Want to buy an iPhone 15 in South Korea? Pay more

Want to buy an iPhone 15 in South Korea? Pay more

During the unveiling of the much-anticipated iPhone 15 series on Tuesday, Apple Inc. said its newest product line is in same price range as its prev...

Paris Baguette to open nine new North American stores in Sept.

Paris Baguette to open nine new North American stores in Sept.

Paris Baguette, the bakery franchise owned by South Korea's SPC Group, said on Wednesday that it plans to open nine new stores in North America this...

VaxCell Bio's treatment shows promise for advanced liver cancer

VaxCell Bio's treatment shows promise for advanced liver cancer

South Korea's VaxCell Biotherapeutics Co. on Tuesday said its treatment for advanced liver cancer under development stopped or greatly reduced the g...

LG Energy Solution eyes US market for ESS

LG Energy Solution eyes US market for ESS

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. is accelerating its entry into the rapidly growing US market for energy storage systems (ESS).The company on T...

LG Electronics rolls out 118-inch micro LED TV at US trade show

LG Electronics rolls out 118-inch micro LED TV at US trade show

LG Electronics Inc. has launched a second massive micro LED TV for those wanting a premium cinema experience at home.The company on Monday said it u...

SKC to acquire 12% stake in US chip packaging startup Chipletz

SKC to acquire 12% stake in US chip packaging startup Chipletz

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials company, said on Monday it will take part in a series B round of investment in Chipletz, a US fabless su...

High price, quality issues slow Kia EV9 sales in Korea

High price, quality issues slow Kia EV9 sales in Korea

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is struggling to sell its flagship large all-electric sport utility vehicle EV9 at home as high pric...

Daewoong gets patent of Nabota as migraine drug in US

Daewoong gets patent of Nabota as migraine drug in US

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Thursday that it has received a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for the use of...

India, LG’s land of promise with young, rich population

India, LG’s land of promise with young, rich population

NOIDA, India -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, plans to build a new electronics plant in India to cement its dominant...

CJ Foodville to invest $37 mn to build bakery plant in US

CJ Foodville to invest $37 mn to build bakery plant in US

Tous les Jours, the bakery brand under South Korea's CJ Foodville, unveiled plans on Tuesday to invest over 50 billion won ($37 million) in its firs...

Samsung signs contract to supply camera modules to US EV company

Samsung signs contract to supply camera modules to US EV company

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. has signed a contract to supply camera modules for vehicles to the US electric vehicle company. The company is believe...

Korea ranks 3rd on global dominant product list to tie Japan

Korea ranks 3rd on global dominant product list to tie Japan

TOKYO -- South Korea has ranked third among countries having the world’s most dominant products. In six categories, including smartphones, mem...

LG Magna to build plant in Hungary for European EV market

LG Magna to build plant in Hungary for European EV market

MUNICH -- LG Magna e-Powertrain Co., a joint venture between South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. and Canada’s Magna International Inc., ha...

Hyundai Glovis to raise car shipping rates amid vehicle carrier shortage

Hyundai Glovis to raise car shipping rates amid vehicle carrier shortage

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to raise vehicle shipping rates considering the sharp rise ...

Hyundai, Kia see US sales increase for 13th consecutive month

Hyundai, Kia see US sales increase for 13th consecutive month

South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Corp. posted a record 13th consecutive month sales increase last ...

Hyundai, Kia hope to turn Indians into EV consumers

Hyundai, Kia hope to turn Indians into EV consumers

CHENNAI, INDIA – When Hyundai Motor Co. decided to establish its operations in Chennai, India, 27 years ago, many of its executives in Seoul q...

CJ ENM launches domestic fashion brand of Barneys New York

CJ ENM launches domestic fashion brand of Barneys New York

CJ ENM Co., South Korea’s entertainment and e-commerce giant, has launched the domestic fashion brand Barneys New York, a luxury department st...

Hyundai, LG to spend combined $7.6 bn to build EV, battery plants in US

Hyundai, LG to spend combined $7.6 bn to build EV, battery plants in US

Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Ltd. will spend a combined $7.59 billion to build electric vehicle and battery cell plants in Georgia, th...

AI webtoon generator Realdraw earns most votes at D.Day

AI webtoon generator Realdraw earns most votes at D.Day

Realdraw, a South Korean developer of artificial intelligence image generation technology, won the country’s oldest startup pitch race D.Day l...

Hanwha Q Cells brings forward US solar module production

Hanwha Q Cells brings forward US solar module production

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group, brought forward operations of a US pla...

WEMIX listed on US virtual asset exchange Tapbit

WEMIX listed on US virtual asset exchange Tapbit

South Korean game publisher WeMade Co. announced on Thursday that its cryptocurrency WEMIX will be listed on the US cryptocurrency exchange Tapbit.&...

S.Korea’s birth rate at record low despite rebound in marriages

S.Korea’s birth rate at record low despite rebound in marriages

South Korea’s total fertility rate hit its trough of 0.7 again in the second quarter, according to Statistics Korea on Wednesday, deepening th...

NPS logs 9.1% return in H1 2023; recovered from loss in 2022

NPS logs 9.1% return in H1 2023; recovered from loss in 2022

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea achieved a 9.1% return on investment during the first half of this year, with assets under management ...

Hyundai E&C ranks 11th on global construction market

Hyundai E&C ranks 11th on global construction market

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction on Tuesday said it ranks 11th in the world in overseas sales in the annual rankings of ...

Korean banks' earnings hit hard by unpaid debts, rate hikes

Korean banks' earnings hit hard by unpaid debts, rate hikes

South Korea’s major banks expect their earnings in the second half to fall on the soaring distressed debts of households and companies due to ...

S.Korean battery trio face union risk in US after Ultium Cells’ wage deal

S.Korean battery trio face union risk in US after Ultium Cells’ wage deal

South Korean electric vehicle battery majors’ plan to run more than 10 EV battery manufacturing plants in the US may hit a snag due to the loo...

Celltrion to release Stelara biosimilar in US from March 2025

Celltrion to release Stelara biosimilar in US from March 2025

South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced on Friday that it has completed a patent agreement with Johnson & Johnson, the m...

Hyundai Rotem unveils ultra-large servo press line

Hyundai Rotem unveils ultra-large servo press line

Hyundai Rotem, a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group and a South Korean railway system manufacturer, announced on Thursday that it held a demonstrat...

Samsung releases Frame Disney 100th anniversary edition

Samsung releases Frame Disney 100th anniversary edition

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will unveil the lifestyle TV "The Frame Disney 100th Anniversary Edition." This edition, comme...

Celltrion’s Vegzelma listed on prescription of 10 private US insurers

Celltrion’s Vegzelma listed on prescription of 10 private US insurers

South Korea’s Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Wednesday that it has signed contracts with 10 insurance providers in the US to boost the ...

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