S.Korean hybrid car market surpasses $4.56 bn in H1 2023

South Korea's hybrid car market has shown a remarkable surge, reaching 6.12 trillion won ($4.56 billion) in the first half of 2023, according to the...

KT to hold AI coding lectures at universities

South Korea’s KT Corp. is expanding operations of its artificial intelligence (AI) coding education platform AI Codiny.The company on Sunday s...

Hanwha Life sees cumulative profit in 15 years in Vietnam

Hanwha Life Insurance Co.’s Vietnamese subsidiary has reported a cumulative profit in 15 years, marking the first South Korean insurers’...

Kia to revive Ray EV to kick start S.Korean city car market

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, aims to revitalize the local city car segment with the reintroduction of an electric version of the ...

Gaming giant Krafton to pour additional $150 mn into India

South Korean gaming giant Krafton Inc., renowned for its global mega-hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), is slated to ramp up investment...

SK Biopharm to export epilepsy drug tech to Middle Eastern firm

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals announced on Friday a strategic tie-up with Hikma MENA FZE, marking the introduction of its new epilepsy medicat...

Naver's translation app Papago faces challenge from German competitor

A German competitor has entered South Korea's translation tool market to challenge No. 1 Naver Corp. and No. 2 Google.The Cologne, Germany-based art...

Hyundai acquires GM’s Indian plant, aims to sell more SUVs, EVs

Hyundai Motor Co. has acquired a car manufacturing plant in India from General Motors Co. as South Korea's top automaker aims to expand its presence...

Korean C&R Research to set up US, Thai units for global biz

C&R Research Inc., South Korea’s top contract research organization (CRO), plans to establish units in the US and Thailand this year while...

Korean game market needs new titles for breakthrough

South Korean game developers are struggling to revive gamers’ interest without releasing new blockbuster titles to fill the big shoes left by ...

Kombucha tea brands lure investors as diet drink market grows

South Korea’s medium-sized electronics components maker Phoenix Rising PTE Ltd. has agreed to invest 3 billion won ($2.3 million) in domestic ...

S.Korea to deliver food safety management skill to Thai, Malaysian officials

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of South Korea announced on Friday that it will conduct an invited training program for food safety officials f...

Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphones, watches hit global markets

Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest models of its flagship Galaxy series of smartphones, watches and tablets have begun hitting the shelves of the comp...

Hyundai's all-new Santa Fe to hit Korean market mid-August

Hyundai Motor Co.'s all-new Santa Fe will finally hit the market with presales to take place this Saturday in South Korea, where the mid-size sport ...

LG Electronics’ projectors sweep world’s No. 3 golf market

Screen golf centers have become another gold mine for LG Electronics Inc. thanks to Koreans’ unwavering golf enthusiasm, which has made the wo...

Hyundai Elevator sets sights on global ‘Top 5’ ranking by 2030

Shanghai Hyundai Elevator, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator Co., unveiled on Thursday an ambitious plan to bolster its market sh...

Lotte Hotels & Resorts to launch premium kimchi product

Lotte Hotels & Resorts, a leading South Korean hospitality company, announced on Thursday its intention to penetrate the domestic kimchi market,...

Korean lifestyle brand Andar takes on Xexymix in athleisure market

South Korea's activewear maker Andar posted record quarterly sales of 61.6 billion won ($47 million), moving one step closer to retaking the market ...

Insatiable Hyundai Motor aspires to lead India with SUVs, EVs

Hyundai Motor Group must become “the first mover” in India, which has emerged as the next fierce battlefield for global car makers after...

Hanjin KAL secures liquidity to keep chairman's control of firm

Hanjin KAL Corp., the holding firm of South Korean flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co., is actively raising money via bond issuances and sale of prope...

Samsung to unveil vision for chips resembling human senses at Tech Day

Chipmakers around the world have long aspired to develop semiconductors that can replicate human senses such as smell, hearing, vision, taste and to...

Orion teams up with Dutch Mill to tap Vietnamese dairy market

South Korea's Orion Corp. announced on Tuesday its strategic collaboration with Thailand's dairy behemoth, Dutch Mill Co., marking its ambitious ent...

Korea’s time deposit rates head north on higher bank bonds’ coupon

South Korea’s commercial banks have joined thrifts and credit unions in a race to offer their time deposit holders higher interest to cover cl...

LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China in H1

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in the first half of this year retained its No. 1 ranking on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batte...

S.Korea's Lotte Department Store launches 'K-Beauty' tour service

South Korea's Lotte Department Store on Monday announced the launch of a "K-Beauty tour" service for foreign tourists.The company will first give fr...

Ourhome strikes catering deal with Vietnam's FPT Education

A prominent South Korean food service provider Ourhome Ltd. disclosed on Monday that it has penned a memorandum of understanding with FPT Education,...

LG, Samsung vie for HVAC lead with green technology

South Korea’s long-time technology archrivals LG Electronics Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. are upping the ante in the race to lead the grow...

S.Korean transformers invade US market on surging demand

South Korea’s heavy electrical equipment makers are expanding their presence in the US, the world’s second-largest electricity consumer,...

Dongwha Pharm to buy Vietnamese pharmacy chain at $30 mn

South Korea's Dongwha Pharm announced on Thursday that it signed an agreement to acquire a 51% stake in Trung Son Pharma, a leading pharmacy chain i...

With long-gone heyday, Capro clings to stake sale for survival

Once everyone’s darling but now an ugly duckling, Capro Co., South Korea’s sole maker of caprolactam, a nylon raw material, is despera...