Conversational AI startup Rapeech attracts $4.4 mn investment
South Korean conversational artificial intelligence (AI) startup Rapeech announced on Sunday that it attracted an investment of 6 billion won ($4....
Investors dump Korean biotech HLB stocks on FDA rejection
HLB Co. and its affiliate stocks tumbled on Friday on news that the South Korean biotech group’s highly anticipated new cancer treatment Rivoc...
Woori Bank offers internship for SE Asian students in S.Korea
South Korea's Woori Bank announced on Tuesday that it is recruiting interns targeting Southeast Asian students studying in Korea.This program aims t...
SKC to build world's top biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam
SKC Ltd., a chemicals arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, said on Sunday its biodegradable material unit has broken g...
DeepX attracts $80 mn new investment
DeepX, South Korea's homegrown neural network and AI chip developer, announced on Friday that it finalized attracting an investment of 110 billion w...
Samsung Welstory completes new Vietnam logistics center
South Korean food and beverage company Samsung Welstory announced on Thursday that it completed a new logistics center with a cold chain system in B...
HD Hyundai Marine Solution stock price doubles on Kospi debut
HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co.'s debut on the Kospi, South Korea's largest initial public offering in more than two years, saw a near-doubling of st...
Overhang concerns loom over HD Hyundai Marine IPO shares
Concerns are growing that South Korea’s main stock bourse could be inundated with a huge number of HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co. shares next ...
S.Korea’s Lotte Card injects $68 mn into Vietnamese unit
Lotte Card Co., South Korea’s No. 5 credit card issuer, has injected $68 million into its Vietnamese unit to expand its business in the Southe...
Celltrion to supply Remsima, Herzuma to Peru
South Korea's Celltrion Inc. announced on Thursday that it secured a contract to supply its biosimilars for autoimmune disease treatment and antican...
Korean brokerages' foreign profits up on IB, bond trading
South Korean brokerage firms expanded their net profits from overseas operations last year, backed by increased gains from their investment banking ...
Korea’s Lotte sells Lotte Glory Properties Shenyang amid US-China dispute
South Korea’s retail giant Lotte Group has signed a deal to sell a theme park project in Shenyang, China – its latest move to pull out o...
Korea builds system to speed up naked short-selling ban
South Korea’s top financial regulator is set to build a centralized digital system to strengthen the prevention of naked short-selling as the ...
Woori Financial opens DinnoLab Vietnam Center
South Korea's Woori Financial Group announced on Wednesday that it has opened the DinnoLab Vietnam Center in Hanoi.DinnoLab is a program by Woori ...
Paldo completes second factory in Vietnam
South Korea’s food and beverage company Paldo announced on Tuesday that it completed the construction of its second factory in Vietnam.Paldo d...
Korean unicorns’ failed global expedition causes growth concern
Woowa Brothers Corp. and Viva Republica Inc., South Korea’s most valuable unicorns, have pulled the plug on some of their overseas businesses ...
Lotte Rental launches driver-inclusive rental service in Vietnam
Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, announced on Monday that it has launched a "Vietnam Driver-inclusive Rental Car."The servic...
CJ CheilJedang to sell feed, livestock unit for $1.4 bn
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is seeking again to sell its loss-making feed and livestock subsidiary, Asia’s largest in the ind...
CJ Foodville sees record-high operating profit in 2023
CJ Foodville, the food service subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group and the operator of bakery chain brand Tous les Jours saw a record-high operatin...
Hyosung TNC to invest $1 bn in new bio-fiber plants in Vietnam
Hyosung TNC Corp., the world’s top spandex maker, plans to invest $1 billion in new bio-textile materials plants in Vietnam to accelerate its ...
KOTRA operates S.Korea's pavilion at Vietnam Expo
The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Wednesday that it has operated the South Korean Pavilion at the 2024 Vietnam Expo, ...
EVs in S.Korea exceed 500,000
The cumulative number of electric vehicles (EVs) registered in South Korea exceeded 500,000 last year.The number of EV chargers supplied domesticall...
Hanwha, 1st Korean insurer to earn dividends from overseas unit
Hanwha Life Insurance Co. is set to earn dividends from its Vietnamese subsidiary, reporting a cumulative profit after 15 years, becoming South Kore...
Avalve to export $1.5 mn smart farm solution to Vietnam
South Korea's smart farm startup Avalve announced on Friday that it signed a total of $1.5 million in memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Vietn...
LG CNS to lead digital transformation at FPT in Vietnam
LG CNS Co., an information technology service company under South Korean conglomerate LG Group, will lead the digital transformation of FPT Group, a...
OCI to supply $700 mn polysilicon to Trina Solar
South Korea's OCI Holdings Co. announced on Monday that its Malaysian subsidiary OCIM Sdn Bhd signed a long term supply agreement for solar-grade po...
SK Ecoplant, Vietnam’s BCGE tie up for 700 MW wind, solar projects
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company, said on Friday it has agreed with BCG Energy (BCGE), a wholly...
KIDI to build insurance infrastructure in Vietnam
The Korea Insurance Development Institute (KIDI) announced on Friday that it signed a business agreement with the Vietnam Insurance Development Inst...
In South Korea, Instagram thrives while Facebook declines
In South Korea, one of the world’s most wired countries, people can’t live without social networking services for everyday communication...
Tata Daewoo resumes truck exports to Algeria
South Korea's Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company announced on Tuesday that it resumed truck exports to Algeria under the Daewoo brand. Tata...
