Samsung to equip Galaxy Z Flip7 with Exynos AP at home
Samsung Electronics Co. plans to power its upcoming foldable smartphone with its new in-house application processor (AP), marking a significant step...
Korea’s KT signs $95 million AI partnership with Vietnam’s Viettel Group
South Korea’s leading telecommunications service provider KT Corp. said on Tuesday it has signed a 130 billion won ($95 million) strategic par...
Celltrion shares rise after bonus issue announcement
Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s largest biosimilar developer, will issue bonus shares to bolster its stock performance, which has been in the do...
Samsung Biologics drives foreign lead in Korea’s biotech supply chain
A surge in orders from Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, has propelled South Korea to the forefront of global rev...
OpenAI sets up entity in Korea with most paid ChatGPT users outside US
OpenAI Inc., the creator of generative AI ChatGPT, has established a legal entity in South Korea, which has the largest number of paying ChatGPT sub...
Bold food tech R&D fuels global rise of Korean cuisine
South Korea’s processed food exports are expected to reach 6 trillion won ($4.4 billion) this year after Korean food companies have aggressive...
Europe looms large as K-beauty brands look to blue ocean; shares rise
South Korea’s beauty industry has been reaping decent gains from traditionally strong markets such as China and the US – the world&rsquo...
NPS gobbles up Korea’s top 4 financial holding stocks
South Korea’s largest institutional investor, the National Pension Service (NPS), remains a strong backer of the country’s top four fina...
US considers withdrawing thousands of troops from South Korea
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Samsung gears up for foray into space infrastructure industry
Samsung Group is stepping up efforts to venture into the space infrastructure industry, a sector analysts say remains a blue ocean where South Korea...
Seoul’s prime office transactions rise 6% in Q1 despite weak sentiment
Despite mounting economic headwinds and heightened investor caution, the prime office market in Seoul posted a modest recovery in the first quarter,...
S.Korea's crypto market doubles to $77.5 bn with 20% of population trading
South Korea’s cryptocurrency market surged to nearly 108 trillion won ($77.5 billion) in the second half of last year, fueled by growing retai...
S.Korea’s Lunit installs breast cancer AI diagnostic tool at 200 US hospitals
Lunit Inc., a South Korean AI-powered cancer diagnostics company, said on Monday that more than 200 healthcare institutions across the US have now a...
Bird flu in Brazil hikes wholesale chicken prices in Korea
South Korea has suspended chicken imports from Brazil following the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the South American count...
Bain Capital sells 6% stake in Korea’s Classys via block deal for $163 million
Bain Capital LP has offloaded a 6% stake in South Korean medical aesthetics company Classys Inc. through a block trade, raising 228 billion won ($16...
Korea’s aesthetic medicine enjoys golden era with surge in foreign spending
As beauty-conscious tourists continue to flock to Seoul’s clinics, South Korea’s aesthetic medicine sector may be entering a golden era,...
S.Korea’s Naver to launch Silicon Valley venture arm in aggressive AI push
Naver Corp., South Korea’s top internet portal operator, plans to set up a dedicated venture capital arm in Silicon Valley in a move seen as a...
UK chip testing device maker TeraView seeks Kosdaq debut
TeraView Ltd., a UK semiconductor inspection device maker, is aiming to list on South Korea’s Kosdaq market in the second half of this year, i...
K-Beauty defies seasonal slump with record $980 mn in April exports
The global appetite for Korean beauty products shows no sign of slowing, with their exports in April surging 20% year on year to a record high, ev...
Greystar hires ex-Samsung SRA manager to launch Seoul office
Greystar Real Estate Partners, the largest housing investment firm in the US, has hired Kang Junghwan, former managing director and head of portfoli...
South Korea’s Rznomics inks $1.3 bn out-licensing deal with Eli Lilly
Rznomics Inc., a South Korean RNA therapeutics developer, has signed an agreement worth more than $1.3 billion with US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lill...
Korea's science ministry picks 10 AI, digital startups to back global growth
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT on Thursday announced that it has selected 10 startups founded by Koreans in a program to support th...
S.Korea’s mid-tier shipbuilders sail into new supercycle as China struggles
BUSAN – On a sunny May morning in Busan’s Yeongdo shipyard, the clang of steel and the rhythmic pounding of welders was telling the new ...
Used SUVs pricier than new ones? Yes, in South Korea thanks to Russia
Prices of certain used sport utility vehicles in South Korea are defying the broader economic slowdown, with used models like Hyundai Motor Co.'s Pa...
Korean Air, Delta to buy 25% stake in Canada’s WestJet for $550 million
Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s largest full-service carrier, and its joint venture partner Delta Air Lines Inc. will acquire a 25% stake ...
RedotPay lands in Seoul with crypto cards
RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based blockchain fintech company, has arrived in South Korea with its cryptocurrency-based payment cards and is poised to disr...
Now, slim is in – and Samsung aims to be No. 1 with Galaxy S25 Edge
With the advent of mobile AI, the performance arms race among smartphone makers is reaching diminishing returns, as some market analysts put it.The ...
Korea Securities Finance eyes its 1st foreign bond sale in 2026
Korea Securities Finance Corp. (KSFC) is preparing to issue its first foreign currency-denominated bonds in 2026 to provide low-cost funding to dome...
BYD’s Atto 3 overtakes Tesla’s Model Y as best-selling EV in South Korea
China’s BYD Co. has dethroned Tesla Inc. in South Korea with its compact sport utility vehicle, the BYD Atto 3, becoming the best-selling impo...
Korea’s top cinema chains seek merger to counter box office slump
South Korea’s two leading multiplex operators Lotte Culture Works Co. and Contentree JoongAng Corp. have tentatively agreed to merge in a bid ...
