South Korea groans under snowballing national liabilities

South Korea groans under snowballing national liabilities

South Korea’s liabilities ballooned last year following heavy fiscal spending related to the COVID-19 pandemic to buttress growth in Asia...

Samsung Heavy wins order $512 mn for two LNG carriers

Samsung Heavy wins order $512 mn for two LNG carriers

South Korea's shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries announced on Monday that it had won a contract worth 674.5 billion won ($512.3 million) to build ...

Doosan Mobility Innovation, MIT to develop hydrogen motorcycle

Doosan Mobility Innovation, MIT to develop hydrogen motorcycle

South Korea's Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI), a hydrogen fuel cell-making subsidiary of Doosan Corp., on Thursday announced a partnership with the...

LINE, Mizuho call off plan to set up mobile-only bank in Japan

LINE, Mizuho call off plan to set up mobile-only bank in Japan

LINE Corp. and Mizuho Financial Group’s plan to introduce an internet-only bank in Japan has fallen through about five years after they unveil...

Korea's Hancom, Naver Cloud agree to cooperate in AI field

Korea's Hancom, Naver Cloud agree to cooperate in AI field

Hancom Inc. and Naver Cloud announced on Wednesday a strategic partnership to integrate Naver Cloud's large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) "Hype...

SGI Insurance signs MOU with IADB to revitalize guarantee insurance

SGI Insurance signs MOU with IADB to revitalize guarantee insurance

Seoul Guarantee Insurance Company (SGI) announced on Wednesday that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Inter-American Develo...

Glass Lewis votes for Tcha Partners' proposal to change Namyang auditor

Glass Lewis votes for Tcha Partners' proposal to change Namyang auditor

Global proxy advisory giant Glass, Lewis & Co. has voted for three out of the four proposals made by Seoul-based Tcha Partners Asset Management ...

South Korean beef poised for export to Malaysia by end-April

South Korean beef poised for export to Malaysia by end-April

South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on Tuesday the successful conclusion of negotiations with Malaysia, allowing...

S.Korea's Elice, FuriosaAI to develop training for AI semiconductor talent

S.Korea's Elice, FuriosaAI to develop training for AI semiconductor talent

South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) digital education provider Elice on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the AI semi...

Samsung, SK seek dialogue with China at Boao Forum

Samsung, SK seek dialogue with China at Boao Forum

BEIJING – The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is expected to serve as a venue for the world’s two largest memory chipmakers -- Samsung Electro...

Korea's CJ Bioscience buys drug candidates from 4D pharma of the UK

Korea's CJ Bioscience buys drug candidates from 4D pharma of the UK

South Korea’s pharmaceutical and healthcare company CJ Bioscience Inc. has acquired drug candidates from the UK's 4D pharma plc. to improve co...

HYBE accepts Kakao’s tender offer to exit SM Entertainment

HYBE accepts Kakao’s tender offer to exit SM Entertainment

HYBE Co., the largest shareholder of SM Entertainment Co., said on Friday it has accepted Kakao Corp.’s tender offer to sell its shares in the...

KT Cloud, DigitalBridge join hands for data center biz in Korea

KT Cloud, DigitalBridge join hands for data center biz in Korea

KT Cloud Co., the cloud computing unit under South Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier KT Corp., and US infrastructure investment firm Digit...

Hyundai launches 2023 season of HMG Driving Experience Center

Hyundai launches 2023 season of HMG Driving Experience Center

Hyundai Motor Group announced the commencement of the 2023 season for its HMG Driving Experience Center, which is the largest of its kind in South K...

S.Korea's CGBio exports $8 mn filler to Australia, New Zealand

S.Korea's CGBio exports $8 mn filler to Australia, New Zealand

CGBio, a South Korean bio-regenerative medical company, announced on Thursday that it has signed a contract to export its hyaluronic acid (HA) fille...

SK Innovation invests an extra $50 million in US clean energy firm Amogy

SK Innovation invests an extra $50 million in US clean energy firm Amogy

South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. has newly invested $50 million in Amogy Inc., a US ammonia-based power system developer, to expand its green b...

Doosan Fuel Cell teams up with Kolon Global for hydrogen fuel cell

Doosan Fuel Cell teams up with  Kolon Global for hydrogen fuel cell

South Korean fuel cell manufacturer Doosan Fuel Cell, and Kolon Global Corp., a South Korean company that specializes in the production of industria...

Hankook Tire supplies tires to BMW Driving Center for 9 consecutive years

Hankook Tire supplies tires to BMW Driving Center for 9 consecutive years

Hankook Tire & Technology, a tire manufacturer based in South Korea, announced on Wednesday its exclusive partnership with BMW Driving Center's ...

Yanolja Cloud to develop real estate platform with SK Discovery

Yanolja Cloud to develop real estate platform with SK Discovery

South Korea's Yanolja Cloud, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, announced on Tuesday its partnership with SK Discovery Co. to build a proptech ...

LS E-Link partners with Logen to boost EV charging

LS E-Link partners with Logen to boost EV charging

LS E-Link, a new corporation of South Korea's LS Group that specializes in electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and operation, has signed a...

Samsung Electronics’ new C-Lab Outside center opens in Gwangju

Samsung Electronics’ new C-Lab Outside center opens in Gwangju

Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday opened its second regional C-Lab Outside center in Gwangju about a month after opening the first regional startup ...

Hyundai Motor, Lotte chairs rank as S.Korea’s highest-paid heads

Hyundai Motor, Lotte chairs rank as S.Korea’s highest-paid heads

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun was ranked as South Korea’s highest-paid business owner in 2022 thanks to the group's record-high pr...

Samsung Heavy partners with Kongsberg Maritime for autonomous ships

Samsung Heavy partners with Kongsberg Maritime for autonomous ships

Samsung Heavy Industries, one of the world’s largest shipbuilders, has signed a joint development agreement with Kongsberg Maritime AS, a Norw...

Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea

Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the world's two biggest advisory bodies for shareholder voting rights, have recommended op...

Tmap Mobility, SWM to collaborate in autonomous driving area

Tmap Mobility, SWM to collaborate in autonomous driving area

Tmap Mobility Co., a Korean navigation app company, announced on Friday a business agreement to promote cooperation in autonomous driving technology...

SK Telecom introduces voice authentication tech to AI contact center

SK Telecom introduces voice authentication tech to AI contact center

SK Telecom Co. announced on Thursday its partnership with American voice technology company, Pindrop, to introduce an artificial intelligence voice ...

CJ Logistics, IGAWorks team up to boost data value

CJ Logistics, IGAWorks team up to boost data value

CJ Logistics, a South Korean logistics company, said on Thursday that it has signed a business agreement with IGAWorks Co., a big data platform comp...

Korea Ginseng Corporation opens new R&D center in California

Korea Ginseng Corporation opens new R&D center in California

Korea Ginseng Corporation (KGC), a leading producer of Korean ginseng products, said on Wednesday that it has opened a new research and development ...

KT expands use of self-driving delivery robots to campgrounds

KT expands use of self-driving delivery robots to campgrounds

South Korea's KT Corp. has launched a delivery service for campgrounds using self-driving robots.The telecom giant on Tuesday said it signed a memor...

Samsung Electronics establishes new LSI chip research center in Japan

Samsung Electronics establishes new LSI chip research center in Japan

Samsung Electronics Co. has established a new semiconductor research center in Japan, combining two existing research and development institutes int...

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