LG ramps up European HVAC marketing with new Therma V model

LG ramps up European HVAC marketing with new Therma V model

LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, is strengthening efforts to enhance its presence in Europe’s heating, ventil...

NCSOFT teams up with Vietnamese unicorn VGN to tap SE Asian market

NCSOFT teams up with Vietnamese unicorn VGN to tap SE Asian market

South Korea’s gaming behemoth NCSOFT Corp. has set up a joint venture with Vietnamese tech unicorn VNG Corp. to tap into Southeast Asia starti...

South Korean stocks rebound but still on rollercoaster

South Korean stocks rebound but still on  rollercoaster

South Korean stocks on Tuesday recouped some of their hefty losses caused by the previous day's global panic selling after financial authorities iss...

Celltrion's Zymfentra joins US insurance-covered drug lists

Celltrion's Zymfentra joins US insurance-covered drug lists

South Korean biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. said on Monday that its subcutaneous injection formulation for autoimmune diseases, Zymfentra (inflixim...

South Korean stock market crashes; more falls seen ahead

South Korean stock market crashes; more falls seen ahead

The South Korean stock market was one of the worst victims of panic selling by investors fearing further negative US economic news on Monday, with t...

Shinsegae buys low-cost cosmetics brand Amuse from Naver Snow

Shinsegae buys low-cost cosmetics brand Amuse from Naver Snow

South Korea's Shinsegae International Inc. announced on Friday that it will acquire 100% of Amuse Corp., a cosmetics brand, for 71.3 billion won ($5...

GS25 to challenge Daiso in low-cost cosmetics market

 GS25 to challenge Daiso in low-cost cosmetics market

South Korean convenience store chain GS25 said on Sunday it would expand the lineup of affordable and small-pack basic cosmetic products, targeting ...

Slowing economy creates opportunity for S. Korean used car sellers

Slowing economy creates opportunity for S. Korean used car sellers

South Korea’s used car sellers hope to take advantage of the slowing economic growth at home and abroad to expand their market shares.Lotte Re...

Jeju Air seeks M&A, igniting race for top place in Korea's LCC market

Jeju Air seeks M&A, igniting race for top place in Korea's LCC market

Jeju Air Co., a leading South Korean low-cost carrier (LCC), will likely seek the acquisition and merger of a rival small airline operator amid inte...

SK On logs record quarterly loss on sluggish EV market

SK On logs record quarterly loss on sluggish EV market

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, on Thursday reported a record quarterly loss on the prolonged weakness in the electric veh...

Lotte Rental establishes UAE subsidiary

Lotte Rental establishes UAE subsidiary

South Korea's Lotte Rental Co. said on Thursday that it established an overseas subsidiary in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to boost the expo...

MezzoMedia acquires digital ad agency DBASE&

MezzoMedia acquires digital ad agency DBASE&

MezzoMedia, a digital marketing solutions company under South Korea's entertainment company CJ ENM Co., announced on Thursday that it acquired the d...

Central Asia emerging as South Korea’s new used car export market

Central Asia emerging as South Korea’s new used car export market

South Korea’s export volume of secondhand vehicles to Central Asia is increasing for an unexpected reason: Russia.According to the Korea Inter...

Korean commercial real estate market to show slow recovery in H2

Korean commercial real estate market to show slow recovery in H2

South Korea’s commercial real estate market will post a slow recovery in the second half of this year due to rate cut delays and no big correc...

EcoPro BM may cut battery materials capacity on EV slowdown

EcoPro BM may cut battery materials capacity on EV slowdown

South Korea’s leading battery materials maker EcoPro BM Co. is considering reducing cathode output capacity despite continuous investments in ...

Shinsegae Factory Store to enter Laos in 2025

Shinsegae Factory Store to enter Laos in 2025

South Korea's Shinsegae Department Store announced on Wednesday that its off-price retail chain, Shinsegae Factory Store, will expand its global foo...

Kyochon Chicken opens first store in Vancouver

Kyochon Chicken opens first store in Vancouver

South Korea's fried chicken chain Kyochon F&B announced on Tuesday that it opened its first store in Vancouver, Canada.Kyochon F&B opened Ky...

KOSME, CJ Olive Young support K-beauty SMEs to enter US

KOSME, CJ Olive Young support K-beauty SMEs to enter US

Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) announced on Tuesday that it held online and offline marketing and buyer meetings in partnership with CJ Oliv...

SK Telecom's X Caliber to enter SE Asian pet market

SK Telecom's X Caliber to enter SE Asian pet market

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract to supply X Caliber, an AI-based pet diagnosis assistance solution, to t...

Samsung, LG bet big on gaming monitors on esports boom

Samsung, LG bet big on gaming monitors on esports boom

South Korea’s electronics giants Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are gearing up for a fierce battle in the gaming monitor mark...

Hyundai gives advanced air mobility demo in Indonesia

Hyundai gives advanced air mobility demo in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Group on Monday unveiled its advanced air mobility (AAM) technology and demonstrated an AAM prototype aircraft, or a flying car, in In...

S.Korea relinquishes control to China in smaller OLED market

S.Korea relinquishes control to China in smaller OLED market

LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. lost ground to their Chinese rivals in the global small and mid-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) pan...

Kumho Tire holds Latin American dealer convention

Kumho Tire holds Latin American dealer convention

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Friday that it held the Kumho Dealer Convention event from July 20 to 22 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, inviting ab...

Kolmar Korea, Sensient Beauty to co-develop pigments

Kolmar Korea, Sensient Beauty to co-develop pigments

Kolmar Korea, a supplier to global cosmetics brands such as Estee Lauder, announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) wit...

China is LG H&H’s headache amid global K-beauty boom

China is LG H&H’s headache amid global K-beauty boom

South Korean cosmetics giant LG H&H Co. has yet to benefit from the global K-beauty boom due to its heavy dependence on China, the world’s...

Lotte Wellfood expands dairy exports to Vietnam

Lotte Wellfood expands dairy exports to Vietnam

South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Thursday that it will increase dairy exports to the Vietnamese market.The products newly exported to V...

Samsung tipped to supply HBM3 to Nvidia for Chinese market

Samsung tipped to supply HBM3 to Nvidia for Chinese market

Samsung Electronics Co. has passed Nvidia Corp.’s qualification tests for its fourth-generation high-bandwidth memory, or HBM3 chips, for use ...

Hyundai eyes Japan’s commercial EV market in e-bus deal with Iwasaki

Hyundai eyes Japan’s commercial EV market in e-bus deal with Iwasaki

South Korean top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Tuesday it is supplying its all-electric Elec City Town buses to Iwasaki Group, effectively ent...

Kia overtakes Hyundai in US EV market driven by SUVs

Kia overtakes Hyundai in US EV market driven by SUVs

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 carmaker after sister company Hyundai Motor Co., is racing ahead in the sports utility vehicle (SUV) and electr...

CJ CheilJedang to open Bibigo Market in Paris

CJ CheilJedang to open Bibigo Market in Paris

South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Monday that it will open Bibigo Market at the Korea House operated in Paris during the Olympics to p...

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