S. Korea's SillaJen launches clinical trials in US for new anti-cancer drug

S. Korea's SillaJen launches clinical trials in US for new anti-cancer drug

South Korean biotech company Sillajen Inc. has started recruiting patients for Phase 1 clinical trials in the US for an anti-cancer drug from a Swis...

LG Chem confirms diabetes drug Zemidapa's efficacy in phase 3 trials

LG Chem confirms diabetes drug Zemidapa's efficacy in phase 3 trials

LG Chem Ltd. announced in a disclosure on Monday that it had confirmed superior efficacy in phase 3 clinical trials for the combined administration ...

LG Group seeks future growth engines with new R&D units

LG Group seeks future growth engines with new R&D units

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, set up new research and development units at key affiliates to seek future growth engines...

South Korea passes new law making everyone a little younger

South Korea passes new law making everyone a little younger

SEOUL—As the rest of the world ages, South Koreans are getting younger.South Korea’s parliament passed laws Thursday abolishing the trad...

New drug developer Onconic Therapeutics raises $20 mn in Series B

New drug developer Onconic Therapeutics raises  $20 mn in Series B

South Korean drug developer Onconic Therapeutics, announced on Friday that it raised 26 billion won ($19.9 million) in Series B funding, with cumula...

SK Biopharmaceuticals launches epilepsy drug in France

SK Biopharmaceuticals launches epilepsy drug in France

South Korean SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. said on Friday that its treatment of epilepsy "Cenobamate" has been approved for sale in France.The company l...

Doosan Logistics clinches deal to build Daiso's new hub center

Doosan Logistics clinches deal to build Daiso's new hub center

South Korean system integrator Doosan Logistics Solution (DLS) has won a deal to build a new distribution center at 75 billion won ( $57 million)....

LG Uplus poised to acquire homegrown OTT platform Watcha

LG Uplus poised to acquire homegrown OTT platform Watcha

South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. is slated to acquire homegrown over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc., investment b...

Hyundai's sales of E-GMP-based EVs exceed 100,000 units in Korea

Hyundai's sales of E-GMP-based EVs exceed 100,000 units in Korea

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group sold more than 100,000 units of electric vehicles (EVs) that adopted Hyundai Motor’s E-GMP, or Electri...

Samsung Elec names first female president under Chairman Jay Y. Lee

Samsung Elec names first female president under Chairman Jay Y. Lee

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker, has carried out its year-end executive reshuffle, marked by its...

Hyundai Mobis to unveil new future mobility technologies at CES 2023

Hyundai Mobis to unveil new future mobility technologies at CES 2023

Korea's largest auto parts supplier Hyundai Mobis will take part in CES 2023, the world's largest info tech exhibition, to showcase cutting-edge t...

CJ CheilJedang launches new Bibigo kimchi in Europe

CJ CheilJedang launches new Bibigo kimchi in Europe

Korea's leading food processing company CJ CheilJedang said on Monday that it has launched Bibigo sliced kimchi for export in Europe, which can be s...

K-chicken chain BB.Q opens second restaurant in New York

K-chicken chain BB.Q opens second restaurant in New York

BB.Q Chicken, the country’s leading franchise, said on Friday it opened its second restaurant in Manhattan on Dec.1. This restaurant is BB.Q...

Samsung Galaxy S23 likely to adopt unbreakable smartphone screen glass

Samsung Galaxy S23 likely to adopt unbreakable smartphone screen glass

A smartphone cover glass that does not break even when dropped from a height of 1 meter onto a concrete floor has been newly developed. Corning Inc....

Korea approves Daewoong Pharmaceutical's diabetes drug

Korea approves Daewoong Pharmaceutical's diabetes drug

DAEWOONG PHARMACEUTICAL has received domestic approval for its diabetes drug Envlo with the active ingredient enavogliflozin, the second straight ye...

SK On attracts $1 billion in investment

SK On attracts $1 billion in investment

SK On, the electric battery affiliate of Korea's petroleum, alternative energy and oil exploration corporation SK Innovation, has secured 1.3 trilli...

Whisky imports up 62%, projected to be popular next year and beyond

Whisky imports up 62%, projected to be popular next year and beyond

As whisky became more popular in Korea, the amount of whisky imported for 10 months until October this year increased about 62% compared to the same...

Shell-First: Samsung Foundry’s custom-tailored new operation strategy

Shell-First: Samsung Foundry’s custom-tailored new operation strategy

As the contract chip manufacturing, or foundry, business is quickly emerging as the next battlefield for the world’s major chipmakers, The Korea...

Samsung Elec showcases new high-performance graphics DRAM

Samsung Elec showcases new high-performance graphics DRAM

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, unveiled a next-generation graphics DRAM to meet growing demand for high-performanc...

First joint law office with overseas firm to open in Korea

First joint law office with overseas firm to open in Korea

The first South Korea-overseas joint law firm is set to start operations in Seoul.The joint firm of Korean law firm Hwahyun and UK’s Ashurst h...

SK Telecom to team up with Singapore's Singtel for metaverse venture

SK Telecom to team up with Singapore's Singtel for metaverse venture

SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore's top telecom provider Singtel Group on joint business o...

SK Innovation to adopt internal carbon pricing system

SK Innovation to adopt internal carbon pricing system

SK Innovation Co. on Sunday announced its adoption this year of an "internal carbon pricing system" recently approved by its board of directors. Th...

Spectrum to push back launch date of Hanmi-developed drug Poziotinib

Spectrum to push back launch date of Hanmi-developed drug Poziotinib

Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. announced Friday that California-based Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the US ...

S.Korea to cut coal's share of energy usage to under 20% by 2030

S.Korea to cut coal's share of energy usage to under 20% by 2030

The draft of the Korean government's 10th Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand contains a clause on reducing coal generation's share of nati...

Carlyle promotes two Koreans to partner, MD

Carlyle promotes two Koreans to partner, MD

The Carlyle Group Inc. announced on Tuesday 32 new partners and 39 new managing directors, effective Jan. 1 of 2023, including two Koreans, Sean (So...

Korea to revise dividend policy to ease ‘Korea discount’ concerns

Korea to revise dividend policy to ease ‘Korea discount’ concerns

South Korea plans to revise its stock dividend policy as part of a broader financial market reform to help attract foreign investors and obtain MSCI...

Mezzion Pharma to try again for US FDA approval of drug

Mezzion Pharma to try again for US FDA approval of drug

South Korea's Mezzion Pharma will seek to get the oral medicine Udenafil to treat side effects from heart surgery, planning to clinical trials in th...

South Korea aims to build world’s 6th inland base in the Antarctic 

South Korea aims to build world’s 6th inland base in the Antarctic 

The South Korean government announced on Monday that it will build the world’s sixth inland base in the Antarctic by 2030. The Ministry o...

LG Chem to build $3.2 billion US cathode plant in Tennessee

LG Chem to build $3.2 billion US cathode plant in Tennessee

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Tuesday it is building a $3.2 billion cathode plant in Tennessee, its first facto...

SK Lubricants rebrands with name change as SK Enmove

SK Lubricants rebrands with name change as SK Enmove

SK Lubricants Co., the world’s leading lube base oil supplier, said on Sunday it will be rebranded as SK Enmove Co. on Dec. 1.The new name com...

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