S.Korean lunar orbiter sends 'Dynamite' BTS video to Earth

South Korea's unmanned space vehicle Danuri has sent texts and images from space to Earth, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced Monday. Da...

SK Biopharmaceuticals to make CES debut in January

SK Biopharmaceuticals will take part in CES 2023, the world's largest trade show for IT and electronics held in Las Vegas, to unveil its medical dev...

Making the safest bio-based personal care material

BJ Biochem Inc. is a startup that develops various differentiated materials in the preservatives, disinfectants and surface active agent (surfactant...

Coupang launches ultra-fast Rocket Delivery service in Taiwan

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s answer to global e-commerce giant Amazon.com, said on Wednesday it has launched its ultra-fast delivery service in...

Korea’s FTC to toughen reviews on platform sector M&As

South Korea’s antitrust body is set to strengthen reviews on acquisitions for different businesses in the platform industry to resolve the pro...

DRIMAES to produce cloud-based car control platform with Qualcomm

Daegu-based startup DRIMAES is poised to develop and mass produce a cloud-based vehicle control platform using San Diego-based semiconductor giant Q...

Hyundai to ramp up hybrid vehicle production next year

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, will increase production of hybrid models by some 15% next year to focus on the popular segmen...

GM may consider producing EVs in South Korea

CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province -- General Motors Co. may consider making electric vehicles in South Korea, the country manager said on Wednesda...

K-pop megaband BTS to serve military duty, agency says

Members of K-pop boy band BTS will fulfill South Korea’s national military duty, starting with its oldest member Jin, their agency HYBE Co. an...

US DOE officials in Seoul to meet with Hyundai Motor, battery makers

US Department of Energy officials are in South Korea to discuss details of its electric vehicle and battery tax credit law with Korean government of...

Hyundai to shift gear toward software-centric cars from 2023

Hyundai Motor Group will introduce software-defined vehicles (SDVs) that receive wireless software updates for models to be released from next year,...

AI-powered translation startups tackle niche marketplaces

Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven translation has been dominated by big tech.Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC is the global leader while Naver Cor...

NHN Cloud to raise $141 mn from stock issuance

South Korea’s cloud service provider NHN Cloud Corp. is eyeing 1.1 trillion won ($776 million) corporate value via a new stock issuance, marki...

LG Energy to launch battery swapping services

LG Energy Solution Ltd., a South Korean rechargeable battery maker, has launched two in-house ventures to enter the battery swapping and energy aggr...

EVs, hybrids in growing demand in used car market

Eco-friendly cars such as electric vehicles and hybrids have increased their share in South Korea's used car market, together accounting for 36% of ...

Deep learning SaaS provider Z.Ai wins at D.Camp pitch competition

Deep learning-based Software as a Service (SaaS) provider Z.Ai Inc. won the September pitch competition hosted by Seoul-based startup accelerator D....

Kia’s EV6 GT: Faster than supercars Lamborghini, Porsche and Ferrari

South Korea’s sports car enthusiasts now have one more supercar option to enjoy at an affordable price – one that is arguably as powerfu...

Kakao to challenge Naver, Apple for offline payment services

South Korea’s largest mobile payment app KakaoPay has bought a stake in the country’s No. 1 electronic payment system provider, accordin...

Hyundai Mobis hosts future mobility startups in Silicon Valley

South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis Co. will host a future mobility conference, dubbed Mobis Mobility Day, with around 80 experts from mobility startu...

EV tax credits may prove detrimental to the US: EU official

The US decision to remove tax incentives for cars produced outside North America may violate World Trade Organization (WTO) provisions and could be ...

LG Elec., Uplus team up to expand service robot business

South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. and mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. will join forces to expand their service robot busine...

Samsung Elec to supply 5G telecom equipment to Comcast

Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s tech behemoth, agreed to supply 5G telecommunication equipment to US media giant Comcast Corp.Samsung s...

Korean warehouse project financing on brink of debt crisis

Warehouse development projects in South Korea, which boomed amid COVID-19, are facing challenges such as suspension of construction projects and ban...

LG's 5G backup system installed in AWS cloud platform

LG Uplus Corp., a South Korean internet service provider, said on Tuesday that it has installed its 5G mobile backup network system in the cloud com...

SK Broadband develops green, efficient network technology

South Korea's internet service provider SK Broadband Co. has developed optical communications technology that simultaneously provides differing degr...

Korea unveils autonomous driving, commercial drone service roadmap

South Korea aims to launch advanced autonomous driving, commercial drone and other urban air mobility services by 2025, as the country strives to be...

Kakao Mobility, Hyundai to launch pilot robotaxi service by year-end

Kakao Mobility Corp., which runs South Korea’s most popular taxi-hailing app, and top Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. have agreed to launch...

Drivers try racing Hyundai’s latest models at Asia’s largest driving center

The HMG Driving Experience Center, which is set to open on Sept. 16, will offer the general public an opportunity to try out aspects of professional...

CJ OliveNetworks to expand fandom platform services

CJ OliveNetworks Co., a South Korean digital software developer, has joined hands with bemyfriends, a startup specializing in the global K-pop fando...

LG Group revs up EV charging businesses to lead burgeoning sector

LG Group affiliates, notably LG Electronics Inc. and LG Uplus Corp., are entering the electric vehicle (EV) charging business in full force. In...