S.Korea's Bespin Global, Daewoo E&C sign smart city deal with Aussie company

S.Korea's Bespin Global, Daewoo E&C sign smart city deal with Aussie company

South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global on Wednesday said its subsidiary Bespin Global Vietnam formed a strategic partnership with Daew...

Shin Hanul revives Korea’s aim to become global nuclear powerhouse

Shin Hanul revives Korea’s aim to become global nuclear powerhouse

  South Korea put a newly built nuclear reactor into full operation on Wednesday to reinforce energy stability, reviving its goal of becoming ...

Hanwha Q Cells to sell 7 US battery ESS projects to Spain’s Acciona Energia

Hanwha Q Cells to sell 7 US battery ESS projects to Spain’s Acciona Energia

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to sel...

CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services

CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services

South Korea’s CJ Logistics Corp. is ramping up its cross-border e-commerce (CBE) businesses as its local rival Coupang Inc. is increasing domi...

SK Innovation, SungEel HiTech form discarded battery joint venture

SK Innovation, SungEel HiTech  form discarded battery joint venture

South Korea's SK Innovation Co. is forming a joint venture with SungEel HiTech Co., a company that recycles discarded batteries, to extract metals f...

Korea Exchange, Uzbek Ministry of Finance sign agreement for cooperation

Korea Exchange, Uzbek Ministry of Finance sign agreement for cooperation

The Korea Exchange (KRX) has agreed to cooperate with the Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan on the maintenance of the stock market IT system. T...

Naver Webtoon, digital comics case for global MBA study

Naver Webtoon, digital comics case for global MBA study

Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, is set to be a textbook case study for global students as a prominent business sc...

Hyundai Motor enters Israeli market for hydrogen-powered trucks

Hyundai Motor enters Israeli market for hydrogen-powered trucks

Hyundai Motor Co. is expanding in the Middle East through the debut in Israel of its hydrogen fuel cell truck line Xcient. The carmaker on Tuesday ...

Bionote slashs IPO price to 9,000 won, 50% lower than previous valuation

Bionote slashs IPO price to 9,000 won, 50% lower than previous valuation

Everybody is aware that investment fever on biotech firms has already cooled due to rising interest rates and concerns over the fizzling economy, an...

LG Energy-GM JV secures $2.5 bn loan from US for EV battery production

LG Energy-GM JV secures $2.5 bn loan from US for EV battery production

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Wednesday its joint venture with General Motors Co. has attracted $2.5 billion via a loan...

EV charging service firm Scalardata attracts 3 bn won from GS Energy

EV charging  service firm Scalardata attracts 3 bn won from GS Energy

Scalardata, a South Korean start-up running an electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure integration platform "evmodu.kr," announced on Monday t...

S.Korea's Bespin Global secures $107 mn from Middle East

S.Korea's Bespin Global secures $107 mn from Middle East

South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global said on Monday that it has secured 140 billion won ($107 million) in investment from e& Ent...

LG Electronics to launch two OLED gaming monitor models in US

LG Electronics to launch two OLED gaming monitor models in US

South Korea's electronics giant LG Electronics Co. announced on Monday that starting on the same day it would release the world's first OLED gaming ...

S.Korean Proteina gets offers from global pharmaceutical companies

S.Korean Proteina gets offers from global pharmaceutical companies

Global pharmaceutical companies are expressing keen interest in the South Korean diagnostics company Proteina. Unlike companies that search for sp...

Hyundai, Kia on course for record EV sales in Europe

Hyundai, Kia on course for record EV sales in Europe

Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top carmaker, is on course for record electric vehicle sales in Europe, with its new models' expansion in t...

S.Korean battery sector scrambles for talented manpower

S.Korean battery sector scrambles for talented manpower

South Korea’s battery industry has suffered from a talent shortage, especially in the research and development, design as well as process sect...

Hyundai Motor signs MOU with OECD's International Transport Forum

Hyundai Motor signs MOU with OECD's International Transport Forum

Hyundai Motor Co. joined hands with the International Transport Forum under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to strengthen ...

Lordsystem, NHN Doctortour agree to promote mobile passport authentication service

Lordsystem, NHN Doctortour agree to promote mobile passport authentication service

South Korea’s two companies, Lordsystem and NHN Doctortour, decided to cooperate on mobile passport identity verification services, which wi...

Korea October current account surplus tumbles as exports slide

Korea October current account surplus tumbles as exports slide

South Korea’s current account surplus plunged as exports fell for a second straight month, adding to concerns over a slowdown in Asia’s ...

SK Biopharmaceuticals launches epilepsy drug in France

SK Biopharmaceuticals launches epilepsy drug in France

South Korean SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. said on Friday that its treatment of epilepsy "Cenobamate" has been approved for sale in France.The company l...

SK Telecom gets global approval for UAM-interworking tech standard

SK Telecom gets global approval for UAM-interworking tech standard

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Thursday said the International Telecommunication Union's Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) approved ...

LG Group think tank unveils breakthrough AI tech Exaone

LG Group think tank unveils breakthrough AI tech Exaone

LG AI Research, the artificial intelligence (AI) think tank of South Korea's LG Group, on Thursday unveiled Exaone, a gigantic AI technology that ra...

Baring PEA breaks $1 bn PI Advanced Materials buyout deal

Baring PEA breaks $1 bn PI Advanced Materials buyout deal

Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia has broken a deal to buy a majority stake in the world’s largest polyimide film manufacturer PI Adv...

Iljin Electric moves into DC power transmission device market

Iljin Electric moves into DC power transmission device market

Iljin Electric, an integrated heavy electric device unit of South Korea's Iljin Group, will participate in the domestic MVDC (medium-voltage direct ...

Home&Shopping partners with K-Market to explore opportunities in Vietnam

Home&Shopping partners with K-Market to explore opportunities in Vietnam

Home & Shopping, South Korea's home shopping channel specializing in products of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),  announced on Th...

Microdisplays poised to emerge in growing XR market

Microdisplays poised to emerge in growing XR market

The slowly growing extended reality (XR) market next year is expected to explode as global big tech companies get ready to launch augmented (AR) and v...

Korea's CJ CheilJedang mulls rebrand with name change

Korea's CJ CheilJedang mulls rebrand with name change

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is considering a new name for the company in a bid to represent its main businesses and target global c...

Naver affiliate Line Games seeks $756 million IPO in Korea

Naver affiliate Line Games seeks $756 million IPO in Korea

Line Games Corp., an affiliate of South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp., plans to list its shares on the Korean stock market via an initial...

Shopee Korea widens logistics service range for Thailand

Shopee Korea widens logistics service range for Thailand

Shopee Korea, an e-commerce platform for Southeast Asian and Taiwanese customers, said on Wednesday that it would expand the Shopee Logistics Service ...

S.Korea sends dairy cows, livestock genetic resources to Nepal

S.Korea sends dairy cows, livestock genetic resources to Nepal

The South Korean government is donating dairy cows and genetic resources for cattle to Nepal.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on ...

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