CGBio inks export deal for hyaluronic acid fillers with Chinese distributor

CGBio inks export deal for hyaluronic acid fillers with Chinese distributor

CGBio, a South Korean bio-regenerative medical company, has signed an export deal with Shanghai Feiting Trading Co., a Chinese medical device distri...

Korea's KSOE lands $240 mn order for LPG carriers

Korea's KSOE lands $240 mn order for LPG carriers

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a shipbuilding intermediate holding company of South Korea's HD Hyundai Group, said on Monday ...

Daewoo Shipbuilding lands record LNG carrier deal from Greece

Daewoo Shipbuilding lands record LNG carrier deal from Greece

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., one of the world’s largest shipbuilders,  secured a $512 million contract to build two ...

Qoo10 to buy another Korean rival for unit’s Nasdaq listing

Qoo10 to buy another Korean rival for unit’s Nasdaq listing

Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte. Ltd. is poised to take over a smaller South Korean rival through a stock swap deal, in a bid to ...

Nongshim lands deal to export smart farms to Saudi Arabia

Nongshim lands deal to export smart farms to Saudi Arabia

South Korea's food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. will export smart farms to Saudi Arabia, following a similar deal with the United Arab Emirates (...

BC Card signs contracts for Indonesia's digital payment project

BC Card signs contracts for Indonesia's digital payment  project

BC Card Co., a South Korean credit card company, said on Friday it has signed two contracts to provide digital payment services for Indonesia’...

Number of commercial building transactions in Seoul hits all-time low

Number of commercial building transactions in Seoul hits all-time low

The number of commercial and office building transactions in Seoul hit an all-time low in January.Realty Planet, a big data-based commercial real es...

POSCO Flow to assist World Vision in transportation of relief goods

POSCO Flow to assist World Vision in transportation of relief goods

POSCO Flow, a logistics partner of World Vision, agreed on Tuesday to help transport relief and sponsorship goods for the humanitarian organization ...

KEXIM bank inks $6 billion financing deal with Aramco

KEXIM bank inks $6 billion financing deal with Aramco

The Export-Import Bank of Korea said on Tuesday it has signed a three-year framework agreement with Saudi Arabian Oil Co.(Aramco), to provide up to ...

Korea’s SPC Samlip, Siam Makro to tie up for Thai bakery business

Korea’s SPC Samlip, Siam Makro to tie up for Thai bakery business

SPC Samlip Corp., a unit of South Korea’s food and bakery giant SPC Group, said on Monday it has forged a business partnership with Siam Makro...

Hanwha Systems begins developing active protection system for combat vehicles

Hanwha Systems begins developing active protection system for combat vehicles

South Korea's defense and IT service company Hanwha Systems Co. will develop core technology for an active protection system (APS), or state-of-the-...

S.Korea's Igaworks inks deal with Thai ad agency for data solutions

S.Korea's Igaworks inks deal with Thai ad agency for data solutions

Igaworks, a big data platform company from South Korea, announced on Thursday a strategic partnership and solution supply deal with YDM Thailand, th...

Samsung Biologics bags $183 million CMO order from Pfizer

Samsung Biologics bags $183 million CMO order from Pfizer

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s No. 1 contract drug maker in terms of production capacity, has won a $182.7 million contract manufacturing ...

S.Korean EV charger maker lands $770 mn export deal in North America

S.Korean EV charger maker lands $770 mn export deal in North America

South Korea's Moderntec, an electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions company, on Wednesday said it signed a three-year export contract with a partne...

HYBE loses 1st battle against Kakao for SM Entertainment

HYBE loses 1st battle against Kakao for SM Entertainment

South Korea’s HYBE Co. lost its first battle against dominant local mobile platform Kakao Corp. over SM Entertainment Co. as the label behind ...

S.Korea's KAI signs $105 mn deal to supply parts for Boeing aircraft

S.Korea's KAI signs $105 mn deal to supply parts for Boeing aircraft

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s military aircraft manufacturer, said on Tuesday it has signed a deal to produce and suppl...

Korea’s L&F in $2.9 billion deal to supply battery material to Tesla

 Korea’s L&F in $2.9 billion deal to supply battery material to Tesla

South Korea’s leading battery materials maker L&F Co. said on Tuesday it has signed a $2.91 billion deal to supply cathode, a key electric...

Iljin Materials to change its name to Lotte Energy Materials

Iljin Materials to change its name to Lotte Energy Materials

Lotte Chemical Corp., a South Korean petrochemical giant, will rename Iljin Materials Co., the country’s second-largest copper foil maker, as ...

Boryung signs deal with Stendhal to launch hypertension drug in Mexico

Boryung signs deal with Stendhal to launch hypertension drug in Mexico

Boryung, a South Korean pharmaceutical company, said on Monday it had signed a deal with Stendhal SA de CV, a Mexican medical specialty company, to ...

Novel medicines poised to be Korea’s next mainstay export

Novel medicines poised to be Korea’s next mainstay export

South Korea, a major global generic and biosimilar medicine producer with leading names such as Samsung Biologics Co. and Celltrion Inc., has rapidl...

Korea's Daewoong to export diabetes drug Envlo to Brazil, Mexico

Korea's Daewoong to export diabetes drug Envlo to Brazil, Mexico

South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. said on Feb. 24 it is set to embark on global sales of Envlo, a new drug for diabetes, by exportin...

KAI inks deal to export 18 FA-50s to Malaysia

KAI inks deal to export 18 FA-50s to Malaysia

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) has secured a deal to export eighteen FA-50 light fighter jets to Malaysia for a sum of $920 million (1.2 tril...

HYBE cries foul over SM, Kakao’s undisclosed deal

HYBE cries foul over SM, Kakao’s undisclosed deal

HYBE Co., the label behind the global sensation BTS, is considering legal action to invalidate an undisclosed deal between SM Entertainment Co. and ...

Smaller firms' successful IPOs fail to boost Korean listing market

Smaller firms' successful IPOs fail to boost Korean listing market

South Korean companies are returning to the local initial public offering market this year, after failing their market debuts last year. But that ha...

Samsung, LG ditch BOE in likely Apple deal for iPad Pro OLED panels

Samsung, LG ditch BOE in likely Apple deal for iPad Pro OLED panels

Samsung Display Co. and LG Display Co. will likely win orders from Apple Inc. to build organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for the US tech ...

Kyochon sets sights on Western expansion with Canadian franchise deal

Kyochon sets sights on Western expansion with Canadian franchise deal

Kyochon F&B, the operator of South Korea's premier fried chicken brand Kyochon Chicken, said on Tuesday that it has secured a master franchise a...

Samsung eyes wider foundry client base with Ambarella deal

Samsung eyes wider foundry client base with Ambarella deal

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Tuesday it will manufacture automotive chips for US chip designer Ambar...

Kosdaq-listed Daebo Magnetic’s 46% stake up for sale, its shares swing

Kosdaq-listed Daebo Magnetic’s 46% stake up for sale, its shares swing

South Korea’s leading secondary battery equipment player Daebo Magnetic Co. is set to sell its owner family’s controlling stake of about...

Network usage fees likely to take center of debate at MWC2023

Network usage fees likely to take center of debate at MWC2023

Major participants in the mobile world congress (MWC) 2023 such as Google Inc. and Netflix Inc. are expected to discuss telecommunications network f...

EU launches antitrust probe on Korean Air-Asiana deal

EU launches antitrust probe on Korean Air-Asiana deal

The European antitrust regulator opened a full-scale probe on the proposed takeover of Asiana Airlines Inc. by Korean Air Lines Co., given concerns ...

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