Kolon launches composite materials firm Kolon Spaceworks

South Korea's Kolon Group announced on Monday it launched a new advanced composite materials company Kolon Spaceworks.Kolon Spaceworks is being es...

Hyundai Mobis combines electrification, module divisions

Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, said on Friday it has merged its electrification and module divisions to stream...

KT, EV Parking Services to cooperate on electric bus charging

South Korea's KT Corp., South Korea’s largest telecom service provider, announced on Friday that it partnered with EV Parking Services (EVPS) ...

Naver's webtoon unit to raise $315 mn via Nasdaq IPO

Webtoon Entertainment Inc., South Korean tech giant Naver Corp.'s online comics platform, said on Thursday that it will raise $315 million by issuin...

POSCO gears up for carbon-free steelmaking with hydrogen

POHANG, North Gyeongsang Province – POSCO, the world’s seventh-largest steelmaker, is set to significantly reduce emissions in the produ...

SK Inc. in talks to sell Pharmteco’s US CDMO plant to Novo Nordisk

SK Inc., the holding and investment company of SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, is negotiating to sell a major asset of it...

Hyundai Glovis enters LNG transport business with Woodside Scarlet Ibis

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is entering the liquefied natural gas transportation business wit...

Korea Zinc speeds up separation from Young Poong in management feud

South Korea’s largest zinc smelter Korea Zinc Co. is accelerating its efforts to terminate its decades-long business relations with parent You...

Yogiyo to begin autonomous robot delivery tests in August

Yogiyo, South Korea’s second-largest food delivery app, announced on Friday that it will begin outdoor autonomous robot delivery tests in Song...

LG Uplus to enter renewable energy market through power brokerage

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea's third-largest mobile carrier, announced on Thursday that it will enter the renewable energy supply business through po...

LG CNS gets AWS Generative AI Competency

LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of South Korea's LG Corp., announced on Wednesday that it achieved the AWS Generative AI Competency from ...

SK Networks to split off SpeedMate, trade division

South Korea's SK Networks Co. plans to split off its auto management division SpeedMate and its trading unit.The board of directors approved the pla...

Korea’s SK Telecom, Moloco join hands for AI ad platform

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, has teamed up with Moloco Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ad-tech solution startup, for the glo...

Korean IT firms prefer engineers with business capabilities

More South Korean information technology companies are seeking engineers with business capabilities as artificial intelligence is expected to take o...

Asiana's cargo unit to be sold for $362 mn to Air Incheon

South Korean flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. has tapped Air Incheon, a local airline dedicated to cargo business, as the preferred bidder to acqui...

Shinhan Card, Canada's Alberta to co-work for tourism

South Korea's Shinhan Card Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a strategic business agreement with the provincial government of Alberta, C...

KB Securities sees wealth management assets surpass $43.6 bn

South Korea's KB Securities announced on Wednesday that its wealth management assets surpassed 60 trillion won ($43.6 billion) this month.This is fi...

KEPCO, EVN to promote new power business in Vietnam

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the South Korean state-run utility company, and Vietnam Electricity (EVN) have agreed to collaborate on new busi...

LG Innotek begins supplying AI chip substrates to Big Tech

LG Innotek Co., a leading South Korean electronics parts maker, is for the first time supplying high-performance chip substrates for AI devices to g...

SK Ecoplant builds rooftop solar panels at Samil Vina in Vietnam

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company, said on Tuesday it has completed building rooftop solar panel...

HD Hyundai’s ascent driven by visionary spinoff push

Many cast doubts on HD Hyundai Group’s decision to separate its ship maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service in 2016. The move, however...

CJ Logistics, Libiao Robotics partner to co-work for robotic system

South Korea's CJ Logistics said on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a strategic partnership with global rob...

Ultium Cells Spring Hill: LG, GM’s EV battery bastion in North America

NASHVILLE – Some 60 km south of Nashville, the capital of Tennessee, lies a huge plant churning out battery cells that will eventually land in...

WeWork closes major office in Seoul for restructuring

Coworking space operator WeWork Inc. is slated to shut down a major office in Seoul, once one of the largest WeWork offices in Asia, in September ...

Sampyo Group enters automated robotic parking business

South Korea's SP&Mobility, a robotics unit of Sampyo Group, unveiled its MPSystem on Monday, an automated robotic parking system designed to rep...

Hyundai Glovis, EcoPro team up for EV battery recycling business

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, and EcoPro Co., the country’s leading electric vehicle batt...

LG Uplus analyzes ad performance with GenAI

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Monday that it has introduced generative AI technology to its integrated advertising platform U+AD, adding...

MBK puts Homeplus’ supermarket chain unit up for sale

MBK Partners, the North Asia-focused private equity firm, has put the supermarket chain unit of South Korea’s hypermarket operator Homeplus up...

CJ Logistics shares logistics expertise with Saudi Arabian firm

A delegation from Special Integrated Logistics Zone (SILZ), the operator of Saudi Arabia's integrated logistics hub, recently visited CJ Logistics' ...

Deloitte Korea taps new CFO, consulting head in reshuffle

Deloitte Korea, which operates accounting firm Deloitte Anjin LLC and consulting service provider Deloitte Consulting LLC, announced a reshuffle wit...