Profit matters for survival of startups amid investment drought

Profit matters for survival of startups amid investment drought

As venture capitalists tighten their purse strings amid looming recession fears, only startups with killer products that generate profits are well-p...

S.Korea behind in ChatGPT race with zero AI unicorns

S.Korea behind in ChatGPT race with zero AI unicorns

South Korea, one of the most wired countries in the world, lags far behind other countries in attaining unicorn startups in the artificial intellige...

Samsung Electronics to launch its first robot EX1 this year to rival LG

Samsung Electronics to launch its first robot EX1 this year to rival LG

Samsung Electronics Co. will bring its first robot EX1 to market this year to compete with LG Electronics Inc., shifting its focus from traditional ...

SK Innovation steps up carbon offset, green investments

SK Innovation steps up carbon offset, green investments

SK Innovation Co., the refinery and chemicals unit of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK, is poised to strengthen its eco-friendly b...

Korean won falls on firm US jobs data, new BOJ head report

Korean won falls on firm US jobs data, new BOJ head report

The South Korean won currency skidded to a four-week low on Monday as stronger-than-expected US employment data renewed expectations that the Federa...

South Korean biotech firms tap Middle East as next key market

South Korean biotech firms tap Middle East as next key market

South Korean biotech companies are speeding up their foray into the Middle East to tap oil money as they seek new growth engines beyond fossil fuels...

Korea to legalize security token for fractional investment

Korea to legalize security token for fractional investment

South Korea is set to allow all kinds of fractional investments next year through the legalization of a security token (ST), a digital form of tradi...

LG Electronics exhibits Art Lab in New York

LG Electronics exhibits Art Lab in New York

LG Electronics Inc. recently introduced "LG Art Lab," a non-fungible token art trading platform mounted on LG TVs, through a large display board in ...

LG Group to invest $2.7 bn in decarbonization by 2030

LG Group to invest $2.7 bn in decarbonization by 2030

South Korea's No. 4 conglomerate LG Corp. is set to accelerate its net zero by 2050 strategies.LG will invest 3.4 trillion won ($2.7 billion) by 203...

NPS lags global peers in 2013-2022 investment returns

NPS lags global peers in 2013-2022 investment returns

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, has underperformed its global peers over the past decade in te...

Nanodrug maker CEO calls on Yoon government for deregulation

Nanodrug maker CEO calls on Yoon government for deregulation

South Korean startups won four out of the 23 Best of Innovation awards at CES 2023, the world’s largest tech show last month. Among the winner...

NCSOFT lays off 20% of US operation before new game release

NCSOFT lays off 20% of US operation before new game release

NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s major game developing and publishing company, has recently laid off about 20% of its North American operation, joi...

MBK to buy Japanese nursing home and care service for $300 mn

MBK to buy Japanese nursing home and care service for $300 mn

MBK Partners, the largest private equity firm in Northeast Asia, is set to acquire Japanese senior nursing care service company Unimat Retirement Co...

Prestige Biopharma submits clinical trial plan in Australia

Prestige Biopharma submits clinical trial plan in Australia

Prestige Biopharma, a Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company with operations in South Korea and the US,  has applied to the Australian clini...

Korea’s new EV subsidy plan favors Hyundai over Tesla, other imports

Korea’s new EV subsidy plan favors Hyundai over Tesla, other imports

South Korea is revising its electric vehicle subsidy plan in a way that favors local cars such as the Hyundai IONIQ 6 over imported vehicles, includ...

NYLIM taps Sungyun Hong as head of Seoul office

NYLIM taps Sungyun Hong as head of Seoul office

New York Life Investments (NYLIM) has appointed Sungyun Hong as head of its Seoul office, the US asset management firm said on Wednesday. Hong ...

Samsung executives to be called without seniority title

Samsung executives to be called without seniority title

Rank-and file-employees at Samsung Electronics Co. will call their senior executives without their titles as part of the company’s new human r...

Samsung’s Galaxy Book3 series to take on Apple’s MacBook

Samsung’s Galaxy Book3 series to take on Apple’s MacBook

In today’s connected world, the ultimate gadget consumers want brings together everything they need at any time, without hassle.Samsung Electr...

KB Financial Group holds investment conference via metaverse

KB Financial Group holds investment conference via metaverse

South Korea's KB Financial Group on Tuesday presented its investment philosophy to individual and institutional customers in the metaverse, a three-...

S.Korea's Samkang M&T undergoes relaunch with new name SK oceanplant

S.Korea's Samkang M&T undergoes relaunch with new name SK oceanplant

South Korea's Samkang M&T Co., a specialist in offshore wind plants and shipbuilding, has been renamed SK oceanplant under a strategy to raise t...

Samsung unveils Galaxy S23 with better camera, processor

Samsung unveils Galaxy S23 with better camera, processor

SAN FRANCISCO – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, unveiled on Wednesday its flagship Galaxy S23 series equipped...

S.Korea's MGRV attracts $10mn Series B bridge investment

S.Korea's MGRV attracts $10mn Series B bridge investment

MGRV Community & Space, a South Korean startup that operates co-living facilities under the brand "Mangrove," announced on Wednesday it has attr...

Hanwha Hotels & Resorts to work with Vietnam's Lodgis to expand overseas network

Hanwha Hotels & Resorts to work with Vietnam's Lodgis to expand overseas network

South Korea's Hanwha Hotels & Resorts Co., Ltd. said on Wednesday that it has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Lodgis H...

S.Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical to export tech to British company

S.Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical to export tech to British company

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical has licensed a new drug candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to CS Pharmaceuticals (CSP) of the U...

SK Hynix to halve investment after posting first quarterly loss in decade

SK Hynix to halve investment after posting first quarterly loss in decade

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it will significantly slash its investment for this year after p...

Hanwha kickstarts localization of 1,000-hp gas turbine engine components

Hanwha kickstarts localization of 1,000-hp gas turbine engine components

A project to lengthen the lifecycle of 1,000-horsepower gas turbine engine core components and materials, which is led by Hanwha Aerospace Co. locat...

KISA launches ASEAN Cyber Shield project for strengthening cyber security

KISA launches ASEAN Cyber Shield project for strengthening cyber security

The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) on Monday has announced the launch of the "ASEAN Cyber Shield" project, a major international cooper...

Samsung vows no chip output cut, eyes second-half demand recovery

Samsung vows no chip output cut, eyes second-half demand recovery

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday it has no plans to cut semiconductor production even if it incurs temporary losses as the world’s larg...

Mobile Living Space: Hyundai’s new future mobility concept

Mobile Living Space: Hyundai’s new future mobility concept

A self-driving vehicle taking a passenger home and then docking into the building so that they can enter the house without being exposed to the outs...

Samsung Electronics' life cycle assessment gauges CO2 emission impact from chips

Samsung Electronics' life cycle assessment gauges CO2 emission impact from chips

Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday said it set up a life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology for semiconductors to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.T...

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