Korea’s ELS market to stagnate after HSCEI debacle: KOFIA chairman

Korea’s ELS market to stagnate after HSCEI debacle: KOFIA chairman

The Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) will go all out to minimize any adverse effects on the South Korean financial market from an anti...

Lotte Wellfood enters Costco stores in Canada, Mexico

Lotte Wellfood enters Costco stores in Canada, Mexico

South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Tuesday that it is expanding exports to Mexico and Canada through Costco. It marks the first entry o...

Amorepacific's Aestura to enter Vietnamese market

Amorepacific's Aestura to enter Vietnamese market

South Korean beauty and cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. announced on Monday that its derma cosmetic brand Aestura will enter the Vietnamese ...

Hyundai unveils All-New Kona Electric N Line in Europe

Hyundai unveils All-New Kona Electric N Line in Europe

Hyundai Motor Co. unveiled 2024 The all-new KONA Electric N Line in the European market including the UK on Jan. 16., according to the company.&nb...

Lotte Duty Free holds grand reopening ceremony at Changi Airport

Lotte Duty Free holds grand reopening ceremony at Changi Airport

Lotte Duty Free held a grand opening ceremony for its Changi Airport store in Singapore, marking the official start of its 19 stores.Lotte Duty Free...

Mercedes-Benz unveils New E-Class in S.Korea

Mercedes-Benz unveils New E-Class in S.Korea

Mercedes-Benz Korea on Friday unveiled the 11th generation of its fully redesigned mid-sized The New E-Class sedan in South Korea.This latest iterat...

Why spend more on an IPO? No invitation to foreign banks

Why spend more on an IPO? No invitation to foreign banks

South Korea’s Viva Republica Inc. has recently invited a handful of domestic brokerage companies to give presentations to revive its IPO plan....

Gaonchips opens corporation in Silicon Valley

Gaonchips opens corporation in Silicon Valley

South Korea’s Gaonchips Co. announced on Friday that it opened its new overseas corporation Gaonchips America Inc. in Silicon Valley, the US...

Korean shipbuilders tighten grip on ammonia carrier market

Korean shipbuilders tighten grip on ammonia carrier market

South Korean shipbuilders continued to win very large ammonia carrier (VLAC) orders, expanding their shares in the global eco-friendly vessel market...

Toss Bank launches commission-free foreign exchange services

Toss Bank launches commission-free foreign exchange services

South Korea’s fintech platform Toss Bank said on Thursday it has launched commission-free foreign exchange services for the first time as a do...

Korean cosmetics makers' profits soar as niche brands grow

Korean cosmetics makers' profits soar as niche brands grow

Kolmar Korea Co. and Cosmax Inc., South Korea’s leading cosmetics suppliers to multinational conglomerates like L'Oréal S.A., are enjoy...

LG Innotek, AOE join hands to lead vehicle, XR camera module markets

LG Innotek, AOE join hands to lead vehicle, XR camera module markets

South Korea’s major camera module maker LG Innotek Co. has joined hands with AOE Optronics Co., an automotive lens-making subsidiary of Taiwan...

Korean steelmakers mull anti-dumping suit vs Chinese, Japanese firms

Korean steelmakers mull anti-dumping suit vs Chinese, Japanese firms

Under growing pressure from increased imports of cheap Chinese and Japanese steel products, South Korean steelmakers are considering filing an anti-...

SK Telecom to enter AI pet diagnostic market in US

SK Telecom to enter AI pet diagnostic market in US

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. announced on Wednesday that it has signed with the US-based veterinary diagnostic radiology firm Vetology to laun...

China to stop broadcast of S.Korean LoL league

China to stop broadcast of S.Korean LoL league

China will stop the official broadcast of League of Legends (LoL) Champions Korea (LCK), according to the South Korean game industry. “There w...

Hyundai sells Chongqing plant at $227 mn for China restructuring

Hyundai sells Chongqing plant at $227 mn for China restructuring

Hyundai Motor Co. has sold its plant in Chongqing for $227 million as the leading South Korean carmaker continues restructuring its business to surv...

SK Gas, SK D&D to venture into US ESS market with Apex

SK Gas, SK D&D to venture into US ESS market with Apex

SK Gas Ltd. and SK D&D Co. will build their first-ever energy storage system (ESS) facility in the US that can power 39,000 homes daily via a jo...

Samsung, LG go head-to-head in AI components market

Samsung, LG go head-to-head in AI components market

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. and LG Innotek Co., two major South Korean suppliers for Apple iPhones, are going head-to-head in the artificial intel...

Tata Daewoo triumphs in global market with 40% export surge

Tata Daewoo triumphs in global market with 40% export surge

South Korea's Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company (TDCV) achieved remarkable success last year by exporting 40% of its total sales, despite the g...

Daesang launches alternative sweetener brand Sweevero

Daesang launches alternative sweetener brand Sweevero

South Korean food company Daesang Corp. announced on Tuesday that it is launching the integrated brand "Sweevero" for alternative sweeteners like al...

WeWork’s downsizing plan in Korea to hit office market

WeWork’s downsizing plan in Korea to hit office market

Coworking space provider WeWork Inc. plans to downsize its business in South Korea, according to banking sources on Sunday. Market watchers say inve...

LG Elec to expand ad-supported streaming service with TV OS

LG Elec to expand ad-supported streaming service with TV OS

LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, plans to expand its free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) busines...

SK Networks invests $19 mn in AI startup Upstage

SK Networks invests $19 mn in AI startup Upstage

South Korea's SK Networks Co. announced on Friday that it has invested 25 billion won ($19.02 million) in the domestic artificial intelligence (AI...

Samsung to double HBM chip production to lead on-device AI chip era

Samsung to double HBM chip production to lead on-device AI chip era

LAS VEGAS – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to more than double its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chi...

Yonsei Cream Milk Bread to be launched in Taiwan

Yonsei Cream Milk Bread to be launched in Taiwan

Yonsei Milk, a non-profit social contribution company of South Korea's Yonsei University, announced on Friday that it will export its mega-hit des...

S.Korea ranks fourth in global mobile app market

S.Korea ranks fourth in global mobile app market

The size of the South Korean mobile app market has exceeded 10 trillion won ($761 million).Data.ai, an app market analysis platform, released the 20...

Korea's Cosmax strengthens business in Middle East, Africa

Korea's Cosmax strengthens business in Middle East, Africa

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's largest cosmetics manufacturer specializing in original design manufacturing (ODM), is embarking on a full-scale entry in...

LG Elec to raise capex, R&D spending; eyes acquisition

LG Elec to raise capex, R&D spending; eyes acquisition

LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, plans to spend more on capital expenditures, as well as research and deve...

Celltrion applies for interchangeability of Yuflyma in US

Celltrion applies for interchangeability of Yuflyma in US

South Korea's Celltrion Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has applied to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a modified approval to repl...

Korea's JLK targets AI-based stroke care market in US

Korea's JLK targets AI-based stroke care market in US

South Korea’s JLK Inc., an AI-based stroke care platform maker, will go all out to build its foothold in the US this year, aiming to lift its ...

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