E-Mart, CJ CheilJedang to beef up strategic partnership

E-Mart, CJ CheilJedang to beef up strategic partnership

CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food company, said on Wednesday it will increase the number of food products exclusively launched ...

LG Uplus unveils new AI serivice for IPTV

LG Uplus unveils new AI serivice for IPTV

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. unveiled its Media Agent, an artificial intelligence (AI) service for Internet TV (IPTV).The company's AI assistant is ...

South Koreans puzzled over rising seaweed prices despite bumper crop

South Koreans puzzled over rising seaweed prices despite bumper crop

Dried seaweed prices are rising at a fast pace despite handsome growth in production, leaving South Koreans puzzled over what is behind the steep pr...

Nongshim to build export-only ramen factory in Korea

Nongshim to build export-only ramen factory in Korea

South Korea’s instant noodle giant Nongshim Co. will build a local plant dedicated to producing ramen — or ramyun, as the company spells...

Hanwha’s heir apparent to unearth new drivers, tighten grip

Hanwha’s heir apparent to unearth new drivers, tighten grip

Hanwha Group has appointed the eldest son of Chairman Kim Seung-youn to lead the investment division of the group’s eco-friendly energy unit i...

Hyundai Mobis showcases 42 new techs utilizing AI, VR

Hyundai Mobis showcases 42 new techs utilizing AI, VR

South Korea's Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Thursday that it held the M-Sphere 2024 exhibition at its Uiwang Research Center in Gyeonggi Province from...

IGIS, Naver Labs to develop tech convergence space platform

IGIS, Naver Labs to develop tech convergence space platform

South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. said on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with six companies, including Nav...

Samsung unveils new AI-enhanced side by side refrigerator

Samsung unveils new AI-enhanced side by side refrigerator

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday that it launched a new side-by-side refrigerator, featuring enhanced artificial intelligence (AI) technolo...

HYBE replaces ADOR CEO; Ex-CEO Min barks at sacking

HYBE replaces ADOR CEO; Ex-CEO Min barks at sacking

HYBE Co. has finally removed Min Hee-jin from ADOR, the label behind girl group NewJeans, as chief executive some four months after it failed to kic...

NCSOFT to seek recovery momentum with open-world game

NCSOFT to seek recovery momentum with open-world game

South Korea’s gaming giant NCSOFT Corp. is set to develop an open-world massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) while launchin...

LG kicks off SPARK 2024 to share AI, new tech with Big Tech, startups

LG kicks off SPARK 2024 to share AI, new tech with Big Tech, startups

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, is holding a three-week multifaceted technology innovation festival to share ideas on new...

Samsung’s new 2 nm foundry process to cut chip size by 17%

Samsung’s new 2 nm foundry process to cut chip size by 17%

A new contract chipmaking technology, dubbed the backside power delivery network (BSPDN), will reduce the size of a 2-nanometer chip by 17%, compare...

Samhwa Paint launches anti-rust product Knok-Stop

Samhwa Paint launches anti-rust product Knok-Stop

South Korea's Samhwa Paint Industrial said on Wednesday that it has introduced a new water-based primer, Knok-Stop, designed to convert rust on meta...

LG to seek most of profit from new growth engines

LG to seek most of profit from new growth engines

LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, aims to generate most of its profit from future growth drivers by 2030 as the South Ko...

Bibigo dumplings enters New Zealand food market

Bibigo dumplings enters New Zealand food market

South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will launch Bibigo dumplings at supermarket chains New World and PAK’nSAVE i...

Korea’s Mirae Asset to open AI business unit in New York

Korea’s Mirae Asset to open AI business unit in New York

Mirae Asset Group, the pioneer in South Korea’s mutual fund industry, plans to set up an artificial intelligence business unit in New York as ...

Cosmax NBT gets more FAPAS certification

Cosmax NBT gets more FAPAS certification

Cosmax NBT, Inc., a health supplement original development manufacturing (ODM) affiliate of South Korea's Cosmax Group, announced on Monday that it ...

Shinhan Financial opens new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City

Shinhan Financial opens new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City

South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group opened a new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Shinhan Financial held an inauguration ceremony for t...

Naver Cloud takes the lead in Korea’s public AI business

Naver Cloud takes the lead in Korea’s public AI business

South Korean online giant Naver Corp.'s cloud subsidiary is expanding its presence in the country’s public artificial intelligence market by w...

Korean Telco giant KT’s Midas touch with hotel business  

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...

Hanwha Aerospace to spin off non-core units for defense sector

Hanwha Aerospace to spin off non-core units for defense sector

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s answer to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has decided to separate its non-core units to concentrate on the defen...

NCSOFT develops new game Doguri Adventure

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...

Hanjin establishes subsidiary in Singapore

Hanjin establishes subsidiary in Singapore

South Korea's Hanjin Transportation, a logistics arm of Hanjin Group, announced on Wednesday that it opened a subsidiary in Singapore to expedite ...

Fashion OEM Hansae bids for GM Korea supplier Erae AMS

Fashion OEM Hansae bids for GM Korea supplier Erae AMS

The holding company of Hansae Co., a leading global apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM), is eyeing expansion into auto parts production by...

NCSOFT taps ex-Pearl Abyss US head to lead N.America unit

NCSOFT taps ex-Pearl Abyss US head to lead N.America unit

NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s major gaming company, said on Monday it has appointed Jin Jeonghee, former head of the US operations of local riva...

Samsung launches wrapping ad on New York City tour buses

Samsung launches wrapping ad on New York City tour buses

South Korea's Samsung Display Co. announced on Monday that it will launch a wrapping  advertisement promoting the excellence of Samsung OLED on...

The new Kia K8: A high-tech, modern and innovative sedan

The new Kia K8: A high-tech, modern and innovative sedan

South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. on Friday unveiled a new K8 large-size sedan, its first drastic facelift in three years.Kia, ...

KOGAS executes first simultaneous LNG bunkering in Korea

KOGAS executes first simultaneous LNG bunkering in Korea

South Korea's state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) said on Friday that its subsidiary, Korea LNG Bunkering, successfully carried out the country’...

LG ramps up European HVAC marketing with new Therma V model

LG ramps up European HVAC marketing with new Therma V model

LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, is strengthening efforts to enhance its presence in Europe’s heating, ventil...

SGC E&C secures $189 mn petrochem facility project in Saudi Arabia

SGC E&C secures $189 mn petrochem facility project in Saudi Arabia

SGC Engineering & Construction (E&C), a specialist in design, procurement and construction (EPC), said on Thursday that it has signed a cont...

Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman courts Korean AI startups as Riyadh, Abu Dhabi vie to build tech hubs K Shipbuilding up for sale as Korean shipyards ride new boom Samsung to buy US health tech firm Xealth in digital health push Korean waste management firm Koentec on market for $730 mn US unveils 25% tariffs on S.Korea, sets Aug. 1 deadline for agreement