SK Square, SK Hynix set up $77 million chip investment unit

SK Square, SK Hynix set up $77 million chip investment unit

SK Square Co. and SK Hynix Inc., together with two other South Korean companies, have launched a 100 billion won ($77 million) joint investment unit...

Celltrion Healthcare launches Humira biosimilar Yuflyma in US

Celltrion Healthcare launches Humira biosimilar Yuflyma in US

South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Healthcare on Monday said it launched the day before on the US market Yuflyma, a biosimilar of the ...

Coupang taps former Trump aide for political relations

Coupang taps former Trump aide for political relations

South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. hired a top aide of former US President Donald Trump to expand its political network in Washington and se...

Korea-China battery minerals tie-up mutually beneficial: CNGR chief

 Korea-China battery minerals tie-up mutually beneficial: CNGR chief

China and South Korea stand to mutually benefit by strengthening their partnership in the battery materials business amid tougher US regulations on ...

Hyundai, Kia set fresh H1 sales record in US, beating H1 2021

Hyundai, Kia set fresh H1 sales record in US, beating H1 2021

South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Corp. posted record first-half-year sales in the US this year, am...

Hanwha Q Cells captures 35% of US solar module market

Hanwha Q Cells captures 35% of US solar module market

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, retained its leading position in the US resid...

Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 6 shows off 3rd-longest driving range in US  

Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 6 shows off 3rd-longest driving range in US  

The IONIQ 6, the first fully electric sedan by Hyundai Motor Co., has been named one of the top three distance champions in the US based on tests by...

S.Korea’s SK to buy US bio JV stake from Roivant for $48 mn

S.Korea’s SK to buy US bio JV stake from Roivant for $48 mn

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, is set to purchase the entire stake in a US bio joint venture held by its partner, as the...

Celltrion applies for approval in US for eye treatment biosimilar

Celltrion applies for approval in US for eye treatment biosimilar

South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. on Friday said it applied for approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for CT-P...

S.Korea’s mattress maker Zinus launches premium product line

S.Korea’s mattress maker Zinus launches premium product line

South Korean furniture and mattress maker Zinus Inc., an affiliate of Hyundai Department Store Group, has started a premium mattress line.The compan...

JW Pharma unveils S.Korea's first homegrown hybrid incubator

JW Pharma unveils S.Korea's first homegrown hybrid incubator

South Korea's JW Pharmaceutical on Wednesday released three products from its new incubator brand Hi-Mammi.The company's rollout of hybrid and high-...

Noroo Paint unveils biodegradable plastic container

Noroo Paint unveils biodegradable plastic container

South Korea’s Noroo Paint on Wednesday said it developed an eco-friendly plastic container capable of oxidative biodegradation for its main pr...

Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 named Best EV of 2023 in US

Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 named Best EV of 2023 in US

Hyundai Motor Co.'s electric vehicle IONIQ 6 has been named Car and Driver's 2023 EV of the Year on Thursday. According to Hyundai Motor, IONIQ...

S.Korea, Japan to resume bilateral currency swap for dollars

S.Korea, Japan to resume bilateral currency swap for dollars

South Korea and Japan are set to revive their bilateral currency swap line to bolster their dollar liquidity this week after an eight-year suspensio...

US to send Its biggest sub to Korean Peninsula in message to North and South

US to send Its biggest sub to Korean Peninsula in message to North and South

SEOUL—The U.S. plans to send its largest nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in four decades, in an effort to deter Nort...

POSCO’s Choi traverses Canada, US to pitch for battery material projects

POSCO’s Choi traverses Canada, US to pitch for battery material projects

Choi Jeong-woo, chairman of South Korea’s largest steel group POSCO, is crisscrossing Canada and the US to meet with politicians and business ...

Doosan inks $214 mn deal for Korea combined cycle power plant

Doosan inks $214 mn deal for Korea combined cycle power plant

Major South Korean power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. won a 280 billion won ($214.5 million) deal to supply key components such as a gas tu...

SK Plasma to supply $30 mn in blood products to Singapore

SK Plasma to supply $30 mn in blood products to Singapore

South Korea's SK Plasma on Wednesday announced the launch of full-scale production this month of the blood products albumin and immunoglobulin for S...

CJ Logistics to build logistics centers in US with $416 mn investment

CJ Logistics to build logistics centers in US with $416 mn investment

CJ Logistics Corp. and Korea Ocean Business Corporation (KOBC) will together build three logistics centers in the US with an estimated investment of...

LG Electronics targets EdTech market in US

LG Electronics targets EdTech market in US

LG Electronics Inc. is showcasing a lineup of acclaimed products designed for the education sector at the International Society for Technology in Ed...

Hyundai Mobis overtakes Japan's Aisin on global auto parts market

Hyundai Mobis overtakes Japan's Aisin on global auto parts market

South Korea's Hyundai Mobis has surpassed Japan's Aisin, its biggest competitor in auto parts excluding batteries, to break into the top five on the...

Heyday over for Amorepacific, LG Household in China’s beauty market

Heyday over for Amorepacific, LG Household in China’s beauty market

Amorepacific Corp. and LG Household & Health Care Ltd., basking in the global K-beauty boom, reaped handsome profits in China, the world’s...

Samsung, LG fuel rivalry in global hospitality TV market

Samsung, LG fuel rivalry in global hospitality TV market

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., two leading players in the global hospitality TV market, are extending their rivalry in the premium...

HD KSOE breaks ground on marine engine plant in Saudi Arabia

HD KSOE breaks ground on marine engine plant in Saudi Arabia

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) said on Sunday its joint venture Makeen has broken ground on a marine engine plant in Saudi ...

BlueOval SK secures $9.2 bn loan from US Department of Energy

BlueOval SK secures $9.2 bn loan from US Department of Energy

BlueOval SK, the battery production joint venture between SK On Co. and Ford Motor Co., has provisionally secured up to $9.2 billion in policy suppo...

Revuelto, Lamborghini's first PHEV, launched in S.Korean market

Revuelto, Lamborghini's first PHEV, launched in S.Korean market

Italian supercar brand Automobili Lamborghini unveiled its first-ever plug-in hybrid (PHEV) super sports car, the "Revuelto," in South Korea on Frid...

US burger chain Five Guys to launch in South Korea on June 26

US burger chain Five Guys to launch in South Korea on June 26

The American burger chain Five Guys, which has attracted keen interest in South Korea for its service and prices even before its entry into the coun...

Nike to open its 3rd Jordan World of Flight store in Seoul

Nike to open its 3rd Jordan World of Flight store in Seoul

Nike Inc. is set to open its Jordan World of Flight in Seoul, a store dedicated to Jordan brand streetwear and sports shoes, on Wednesday. It will b...

US beats China to become S.Korea’s No.1 export destination in 2022

US beats China to become S.Korea’s No.1 export destination in 2022

South Korea last year exported most to the US thanks to brisk sales of the country’s cars in the world’s No. 1 economy, whereas trade wi...

SK supports memorial monument honoring Korean War figures

 SK supports memorial monument honoring Korean War figures

South Korea's SK Group announced on Thursday its support for the construction of a memorial monument honoring the late Colonel William E. Weber and ...

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