Daewoo E&C, SK Ecoplant to cooperate in nuclear power

Daewoo E&C, SK Ecoplant to cooperate in nuclear power

South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) and SK Ecoplant Co. will jointly take on the domestic and overseas ma...

SK E&S, Plug Power to strengthen hydrogen partnership

SK E&S, Plug Power to strengthen hydrogen partnership

South Korea's SK E&S Co. and Plug Power, a global hydrogen solutions provider, have reinforced their commitment to accelerating the developmen...

S.Korea’s men’s fashion platform Deps launches offline store

S.Korea’s men’s fashion platform Deps launches offline store

Deps, a men’s fashion platform launched by South Korean fashion brand incubator Hago L&F, is accelerating its market offensive through the...

GS E&C faces heavy loss in Q2 due to apartment reconstruction plan

GS E&C faces heavy loss in Q2 due to apartment reconstruction plan

GS Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea’s major construction firm, posted a quarterly operating loss in the April-June period for t...

SK E&S seeks Australia's support for Barossa LNG, CCS projects

SK E&S seeks Australia's support for Barossa LNG, CCS projects

SK E&S Co. has asked Australia to support its liquefied natural gas fields in the country and a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in neig...

Lotte's virtual human Lucy to debut in Thailand

Lotte's virtual human Lucy to debut in Thailand

South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping unveiled a plan on Wednesday to introduce its virtual influencer, Lucy, to Southeast Asia's burgeoning live commer...

S.Korea’s fashion brand Handsome expands overseas portfolio

S.Korea’s fashion brand Handsome expands overseas portfolio

South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp. is accelerating expansion of its portfolio for licensing foreign brands.The company on Monday said it co...

SK E&S opens representative office in Vietnam

SK E&S opens representative office in Vietnam

South Korea's renewable energy company SK E&S is speeding up the expansion of its global eco-friendly power generation business by opening a rep...

Hyundai E&C beats Q2 profit estimates on strong foreign deals

Hyundai E&C beats Q2 profit estimates on strong foreign deals

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea’s leading builder, reported better-than-expected profit in the second quarter thanks t...

Musinsa opens showroom in Tokyo for S.Korean designers’ brands

Musinsa opens showroom in Tokyo for S.Korean designers’ brands

South Korea's online fashion platform Musinsa opened a showroom in Tokyo on Thursday targeting fashion buyers, as it aims to introduce domestic desi...

Korean convenience stores threaten Japanese rivals’ empire

Korean convenience stores threaten Japanese rivals’ empire

South Korea’s convenience store chains aim to seize the throne from Japanese rivals in Asia by utilizing K-pop and food as they look for new g...

Alibaba launches express ships to S.Korea as orders surge

Alibaba launches express ships to S.Korea as orders surge

Alibaba.com, China’s largest online marketplace, launched an express cargo ship service between South Korea and China this week to meet a surg...

KKR leads $190 mn Series C funding of fashion platform Musinsa

KKR leads $190 mn Series C funding of fashion platform Musinsa

South Korea’s leading fashion platform Musinsa said on Wednesday it has attracted 240 billion won ($189.7 million) in its Series C funding rou...

Hyundai E&C joins project for Ukraine's post-war reconstruction

Hyundai E&C joins project for Ukraine's post-war reconstruction

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) has joined a post-war reconstruction project in Ukraine to expand the nation&rs...

KT to cooperate with Mongolian gov't on DX techs

KT to cooperate with Mongolian gov't on DX techs

South Korea's telecom service provider KT Corp. disclosed on Monday its plans to collaborate with the Mongolian government to usher in a digital tra...

Hyundai E&C to commercialize CCS for the first time in S.Korea

Hyundai E&C to commercialize CCS for the first time in S.Korea

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction announced that it has won the contract for the preliminary front-end engineering and design (Pr...

Kia opens e-sports pop-up store Earth 6A3

Kia opens e-sports pop-up store Earth 6A3

Kia Corp. said on Thursday that it has officially launched its pop-up store of e-sports "Earth 6A3" in Seongsu-dong, Seoul.  With a primar...

NHN Commerce acquires Italian luxury brands retailer Ikonic

NHN Commerce acquires Italian luxury brands retailer Ikonic

NHN Commerce, South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s shopping platform, announced on Tuesday its acquisition of a 77.8% stake in Ikonic Srl,...

LG Uplus to enter fashion metaverse

LG Uplus to enter fashion metaverse

South Korea‘s LG Uplus Corp. has launched a fashion metaverse business, starting this month the clothing store Meta Slap, a digital service fo...

Dior to open Tears capsule collection pop-up store in Seoul

Dior to open Tears capsule collection pop-up store in Seoul

Dior will open a pop-up store in Seoul's Seongsu-dong to commemorate the launch of the "Dior Tears capsule collection."This collection was created t...

GS E&C loses $230 mn market capitalization in one day

GS E&C loses $230 mn market capitalization in one day

GS Engineering & Construction Co.'s stock price plummeted on Thursday in the aftermath of the underground parking lot collapse. Following the Mi...

S.Korea's E-mart24 opens 3rd branch in Singapore

S.Korea's E-mart24 opens 3rd branch in Singapore

South Korea’s convenience store chain E-mart24 has opened its third store in Singapore featuring the city-state's hawker culture, aiming for l...

S.Korea’s best-selling premium fashion brand Time to go global

S.Korea’s best-selling premium fashion brand Time to go global

Handsome Corp., a fashion house of South Korea’s major retailer Hyundai Department Store Group, will launch The Time, an upmarket collection...

S.Korea's beauty platform Hwahae opens flagship store on TikTok

S.Korea's beauty platform Hwahae opens flagship store on TikTok

South Korea's mobile beauty platform Hwahae has opened a flagship store on TikTok (Chinese name Douyin). Hwahae's operator Birdview announced t...

SK E&S eyes business split-up to raise up to $1. 5 bn

SK E&S eyes business split-up to raise up to $1. 5 bn

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. is seeking to split up its business to raise up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion), according to people with knowle...

Genesis GV70 EV tops German magazine comparison

Genesis GV70 EV tops German magazine comparison

The Electrified GV70, an electric SUV from Hyundai Motor Group's luxury brand Genesis, has won the top spot in a comparison test run by Germany's ...

S.Korean builders feel tailwind from Middle East

S.Korean builders feel tailwind from Middle East

South Korean construction companies, struggling with soaring raw material prices and higher interest rates, are poised to bounce back with a string ...

3rd-gen. corporate succession in S.Korea slashes stake from 100% to 16%

3rd-gen. corporate succession in S.Korea slashes stake from 100% to 16%

South Korea's business sector is urging reform of the domestic inheritance tax system to alleviate problems in corporate succession, citing difficul...

Hyundai, KTC jointly open EV charging quality assurance center

Hyundai, KTC jointly open EV charging quality assurance center

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Monday that it held an opening ceremony for the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Quality Verification Cente...

Korea’s GS E&C holds first global HR conference in Mumbai

Korea’s GS E&C holds first global HR conference in Mumbai

GS Engineering & Construction Co. announced on Friday that it recently held the “1st Global HR Leaders Conference” attended by chief...

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