SK Signet to supply EV chargers to Gilbarco

SK Signet to supply EV chargers to Gilbarco

SK Signet Inc., South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) charger manufacturer, announced on Thursday that it partnered with Gilbarco Veeder-Root, the wor...

HL Mando, Kakao Mobility to develop autonomous parking robots

HL Mando, Kakao Mobility to develop autonomous parking robots

HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea's HL Group, announced on Thursday that it signed a busine...

M&A rebound will drive private credit volume increase: Golub Capital

M&A rebound will drive private credit volume increase: Golub Capital

As the Federal Reserve signaled delays in rate cuts after meeting earlier this month, more investors have adopted for a wait-and-see attitude. Those...

Samsung Galaxy 5G phone tops ACSI in US

Samsung Galaxy 5G phone tops ACSI in US

Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy smartphone caught Apple in the cell phone manufacturer lead, taking the top spot among 5G phones, according to The ...

Naver to submit remedies to Japan without A Holdings stake sale

Naver to submit remedies to Japan without A Holdings stake sale

LY Corp., the operator of Japan’s popular messenger app Line, is expected not to propose Naver Corp.’s stake sale in its largest stakeho...

Meritz leaves door open for an M&A, to stay shareholder friendly

Meritz leaves door open for an M&A, to stay shareholder friendly

Meritz Financial Group Inc., boasting the fourth-biggest market capitalization among South Korean financial holding companies, will look into an acq...

OCI eyes acquisition of US biopharmaceutical company

OCI eyes acquisition of US biopharmaceutical company

OCI Holdings Co., South Korea’s largest polysilicon maker, is looking abroad to acquire a biopharmaceutical company in the US in a consortium,...

Woori Bank offers internship for SE Asian students in S.Korea

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...

CJ CheilJedang profit beats forecasts on overseas business

CJ CheilJedang profit beats forecasts on overseas business

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on healthy overseas businesses and cost cut...

S.Korea-Malaysia central banks renew currency swap agreement

S.Korea-Malaysia central banks renew currency swap agreement

Central banks of South Korea and Malaysia renewed a bilateral local currency swap arrangement for an additional three years, the Bank of Korea (BOK)...

Deutsche Bank's Korea IB head quits after country head resigns

Deutsche Bank's Korea IB head quits after country head resigns

Cho Man Chul, managing director and head of investment banking at Deutsche Bank in Korea, has resigned, according to people with knowledge of the ma...

Hyundai Asset to enter offshore wind power market

Hyundai Asset to enter offshore wind power market

South Korea's Hyundai Asset Management Co. announced on Monday that it signed a business agreement with Cyan Renewables, a Singapore-based specialis...

KEPCO teams up with Kyrgyzstan for new energy technology

KEPCO teams up with Kyrgyzstan for new energy technology

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the state-run utility company, has joined hands with Kyrgyzstan for new energy businesses including high-voltage...

E-Land Retail to enter convenience store market

E-Land Retail to enter convenience store market

South Korea's E-Land Retail, the operator of Kim's Club, NC Department Store, and New Core Outlet operator, plans to enter the convenience store mar...

Near-zero interest rate deposits swell at Korean banks

Near-zero interest rate deposits swell at Korean banks

Demand and short-term deposits at South Korea’s top five banks have expanded 5% to 657 trillion won ($480 billion) in the first quarter of thi...

APR completes second factory in Pyeongtaek

APR completes second factory in Pyeongtaek

South Korea's cosmetic and clothing company APR announced on Wednesday that it completed its second plant, the APR Factory Pyeongtaek 2 Campus. ...

Perigee, SSC to cooperate on space launch vehicle

Perigee, SSC to cooperate on space launch vehicle

South Korea's small space launch vehicle startup Perigee Aerospace Inc. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with the Swedish Space Corporation ...

Aekyung Chemical develops hard carbon of SIB

Aekyung Chemical develops hard carbon of SIB

South Korea's Aekyung Chemical Co. announced on Wednesday that it developed a high-performance hard carbon material that functions as the main anode...

Samsung tops global OLED market in one year

Samsung tops global OLED market in one year

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it achieved the number one sales position in the global OLED monitor market one year after enter...

Woongjin reborn as IT solution company beyond education firm

Woongjin reborn as IT solution company beyond education firm

Woongjin Co., better known as the home-study workbook brand Woongjin ThinkBig in South Korea, has been transforming into an information technology s...

S.Korea’s largest startup fair NextRise to be held in June

S.Korea’s largest startup fair NextRise to be held in June

The Korea International Trade Association announced on Tuesday that the largest domestic startup fair in South Korea, NextRise 2024 Seoul," will be ...

HMM gets Platinum ESG rating from EcoVadis

HMM gets Platinum ESG rating from EcoVadis

HMM Co., South Korea’s flagship sea carrier, announced on Tuesday that it achieved the Platinum rating from EcoVadis, a global environmental, ...

Samsung Electronics unveils 114-inch Micro LED

Samsung Electronics unveils 114-inch Micro LED

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it unveiled its 114-inch Micro LED to expand its Micro LED lineup to include 89-inch, 101-inch.&nb...

BOK's rate policy back to square one after GDP, Fed comments

BOK's rate policy back to square one after GDP, Fed comments

TBILISI, Georgia – The Bank of Korea (BOK) will go back to square one on monetary policy as stronger-than-expected economic growth in the...

Woori Financial acquires Korea Foss Securities to offer brokerage services

Woori Financial acquires Korea Foss Securities to offer brokerage services

Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services group, has acquired Korea Foss Securities Co., paving the way for ...

Sapeon to supply NPU IP to Telechips

Sapeon to supply NPU IP to Telechips

Sapeon Inc., the artificial intelligence (AI) chip subsidiary of South Korea's SK Telecom Co., announced on Friday that it will supply its AI semico...

Overhang concerns loom over HD Hyundai Marine IPO shares

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 ...

HD KSOE wins $286mn order for four MGCs

HD KSOE wins $286mn order for four MGCs

South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) announced on Thursday that it signed a contract w...

Lunit, Radiobotics team up to enter EMEA markets

Lunit, Radiobotics team up to enter EMEA markets

South Korean medical AI company Lunit announced on Thursday that it partnered with the Danish musculoskeletal AI diagnostics company Radiobotics ApS...

Celltrion to supply Remsima, Herzuma to Peru

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...

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