S.Korea's Shinsegae Int'l secures domestic sales rights of Laura Mercier

S.Korea's Shinsegae Int'l secures domestic sales rights of Laura Mercier

South Korea's major retailer Shinsegae International said on Monday that it would acquire the exclusive domestic sales rights of Laura Mercier, a Fr...

SK Energy buys stake in subscription car wash service

SK Energy buys stake in subscription car wash service

South Korea is seeing growth in the variety of services for the rising number of eco-friendly electric vehicles (EVs) on the nation's roads.Industry...

S.Korean Proteina gets offers from global pharmaceutical companies

S.Korean Proteina gets offers from global pharmaceutical companies

Global pharmaceutical companies are expressing keen interest in the South Korean diagnostics company Proteina. Unlike companies that search for sp...

Boryung holds Care-in-Space Challenge in US for space healthcare startups

Boryung holds Care-in-Space Challenge in US for space healthcare startups

South Korea's pharmaceutical company Boryeong said on Friday that it held the first "Care-in-Space Challenge" event, a new space healthcare startup ...

Lordsystem, NHN Doctortour agree to promote mobile passport authentication service

Lordsystem, NHN Doctortour agree to promote mobile passport authentication service

South Korea’s two companies, Lordsystem and NHN Doctortour, decided to cooperate on mobile passport identity verification services, which wi...

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...

SK Telecom gets global approval for UAM-interworking tech standard

SK Telecom gets global approval for UAM-interworking tech standard

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Thursday said the International Telecommunication Union's Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) approved ...

BGF EcoMaterials to partner with Hwaseung Material for composite materials

BGF EcoMaterials to partner with Hwaseung Material for composite materials

BGF EcoMaterials, a materials unit of the BGF Group, said on Friday that it has signed an agreement with Hwaseung Material, a fine chemical company,...

Baring PEA breaks $1 bn PI Advanced Materials buyout deal

Baring PEA breaks $1 bn PI Advanced Materials buyout deal

Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia has broken a deal to buy a majority stake in the world’s largest polyimide film manufacturer PI Adv...

Cafe24 signs agreement with CJ Logistics for fulfillment service

Cafe24 signs agreement with CJ Logistics for fulfillment service

South Korea's e-commerce platform Cafe24 said Thursday that it has signed an agreement with CJ Logistics to provide fulfillment services to online s...

Iljin Electric moves into DC power transmission device market

Iljin Electric moves into DC power transmission device market

Iljin Electric, an integrated heavy electric device unit of South Korea's Iljin Group, will participate in the domestic MVDC (medium-voltage direct ...

Home&Shopping partners with K-Market to explore opportunities in Vietnam

Home&Shopping partners with K-Market to explore opportunities in Vietnam

Home & Shopping, South Korea's home shopping channel specializing in products of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),  announced on Th...

JSCO Holdings signs MOA with Philippines' nickel mining company

JSCO Holdings signs MOA with Philippines' nickel mining company

JSCO Holdings said on Thursday that it has signed a comprehensive memorandum of agreement (MOA) with EVE Mining & Development Corporation (EVM) ...

Kyobo Life seeks to transition into financial holding company 

Kyobo Life seeks to transition into financial holding company 

South Korean life insurance behemoth Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is seeking to transition into a financial holding company to expand its business footh...

MDimune signs research agreement with Australian National University

MDimune signs research agreement with Australian National University

MDimune, a South Korean biotech company, said on Wednesday that it had signed an agreement with the Clear Vision Research (CVR) Lab, a research grou...

SK Chemicals obtains highest ESG rating among listed companies

SK Chemicals obtains highest ESG rating among listed companies

SK Chemicals obtained the highest grade in a recent ESG (environmental, social, and governance) rating evaluation of 1,033 listed companies, the com...

SK Car Rental acquires ISO 45001 for safety, health management system

SK Car Rental acquires ISO 45001 for safety, health management system

SK Car Rental said on Wednesday that it has obtained the safety and health management system (ISO45001) certification from the British Standards Ins...

Dragonfly, CJ ENM sign MOU on content business

Dragonfly, CJ ENM sign MOU on content business

Dragonfly said on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with CJ ENM Co. to cooperate in moving into new content busines...

Samsung’s Lee visits UAE nuclear plant project on first trip as chairman

Samsung’s Lee visits UAE nuclear plant project on first trip as chairman

Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee is in Abu Dhabi to meet with businesspeople and politicians and tour the Barakah nuclear power plant project in the ...

Hankook Tire ESG Report wins gold prize in LACP 2022 Spotlight Awards

Hankook Tire ESG Report wins gold prize in LACP 2022 Spotlight Awards

The ESG Report of Hankook Tire & Technology won the gold prize in the 2022 Spotlight Awards hosted by the League of American Communications Prof...

LG plans additional $4 billion investment in Vietnam

LG plans additional $4 billion investment in Vietnam

South Korean electronics giants including LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics plan to pour billions of dollars of additional investment into Viet...

Daol Financial Group to let go of VC affiliate, hit by liquidity crunch

Daol Financial Group to let go of VC affiliate, hit by liquidity crunch

The Daol Financial Group is widely expected to let go of its venture capital arm in the midst of a worsening liquidity crunch. The VC firm Daol...

Samsung Heavy sells drillship to Italian offshore drilling company

Samsung Heavy sells drillship to Italian offshore drilling company

Samsung Heavy Industries said on Tuesday in a regulatory filing that it has sold a drillship to Saipem, an Italian offshore drilling company, for 29...

SK Discovery launches bio strategy, investment division

SK Discovery launches bio strategy, investment division

Korea's chemical company SK Discovery Co. on Tuesday said it launched a bio strategy and investment division headed by Kim Jung-hoon, director of SK...

Lotte Rental wins $30 mn Tower Export Award for selling used cars

Lotte Rental wins $30 mn Tower Export Award for selling used cars

Lotte Rental said on Tuesday that it was granted the "$30 Million Tower" Export  Award at the "59th Korea Trade Day" award ceremony, thanks to ...

Shinsegae Int'l secures domestic sales rights for Italian brand Davines

Shinsegae Int'l secures domestic sales rights for Italian brand Davines

South Korea's fashion retail giant Shinsegae International on Monday said it has acquired the domestic rights to sell the Italian haircare brand Dav...

Nexen Tire develops AI-based tech for road surface detection

Nexen Tire develops AI-based tech for road surface detection

Nexen Tire Corp. on Monday said it developed technology for road surface detection and analysis of tire braking distance using artificial intelligen...

Taihan earns certification for extra-high voltage transmission cable

Taihan earns certification for extra-high voltage transmission cable

Taihan Cable & Solution said on Monday that it had completed the development of a 500-kV current cross-linked polyethylene extra-high voltage DC...

SK Gas achieves milestone of zero accidents for 28 consecutive years

SK Gas achieves milestone of zero accidents for 28 consecutive years

SK Gas said on Monday that its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) import terminal in Pyeongtaek had achieved a record of no accidents for 28 consecutive ...

KT&G completes elementary school in Laos with employee donations

KT&G completes elementary school in Laos with employee donations

KT&G, South Korea's dominant tobacco company,  announced on Monday that along with South Korea's non-profit organization Sharing Culture &a...

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