10 days of November

South Korea’s semiconductor exports rose in the first 10 days of November, reversing their 13-month downward trend, data show, raising the pro...

Hyundai breaks ground on $1.5 bn EV plant in S.Korea

Hyundai breaks ground on $1.5 bn EV plant in S.Korea

ULSAN -- Hyundai Motor Co., the world’s third-largest automaker along with its affiliate Kia Corp., on Monday broke ground for a dedicated ele...

P&O Chemicals completes pitch plant for cathode materials

P&O Chemicals completes pitch plant for cathode materials

South Korea's P&O Chemical, a joint venture of POSCO Future M Co. and OCI Holdings Co. completed the pitch plant in Tancheon Industrial Complex,...

STX to invest in lithium business in Peru, Brazil

STX to invest in lithium business in Peru, Brazil

South Korea’s trading company STX Corp. signed a tripartite agreement with local partners in Peru and Brazil to develop lithium mines and trad...

LG to open Kitchen Trip in 100 accommodations in S.Korea

LG to open Kitchen Trip in 100 accommodations in S.Korea

LG Electronics Inc. said on Monday it will start the LG Kitchen Trip, the event of its home appliances for customer experience in 100 tourist spor...

Korea Post resumes kimchi delivery to US

Korea Post resumes kimchi delivery  to US

South Korea's state-run postal service agency Korea Post announced on Monday it resumed Express Mail Service (EMS) for shipping kimchi all over the ...

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...

Polestar 4 EV to be built at Renault’s Korean plant from 2025

Polestar 4 EV to be built at Renault’s Korean plant from 2025

Swedish electric vehicle maker Polestar will build its upcoming Polestar 4 SUV coupe at Renault Group’s manufacturing plant in South Korea fro...

Hanwha Systems to develop extra-large UUV platform technology

Hanwha Systems to develop extra-large UUV platform technology

Hanwha Systems Co., the defense and air mobility unit of Hanwha Group, will develop technology that will pave the way for the development of Korea-m...

SK Biopharma’s Cenobamate US patent extended by 2032

SK Biopharma’s Cenobamate US patent extended by 2032

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals announced on Friday an extension of its US patent for the epilepsy treatment Cenobamate, now set to expire on Oc...

Spicy food craze sweeps South Korea

Spicy food craze sweeps South Korea

South Korea, famous for the spicy kick in its cuisine, is going the extra mile to turn the nation red hot with extremely spicy food, believed by Kor...

Amorepacific's camellia-derived cosmetic ingredients get COSMOS

Amorepacific's camellia-derived cosmetic ingredients get COSMOS

South Korean cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. said on Thursday its camellia-derived cosmetic ingredients got COSMetic Organic and natural Standard...

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...

Automotive supplier Hanon Systems delivers Q3 earnings shock

Automotive supplier Hanon Systems delivers Q3  earnings shock

South Korea's Hanon Systems Corp., a world-leading heat pump systems maker for automobiles, on Thursday reported worse-than-expected results in the ...

South Koreans, frugal at home, open wallets abroad

South Koreans, frugal at home, open wallets abroad

Consumer spending in South Korea has been on the decline this year amid few signs of a near-term recovery. But when it comes to overseas spending, i...

KDI cuts Korea growth forecasts, ups inflation predictions

KDI cuts Korea growth forecasts, ups inflation predictions

A South Korean government think tank has cut its growth forecast in Asia’s fourth-largest economy for this year and next but raised inflation ...

Hyundai E&C to form private-public partnership for US solar power

Hyundai E&C to form private-public partnership for US solar power

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), Korea Midland Power Co., and the Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urb...

Hankook Tire develops AI-based EV customer analysis system

Hankook Tire develops AI-based EV customer analysis system

South Korea's Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Thursday that it has developed a voice of the customer (VOC) analysis system for electric v...

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