HD Hyundai Marine Solution aims for top spot in global ship repair market

HD Hyundai Marine Solution aims for top spot in global ship repair market

When the global shipbuilding industry was reeling from the economic slowdown in recent years, South Korea’s HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., a ...

NPS sells shares in KT, making Hyundai the top shareholder

NPS sells shares in KT, making Hyundai the top shareholder

Hyundai Motor Group has become the top shareholder of South Korea’s leading mobile carrier KT Corp., after the country’s National Pensio...

Samsung to unveil 3D DRAM in 2025 to lead AI chip market

Samsung to unveil 3D DRAM in 2025 to lead AI chip market

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, aims to introduce three-dimensional (3D) DRAM, a game-changer in the artificial int...

Fed rate cuts will be faster than market consensus: TCW

Fed rate cuts will be faster than market consensus: TCW

Investors tend to rush to fixed-income markets when recession risk rises. South Korean investors are no exception – retail investors have been...

Breezm lands in US with plan to open 100 stores in 5 years

Breezm lands in US with plan to open 100 stores in 5 years

Breezm, a South Korean startup making customized eyeglasses with artificial intelligence and 3D technologies, has opened its first offshore store in...

LG Energy, GM’s 2nd Ultium Cells plant begins production in Tennessee

LG Energy, GM’s 2nd Ultium Cells plant begins production in Tennessee

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Tuesday that the second plant of Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture ...

Korea, Japan lead Asia's buyout markets: MBK Partners

Korea, Japan lead Asia's buyout markets: MBK Partners

South Korea and Japan are the two most important markets for buyouts in Asia, and China is still a significant private market with potential for mid...

Samsung establishes HBM team to up AI chip production yields

Samsung establishes HBM team to up AI chip production yields

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 1 memory chipmaker, recently set up a high bandwidth memory (HBM) team within the memory chip divisio...

Avalve to export $1.5 mn smart farm solution to Vietnam

Avalve to export $1.5 mn smart farm solution to Vietnam

South Korea's smart farm startup Avalve announced on Friday that it signed a total of $1.5 million in memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Vietn...

Korea yet to join global bond index for capital inflows

Korea yet to join global bond index for capital inflows

South Korea has so far failed to be included on a global major bond index, denting hopes for capital inflows into Asia’s fourth-largest econom...

Doosan Robotics, Bodyfriend to collaborate on marketing

Doosan Robotics, Bodyfriend to collaborate on marketing

South Korea's Bodyfriend Inc. announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Doosan Robotics Inc. for co-marketing th...

LG OLED TV's new theme: Empathetic, personalized AI

LG OLED TV's new theme: Empathetic, personalized AI

LG Electronics Inc., the world’s No. 1 OLED TV producer, defines artificial intelligence as empathetic intelligence for customers. On Wednesda...

Samsung set to triple HBM output in 2024 to lead AI chip era

Samsung set to triple HBM output in 2024 to lead AI chip era

SILICON VALLEY – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will likely triple its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chip ...

Samsung, Henckels co-develop AI Combo detergent course

Samsung, Henckels co-develop AI Combo detergent course

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with the global household and industrial goods company Henckels AG to introduce a d...

LG Group earmarks $74 bn for 5-year investment in Korea

LG Group earmarks $74 bn for 5-year investment in Korea

LG Group, South Korea’s No. 4 conglomerate, on Wednesday announced a plan to invest 100 trillion won ($74 billion) through 2028 in its future ...

Genesystem enters Indian tuberculosis treatment market

Genesystem enters Indian tuberculosis treatment market

Genesystem, a South Korean biotech company said on Tuesday that it will export 20 on-site tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic devices and 6,000 TB test kit...

SK Networks prepares to put SK Rent-a-Car on market

SK Networks prepares to put SK Rent-a-Car on market

SK Networks Co. is preparing to put SK Rent-a-Car Co. on the market in a deal worth an estimated 600 billion won ($448 million) as part of efforts t...

Wrtn opens free AI search service

Wrtn opens free AI search service

South Korea's advanced tech startup Wrtn Technologies, a major player in generative artificial intelligence (AI), opened its free and unlimited AI s...

Solus Advanced Materials poised to lead EV copper foil market: CEO

Solus Advanced Materials poised to lead EV copper foil market: CEO

Solus Advanced Materials Co. is not a household name among ordinary electric vehicle drivers. But the South Korean company is a little giant to gl...

CJ Logistics introduces LoIS Parcel system

CJ Logistics introduces LoIS Parcel system

South Korea's CJ Logistics announced on Tuesday that it completed the nationwide implementation of its next-generation parcel system LoIS Parcel.T...

E-Mart offers voluntary retirement after 2023 loss

E-Mart offers voluntary retirement after 2023 loss

E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest supermarket chain, has launched a company-wide early retirement program for the first time in its 31-year h...

Korea’s IPO market heats up with HD Hyundai Marine, K Bank

Korea’s IPO market heats up with HD Hyundai Marine, K Bank

South Korea’s initial public offering market is heating up as HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., which aims to raise 742.6 billion won ($553.4 mi...

SM Entertainment founder invests $5.2 million in Mindlogic

SM Entertainment founder invests $5.2 million in Mindlogic

K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co.'s founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man is expected to invest up to 10 billion won ($7.5 million) in Mind...

Weak property market cuts into Korean securities firms’ profits

Weak property market cuts into Korean securities firms’ profits

dd South Korea’s securities firms suffered a 20% fall in overall net profit last year hurt by the weak property market, adding to bearish vie...

Samsung to supply $752 million in Mach-1 AI chips to Naver, replace Nvidia

Samsung to supply $752 million in Mach-1 AI chips to Naver, replace Nvidia

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, will supply its next-generation Mach-1 artificial intelligence chips to Naver Corp....

S.Korea's drone market set for takeoff, led by startups   

S.Korea's drone market set for takeoff, led by startups   

Starting in May, drones, not boats, will deliver parcels and even fried chicken to residents living on some of South Korea's remote islands unreacha...

Samsung to unveil Mach-1 AI chip to upend SK Hynix’s HBM leadership

Samsung to unveil Mach-1 AI chip to upend SK Hynix’s HBM leadership

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is developing a next-generation artificial intelligence chip, Mach-1, with which th...

Lotte Group to give more authority to outside directors

Lotte Group to give more authority to outside directors

Food-to-retail conglomerate Lotte will expand the authority of outside directors by separating the roles of chief executives and board chairs at its...

Samsung rallies on expectations of Nvidia’s HBM order

Samsung rallies on expectations of Nvidia’s HBM order

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Samsung Electronics Co.'s stock zoomed on Wednesday after the world’s most famous AI chip provider Nvidia Corp. hinte...

Big Tech engineers rush to Korea’s AI chip startups as potential looms

Big Tech engineers rush to Korea’s AI chip startups as potential looms

Big Tech engineers are flocking to South Korea’s promising startups specializing in artificial intelligence chips, a fast-growing sector in th...

S.Korea’s pension fund NPS posts much weaker returns amid US tariff concerns S.Korea names budget veteran as finance minister to prop up economy KKR in control feud over Korea’s top solar power plant Hanwha Systems to compete with LIG Nex1 for Korean version of Iron Dome NH, KB Securities, Kookmin Bank, Kim & Chang lead capital markets in H1