S.Korea, US advised to cooperate in advanced nuclear power plant

S.Korea, US advised to cooperate in advanced nuclear power plant

Amid declining exports of nuclear power plants from major countries like South Korea and the US, Russia and China have captured about 80% of the glo...

Simple, retro: Korean game sector’s new target for growth

Simple, retro: Korean game sector’s new target for growth

Once-popular games for feature phones in the 2000s are seeing a revival in South Korea on the growing demand for simple and easy titles for smartpho...

SKIET to supply battery separators to major client in China

SKIET to supply battery separators to major client in China

South Korea’s battery separator maker SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET) will supply separators to a major electric vehicle (EV) battery maker in Ch...

DevSisters starts pre-booking Cookie Run: Kingdom in China

DevSisters starts pre-booking Cookie Run: Kingdom in China

South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp. announced on Friday that its globally popular mobile game "Cookie Run: Kingdom" has opened pre-registra...

Korea's Kakao Pay to buy 51% of US financial firm Siebert

Korea's Kakao Pay to buy 51% of US financial firm Siebert

Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment and digital wallet service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., announced on Thursday it has signed an a...

Samsung unveils 89-inch Micro LED display in China

Samsung unveils 89-inch Micro LED display in China

Samsung Electronics Co. will launch its 89-inch Micro LED display in China for the first time at the "Appliance & Electronics World Expo 2023" (...

Chinese weak domestic demand causes S.Korean trade deficit: report

Chinese weak domestic demand causes S.Korean trade deficit: report

The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) has urged South Korea to develop a strategy to strengthen exports to China based on its market situ...

Korean Air, Asiana to increase award seats ahead of merger

Korean Air, Asiana to increase award seats ahead of merger

Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. are set to increase award seats while revising their membership terms and conditions to help customers...

Seoul zeroes in on high tech for US business alliance

Seoul zeroes in on high tech for US business alliance

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is off to a smooth start on his six-day state visit to the US this week, which is expected to pave the way for ...

Asiana Airlines resumes Incheon-Changsha flights after 3 years

Asiana Airlines resumes Incheon-Changsha flights after 3 years

After a hiatus of over three years due to the impact of COVID-19, the flight route between Incheon, South Korea, and Changsha, Hunan, China, has res...

S.Korean foodservice companies’ entering to US expanded in 2022

S.Korean foodservice companies’ entering to US expanded in 2022

South Korean foodservice companies expanded their presence in the US and Japan, while facing declining prospects in China due to COVID-19 restrictio...

S.Korea’s Woori Financial profit up on interest rate margins

S.Korea’s Woori Financial profit up on interest rate margins

Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest financial holding company, logged growth in a quarterly net profit as larger interest rate...

S.Korea wary of tougher US anti-China moves for chipmakers

S.Korea wary of tougher US anti-China moves for chipmakers

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday kicked off a six-day state visit to the US with a tough assignment: finding diplomatic solutions for ...

S.Korea imports over 8,000 tons of whiskey in Q1

S.Korea imports over 8,000 tons of whiskey in Q1

South Korea's whiskey imports hit an all-time high for the same period In the first quarter of this year. It is the second-highest quarterly figure ...

Korean E-Land unites fast fashion units for China biz growth

Korean E-Land unites fast fashion units for China biz growth

South Korea’s major retailer E-Land Group has consolidated one of its fast fashion brand's operations at home and in China to accelerate growt...

EcoPro sets sights on Europe with $286 million cathode plant in Hungary

EcoPro sets sights on Europe with $286 million cathode plant in Hungary

South Korea’s EcoPro Co., a leading battery materials maker, has begun construction of a 380 billion won ($286 million) cathode plant in Hunga...

Samsung Life buys 20% of French asset manager Meridiam

Samsung Life buys 20% of French asset manager Meridiam

Samsung Life Insurance, managing 223.1 trillion won ($167.5 billion) in assets, has acquired a 20% stake in Paris-based infrastructure investment fi...

S.Korea's Kainos Medicine exports AIDS treatment technology to China

S.Korea's Kainos Medicine exports AIDS treatment technology to China

South Korean new drug developer Kainos Medicine Inc. announced on Friday that it had signed a technology transfer agreement with Chinese pharmaceuti...

Another war in Russia: Hyundai, Kia versus Chinese carmakers

Another war in Russia: Hyundai, Kia versus Chinese carmakers

In Russia, which is in a state of war against Ukraine, there’s another war going on. This time, the war is between South Korea’s two lar...

Nexon Games’ Blue Archive surpasses 1 million pre-registrants in China

Nexon Games’ Blue Archive surpasses 1 million pre-registrants in China

South Korea’s Nexon Games Co. on Wednesday said the number of pre-registrants for its strategy role-playing game Blue Archive exceeded one mil...

S.Korean LPs to up exposure to private debt, infrastructure in 2023: Survey

S.Korean LPs to up exposure to private debt, infrastructure in 2023: Survey

South Korean institutional investors are eyeing private debt and infrastructure for stable income and to hedge against inflation, a survey by The Kore...

Hyundai Mobis aims to win $1 bn in China orders in 2023

Hyundai Mobis aims to win $1 bn in China orders in 2023

South Korea's leading auto parts supplier Hyundai Mobis announced that it will win $1 billion this year in China, the world's largest electric veh...

Korean battery players LG, Samsung, SK sweep US EV tax credits

Korean battery players LG, Samsung, SK sweep US EV tax credits

It has long been talked about and finally confirmed: South Korean battery companies are well-placed to benefit from the strengthened requirements of...

China, India: Korean investors’ next stock investment targets

China, India: Korean investors’ next stock investment targets

The US stock market has long been the prime investment destination for South Korean investors, lured by the dynamics of the global top economy.With ...

GeneOne Life Science gets patent for coated microneedle tech in China

GeneOne Life Science gets patent for coated microneedle tech in China

South Korea’s biopharmaceutical company GeneOne Life Science Inc. on Tuesday said it received a patent from the China National Intellectual Pr...

Samsung Store tops home appliance store in S. Korea

Samsung Store tops home appliance store in S. Korea

Samsung Store, Samsung Electronics Co.'s direct-to-consumer (D2C) channel, has exceeded Lotte Himart in domestic sales for the first time in its his...

Hyundai launches marketing offensive in China with N brand

Hyundai launches marketing offensive in China with N brand

Hyundai Motor Co. will launch its high-performance vehicle brand Hyundai N in China in the second half of the year as part of its offensive on the r...

Hyundai Motor, Kia aim to expand in China through Shanghai Auto Show

Hyundai Motor, Kia aim to expand in China through Shanghai Auto Show

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., both struggling in China, are aiming for a turnaround there by introducing over 30 new vehicles including those tai...

LG Chem, China’s Huayou Cobalt to build $923 million precursor plant

LG Chem, China’s Huayou Cobalt to build $923 million precursor plant

South Korea’s top chemicals company LG Chem Ltd. and its Chinese partner Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. will launch a 1.2 trillion won ($923 milli...

S.Korea's airlines boosting staff amid recovering demand for overseas travel

S.Korea's airlines boosting staff amid recovering demand for overseas travel

South Korea's airlines are opening their hiring doors wide open with the resumption of international flights amid demand for overseas travel recover...

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