Naver's online comics unit eyes Nasdaq listing in June

Naver's online comics unit eyes Nasdaq listing in June

South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp. is planning to list its Los Angeles-based affiliate Webtoon Entertainment Inc. on the Nasdaq thi...

Hyundai to raise Tucson Hybrid output in Korea for exports

Hyundai to raise Tucson Hybrid output in Korea for exports

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, plans to ramp up Korean production of the hybrid version of its Tucson sport utility vehicle f...

NPS logs 5.8% return in Q1 led by US tech stock rally

NPS logs 5.8% return in Q1 led by US tech stock rally

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, posted a 5.82% investment return for the first quarter ...

Hanwha Q Cells builds US solar farm for power supply to Meta

Hanwha Q Cells builds US solar farm for power supply to Meta

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar panel manufacturing arm of South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp., said on Thursday it has completed a solar power complex...

SK embarks on business overhaul to focus on mainstays

SK embarks on business overhaul to focus on mainstays

South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group has embarked on a reshuffling process to focus on core units such as semiconductors and bat...

Kia EV9 poised to hit 50,000 unit mark in a year on strong exports

Kia EV9 poised to hit 50,000 unit mark in a year on strong exports

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is poised to sell 50,000 units of its flagship all-electric sport utility vehicle EV9 within one yea...

Ineos, Hanwha mull joint US low-carbon ammonia project

Ineos, Hanwha mull joint US low-carbon ammonia project

Global chemical company Ineos Group Ltd. and South Korea’s Hanwha Group have teamed up to assess building a low-carbon ammonia facility in the...

Samsung to deepen foray in US HVAC market with Lennox

Samsung to deepen foray in US HVAC market with Lennox

Samsung Electronics Co. will set up a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) joint venture with Lennox International Inc., a major US HVAC...

SK On invests in Yuilrobotics for its US battery plants

SK On invests in Yuilrobotics for its US battery plants

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery producer, is slated to invest in South Korean robot automation system developer ...

L&F, CNGR to collaborate to respond to US IRA

L&F, CNGR to collaborate to respond to US IRA

L&F Co., South Korea’s major cathode supplier announced Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Chinese precu...

Qoo10 launches K-Avenue for S.Korean products

Qoo10 launches K-Avenue for S.Korean products

Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte. announced on Tuesday that it launched K-Avenue, a sales channel for Korean products, on the newl...

Hyundai Glovis adopts system to meet US' green policies on car carriers

Hyundai Glovis adopts system to meet US' green policies on car carriers

Hyundai Glovis Co., the world’s third-largest car shipping company, is set to introduce an emission reduction system for its vehicle carriers ...

Hanwha Aerospace, Hanwha Ocean to develop hydrogen fuel cells

Hanwha Aerospace, Hanwha Ocean to develop hydrogen fuel cells

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. announced on Friday that it will join Hanwha Ocean Co. in a joint R&D initiative to target the eco-friendly...

US court dismisses suit against Samsung by ex-patent chief

US court dismisses suit against Samsung by ex-patent chief

A US court rejected a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. by a former intellectual property chief of the company and banned ...

SK Hynix mulls HBM production in Japan, US

SK Hynix mulls HBM production in Japan, US

SK Hynix Inc. is investigating the possibility of building a plant for high-bandwidth memory (HBM), vital for generative artificial intelligence, in...

US cosmetics brand Bath & Body Works enters S.Korea

US cosmetics brand Bath & Body Works enters S.Korea

The US-based cosmetics brand Bath & Body Works, renowned for its diverse lineup of over 250 fragrances, enters the South Korean market. Shi...

Kia premieres EV3 to boost global electrification push

Kia premieres EV3 to boost global electrification push

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Thursday premiered the EV3, its low-cost electric sport utility vehicle (SUV), to reboot...

Hyundai Infracore, Doosan Bobcat agree to product cross-selling in US

Hyundai Infracore, Doosan Bobcat agree to product cross-selling in US

South Korea’s two leading construction machinery makers HD Hyundai Infracore Co. and Doosan Bobcat Inc. on Thursday agreed to the cross-sellin...

World’s No.1 magnet wire maker SPSX mulls Korean IPO

World’s No.1 magnet wire maker SPSX mulls Korean IPO

Superior Essex Inc. (SPSX), the world’s top magnet wire provider under South Korea’s LS Group, is mulling an initial public offering in ...

LG CNS' marketing platform MOP surpasses 800 corporate customers

LG CNS' marketing platform MOP surpasses 800 corporate customers

South Korea’s LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of LG Corp., announced on Thursday that its Marketing Optimization Platform (MOP), la...

Lunit buys breast cancer detection AI firm Volpara Health

Lunit buys breast cancer detection AI firm Volpara Health

Lunit Inc., a South Korean cancer diagnostics AI company, has completed the acquisition of Volpara Health Technologies Ltd., a New Zealand-based AI ...

POBA favors data centers, senior housing in Europe: CIO

POBA favors data centers, senior housing in Europe: CIO

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a retirement fund with assets under management (AUM) of 26 trillion won ($19.1 bill...

Korea’s Mobase to build US plant as it wins $733 mn Hyundai deal

Korea’s Mobase to build US plant as it wins $733 mn Hyundai deal

SUWON, Gyeonggi Province -- Mobase Electronics Co., a South Korean automotive electronics parts maker, is planning to establish a plant in the US as...

Korea Inc. nearly triples dividend payments in decade

Korea Inc. nearly triples dividend payments in decade

Cash dividend payments by companies listed on the Korea Exchange, the country's main bourse, have nearly tripled in a decade. They have returned a l...

NPS to spur buyout, VC in US tech sector: chairman

NPS to spur buyout, VC in US tech sector: chairman

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, will speed up its private equity (PE) investments ...

SeAH to invest $155.3 mn to build special alloy plant in US

SeAH to invest $155.3 mn to build special alloy plant in US

SeAH Group, South Korea’s major steel group said to be a steel supplier to SpaceX, is set to foray deeper into the US, the world’s bigge...

KCCI to support Korean companies expanding into US

KCCI to support Korean companies expanding into US

The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) partnered with the Korean American Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles (KACCLA)  to address th...

Samsung Galaxy 5G phone tops ACSI in US

Samsung Galaxy 5G phone tops ACSI in US

Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy smartphone caught Apple in the cell phone manufacturer lead, taking the top spot among 5G phones, according to The ...

OCI eyes acquisition of US biopharmaceutical company

OCI eyes acquisition of US biopharmaceutical company

OCI Holdings Co., South Korea’s largest polysilicon maker, is looking abroad to acquire a biopharmaceutical company in the US in a consortium,...

Nongshim to open stores in Leclerc, Carrefour; expands plant in US

Nongshim to open stores in Leclerc, Carrefour; expands plant in US

Nongshim Co., a leading South Korean instant noodle maker, said on Tuesday it is setting up stores within France’s two largest supermarket cha...

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