Netmarble's Marblex listed on Zaif in Japan

Marblex, a blockchain subsidiary of the South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp., announced on Thursday that it has listed its cryptocurrency Mar...

Shinsegae targets global luxury cosmetics market with own brand

South Korea’s Shinsegae International Inc. targets the global luxury cosmetics market with its own house brand as it aims to transform into a ...

Mom's Touch to open pop-up store in Tokyo

South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. on Wednesday announced that it plans to open its first overseas pop-up store "...

POSCO fully recoups initial investment in Roy Hill mine

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO, has fully recovered its initial investment of 1.3 trillion won...

S.Korea’s petrochemical, steel firms open online shopping malls

South Korea’s petrochemical and steel companies, which mainly engage in business-to-business transactions, are opening or running a string o...

KAI participates in International Astronautical Congress 2023

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, participated in the 74th International Astronautical Congr...

Foreign tourists can use Kakao Taxi in S.Korea

South Korea’s Kakao Mobility announced on Thursday that it has started integrating its taxi service app Kakao T with overseas apps. Foreign to...

Hyundai Steel aims to reduce reliance on Hyundai, Kia

South Korea's Hyundai Steel Co. is aiming to reduce its dependence on its affiliates Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. to become one of the world&rsqu...

Naver's Kream integrates with Japan's Soda

Naver Corp.'s subsidiary Kream, the South Korean limited-edition goods trading platform has decided to merge its operations with Japan's Soda Inc., ...

SK Telecom enters Japan's pet care market

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. has entered the Japanese pet market using its innovative artificial intelligence (AI) under a tie-up with Japan&r...

POSCO Int’l to build permanent magnet factory in US with Star Group

South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc. is expediting its push to expand its presence in the electric vehicle supply chain, one of seven...

Samsung Chair Lee tours Middle East, ‘treasure trove’ of future growth

Jay Y. Lee, executive chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., has made his second visit in 10 months to the operations of South Korea’s most powe...

Samsung, Japan's KDDI co-work for 5G network slicing tech

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a business agreement with Japanese mobile communications company KDDI to jointly d...

Celltrion Pharm gets GMP certification from Japan

Celltrion Pharm Inc. announced on Wednesday that its pre-filled syringe (PFS) production facility in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province has obtain...

Korean Hana ties up with Saudi EXIM Bank for Middle East biz

Hana Financial Group, South Korea’s third-largest financial holding company, joined hands with the Saudi Export-Import Bank to expand its mark...

Samsung C&T invests $11 mn in construction robot venture

South Korean construction and engineering company Samsung C&T Corp. has invested 15 billion won ($11.2 million) in the construction robot startu...

Celltrion gets sales approval for Yuflyma in Japan

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has secured approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labou...

S.Korean startups, VC seek money, business opportunities in Japan

South Korean startups and venture capitalists battered by chilled investor sentiment amid rising interest rates and slowing economic growth at home ...

Taihan Cable bags $60 mn high-voltage power grid deal in Bahrain

Taihan Cable & Solution Co., a South Korean major cable manufacturer, has won its first-ever order in Bahrain, worth about $60 million, to build...

Seoul envisions its own Hudson Yards in the city's east end

Seoul, the capital of South Korea for more than six centuries since the Joseon dynasty, is poised to revamp its city planning for the next century w...

Japanese steelmakers flood South Korea on back of weaker yen

Japanese steelmakers are expanding their market shares in South Korea, backed by the yen's drop against the Korean won to the lowest in eight years....

Live commerce app Grip aims to expand into Japan, US in 2024

Imagine you're using a shopping app. You talk to the seller, ask questions and receive answers in real-time on a livestream video. Now and then, the...

Hyundai Steel to pull out of stainless steel market

Hyundai Steel Co. has decided to close its stainless steel-making plant in Incheon, South Korea, pulling out of the market amid a flood of Chinese-m...

Hyundai eyes Saudi EV plant as Korea bets on Middle East boom

Hyundai Motor Co. is set to build an electric vehicle assembly plant in Saudi Arabia as South Korean companies are increasingly tapping growth oppor...

POSCO seeks partnership with CF Industries to produce blue ammonia

South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. is seeking to produce blue ammonia in partnership with CF Industries Holdings Inc., the world’s larges...

SK Forest, NH Securities to cut CO2 emissions in East Timor

South Korea’s SK Forest Co. and NH Investment & Securities on Friday held a launching ceremony for their joint supply of high-efficiency c...

Plasmapp to export 12.3 mn worth of sterilizers to Japan

South Korea's bioplasma technology firm Plasmapp announced on Friday that it has signed a product supply contract worth 16.4 billion won ($12.3 mill...

POSCO to lead Korea-Australia hydrogen, minerals partnership

POSCO Group, South Korea’s largest steelmaker, will lead the country's efforts to cement a partnership with Australia in a broader range of ar...

Korea Inc. to focus more on India, Vietnam as biz partners

South Korean companies are set to concentrate more on business with emerging markets including India and Vietnam than Asian major countries such as ...

Amorepacific's Hera enters Japanese market

South Korea's Amorepacific Corp. announced on Thursday that its premium color cosmetics brand Hera has launched in Japan, signaling a significant mo...