Hyundai Eng. acquires certifications for nuclear power plant construction

Hyundai Eng. acquires certifications for nuclear power plant construction

Hyundai Engineering Co. said on Tuesday it has obtained both domestic and foreign quality certifications to start the nuclear power plant EPC (desig...

SK Ecoplant joins with PnP to foster eco-friendly global startups

SK Ecoplant joins with PnP to foster eco-friendly global startups

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. will join with global venture capital firm Plug and Play (PnP) to discover and launch global startups in eco-fri...

Pan Ocean to transport energy products for Portugal's Galp

Pan Ocean to transport energy products for Portugal's Galp

Pan Ocean Co., the top bulk shipping company in South Korea, has received its first large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to provide shipp...

LG Elec to increase partnerships for business expansion

LG Elec to increase partnerships for business expansion

LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliance maker, is seeking more partnerships with global leading companies and increas...

HD Hyundai to boost offshore wind power, future ships, CEO says

HD Hyundai to boost offshore wind power, future ships, CEO says

LAS VEGAS – HD Hyundai Co., the largest shipbuilding conglomerate in South Korea, is set to diversify its future growth engines, focusing on s...

Aekyung Industrial acquires green certification for eco-friendly detergent

Aekyung Industrial acquires green certification for eco-friendly detergent

Aekyung Industrial said on Thursday that it has obtained green technology certification from the Korea Technology Finance Corporation for its eco-fr...

Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners

Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners

Com2verse, Com2uS Corp.'s metaverse subsidiary said on Tuesday that it has secured a strategic investment of 4 billion won ($3.1 million) each from ...

Sejong kicks off private 5G business for exclusive use for industrial safety

Sejong kicks off private 5G business for exclusive use for industrial safety

Sejong Telecom, Inc. a mid-sized facilities-based telecommunications business and ICT platform company in South Korea, will launch a private 5G bu...

SKC's film business units change their names, start anew

SKC's film business units change their names, start anew

SKC Future Materials and SKC Hi-Tech & Marketing, which had newly been established through the spin-off of SKC's industrial materials division (...

Naver, Kakao to hold off M&As to pursue profits

Naver, Kakao to hold off M&As to pursue profits

Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp., South Korea’s two leading online platforms, will put on hold acquisition-oriented growth strategies and instead p...

K-BBQ brand Mapo Galmaegi signs agreement to get halal certification

K-BBQ brand Mapo Galmaegi signs agreement to get halal certification

South Korean food service enterprise Didim E&F said on Monday that its Korean barbecue brand Mapo Galmaegi signed a business agreement with a Ko...

Document tool company Business Canvas secures Series A2 round

Document tool company Business Canvas secures Series A2 round

Business Canvas, a South Korean SaaS (software as a service) startup that services the global document tool "Typed," announced on Tuesday that it ha...

Korean business chiefs’ Year of the Rabbit messages: Keep investing

Korean business chiefs’ Year of the Rabbit messages: Keep investing

South Korea’s top business leaders on the first business day of the year stressed the importance of active investment and concentration of r...

Is semiconductor chip rental doable?: Samsung says yes

Is semiconductor chip rental doable?: Samsung says yes

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is looking to launch a high-end memory chip rental service as its new business ...

Hilton Seoul to close business for redevelopment project

Hilton Seoul to close business for redevelopment project

Millennium Hilton Seoul, founded in 1983, will close down for business on Dec. 31 due to redevelopment plans for the property.The five-star hotel ...

SuperBin completes plastic recycling factory in Seoul suburb

SuperBin completes plastic recycling factory in Seoul suburb

SuperBin, a South Korean startup reshaping the waste recycling ecosystem using Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, on Thursday said it had co...

LS Cable abandons round wire to focus on higher-value EV wire

LS Cable abandons round wire to focus on higher-value EV wire

LS Cable & System Ltd. has decided to give up the round wire business to concentrate on higher-value-added products used in electric vehicles (E...

SK Energy expands fusion urban fuel cell business

SK Energy expands fusion urban fuel cell business

SK Energy has teamed up with new and renewable energy companies to develop urban distributed power generation and electric vehicle charging.The comp...

Samyang develops polycarbonates made of 90% recycled plastic

Samyang develops polycarbonates made of 90% recycled plastic

Samyang Corp., a food and chemical affiliate of Samyang Group, on Wednesday said it had developed South Korea's first eco-friendly polycarbonates co...

Business Survey Index falls for 4th consecutive month

Business Survey Index falls for 4th consecutive month

With both exports and domestic spending growing shakier amid the global economic downturn, South Korean business sentiment has taken a backward step...

Hyundai Rotem's new braking technology acquires green certification

Hyundai Rotem's new braking technology acquires green certification

Hyundai Rotem, a South Korean railway rolling stock supplier under Hyundai Motor Group, acquired a green certification for its zero-speed regenerati...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group changes its name to HD Hyundai

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group changes its name to HD Hyundai

HD Hyundai held a 50th-anniversary vision declaration ceremony at its Global R&D Center in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on Monday where it annou...

KT signs agreement with O2 Company on smart fish farming

KT signs agreement with O2 Company on smart fish farming

KT Corp., a South Korean telecom giant, plans to advance into the sea farming business.KT said on Sunday it had signed a business agreement with O2 ...

SKC to showcase innovative chip, battery materials at CES 2023

SKC to showcase innovative chip, battery materials at CES 2023

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials maker, will showcase innovative materials for rechargeable batteries and semiconductors at CES 2023, the...

CJ CheilJedang develops biodegradable cosmetic containers

CJ CheilJedang develops biodegradable cosmetic containers

CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Thursday that it has applied a biodegradable container developed from a composite material mixed with PHA (polyhydroxya...

SK Broadband develops eco-friendly rechargable remote control

SK Broadband develops eco-friendly rechargable remote control

South Korea's internet service provider SK Broadband has developed a new B tv remote control that can be recharged with significantly reduced chargi...

Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee flies to Vietnam for global business

Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee flies to Vietnam for global business

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee embarked on a business trip to Vietnam on Wednesday to attend an opening ceremony for a research and dev...

GS E&C inks deal with AirFirst on industrial gas tech development

GS E&C inks deal with AirFirst on industrial gas tech development

GS Engineering & Construction Co. said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with AirFirst to work together in the areas of industrial gas ...

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...

KKR to buy 100% stake in SK E&S' Busan City Gas for $561 mn

KKR to buy 100% stake in SK E&S' Busan City Gas for $561 mn

Private equity giant KKR & Co. is slated to buy a 100% stake in Busan City Gas Co., wholly owned by South Korean energy company SK E&S Co., ...

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