Nongshim Kellogg enters S.Korean instant rice market

Nongshim Kellogg enters S.Korean instant rice market

Nongshim Kellogg Co. announced on Monday its foray into the domestic instant rice market with the launch of "Whole Oat Rice," a product made exclu...

JW Pharma to participate in S.Korea’s new drug project

JW Pharma to participate in S.Korea’s new drug project

South Korea's JW Pharmaceutical announced on Monday that its experimental hair loss drug, JW0061, has been selected for a two-year funding program b...

S.Korea names 20 fabless firms to receive government support

S.Korea names 20 fabless firms to receive government support

South Korea is set to bolster support for local fabless companies, which design and sell chips, with an aim to grow the firms into global semiconduc...

Hyundai Motor to self-develop EV chargers to slow Tesla’s ascent

Hyundai Motor to self-develop EV chargers to slow Tesla’s ascent

Hyundai Motor Group will develop ultra-fast electric vehicle chargers with its proprietary technology to catch up to the world’s No. 1 EV make...

S.Korea's duty-free sector expects boom from Chinese tourists' return

S.Korea's duty-free sector expects boom from Chinese tourists' return

South Korea's duty-free stores are over the moon thanks to the resumption of Chinese group tours after a hiatus of six years and five months, with m...

BC Card to develop NFT as used luxury item receipt

BC Card to develop NFT as used luxury item receipt

South Korea’s BC Card on Sunday said it has applied for two domestic patents for payment receipt-based non-fungible token (NFT) technology to ...

S.Korean battery trio face union risk in US after Ultium Cells’ wage deal

S.Korean battery trio face union risk in US after Ultium Cells’ wage deal

South Korean electric vehicle battery majors’ plan to run more than 10 EV battery manufacturing plants in the US may hit a snag due to the loo...

EuBiologics, GC Biopharma to jointly produce cholera vaccine

EuBiologics, GC Biopharma to jointly produce cholera vaccine

South Korea's EuBiologics Co., the world's leading cholera vaccine company, has signed a joint production agreement with GC Biopharma Corp. to produ...

Kia unveils design of EV5, its first China-made global electric car

Kia unveils design of EV5, its first China-made global electric car

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Friday unveiled the design of the EV5, its first China-made all-electric vehicle that th...

Koreans' Japanese yen savings hit record high in July

Koreans' Japanese yen savings hit record high in July

South Korean investors continued gobbling up the Japanese currency, which has remained weak against the Korean currency after retreating from a one-...

Daewoong applies for approval of Envlo in Saudi Arabia

Daewoong applies for approval of Envlo in Saudi Arabia

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Friday that it has submitted an application for regulatory approval of its new diabetes treat...

Starbucks' space marketing shines in Korea with 'The' stores

Starbucks' space marketing shines in Korea with 'The' stores

Starbucks “The Yeosu Dolsan DT” in South Korea embodies the business philosophy of its founder and former Chief Executive Howard Schultz...

SK Hynix leads DRAM industry’s Q2 revenue rebound, retakes No. 2 spot

SK Hynix leads DRAM industry’s Q2 revenue rebound, retakes No. 2 spot

SK Hynix Inc. saw its DRAM chip shipments significantly increase in the second quarter, leading the industry’s overall revenue rebound, market...

Korea Credit Data raises $75.7 million from Morgan Stanley

Korea Credit Data raises $75.7 million from Morgan Stanley

Korea Credit Data (KCD), a South Korean fintech startup focusing on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has raised 100 billion won ($75.7 mi...

Naver eyes global market with new LLM HyperCLOVA X

Naver eyes global market with new LLM HyperCLOVA X

Naver Corp., the South Korean online platform giant, has finally debuted its upgraded large language model (LLM) HyperCLOVA X, its new pillar busine...

K-tourism video ads with Lee Jung-jae exceed 510 mn views

K-tourism video ads with Lee Jung-jae exceed 510 mn views

The four-video Challenge Korea series promoting tourism in South Korea with "Squid Game" actor Lee Jung-jae has surpassed half a billion views in ju...

S.Korea's pet-friendly tourism sees brisk growth

S.Korea's pet-friendly tourism sees brisk growth

More lodging facilities and tourism infrastructure in South Korea are accommodating people who wish to travel with their pets.This strategy by the...

SK Bioscience resumes output of flu vaccine after two years

SK Bioscience resumes output of flu vaccine after two years

SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, on Wednesday shipped SKYCellflu, its vaccine for the common flu, for the fi...

Korean exodus from China funds amid deepening property crisis  

Korean exodus from China funds amid deepening property crisis  

South Korean investors’ retreat from Chinese equity funds of nearly 10 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in total principal is accelerating amid dee...

LG aims to capture 50% of global luxury car display market by 2026

LG aims to capture 50% of global luxury car display market by 2026

LG Display Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, said on Wednesday it aims to more t...

Korea’s smaller firms embrace older, experienced workforce

Korea’s smaller firms embrace older, experienced workforce

South Korea’s liquid filtration system developer Neos Corp. has seven employees, all seasoned mechanical and electrical engineers in their 60s...

SK Telecom to enter generative AI market with large language model

SK Telecom to enter generative AI market with large language model

SK Telecom announced on Wednesday that it will provide tailored generative AI services to businesses and public agencies using various advanced arti...

CJ's Bibigo launches new global campaign

CJ's Bibigo launches new global campaign

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s flagship brand Bibigo is engaging with consumers worldwide through a new campaign. The company announ...

Celltrion’s Vegzelma listed on prescription of 10 private US insurers

Celltrion’s Vegzelma listed on prescription of 10 private US insurers

South Korea’s Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Wednesday that it has signed contracts with 10 insurance providers in the US to boost the ...

DongKoo Bio & Pharma to enter Philippine healthcare market

DongKoo Bio & Pharma to enter Philippine healthcare market

South Korea’s DongKoo Bio & Pharma Co. on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Philippine healthcare group Adizat...

Zuck’s Threads losing battle against Musk’s X in South Korea

Zuck’s Threads losing battle against Musk’s X in South Korea

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is losing a fight against Tesla CEO Elon Musk in the South Korean short-form social media platform sector.Threads, Meta&rsq...

Lululemon taps into Korea’s live commerce market

Lululemon taps into Korea’s live commerce market

Lululemon Athletica Inc., dubbed the Chanel of yoga wear, is tapping into South Korea’s live commerce market, a move that industry watchers sa...

Korea’s business lobby group FKI goes down in history in disgrace

Korea’s business lobby group FKI goes down in history in disgrace

The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), the voice of the conglomerates that formed the engine of the South Korean economy for more than five deca...

HiteJinro to strengthen soju marketing in UK

HiteJinro to strengthen soju marketing in UK

South Korea’s leading soju maker HiteJinro Co. announced on Tuesday that its soju sales in the UK are showing consistent growth year by year. ...

Hanmi Pharm to start global clinical trials for immune-oncology drug

Hanmi Pharm to start global clinical trials for immune-oncology drug

South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Tuesday that it has received approval for the phase 1 clinical trial plan of the immune-oncology...

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