Defy convention with long-run plans to upvalue Korean stocks

Defy convention with long-run plans to upvalue Korean stocks

The South Korean stock market has been on an upward swing in recent weeks, with many partly attributing it to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s pledge...

S.Korea to up the ante on small modular reactor foundry business

S.Korea to up the ante on small modular reactor foundry business

South Korea will nurture the small modular reactor (SMR) foundry business to revive the country’s nuclear power industry by rolling back the p...

SK Telecom develops AI-powered 6G air interface

SK Telecom develops AI-powered 6G air interface

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading mobile carrier, has successfully proved the efficacy of artificial intelligence technology on the improv...

Samsung to unveil Galaxy Fit3 in global market

Samsung to unveil Galaxy Fit3 in global market

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release its new fitness band, the Galaxy Fit3. The device features an expansive 40mm di...

AI device solution startup Sorcerics gets seed round

AI device solution startup Sorcerics gets seed round

South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI)  smart device solution startup Sorcerics, founded by former Google and Microsoft employees, an...

HD Hyundai, Babcock to co-develop submarine for export

HD Hyundai, Babcock to co-develop submarine for export

South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. announced on Wednesday that it will collaborate with the UK-based renowned defense company Babcock Int...

LG Electronics to develop hotel-exclusive robots

LG Electronics to develop hotel-exclusive robots

LG Electronics Inc. will develop hospitality robots jointly with South Korea’s luxury hotel chain operator Josun Hotels & Resorts Co. to m...

SK Telecom invests in Lambda to foray into AI cloud market

SK Telecom invests in Lambda to foray into AI cloud market

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said on Wednesday it has invested in Lambda, a graphics processing unit (GPU) cloud prov...

Norway’s prime office value drop hits Korean retail investors

Norway’s prime office value drop hits Korean retail investors

A South Korean real estate fund is set to post a 100% loss as the value of its sole asset, a prime office building wholly leased to Norway’s l...

Hyundai Dept. Store, Siam Piwat to collaborate for K-content

Hyundai Dept. Store, Siam Piwat to collaborate for K-content

South Korea’s Hyundai Department Store Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a business agreement with Thailand’s retail giant Siam ...

Hyundai, Kia team up with KAIST on self-driving car sensor

Hyundai, Kia team up with KAIST on self-driving car sensor

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest automakers, have joined hands with the nation's top national research university to...

KT to participate in MWC 2024 with five Korean startup partners

KT to participate in MWC 2024 with five Korean startup partners

South Korea’s KT Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will participate in the world's largest mobile exhibition MWC 2024 to be held in Barcelona...

Hanwha Ocean develops draft measuring with drones

Hanwha Ocean develops draft measuring with drones

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co., the world's third-largest shipbuilder, announced on Tuesday that it has developed a system that utilizes drones and ...

LG Innotek hastens to lead autonomous driving solution

LG Innotek hastens to lead autonomous driving solution

LG Innotek Co., South Korea’s major camera module supplier seeking to reduce its hefty reliance on Apple Inc. for earnings, has unveiled its l...

HD Hyundai to build power distribution device plant in Cheongju

HD Hyundai to build power distribution device plant in Cheongju

South Korea's HD Hyundai Electric Co. announced on Tuesday that it will invest 117.3 billion won ($87.72 million) in building a new medium and low...

State intervention in HSCEI-tied ELS sale debacle could backfire: scholars

State intervention in HSCEI-tied ELS sale debacle could backfire: scholars

South Korea’s economics scholars oppose government-led countermeasures, including compensation packages, to handle mounting retail investor lo...

Samsung, LG go head-to-head in washer-dryer combo market

Samsung, LG go head-to-head in washer-dryer combo market

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s tech giants, are in cut-throat competition to lead the all-in-one, single-drum,...

Daewoong Pharmaceutical digitizes DB of 800 mn chemical compounds

Daewoong Pharmaceutical digitizes DB of 800 mn chemical compounds

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Monday that it has established a drug development system Daewoong AI System (DAISY) which combine...

LG opens ‘Life’s Good’ experience space in Singapore

LG opens ‘Life’s Good’ experience space in Singapore

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it opened its "Life's Good" brand experience space in Singapore. Located in the upscale Millenia Walk m...

Global property market plunge hits Korean financial firms

Global property market plunge hits Korean financial firms

South Korean financial service companies are seeing increased losses in global real estate amid the commercial property value plunge and concerns ar...

S.Korean refiners’ competition in EV lubricants sector intensifies

S.Korean refiners’ competition in EV lubricants sector intensifies

Refiners in South Korea are in a race to expand their presence in the electric vehicle lubricants market through overseas production facilities and ...

Naver to develop HyperCLOVA X-based edu service

Naver to develop HyperCLOVA X-based edu service

South Korea’s Naver Corp. announced on Friday that its cloud computing unit Naver Cloud, Daekyo, and NSDevil will co-work to develop education...

KAI, Hyundai Rotem start space mobility working group

KAI, Hyundai Rotem start space mobility working group

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) and Hyundai Rotem Co. announced on Friday that they held a kickoff meeting for a working group on the commerci...

South Korea's car exports to US hit record high in 2023

South Korea's car exports to US hit record high in 2023

South Korea’s car exports to the US surged 44.6% on-year to a record high of $32.2 billion in 2023, making up the lion’s share of South ...

Mirae Asset, Bloomberg to team up to develop ETFs

Mirae Asset, Bloomberg to team up to develop ETFs

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., an asset manager under South Korea's financial service giant Mirae Asset Financial Group, will develop exchange-...

Foreign investors net buyers of Korean stocks for 3rd straight month

Foreign investors net buyers of Korean stocks for 3rd straight month

Foreign investors bought more South Korean stocks and bonds in January, extending their buying spree to three months.The Financial Supervisory Servi...

Samsung C&T develops new cooling system for data centers

Samsung C&T develops new cooling system for data centers

Samsung C&T Corp. announced on Wednesday that it collaborated with the domestic cooling system tech company DataBean to develop and commercializ...

HD KSOE teams up with Woodside, MOL on liquid hydrogen carrier

HD KSOE teams up with Woodside, MOL on liquid hydrogen carrier

South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) is gearing up to develop and operate a vessel to ...

Shortt gets 400 mn views in one year in SE Asian market

Shortt gets 400 mn views in one year in SE Asian market

Shortt, a South Korean short form content company, announced on Wednesday that it has got a total of 400 million views of its campaigns for South Ko...

CJ CheilJedang overseas food sales surpasses domestic market

CJ CheilJedang overseas food sales surpasses domestic market

South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Tuesday that its overseas food sales surpassed the domestic market in the fourth quarter performan...

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