LabGenomics unites with Humanscape on Asia, US genetic testing biz

LabGenomics unites with Humanscape on Asia, US genetic testing biz

LabGenomics Co., a molecular diagnostics company, said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with digital healthcare company Humanscape to deve...

Korean gaming giants racing for metaverse win

Korean gaming giants racing for metaverse win

Have you ever wondered what the metaverse really is? So far, the consensus is that it's a virtual world that can accommodate pretty much every socia...

Hanwha Systems to build network to share land, sea, air target info

Hanwha Systems to build network to share land, sea, air target info

South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. will start domestic research and development of new tactical data links used by member countries of the North Atlan...

LG Electronics to open ESG zone at CES 2023 in January

LG Electronics to open ESG zone at CES 2023 in January

South Korean conglomerates, including LG Electronics Inc., will introduce their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) visions and strategies a...

HLB Therapeutics signs contract for COVID vaccine distribution rights

HLB Therapeutics signs contract for COVID vaccine distribution rights

South Korea's pharmaceutical firm HLB Therapeutics Co. said on Monday that it has signed an agreement with the Korea Disease Control and Prevention ...

Samsung Elec's green heat pump takes energy-starved Europe by storm

Samsung Elec's green heat pump takes energy-starved Europe by storm

Samsung Electronics on Monday said its heat pump Eco Heating System (EHS), a green heating and cooling system, has seen explosive sales growth on th...

S.Korea's CMG Pharmaceutical opens animal medicine unit

S.Korea's CMG Pharmaceutical opens animal medicine unit

CMG Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of South Korea's CHA Biotech, on Monday announced the launch of an animal medicine unit and entry into the market f...

S.Korean food delivery app Baemin vows to hike logistics unit's service quality

S.Korean food delivery app Baemin vows to hike logistics unit's service quality

Woowa Youths, an affiliate of Woowa Brothers, the parent company of South Korea's top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, on Monday announced its visio...

SGC Energy signs 10-year contract to supply liquid CO2

SGC Energy signs 10-year contract to supply liquid CO2

South Korea’s SGC Energy Co. recently signed a contract to supply liquid carbon dioxide to a domestic company for 10 years starting January 20...

Syntekabio launches new drug development platform STB Cloud in US

Syntekabio launches new drug development platform STB Cloud in US

Syntekabio,Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) drug development company, said on Monday it has launched its cloud-based AI drug develo...

JW Pharma applies for phase 3 trial in Taiwan for gout treatment

JW Pharma applies for phase 3 trial in Taiwan for gout treatment

JW Pharmaceutical announced through its disclosure on Monday that it had applied last Friday for a phase 3 trial for Epaminurad, a gout treatment, w...

SK PUCore's polyurethane insulator improves fire retardancy

SK PUCore's polyurethane insulator improves fire retardancy

SK PUCore, SKC's polyurethane subsidiary, was officially recognized for the fire retardancy of its polyurethane insulation material.The company said...

Technocrats dominate major Korean companies’ leadership

Technocrats dominate major Korean companies’ leadership

Technocrats dominated the management of South Korea’s top 10 business groups, as technical specialists with deep understanding of business too...

LG Uplus secures compliance management system certification

LG Uplus secures compliance management system certification

LG Uplus Corp. announced on Sunday it has obtained ISO 37301 certification for its compliance management system, marking a first among the three Sou...

KEXIM to provide $1.2 bn project financing for Indonesian refinery project

KEXIM to provide $1.2 bn project financing for Indonesian refinery project

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) announced on Friday that it has signed a $1.2 billion project financing agreement with the Indonesian sta...

KT to commercialize self-driving robots with startup Neubility

KT to commercialize self-driving robots with startup Neubility

KT said on Friday that it has signed a partnership agreement with Neubility, an outdoor self-driving robot developer, to expand its robot service bu...

S.Korea's e-commerce platform Plugo secures $9 million in investment

S.Korea's e-commerce platform Plugo secures $9 million in investment

South Korea's Plugo, a comprehensive e-commerce platform based in Singapore, has attracted $9 million in Series A investment, the Silicon Valley, Ca...

KSOE joins race to buy marine engine maker STX Heavy Industries

KSOE joins race to buy marine engine maker STX Heavy Industries

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has joined the race to acquire South Korean marine engine and equipment maker STX Heavy Ind...

Korean startup Epikar succeeds in attracting series A investment

Korean startup Epikar succeeds in attracting series A investment

Epikar, a car retail digital conversion solution company, said on Thursday that it has succeeded in attracting Series A investment from a number of ...

GC Biopharma confirms safety of flu vaccine in phase 1 trial

GC Biopharma confirms safety of flu vaccine in phase 1 trial

South Korea's leading pharmaceutical company GC Biopharma Corp. said on Thursday that it has confirmed the safety and immunogenicity of the patch-ty...

Hyundai CE to support low-interest installment financing for customers

Hyundai CE to support low-interest installment financing for customers

South Korea's Hyundai Construction Equipment Co. Ltd. has joined hands with Hyundai Commercial, a company specializing in industrial and corporate f...

S.Korea's Bespin Global, Daewoo E&C sign smart city deal with Aussie company

S.Korea's Bespin Global, Daewoo E&C sign smart city deal with Aussie company

South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global on Wednesday said its subsidiary Bespin Global Vietnam formed a strategic partnership with Daew...

SK Biopharm begins clinical trials of wearable device for detecting epilepsy

SK Biopharm begins clinical trials of wearable device for detecting epilepsy

SK Group's new drug development subsidiary SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. will begin clinical trials for a wearable device that can detect and predict ep...

LG Electronics, Corning join hands to develop curved glass for vehicles

LG Electronics, Corning join hands to develop curved glass for vehicles

LG Electronics and Corning said Wednesday that they have agreed to jointly develop a glass solution for curved displays for vehicles.The two compani...

Daewoong submits new drug applications for Fexuclue in 10 countries

Daewoong submits new drug applications for Fexuclue in 10 countries

South Korea's leading drug company Daewoong Pharmaceutical is accelerating its global expansion efforts for its 34th domestically developed drug Fex...

Hyundai Electric joins hands with GE to enter offshore wind power business

Hyundai Electric joins hands with GE to enter offshore wind power business

Hyundai Electric will advance into the offshore wind power market jointly with GE Renewable Energy.Hyundai Electric, an electric systems spinoff fro...

S. Korea's SillaJen launches clinical trials in US for new anti-cancer drug

S. Korea's SillaJen launches clinical trials in US for new anti-cancer drug

South Korean biotech company Sillajen Inc. has started recruiting patients for Phase 1 clinical trials in the US for an anti-cancer drug from a Swis...

Korean startup Mathpresso completes $59 mn Series C investment

Korean startup Mathpresso completes $59 mn Series C investment

Mathpresso, the company that operates the artificial intelligence (AI)-based learning platform Qanda, said on Tuesday that it has completed Series C...

Naver Webtoon, digital comics case for global MBA study

Naver Webtoon, digital comics case for global MBA study

Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, is set to be a textbook case study for global students as a prominent business sc...

S.Korea's startup Bunker Kids raises $1.5 million in Series A funding

S.Korea's startup Bunker Kids raises $1.5 million in Series A funding

South Korea's tech start-up Bunker Kids announced on Tuesday that it raised 2 billion won ($1.5 million) through Series A investment from Korean ven...

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