Noroo Paint, GS E&C jointly develop anti-carbonation paint for concrete

Noroo Paint, GS E&C jointly develop anti-carbonation paint for concrete

Noroo Paint, in collaboration with GS Engineering & Construction Co., announced on Tuesday the development of "Qfit Protect," a high-performance...

CGBio opens cosmetic surgery clinic in Bali using bio-medical tech

 CGBio opens cosmetic surgery clinic in Bali using bio-medical tech

CGBio, a South Korean bio-renewable medical company, announced on Monday that it opened a medical esthetic clinic, called Nulook, in Bali, Indonesia...

KT launches open beta version of metaverse platform Genieverse

KT launches open beta version of metaverse platform Genieverse

South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Monday the launch of an open beta version of its business-to-consumer (B2C) metaverse platform, "Genieverse."The...

Ssangyong E&C wins contract for building ASML Korea campus

Ssangyong E&C wins contract for building ASML Korea campus

Ssangyong Engineering & Construction, a South Korean builder, said on Monday that it has secured a 200-billion-won ($170-million) contract to co...

Samsung SDS to offer customized cloud services

Samsung SDS to offer customized cloud services

Samsung SDS Co. is ready to offer easy-to-use, customized cloud storage services to help its clients' digital transformation, its Chief Executive Hw...

Naver offers platform for CJ in fight vs Coupang

Naver offers platform for CJ in fight vs Coupang

Naver Corp. is shaking up South Korea’s online shopping market led by Coupang Inc. as it has launched a next-day delivery service to challenge...

Hyundai E&C consortium breaks ground on $7 bn S-Oil Shaheen project

Hyundai E&C consortium breaks ground on $7 bn S-Oil Shaheen project

A South Korean consortium led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has embarked on building 9.26 trillion won ($7 billion) petrochemical fa...

Daewoo E&C wins massive $790 million public project in Libya

Daewoo E&C wins massive $790 million public project in Libya

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has landed a massive order from the General Electricity Company of Libya.Daewoo E&C on F...

Korea’s Shinsegae to bolster convenience store business

Korea’s Shinsegae to bolster convenience store business

South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group is set to boost its business in the rapidly growing convenience store sector as its supermarket cha...

POSCO Engineering & Construction renames itself POSCO E&C

POSCO Engineering & Construction renames itself POSCO E&C

POSCO Engineering & Construction, the builder affiliate of South Korea's POSCO Group, has changed its name to "POSCO E&C" to mark the first ...

S.Korean fashion brands rush to China for pent-up demand

S.Korean fashion brands rush to China for pent-up demand

South Korean fashion brands are poised to expand their stores in China, aiming to capture pent-up demand in the world’s top consumer market af...

Line Games launches global service for Uncharted Waters Origin

Line Games launches global service for Uncharted Waters Origin

Line Games Corporation, an affiliate of South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp., announced on Tuesday the launch of Uncharted Waters Origin, ...

Kakao to launch takeover bid for SM to counter HYBE

Kakao to launch takeover bid for SM to counter HYBE

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s dominant mobile platform, will launch a takeover bid for SM Entertainment Co., according to people with knowledge o...

Jeju Air teams up with startup Plana to explore urban air mobility

Jeju Air teams up with startup Plana to explore urban air mobility

Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s largest budget airline, said on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with Plana, a domestic startup...

Daewoo E&C completes Algerian power plant project amid pandemic

Daewoo E&C completes Algerian power plant project amid pandemic

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., one of South Korea’s leading builders, said on Friday that it has completed an $830 million gas-fir...

Binance’s new NFT platform accused of copying Korean startup’s Chatcasso

 Binance’s new NFT platform accused of copying Korean startup’s Chatcasso

Binance has been accused of copying a South Korean startup’s ideas and design of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered non-fungible token (...

S.Korea's Igaworks inks deal with Thai ad agency for data solutions

S.Korea's Igaworks inks deal with Thai ad agency for data solutions

Igaworks, a big data platform company from South Korea, announced on Thursday a strategic partnership and solution supply deal with YDM Thailand, th...

Korea's Innogrid wins contract for open cloud platform project

Korea's Innogrid wins contract for open cloud platform project

Innogrid Co., a South Korean company specializing in cloud computing and digital transformation, said on Thursday that it secured a three-year deal ...

Carmerce raises $2.3 mn in Series A led by Hankook Tire

Carmerce raises $2.3 mn in Series A led by Hankook Tire

South Korea's used car e-commerce platform Carmerce has raised 3 billion won ($2.3 million) in a Series A funding round led by Hankook Tire & ...

Kia unveils electric SUV EV9 teaser images

Kia unveils electric SUV EV9 teaser images

Kia Corp., a South Korean carmaker, unveiled teaser images of its latest electric SUV, "The Kia EV9," on Thursday. This electric vehicle is built on...

Korean e-commerce Coupang logs profits in Q3-Q4 2022

Korean e-commerce Coupang logs profits in Q3-Q4 2022

South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. achieved record-high yearly revenue and operating profits for two consecutive quarters between July to De...

Celltrion teams up with bio venture to develop new anti-cancer drug

Celltrion teams up with bio venture to develop new anti-cancer drug

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. will develop an anti-cancer drug that combines oncolytic virus technology with biosimilars un...

Naver’s HyperCLOVA X: More Korean-proficient than ChatGPT

Naver’s HyperCLOVA X: More Korean-proficient than ChatGPT

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. will unveil an updated version of its AI platform HyperCLOVA, HyperCLOVA X, which it said better unders...

Kakao vows to thwart HYBE scheme for SM control

Kakao vows to thwart HYBE scheme for SM control

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s dominant mobile platform, said on Monday it would mobilize all possible countermeasures against HYBE Co. ’s a...

S.Korea’s LG Uplus, Dell to develop open RAN platform tech

S.Korea’s LG Uplus, Dell to develop open RAN platform tech

South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and global IT giant Dell Technologies are set to jointly develop an open radio acces...

S.Korean firms with focus on emerging Asia to shine

S.Korean firms with focus on emerging Asia to shine

South Korean companies with a large proportion of sales to emerging Asia are expected to shine in the stock market this year as their revenue from t...

LG Electronics, Yonsei Univ. develop talent for smart TV platforms

LG Electronics, Yonsei Univ. develop talent for smart TV platforms

LG Electronics Inc. and South Korea’s Yonsei University are searching for talented human resources to build software platforms for smart TVs.T...

Korea’s LG CNS to enhance digital channel biz with Adobe

Korea’s LG CNS to enhance digital channel biz with Adobe

South Korea’s largest cloud computing service provider LG CNS Co. joined hands with US computer software company Adobe Inc. to improve its dig...

POSCO International, Pertamina win gas exploration rights off Indonesia

POSCO International, Pertamina win gas exploration rights off Indonesia

POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Thursday ...

AmCham pledges to make S.Korea Asia's top biz hub

AmCham pledges to make S.Korea Asia's top biz hub

The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in South Korea on Thursday said it seeks to make the nation Asia's top business hub on the 70th anniversar...

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