Hyundai Steel launches online mall Hcore Store

Hyundai Steel launches online mall Hcore Store

South Korea's Hyundai Steel on Tuesday said it launched the e-commerce platform Hcore Store on a pilot basis to boost domestic sales of steel materi...

Poshmark powers Naver earnings; HyperCLOVA X the next booster

Poshmark powers Naver earnings; HyperCLOVA X the next booster

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings thanks to strong sales of Poshmark Inc. in the US. It ...

Samyang Foods aims to grow Buldak sauce into $75 mn brand

Samyang Foods aims to grow Buldak sauce into $75 mn brand

South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. announced on Monday that it will strengthen its sauce business centered around its popular Buldak (hot chicken flavo...

Hyundai Motor drives software unit's Q1 sales higher

Hyundai Motor drives software unit's Q1 sales higher

Record-setting earnings at South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group have driven its vehicle software platform’s sales sharply higher and painte...

BTS 10th anniversary stamps to be issued on June 13

BTS 10th anniversary stamps to be issued on June 13

South Korea's state-run postal service agency Korea Post announced on Sunday that it will issue commemorative stamps on June 13, featuring the past ...

Samsung to unveil new foldables in July to boost Q3 profit

Samsung to unveil new foldables in July to boost Q3 profit

Samsung Electronics Co. is set to unveil fifth-generation of its foldable smartphones at the end of July, about two weeks earlier than it had showca...

Wrtn to offer free access GPT-4 conversation services

Wrtn to offer free access GPT-4 conversation services

South Korean generative AI startup Wrtn Technologies announced on Thursday that it will offer unlimited free access to its conversation feature...

SK Innovation’s battery sales at record high, production yield improved

SK Innovation’s battery sales at record high, production yield improved

SK Innovation Co. said on Thursday its battery affiliate SK On Co. posted record quarterly sales following a facility ramp-up in the US to meet risi...

Hyundai, Kia’s brisk April sales bode well for stellar Q2

Hyundai, Kia’s brisk April sales bode well for stellar Q2

The second-quarter earnings outlook for South Korea’s biggest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Corp. looks rosy as eased...

Simple, retro: Korean game sector’s new target for growth

Simple, retro: Korean game sector’s new target for growth

Once-popular games for feature phones in the 2000s are seeing a revival in South Korea on the growing demand for simple and easy titles for smartpho...

Renault Korea Motors shuts down Busan plant for 10 days

Renault Korea Motors shuts down Busan plant for 10 days

Renault Korea this month will stop operating its Busan plant for about 10 days in a desperate bid to reduce inventory, which has soared due to plumm...

S.Korea to grant visa-free entry to transit passengers from abroad

S.Korea to grant visa-free entry to transit passengers from abroad

Transit passengers from select countries from Sunday can enter South Korea without a visa, and this waiver from May 15 will apply to a wider range o...

Hotel Shilla to challenge Lotte’s duty-free shop dominance in Korea

Hotel Shilla to challenge Lotte’s duty-free shop dominance in Korea

South Korean leading luxury hotel and retail operator Hotel Shilla is challenging its crosstown rival Lotte, the dominant player in the country&rsqu...

S.Korea’s IT parts makers reeling from sluggish smartphone, TV sales performance

S.Korea’s IT parts makers reeling from sluggish smartphone, TV sales performance

  South Korea’s major information technology parts makers like Samsung Electro-Mechanics, LG Innotek and LG Display Co. suffered huge dr...

Kia expects stellar Q2 after reporting record operating profit in Q1

Kia expects stellar Q2 after reporting record operating profit in Q1

Kia Corp., the smaller sibling of South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co., presented a rosy earnings outlook for the second quarter ...

S.Korea gov’t hosts sales event for domestic, US SMEs

S.Korea gov’t hosts sales event for domestic, US SMEs

South Korean small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) expanded their exchange and cooperation with US firms during President Yoon Suk yeol's state...

Korean dept stores to lure foreigners with K-pop, festival

Korean dept stores to lure foreigners with K-pop, festival

South Korean department stores are set to launch various programs such as a festival and sales of K-pop star merchandise to attract foreign tourists...

Korean auto parts makers’ earnings ride on electrification push

Korean auto parts makers’ earnings ride on electrification push

South Korea’s major automotive parts makers are expected to post decent growth in their first-quarter sales and earnings on the back of their ...

LG Elec to strengthen its direct-to-consumer sales strategy

LG Elec to strengthen its direct-to-consumer sales strategy

South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. is strengthening its direct-to-consumer (D2C) strategy and expanding its lineup of low- to mid-priced products to ...

LG Electronics to bolster B2B to transform into software company

LG Electronics to bolster B2B to transform into software company

LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s home appliance giant, will expedite its push to transform from a white goods manufacturer into a digital so...

LG paves way for $82 bn OLED TV, panel sales milestone

LG paves way for $82 bn OLED TV, panel sales milestone

South Korea’s LG Display Co. is regarded as a pioneer in the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) market after it developed the world’s f...

Hyundai ties up with LG, SK for $5.3 bn US EV cell plants

Hyundai ties up with LG, SK for $5.3 bn US EV cell plants

Hyundai Motor Group, the leading South Korean automaker, has joined hands with LG Energy Solution Ltd. and its smaller rival SK On Co. to build elec...

Lotte’s soju team applauded as MZers bedazzled by sugar-free Saero

Lotte’s soju team applauded as MZers bedazzled by sugar-free Saero

Young consumers, dubbed millennials and Gen Zers, are by nature conscious of fleeting fads.These days, one of the hottest trends in South Korea is h...

Curexo, Kyocera to enter Japan’s artificial joint surgery robot market

Curexo, Kyocera to enter Japan’s artificial joint surgery robot market

South Korea's medical robot company Curexo partnered with Kyocera Corporation to enter the Japanese market for artificial joint surgery robots.Curex...

Samsung Store tops home appliance store in S. Korea

Samsung Store tops home appliance store in S. Korea

Samsung Store, Samsung Electronics Co.'s direct-to-consumer (D2C) channel, has exceeded Lotte Himart in domestic sales for the first time in its his...

S.Korea's Celltrion Healthcare launches Vegzelma in US

S.Korea's Celltrion Healthcare launches Vegzelma in US

South Korea's Celltrion Healthcare Co. on Monday said it launched on the US market Vegzelma, a biosimilar of Bevacizumab, a medication for colorecta...

Hyundai, Kia surpass 100,000 global EV sales in Q1

Hyundai, Kia surpass 100,000 global EV sales in Q1

Hyundai Motor Group's electric vehicle (EV) sales have exceeded 100,000 units in the first quarter of this year, driven by the strong sales of its f...

S.Korea’s Musinsa sees sales grow 54% in 2022 to $537 mn

S.Korea’s Musinsa sees sales grow 54% in 2022 to $537 mn

South Korea’s online fashion platform Musinsa saw sales last year surge over 50% to break the 700 billion won ($537.7 million) mark, though op...

S.Korea’s EcoPro BM seeks to raise $385 mn through convertible bond sale

S.Korea’s EcoPro BM seeks to raise $385 mn through convertible bond sale

South Korea’s leading battery materials maker EcoPro BM Co. sought to raise up to 500 billion won ($385 million) through a convertible bond fo...

Indonesia’s slashed EV tax to boost Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 sales

Indonesia’s slashed EV tax to boost Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 sales

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is expected to enhance its presence in Indonesia, which has drastically reduced its value-added ...

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