LG launches new 14-person dishwasher

LG launches new 14-person dishwasher

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Thursday that it released the 14-person LG Dios Objet Collection Dishwasher," which enhances space efficiency and c...

Cosmax targets Southeast Asia's halal perfume market

Cosmax targets Southeast Asia's halal perfume market

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's largest cosmetics manufacturer in original design manufacturing (ODM), announced on Wednesday that it opened its new perf...

SK Hynix to use 30% recycled materials by 2030

SK Hynix to use 30% recycled materials by 2030

SK Hynix Inc., the world's second-largest memory chip producer, announced on Tuesday that it has established a medium- to long-term plan to utilize ...

Korean steelmakers to raise prices further

Korean steelmakers to raise prices further

South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc. and its domestic peers are poised to raise product prices further to cut losses amid surging ...

Samsung gets global carbon reduction certification for TV

Samsung gets global carbon reduction certification for TV

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that its eight product series in 2024 Neo QLED 4K and 8K, OLED, and The Frame lineups have received th...

HD KSOE seeks to build nuclear power plant ships

HD KSOE seeks to build nuclear power plant ships

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) is hastening to advance into the nuclear power plant ship market in collaboration wit...

HD Hyundai to supply low carbon solution to POSCO

HD Hyundai to supply low carbon solution to POSCO

HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., a ship components manufacturer, said on Thursday it has agreed to supply an artificial intelligence- and big data-ba...

POSCO Int’l teams up with UAE for blue hydrogen

POSCO Int’l teams up with UAE for blue hydrogen

POSCO International Corp. and POSCO Holdings Inc. announced on Wednesday that they signed a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with the Abu Dha...

Doosan Bobcat showcases hydrogen-powered forklift in S.Korea

Doosan Bobcat showcases hydrogen-powered forklift in S.Korea

Doosan Bobcat, the construction and agricultural machine manufacturer of South Korea’s Doosan Group, has commercialized hydrogen-powered forkl...

Korean banks stop ELS sales after HSCEI debacle

Korean banks stop ELS sales after HSCEI debacle

South Korean banks are scurrying to suspend the sale of equity-linked securities (ELS) after the country’s financial regulator said it may con...

Korean convenience stores push exports of own brand products

Korean convenience stores push exports of own brand products

South Korean convenience store chains are accelerating exports of food products under their private brands as the domestic market competition is int...

Doosan to supply carbon-free power generation technologies to Thailand

Doosan to supply carbon-free power generation technologies to Thailand

South Korea’s major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. will promote the supply of carbon-free power generation technologies such as car...

LG Energy to supply $748 million worth of batteries to Japan’s Isuzu Motors

LG Energy to supply $748 million worth of batteries to Japan’s Isuzu Motors

LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s leading battery makers, has agreed to supply its cylindrical batteries to Isuzu Motors Ltd., Japan...

LG to unveil commercial display solutions at ISE 2024

LG to unveil commercial display solutions at ISE 2024

LG Electronics Inc. said on Friday it will unveil a cloud platform for business-to-business (B2B) customers of commercial displays at Integrated Sys...

Nongshim to open brand zone in Myeongdong, Seoul

Nongshim to open brand zone in Myeongdong, Seoul

South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. announced on Friday that it will open its brand zone in Myeongdong, Seoul with the domestic street...

Orion, VNUA to team up for potato production

Orion, VNUA to team up for potato production

South Korea’s confectionery and snack maker Orion Corp. announced on Friday that it signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Institut...

OCI to strengthen solar energy biz in Malaysia

OCI to strengthen solar energy biz in Malaysia

OCI Holdings Co. announced on Thursday that it hosted a charity event in Sarawak, Malaysia, aiming to strengthen local ties in the region home to it...

SK Hynix swings to profit; sees 60% surge in HBM demand

SK Hynix swings to profit; sees 60% surge in HBM demand

SK Hynix Inc. turned a profit in the last quarter of 2023, reversing losses over the past four quarters as high-performance chips such as doubl...

Samsung opens premium experience store in Mumbai

Samsung opens premium experience store in Mumbai

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it opened a flagship premium experience store Samsung BKC in Mumbai, India. Samsung BKC, spread ac...

Hyundai unveils aerodynamic tech to increase EV mileage

Hyundai unveils aerodynamic tech to increase EV mileage

Hyundai Motor Group on Tuesday unveiled an aerodynamic technology to increase electric vehicles’ mileage as the world’s third-largest au...

LG gets global AI management system certification

LG gets global AI management system certification

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it has received the Artificial Intelligence Management System (ISO/IEC 42001) certification, an interna...

Korean investors doomed to suffer $171 mn losses from HSCEI ELS

Korean investors doomed to suffer $171 mn losses from HSCEI ELS

South Korean investors have already suffered about 230 billion won ($171 million) losses from their investments in equity-linked securities (ELS) ti...

S.Korea to scrap capital gains taxes on financial products

S.Korea to scrap capital gains taxes on financial products

South Korea will scrap a plan to impose taxes on capital gains from financial products for all shareholders and further lower securities transaction...

Tata Daewoo triumphs in global market with 40% export surge

Tata Daewoo triumphs in global market with 40% export surge

South Korea's Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company (TDCV) achieved remarkable success last year by exporting 40% of its total sales, despite the g...

Samsung to double HBM chip production to lead on-device AI chip era

Samsung to double HBM chip production to lead on-device AI chip era

LAS VEGAS – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to more than double its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chi...

S.Korea to mass-produce homegrown fighter jet in 2024

S.Korea to mass-produce homegrown fighter jet in 2024

South Korea is set to start mass production of the KF-21, its homegrown supersonic fighter jet, this year for expected deployment of the warplane fo...

Samsung, Harman move in lockstep to advance in-vehicle technology

Samsung, Harman move in lockstep to advance in-vehicle technology

LAS VEGAS – South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. and its wholly owned US subsidiary Harman International Industries Inc. hav...

HD KSOE secures deal for building 15 product carriers worth $717 mn

HD KSOE secures deal for building 15 product carriers worth $717 mn

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, a key intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai Group, announced on Tuesday that it recently sign...

Inventage Lab, Yuhan to co-work for obesity treatment

Inventage Lab, Yuhan to co-work for obesity treatment

South Korea’s Inventage Lab Inc. announced on Friday that it has signed a joint development agreement with Yuhan Corp. for a long-acting inj...

Hanwha to develop own gas turbine engine for future growth

Hanwha to develop own gas turbine engine for future growth

CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province – Hanwha Group, South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate, is set to double its local gas turb...

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