KTO, Orange Square to promote tourism for Japanese

KTO, Orange Square to promote tourism for Japanese

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and South Korea's Orange Square signed a business agreement on Thursday to encourage more spending by Japanese ...

S.Korea's Upstage to develop on-device AI Office

S.Korea's Upstage to develop on-device AI Office

South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage announced on Thursday that it will co-develop and commercialize On-device AI Office with ...

Mubadala ties up with Korea’s Woori for global investments

Mubadala ties up with Korea’s Woori for global investments

Mubadala Investment Co., Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, has joined hands with Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest fi...

S.Korea’s fertility rate hits new world-record low in 2023

S.Korea’s fertility rate hits new world-record low in 2023

Trapped in a downward spiral, South Korea saw the country’s total fertility rate hit a new record low of 0.72, also again the world’s lo...

S.Korea’s fashion brand Time to debut at Paris Fashion Week

S.Korea’s fashion brand Time to debut at Paris Fashion Week

Time, South Korea’s best-selling women’s fashion brand which is owned by Handsome Corp., will participate in Paris Fashion Week fall/w...

Hana Bank, Fount to co-work for robo-advisor service

Hana Bank, Fount to co-work for robo-advisor service

South Korea's Hana Bank announced on Tuesday that it has signed a business agreement with robo-advisor company Fount Investment Co. to launch a reti...

Korean banking groups see record-high loan losses in 2023

Korean banking groups see record-high loan losses in 2023

South Korea’s top four financial services groups – KB, Shinhan, Hana and Woori -- booked 1.97 trillion won ($1.5 billion) of loans as lo...

While the World Was Looking Elsewhere, North Korea Became a Bigger Threat

While the World Was Looking Elsewhere, North Korea Became a Bigger Threat

SEOUL—In March 2022, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walked out of a massive hangar wearing a bomber jacket and dark sunglasses. He pointed to t...

Mohegan fuels casino, resort market rivalry in Korea

Mohegan fuels casino, resort market rivalry in Korea

Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort on Yeongjong Island, near South Korea’s gateway Incheon International Airport, is attracting throngs of v...

Hanwha resumes $10 billion Bismayah new city project in Iraq

Hanwha resumes $10 billion Bismayah new city project in Iraq

South Korea’s Hanwha Corp. is resuming a $10 billion project to build a Bismayah new city in Iraq after a 16-month hiatus as stakeholders see ...

Korea announces measures to upvalue local shares

Korea announces measures to upvalue local shares

The South Korean financial regulator announced basic guidelines under the so-called corporate value-up program on Monday, with measures to boost the...

Korea-led group wins Indonesia's power plant service deal

Korea-led group wins Indonesia's power plant service deal

A consortium led by South Korean companies has bagged 130 billion won ($98 million) worth of an offshore plant service order from Indonesia under a ...

S.Korea’s HD KSOE bags $1.1 bn order to build LNG carriers

S.Korea’s HD KSOE bags $1.1 bn order to build LNG carriers

South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) said on Monday it has secured a $1.08 billion con...

KB Kookmin Bank opens KB Prasac Bank in Cambodia

KB Kookmin Bank opens KB Prasac Bank in Cambodia

KB Kookmin Bank announced on Monday that it held an opening event for the integrated commercial bank KB Prasac Bank PLC in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on ...

S.Korea’s foreign currency deposits fall as dollar’s strength seen limited

S.Korea’s foreign currency deposits fall as dollar’s strength seen limited

South Korea’s foreign currency deposits fell for the first time in four months in January as the dollar’s further gains versus the won f...

AIMMO’s global push gains speed with US foray

AIMMO’s global push gains speed with US foray

South Korean AI-powered data solution-providing startup AIMMO Inc. is expediting its global push with an aggressive advance into the US market, wher...

Hanwha Aerospace, home of Korea’s next-generation space industry

Hanwha Aerospace, home of Korea’s next-generation space industry

CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province – South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. aims to establish a foothold in the global rocket industry domi...

Defy convention with long-run plans to upvalue Korean stocks

Defy convention with long-run plans to upvalue Korean stocks

The South Korean stock market has been on an upward swing in recent weeks, with many partly attributing it to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s pledge...

Tobacco maker KT&G names its COO as final CEO candidate

Tobacco maker KT&G names its COO as final CEO candidate

South Korea’s KT&G Corp., the world’s leading tobacco maker, appointed its Chief Operating Officer Bang Kyung-man as the final candi...

S.Korea to up the ante on small modular reactor foundry business

S.Korea to up the ante on small modular reactor foundry business

South Korea will nurture the small modular reactor (SMR) foundry business to revive the country’s nuclear power industry by rolling back the p...

BOK likely to keep base rate unchanged until June: chief

BOK likely to keep base rate unchanged until June: chief

South Korea’s central bank held its policy rate flat at 3.5% for a ninth straight session on Thursday as it was deemed too early for a rate cu...

SK C&C wins Korea’s nod for brain infarct diagnosis AI solution

SK C&C wins Korea’s nod for brain infarct diagnosis AI solution

SK Inc C&C (SK C&C), the information technology service unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Thursday it has secured medical device...

Korea’s HL Mando launches auto parts JV with China’s Tianrun

Korea’s HL Mando launches auto parts JV with China’s Tianrun

HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea’s HL Group, said on Thursday it has launched an aut...

Korea announces 1st local firm to issue multiple voting shares

Korea announces 1st local firm to issue multiple voting shares

South Korea announced on Wednesday that Colosseum Corporation Inc., an artificial intelligence-powered logistics services provider, has become the f...

Korean bakeries with French names outsmart French peers

Korean bakeries with French names outsmart French peers

Paris Baguette and Tous les Jours, South Korea's two largest bakery brands, have been consolidating their positions in the saturated domestic market...

SK Energy, PTC Korea team up for smart plant construction business

SK Energy, PTC Korea team up for smart plant construction business

SK Energy Co., South Korea’s top oil refiner and energy company, said on Wednesday it has teamed up with PTC Korea Co. to jointly enter the gl...

Meta’s Zuckerberg to visit Korea on possible AI partnership

Meta’s Zuckerberg to visit Korea on possible AI partnership

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc. plans to visit South Korea later this month and meet key figures including Pre...

LG Electronics to develop hotel-exclusive robots

LG Electronics to develop hotel-exclusive robots

LG Electronics Inc. will develop hospitality robots jointly with South Korea’s luxury hotel chain operator Josun Hotels & Resorts Co. to m...

Hyundai Motor Group in test run of dedicated EV plant in Korea

Hyundai Motor Group in test run of dedicated EV plant in Korea

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s No. 3 automaker, started a test operation of the first dedicated electric vehicle factory in South Korea to a...

South Korea’s luxury hotels bask in return of tourists post-pandemic

South Korea’s luxury hotels bask in return of tourists post-pandemic

South Korea’s luxury hotels are enjoying the return of tourists following years of COVID-19 restrictions, which significantly hurt their sales...

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