Hyundai Motor scraps LNG plant construction plan

Hyundai Motor scraps LNG plant construction plan

Hyundai Motor Co. has scrapped a plan to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled plant to power its main production lines in South Korea due to a...

LG Elec.-SM Ent. tie up to challenge Apple Fitness+

LG Elec.-SM Ent. tie up to challenge Apple Fitness+

LG Electronics Inc. and SM Entertainment Co., South Korea’s giants in the home appliances and entertainment sectors, joined hands in the home ...

Korea’s Socar gets pushback for high valuation ahead of IPO

Korea’s Socar gets pushback for high valuation ahead of IPO

South Korea’s mobility unicorn Socar Inc. faces controversy over its valuation after the car-sharing startup set the price guidance for its in...

Korean biotech L&C Bio issues convertible bonds worth $46 mn

Korean biotech L&C Bio issues convertible bonds worth $46 mn

South Korean biotech company L&C Bio, which specializes in tissue regeneration treatment, is poised to ramp up its expansion into the Chinese ma...

Washington D.C. recognizes Korea as origin of kimchi

Washington D.C. recognizes Korea as origin of kimchi

Washington D.C. has joined the three US states of California, Virginia and New York to designate Nov. 22 “Kimchi Day,” and has acknowled...

SK Materials, Showa Denko to jointly seek US semiconductor gas business

SK Materials, Showa Denko to jointly seek US semiconductor gas business

SK Materials Co., an industrial gas manufacturing affiliate of South Korea’s SK Inc., and Japanese chemicals company Showa Denko K.K. have agr...

Korean Air gears up to normalize international flights

Korean Air gears up to normalize international flights

Korean Air Lines Co., the country’s top carrier, is set to take measures to normalize international flights as nations worldwide are opening u...

LG Innotek unveils top-of-the-line in-cabin radar module

LG Innotek unveils top-of-the-line in-cabin radar module

South Korea’s electronic parts maker LG Innotek unveiled an in-cabin radar module Tuesday, which it says is the most advanced version of such ...

KG, Cactus PE, Pavilion PE named new owners of Ssangyong Motor

KG, Cactus PE, Pavilion PE named new owners of Ssangyong Motor

A consortium led by the chemicals-to-steel conglomerate KG Group has been named the new owner of South Korea’s troubled sport utility vehicle ...

Doosan Enerbility, Siemens' affiliate sign MOU for wind power business

Doosan Enerbility, Siemens' affiliate sign MOU for wind power business

Doosan Enerbility Co. announced Sunday it has signed an initial memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A. (SGRE) i...

LG Electronics, GS acquire AppleMango to launch EV charging business

LG Electronics, GS acquire AppleMango to launch EV charging business

LG Electronics Inc., in partnership with GS Group, is advancing into the electric vehicle charging service market by acquiring AppleMango Co., a Sou...

1 in 4 biotech firms struggles with decreasing cash reserves

1 in 4 biotech firms struggles with decreasing cash reserves

South Korea’s biotechnology firms – public and private alike –  are facing increasingly negative financial conditions. T...

Top Korean companies’ new battlefield: Used car market

Top Korean companies’ new battlefield: Used car market

Hyundai Motor Co., Lotte Rental Co., and KB Financial Group, the No. 1 players in each of their sectors, are gearing up to fight in a new arena &nda...

SK Ecoplant to inject $100 mn in Korean solar energy firm Topsun

SK Ecoplant to inject $100 mn in Korean solar energy firm Topsun

South Korea's top waste management company SK Ecoplant Co., a unit of conglomerate SK Inc., is slated to complete talks to invest 130 billion won ($...

S.Korean conglomerates look to paint future with NFTs

S.Korean conglomerates look to paint future with NFTs

The non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem has penetrated into mainstream society. NFTs are digital assets that represent objects in the physical world,...

Petrochem firms to fuel plants with self-supplied power

Petrochem firms to fuel plants with self-supplied power

South Korea’s petrochemical companies will build power plants for the first time in their history to meet their rising energy needs on a stabl...

Korea to reboot nuclear power sector with orders, aid

Korea to reboot nuclear power sector with orders, aid

South Korea plans to rebuild the nuclear power plant industry hard hit by the previous government’s nuclear energy phasing-out policy by placi...

LG CNS launches AI robot subscription service for warehouse operators

LG CNS launches AI robot subscription service for warehouse operators

LG CNS unveiled a cloud-based logistics robot subscription service on Tuesday, which could save warehouse operators a significant amount in upfront ...

S.Korea ushers in new space era with rocket launch success

S.Korea ushers in new space era with rocket launch success

GOHEUNG, South Korea -- South Korea opened a new space era as it succeeded in the launch of a homegrown space rocket carrying payloads to become the...

KAIST says its computation engine outperforms Google's, IBM's

KAIST says its computation engine outperforms Google's, IBM's

Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), a prestigious South Korean university, unveiled an artificial intelligence computation...

Pet health: Korean genetic testing firms' new target market

Pet health: Korean genetic testing firms' new target market

South Korean direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing companies are rushing to the veterinary diagnostics market where they see greater potential gr...

Samsung holds emergency CEO meeting on technology, risk

Samsung holds emergency CEO meeting on technology, risk

Chief executives of Samsung Group’s technology units, led by Samsung Electronics Co., held an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss new techn...

POSCO to treble natural gas production in Australia by 2025

POSCO to treble natural gas production in Australia by 2025

South Korea’s POSCO International Co. plans to more than treble the natural gas production from the two gas fields of its newly-acquired Austr...

SK Gas to sell Istanbul tunnel stake to Qatari fund for $111 mn

SK Gas to sell Istanbul tunnel stake to Qatari fund for $111 mn

SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier, is poised to sell its stake in an operator of the Eurasia Tunnel in...

K-beauty makers focus on US as China business slows

K-beauty makers focus on US as China business slows

South Korea’s major cosmetics makers are trying to lure more customers in North America as the K-beauty boom has been weakening in China, the ...

POSCO, SK On forge strategic tie-up in rechargeable battery business

POSCO, SK On forge strategic tie-up in rechargeable battery business

POSCO Holdings Inc., the investment holding company of South Korea’s largest steelmaker, and SK On Co., the battery unit of SK Innovation Co.,...

LG Uplus’ Uplus Drive to be installed in Lexus New Generation NX series

LG Uplus’ Uplus Drive to be installed in Lexus New Generation NX series

The in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system by LG Uplus will be equipped in the new line of vehicles by Toyota Motor Corp. and its luxury division Lexu...

Korea Inc. hit by rising commodity prices, weak won, supply crisis

Korea Inc. hit by rising commodity prices, weak won, supply crisis

South Korea’s major industries, especially the petrochemical and auto parts sectors, are suffering from surging global commodity prices, a wea...

Doosan adds chip post-processing to list of growth drivers

Doosan adds chip post-processing to list of growth drivers

Doosan Group has added semiconductor post-processing services to its core businesses and plans to invest 1 trillion won ($774 million) in its microc...

Korea’s new central bank head could be a game changer

Korea’s new central bank head could be a game changer

Rhee Chang-yong has made a big splash in less than two months as the Bank of Korea governor and I’m not the least bit surprised. Over the l...

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