LG Elec unveils OLED TV featuring world-renowned AI artist in US

LG Elec unveils OLED TV featuring world-renowned AI artist in US

LG Electronics Inc. collaborated with world-renowned artificial intelligence (AI) artist Stephanie Dinkins to showcase art pieces that explore commu...

Bespin Global supplies AI chatbot to Gimpo Int’l Airport

Bespin Global supplies AI chatbot to Gimpo Int’l Airport

South Korea's cloud solution provider Bespin Global announced on Friday that it has supplied its interactive artificial intelligence (AI) platform H...

Lotte Duty Free, Modetour to co-work for Vietnam tourism

Lotte Duty Free, Modetour to co-work for Vietnam tourism

South Korea's Lotte Duty Free announced on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Modetour Network Inc. to jointly devel...

Doosan Enerbility wins $210 mn S.Korean power plant deal

Doosan Enerbility wins $210 mn S.Korean power plant deal

South Korea’s major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. has bagged a 280 billion won ($209.6 million) contract to supply core equipment ...

Peak views: What lies ahead in 2024?

Peak views: What lies ahead in 2024?

With 2023 at a close, financial markets are at an important junction. Major developed market central banks have paused their rate rises and there ...

Kia posts record 2023 sales, profit with bold 2024 business targets

Kia posts record 2023 sales, profit with bold 2024 business targets

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Thursday posted record 2023 profit and sales revenue, driven by strong sales of pricey m...

Hyundai Wia logs $780 mn in constant velocity joint orders

Hyundai Wia logs $780 mn in constant velocity joint orders

Hyundai Wia Corp., a South Korean automotive parts manufacturer, said on Wednesday it secured 1.045 trillion won ($781 million) worth of overseas or...

HD Hyundai Oilbank to advance into N.American lubricants market

HD Hyundai Oilbank to advance into N.American lubricants market

HD Hyundai Oilbank Co., South Korean shipbuilding and machinery conglomerate HD Hyundai Co.'s oil refining unit, will venture into the North America...

Samsung’s new 990 EVO SSD ideal for everyday use, more demanding work

Samsung’s new 990 EVO SSD ideal for everyday use, more demanding work

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, on Wednesday announced a new addition to its consumer solid-state drive (SSD) l...

SKC to develop biodegradable eco-friendly paint containers

SKC to develop biodegradable eco-friendly paint containers

SK TBMGeoStone, a subsidiary of South Korea's SKC Ltd. for the investment of biodegradable material, plans to enter the eco-friendly container marke...

Korea’s ELS market to stagnate after HSCEI debacle: KOFIA chairman

Korea’s ELS market to stagnate after HSCEI debacle: KOFIA chairman

The Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) will go all out to minimize any adverse effects on the South Korean financial market from an anti...

Global X to liquidate China-exposed ETFs on poor returns

Global X to liquidate China-exposed ETFs on poor returns

Global X ETFs, the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds, will liquidate 19 ETFs, including 11 China-exposed funds, next month to stop th...

Lotte Wellfood enters Costco stores in Canada, Mexico

Lotte Wellfood enters Costco stores in Canada, Mexico

South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Tuesday that it is expanding exports to Mexico and Canada through Costco. It marks the first entry o...

Hyundai, LG ask US to ease EV tax benefit requirements

Hyundai, LG ask US to ease EV tax benefit requirements

South Korean electric vehicle and battery makers including Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Ltd. have asked the US to ease requirements fo...

LG gets global AI management system certification

LG gets global AI management system certification

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it has received the Artificial Intelligence Management System (ISO/IEC 42001) certification, an interna...

Amorepacific's Aestura to enter Vietnamese market

Amorepacific's Aestura to enter Vietnamese market

South Korean beauty and cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. announced on Monday that its derma cosmetic brand Aestura will enter the Vietnamese ...

Hyundai unveils All-New Kona Electric N Line in Europe

Hyundai unveils All-New Kona Electric N Line in Europe

Hyundai Motor Co. unveiled 2024 The all-new KONA Electric N Line in the European market including the UK on Jan. 16., according to the company.&nb...

Hyundai Motor Group holds firm as world’s No. 3 carmaker

Hyundai Motor Group holds firm as world’s No. 3 carmaker

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group kept its title as the world's third-largest automaker by sales volume for the second straight year in 2023, ...

Lotte Duty Free holds grand reopening ceremony at Changi Airport

Lotte Duty Free holds grand reopening ceremony at Changi Airport

Lotte Duty Free held a grand opening ceremony for its Changi Airport store in Singapore, marking the official start of its 19 stores.Lotte Duty Free...

Mercedes-Benz unveils New E-Class in S.Korea

Mercedes-Benz unveils New E-Class in S.Korea

Mercedes-Benz Korea on Friday unveiled the 11th generation of its fully redesigned mid-sized The New E-Class sedan in South Korea.This latest iterat...

Why spend more on an IPO? No invitation to foreign banks

Why spend more on an IPO? No invitation to foreign banks

South Korea’s Viva Republica Inc. has recently invited a handful of domestic brokerage companies to give presentations to revive its IPO plan....

Gaonchips opens corporation in Silicon Valley

Gaonchips opens corporation in Silicon Valley

South Korea’s Gaonchips Co. announced on Friday that it opened its new overseas corporation Gaonchips America Inc. in Silicon Valley, the US...

Korean shipbuilders tighten grip on ammonia carrier market

Korean shipbuilders tighten grip on ammonia carrier market

South Korean shipbuilders continued to win very large ammonia carrier (VLAC) orders, expanding their shares in the global eco-friendly vessel market...

Korean startup Moreh tops global large language model test

Korean startup Moreh tops global large language model test

South Korean artificial intelligence tech startup Moreh Inc. said on Thursday that its large language model (LLM) topped a performance assessment by...

Toss Bank launches commission-free foreign exchange services

Toss Bank launches commission-free foreign exchange services

South Korea’s fintech platform Toss Bank said on Thursday it has launched commission-free foreign exchange services for the first time as a do...

Korean cosmetics makers' profits soar as niche brands grow

Korean cosmetics makers' profits soar as niche brands grow

Kolmar Korea Co. and Cosmax Inc., South Korea’s leading cosmetics suppliers to multinational conglomerates like L'Oréal S.A., are enjoy...

LG Innotek, AOE join hands to lead vehicle, XR camera module markets

LG Innotek, AOE join hands to lead vehicle, XR camera module markets

South Korea’s major camera module maker LG Innotek Co. has joined hands with AOE Optronics Co., an automotive lens-making subsidiary of Taiwan...

Hyundai N Vision 74 wins 2023 Good Design Award

Hyundai N Vision 74 wins 2023 Good Design Award

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Thursday that its nine products across Hyundai Motor Co., Kia Corp., and premium brand Genesis have received top ...

Korean steelmakers mull anti-dumping suit vs Chinese, Japanese firms

Korean steelmakers mull anti-dumping suit vs Chinese, Japanese firms

Under growing pressure from increased imports of cheap Chinese and Japanese steel products, South Korean steelmakers are considering filing an anti-...

SK Telecom to enter AI pet diagnostic market in US

SK Telecom to enter AI pet diagnostic market in US

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. announced on Wednesday that it has signed with the US-based veterinary diagnostic radiology firm Vetology to laun...

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