Samsung Bioepis to enhance biosimilar presence with Epysqli

Samsung Bioepis to enhance biosimilar presence with Epysqli

FRANKFURT – Samsung Bioepis Co., a biopharmaceutical unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung, is looking to gain ground in the ra...

Hyundai's Kona Electric nears 300,000 in cumulative sales

Hyundai's Kona Electric nears 300,000 in cumulative sales

Kona Electric, the best-selling Korean electric vehicle (EV) of Hyundai Motor Co.'s compact sports utility vehicle (SUV), is on the verge of reachin...

Korean golf club, apparel markets face decline in post-pandemic era

Korean golf club, apparel markets face decline in post-pandemic era

South Korea’s golf equipment and apparel markets enjoyed a boom during COVID-19. But they are facing a downturn this year amid the growing pop...

S.Korea not ready for developed market status: MSCI

S.Korea not ready for developed market status: MSCI

MSCI Inc. regards the South Korean stock market as not ready for its developed market status despite a series of reforms, dampening the country&rsqu...

HD KSOE gauges carbon emitted over LNG ship's lifespan

HD KSOE gauges carbon emitted over LNG ship's lifespan

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the intermediate shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Co., is calculating the carb...

SK Hynix steps up chip stacking war with 238-layer 4D NAND

SK Hynix steps up chip stacking war with 238-layer 4D NAND

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., has begun mass production of the industry’s hi...

Samsung top in world smartphone market in Q1, beating Apple

Samsung top in world smartphone market in Q1, beating Apple

Samsung Electronics Co. regained the top spot in the smartphone market, surpassing Apple in the first quarter of 2023. This outcome was driven by th...

Craft brewery startups poised to revolutionize brew scene in South Korea

Craft brewery startups poised to revolutionize brew scene in South Korea

Craft beers and highballs from emerging breweries and distilleries are poised to disturb the South Korean alcoholic beverage market dominated by gia...

S.Korea to ease regulations for foreign investor in domestic market

S.Korea to ease regulations for foreign investor in domestic market

South Korea is set to raise the annual cap for individuals' overseas fund transfers without prior notice from $50,000 to $100,000, thereby easing th...

Glonet: A case of Korea's logistics David vs Japan’s shipping Goliath

Glonet: A case of Korea's logistics David vs Japan’s shipping Goliath

TOKYO – Glonet Co. is a novice logistics company hardly known in Japan’s time-honored shipping industry.The small South Korean shipping ...

LG Electronics eyes premium market in Saudi Arabia, India

LG Electronics eyes premium market in Saudi Arabia, India

LG Electronics Inc. will seek out new business opportunities as a premium brand in Saudi Arabia for the oil-rich kingdom’s $500 billion Neom m...

Samsung to showcase new Galaxy foldables in Seoul in July

Samsung to showcase new Galaxy foldables in Seoul in July

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone maker, will showcase new foldable smartphones in the Galaxy Z series next month for th...

SK set to produce faster EV chargers than Tesla in US

SK set to produce faster EV chargers than Tesla in US

DALLAS, TEXAS - South Korea’s SK Signet Inc. is poised to produce electric vehicle chargers with the fastest charging speed in the US, targeti...

Korean investors’ risky bet: Buy inverse ETFs as Kospi heads higher

Korean investors’ risky bet: Buy inverse ETFs as Kospi heads higher

 Among the most cited stock market sayings by experts and laymen alike are “buy the dips” or “sell on news” – tim...

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries unveils homegrown sea vessels

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries unveils homegrown sea vessels

South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (HHI), the shipbuilding affiliate of HD Hyundai Co., on Sunday said it will unveil its next-generati...

Samsung perfects the home theater with top-notch multichannel soundbar

Samsung perfects the home theater with top-notch multichannel soundbar

Samsung Electronics Co. is not only the world’s biggest TV and memory chip maker but also the global No. 1 soundbar brand thanks to its top-no...

Germany's real estate mezzanine market to shine in 2023: Lenwood Capital

Germany's real estate mezzanine market to shine in 2023: Lenwood Capital

The global real estate market is under significant pressure due to increased interest rates and banks' tighter loan standards in 2023. Commercial re...

S.Korea opens logistics center at Surabaya port, Indonesia

S.Korea opens logistics center at Surabaya port, Indonesia

South Korea said it opened a logistics center at a port in Surabaya, Indonesia, to support exports to Southeast Asia’s top economy.The Ministr...

HD KSOE secures $938 mn contract for 5 LNG-powered container ships

HD KSOE secures $938 mn contract for 5 LNG-powered container ships

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the intermediate shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Co., said on Thursday that i...

Samsung Heavy starts to construct ammonia test facility

Samsung Heavy starts to construct ammonia test facility

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries announced on Thursday that it has commenced the construction of an  ammonia test facility at ...

HD Hyundai Oilbank to build eco-friendly power plants

HD Hyundai Oilbank to build eco-friendly power plants

South Korea's HD Hyundai Oilbank is pursuing the construction of eco-friendly power plants powered by liquefied natural gas and blue hydrogen.The co...

Hyundai doubles down on green bus push against Chinese ascent

Hyundai doubles down on green bus push against Chinese ascent

Hyundai Motor Co. is expected to start remodeling its conventional bus production facility at home this fall to ramp up zero-emission and low-floor ...

SK Ecoplant seeks to establish eco holding firm, sell 40% stake to PEFs

SK Ecoplant seeks to establish eco holding firm, sell 40% stake to PEFs

SK Ecoplant Co. is seeking to establish an interim holding firm for its waste management subsidiaries and sell its stake to private equity firms as ...

Doosan Enerbility joins global fusion project ITER

Doosan Enerbility joins global fusion project ITER

South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility Co. will supply pressurizers to the global fusion project International Thermal Experimental Reactor (ITER) ...

Samsung takes steps toward XR device processor chips

Samsung takes steps toward XR device processor chips

Samsung Electronics Co. has been taking steps to develop extended reality (XR) device processor chips to challenge Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and Go...

S.Korean treasury yields top base rate on hawkish BOK

S.Korean treasury yields top base rate on hawkish BOK

South Korea’s three-year treasury bond yield topped the base rate for the first time in two months, after the Bank of Korea (BOK) warned again...

S.Korean karaoke machine leader TJ Media enjoys post-pandemic boom

S.Korean karaoke machine leader TJ Media enjoys post-pandemic boom

South Koreans’ love for singing is no secret, and with the lifting of social-distancing rules in the post-pandemic era their suppressed desire...

MBK co-founder meets with Korean CIOs to finance 6th buyout fund

MBK co-founder meets with Korean CIOs to finance 6th buyout fund

Asia’s private equity giant MBK Partners Ltd. is set to accelerate fundraising for its new fund, which is expected to become the firm’s ...

Hyundai E&C, Holcim to jointly develop low-carbon construction materials

Hyundai E&C, Holcim to jointly develop low-carbon construction materials

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) said on Thursday that it has established an agreement with Holcim, a renowned global ...

Micron overtakes SK Hynix in shrinking DRAM market

Micron overtakes SK Hynix in shrinking DRAM market

Micron Technology Inc., the world’s third-largest DRAM maker, raised its share in the shrinking DRAM market in the first quarter, with a milde...

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