LG to slim down petrochem as Chinese rivals creep up

LG to slim down petrochem as Chinese rivals creep up

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. is speeding up restructuring efforts to sell or downsize uncompetitive businesses, with an aim to focus on three gr...

Microsoft defies media report of issues in tie with OpenAI

Microsoft defies media report of issues in tie with OpenAI

REDMOND, WASHINGTON – A Microsoft Corp.’s key executive defied a media report that its partnership with OpenAI, the developer of the glo...

Tierone Corp.

Tierone Corp.

Key facts Industry Injection molding & product development consultancy Mainstay products/services Injection molding with QDM, family...

POSCO targets robotic automation solutions for new growth

POSCO targets robotic automation solutions for new growth

SEONGNAM, Gyeonggi Province -- POSCO DX Co., the IT services subsidiary of South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO Group, aims to enter the rob...

Woori Bank Vietnam, Samsung Vina Insurance team up for bancassurance

Woori Bank Vietnam, Samsung Vina Insurance team up for bancassurance

South Korea's Woori Bank revealed on Thursday that its Vietnamese operation, Woori Bank Vietnam, has signed a property insurance business agreement ...

S.Korea’s Hanwha Securities to acquire Ciptadana in Indonesia

S.Korea’s Hanwha Securities to acquire Ciptadana in Indonesia

Hanwha Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that it has decided to acquire Indonesia's Ciptadana Securities and Ciptadana Asset Managem...

STX to promote lithium business with Chinese company

STX to promote lithium business with Chinese company

South Korea's general trading company STX announced on Wednesday its plans to accelerate its lithium business with a leading Chinese lithium produce...

Daesang to produce new eco-friendly material Cadaverine

Daesang to produce new eco-friendly material Cadaverine

Daesang Corp., South Korean manufacturer of food and pharmaceutical ingredients, announced on Wednesday that it has developed a new eco-friendly mat...

Yoon, Korea’s No. 1 salesman, at BIE to drum up support for 2030 Expo

Yoon, Korea’s No. 1 salesman,  at BIE to drum up support for 2030 Expo

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will attend the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris next week to drum up support for the Asian ...

Samsung to collaborate with world's leading solar company

Samsung to collaborate with world's leading solar company

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it is partnering with SolarEdge Technologies, the world's leading solar smart inverter company, to...

Big Tech, Japanese comics publishers target webtoon business

Big Tech, Japanese comics publishers target webtoon business

Big Tech have started webtoon services while major Japanese comic book publishers are gearing up for the business, threatening South Korea’s o...

Hyundai to supply 1,300 hydrogen buses in Seoul by 2026

Hyundai to supply 1,300 hydrogen buses in Seoul by 2026

Hyundai Motor Co., along with South Korean Ministry of Environment, the Seoul Metropolitan Government, SK E&S and Tmap Mobility, signed a memora...

Hyundai Mobis to expand vehicle module facility in S.Korea

Hyundai Mobis to expand vehicle module facility in S.Korea

South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis Co. will build its third automotive module plant in Ulsan, South Korea, where its parent Hyundai Motor Group opera...

Bredis Healthcare, Tilda win June D.Day, Korea’s oldest startup pitch race

 Bredis Healthcare, Tilda win June D.Day, Korea’s oldest startup pitch race

An early-stage startup by young entrepreneurs who developed a digital diagnostic tool for brain disease and an AI-powered business optimization prog...

Toray to move into battery separator business

Toray to move into battery separator business

Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc., a South Korea-based producer of chemical materials and technology products, is entering the battery separator f...

South Korean game developers expand business with IPs

South Korean game developers expand business with IPs

South Korean game developers are expanding their business portfolios through their intellectual property to boost profits with a goal to create glob...

SK Networks eyes partnership with US-based Bow Capital

SK Networks eyes partnership with US-based Bow Capital

SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading company, is seeking to form a partnership with Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Bow Capital to dive...

BIO USA 2023 to draw S.Korean biotech leaders, startups

BIO USA 2023 to draw S.Korean biotech leaders, startups

More than 500 South Korean companies from top business groups to AI-based biotech startups are slated to attend the Bio International Convention 202...

Foreign demand for chip stocks powers Kospi to 1-year high

Foreign demand for chip stocks powers Kospi to 1-year high

South Korea’s main bourse Kospi on Tuesday hit its highest closing since June last year, boosted by foreigners’ net buying in semiconduc...

SK Ecoplant seeks to establish eco holding firm, sell 40% stake to PEFs

SK Ecoplant seeks to establish eco holding firm, sell 40% stake to PEFs

SK Ecoplant Co. is seeking to establish an interim holding firm for its waste management subsidiaries and sell its stake to private equity firms as ...

DB Group, T&T Group sign agreement for business corporation

DB Group, T&T Group sign agreement for business corporation

DB Group, South Korea's conglomerate, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for business collaboration with Vi...

Seoul, Washington seek to release $7 bn Iranian funds frozen in S.Korea

Seoul, Washington seek to release $7 bn Iranian funds frozen in S.Korea

South Korea and the US are discussing ways to release $7 billion worth of Iranian funds held in the Asian country as Seoul and Washington seek to im...

Schaeffler Korea to produce parts for hybrid cars, EVs

Schaeffler Korea to produce parts for hybrid cars, EVs

Schaeffler Korea Corp., the largest plain and roller bearing provider to automotive and industrial sectors in South Korea, is set to celebrate 70 ye...

Lotte to open Silicon Valley corporate venture capital unit

Lotte to open Silicon Valley corporate venture capital unit

Lotte Group, a South Korean retail-to-chemical conglomerate, is set to launch a corporate venture capital (CVC) business in Silicon Valley, the glob...

Hyundai revs up US advance with $4.3 billion battery JV with LG

Hyundai revs up US advance with $4.3 billion battery JV with LG

Hyundai Motor Co. has taken another step closer to receiving US tax credits for its electric cars sold in the country by signing a 5.7 trillion won ...

S.Korean startup Drama & Company introduces AI talent recruiter

S.Korean startup Drama & Company introduces AI talent recruiter

Drama & Company, the developer of South Korea’s popular cloud-based business card management app Remember, is readying its next business w...

S.Korean Hanwha to spend $1 bn on US acquisitions, business

S.Korean Hanwha to spend $1 bn on US acquisitions, business

South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group plans to invest $1 billion in acquisitions of companies in the US and businesses ...

OCI to jointly produce polysilicon for chips with Japanese company

OCI to jointly produce polysilicon for chips with Japanese company

OCI Co., a leading South Korean chemical and green energy company, will team up with chemical giant Tokuyama Corp. of Japan to open a joint venture ...

Hanwha aims to develop unmanned fighter jet engine within decade

Hanwha aims to develop unmanned fighter jet engine within decade

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s answer to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, aims to develop engines for unmanned aircraft within the next decade t...

Korea’s Kakao targets mobile infrastructure biz for Saudi tourism

Korea’s Kakao targets mobile infrastructure biz for Saudi tourism

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s mobile platform giant, targets the mobile infrastructure industry for Saudi Arabian tourism to expand its business ...

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