Samsung, LG Elec target N.American air conditioner market at trade show

Samsung, LG Elec target N.American air conditioner market at trade show

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are vying for the North American market for air conditioners with their cutting-edge solutions in th...

LG Electronics honored for resolving consumer complaints

LG Electronics honored for resolving consumer complaints

LG Electronics Inc. on Monday said it was named an "excellent business for independently resolving consumer complaints" by the Korea Consumer Agency...

South Korean companies rattled by activist shareholders

South Korean companies rattled by activist shareholders

South Korea’s major companies are under attack by activist shareholders, who are exerting ever-increasing clout over critical corporate decisi...

SK Ecoplant changes North American corporation name

SK Ecoplant changes North American corporation name

SK Ecoplant Co., a construction company of S.Korea's SK Group, said on Monday that it would change the name of its North American corporation BETEK,...

LS Electric receives int'l certification for R&D process security

LS Electric receives int'l certification for R&D process security

LS Electric Co., a South Korean electric power and automation equipment maker, has achieved a major milestone by obtaining international standard ce...

S.Korea's Boryung receives EU GMP certification

S.Korea's Boryung receives EU GMP certification

South Korean pharmaceutical company Boryung announced that its production facility for anti-cancer injections in Yesan, South Chungcheong Province, ...

Aekyung commences mass production of eco-friendly plasticizers

Aekyung commences mass production of eco-friendly plasticizers

Aekyung Chemical, an affiliate of South Korea's Aekyung Group, has begun mass-producing eco-friendly plasticizers derived from recycled waste plasti...

Lotte Ineos Chemical to expand vinyl acetate monomer plant

Lotte Ineos Chemical to expand vinyl acetate monomer plant

Lotte Ineos Chemical, South Korea's lone maker of acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer (VAM), on Monday said it will expand its VAM output capacity...

Lotte Construction develops eco-friendly concrete

Lotte Construction develops eco-friendly concrete

Lotte Engineering & Construction has developed eco-friendly concrete that can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 90%. In collaboration wit...

Daewoong receives approval for its GERD drug Fexuclue in Ecuador

Daewoong receives approval for its GERD drug Fexuclue in Ecuador

Daewoong Pharmaceutical said Friday that it has obtained marketing authorization from Ecuador's National Agency for Health Regulation, Control and S...

NCSOFT lays off 20% of US operation before new game release

NCSOFT lays off 20% of US operation before new game release

NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s major game developing and publishing company, has recently laid off about 20% of its North American operation, joi...

SK Bioscience climbs two notches in ESG evaluation, receives BBB rating

SK Bioscience climbs two notches in ESG evaluation, receives BBB rating

SK Bioscience Co., a biopharmaceutical arm of South Korea's SK Group, announced it has received a BBB rating in its latest environmental, social, an...

Doosan Bobcat moves into European market with compact tractors

Doosan Bobcat moves into European market with compact tractors

Doosan Bobcat's small tractors for agriculture and landscaping will enter the European market. After entering America's ground maintenance equipment...

LG Uplus, LS Electric partner to support S.Korea's small businesses

LG Uplus, LS Electric partner to support S.Korea's small businesses

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, said on Friday that it has entered into a partnership with LS Electric Co. to expa...

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering ends fears over stock overhang

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering ends fears over stock overhang

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a subholding company for shipbuilding, oil refining and machinery conglomerate HD Hyundai Co. ...

Prestige Biopharma submits clinical trial plan in Australia

Prestige Biopharma submits clinical trial plan in Australia

Prestige Biopharma, a Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company with operations in South Korea and the US,  has applied to the Australian clini...

SK Ecoplant passes industry-first carbon reduction target verification

SK Ecoplant passes industry-first carbon reduction target verification

South Korea's construction and engineering company SK Ecoplant Co. said on Thursday that it has passed the greenhouse gas reduction target verificat...

Jay Park's Won Soju ready to land in United States

Jay Park's Won Soju ready to land in United States

"Won Soju" launched by a South Korean rapper Jay Park will be exported to the United States. Liquor company Won Spirits said on Thursday that it has...

Taihan Cable to build ultra-high voltage power grids in Germany

Taihan Cable to build ultra-high voltage power grids in Germany

South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. on Thursday said it won two orders to build high-voltage power grids in Germany.The deals are with Ten...

S.Korea's Woowa Brothers launches professional service robot affiliate

S.Korea's Woowa Brothers launches professional service robot affiliate

Woowa Brothers, the parent company of South Korea's food delivery app Baedal Minjok, on Wednesday spun off its professional service robot unit into ...

S.Korea's Samkang M&T undergoes relaunch with new name SK oceanplant

S.Korea's Samkang M&T undergoes relaunch with new name SK oceanplant

South Korea's Samkang M&T Co., a specialist in offshore wind plants and shipbuilding, has been renamed SK oceanplant under a strategy to raise t...

Lunit launches AI-based pathology analysis solution with US firm

Lunit launches AI-based pathology analysis solution with US firm

South Korea's medical imaging startup Lunit said on Wednesday that it has launched Guardant360 TissueNext, an AI-based pathology analysis solution d...

S.Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical to export tech to British company

S.Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical to export tech to British company

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical has licensed a new drug candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to CS Pharmaceuticals (CSP) of the U...

SGC Solutions expands overseas sales channels for its brand Glasslock

SGC Solutions expands overseas sales channels for its brand Glasslock

South Korea's glassware maker SGC Solutions said Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Small & Medium Bu...

Kakao Mobility enters Laos under biz strategy for Southeast Asia

Kakao Mobility enters Laos under biz strategy for Southeast Asia

South Korea's Kakao Mobility has entered Laos under a plan to use the country as a base for the transportation company's operations in Southeast Asi...

South Korea's Jeju Air to open up Indonesian skies

South Korea's Jeju Air to open up Indonesian skies

Jeju Air Co. and Indonesia's largest airline corporation will work together to develop flight routes and discover new tourism business opportunities...

DB HiTek to expand high value-added specialized image sensor business

DB HiTek to expand high value-added specialized image sensor business

South Korea's chip foundry DB HiTek Co. attained foundry process technology and is set to expand its high-value-added specialized image sensor busin...

SK Geo Centric receives int'l recognition for eco-friendly polymers

SK Geo Centric receives int'l recognition for eco-friendly polymers

SK Geo Centric Co., South Korea's chemical firm, has received the globally recognized "GRS" certification for its eco-friendly polymers, the company...

Hanwha kickstarts localization of 1,000-hp gas turbine engine components

Hanwha kickstarts localization of 1,000-hp gas turbine engine components

A project to lengthen the lifecycle of 1,000-horsepower gas turbine engine core components and materials, which is led by Hanwha Aerospace Co. locat...

Hyundai Mobis bags record $4.6 bn orders from global carmakers

Hyundai Mobis bags record $4.6 bn orders from global carmakers

South Korea's Hyundai Mobis, a key affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, last year enjoyed its best year in orders received from abroad.The company on T...

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