BTS Forest created in Seoul by fans' donations

BTS Forest created in Seoul by fans' donations

“BTS Forest” has been created in Seoul’s Nanji Hangang Park, South Korea’s largest music streaming service Melon announced o...

WeMade signs MOU with Ministry of Investment Saudi Arabia

WeMade signs MOU with Ministry of Investment Saudi Arabia

South Korea's game publisher WeMade Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Investment ...

Export of Korean medical devices to Vietnam to be easier

Export of Korean medical devices to Vietnam to be easier

South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Thursday that the public procurement regulations of the Vietnamese government, which had...

S.Korean gov't to support domestic startups in Saudi Arabia entry

S.Korean gov't to support domestic startups in Saudi Arabia entry

South Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups held on Wednesday the "K-Deep Tech Startup Meetup" event at Startup Alliance & Space in Gangnam dist...

Aespa, other SM artists to join BTS' K-pop fan platform

Aespa, other SM artists to join BTS' K-pop fan platform

SM Entertainment Co.'s artists such as aespa and NCT are set to join HYBE Co.'s fan engagement service., boosting the competitiveness of the platfor...

S.Korea to dispatch key minerals investigation teams to Chile, Argentina

S.Korea to dispatch key minerals investigation teams to Chile, Argentina

South Korean government will dispatch a public-private partnership key minerals business survey team to Chile and Argentina to revitalize overseas r...

S.Korea plans to make digital platform gov't based on large-scale AI

S.Korea plans to make digital platform gov't based on large-scale AI

South Korean government is pursuing various measures to nurture talent as a way to secure national competitiveness in the AI industry as represented...

POSCO conducts pilot release of rare metal ferrochrome

POSCO conducts pilot release of rare metal ferrochrome

South Korea's steelmaker POSCO and the government-run Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corp. (KOMIR) on Friday announced the first pi...

HD Hyundai moves K-pop gala to Busan for World Expo bid

HD Hyundai moves K-pop gala to Busan for World Expo bid

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Co. will move an annual K-pop concert to Busan this year to support the city’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo....

S.Korea plans to launch its own version of NASA this year

S.Korea plans to launch its own version of NASA this year

South Korea's Cabinet on Tuesday passed a bill on the launch this year of the nation's own version of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administ...

S.Korea to focus on secondary batteries, lunar landing vehicles

S.Korea to focus on secondary batteries, lunar landing vehicles

The Korean government has decided to develop electric vehicle batteries that can travel more than 600 km on a single charge and lunar landing vehicl...

S.Korea to support nuclear power SMEs

S.Korea to support nuclear power SMEs

South Korea's the ministry of SMEs and Startups will invest 675 billion won ($513 million) by 2027 to revive small- and middle-sized nuclear power c...

Foreigners can enter S.Korean casino without physical passport

Foreigners can enter S.Korean casino without physical passport

Visitors to South Korea will be able to enjoy tax-free shopping and casino experiences with ease, thanks to the mobile passport identity verificatio...

S.Korea to invest $24 mn in fostering future car industry workforce

S.Korea to invest $24 mn in fostering future car industry workforce

South Korea will invest 31.5 billion won ($23.96 million) this year to train over 3,700 core personnel in future car technologies, including autonom...

Robot dog Spot joins in S.Korea’s World Expo bid efforts

Robot dog Spot joins in S.Korea’s World Expo bid efforts

Spot, a dog-like robot developed by South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor-owned Boston Dynamics Inc., has joined in the country’s bi...

S.Korea invests $763.4 mn in strategic tech IP like aerospace, robotics

S.Korea invests $763.4 mn in strategic tech IP like aerospace, robotics

The South Korean government will inject this year budget of 1 trillion won ($763.4 million) in intellectual property (IP)-related projects.The Presi...

NPS to launch committee for portfolio firms' governance improvement

NPS to launch committee for portfolio firms' governance improvement

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), one of the world’s largest pension funds, is slated to establish a committee to improve th...

Clearstream acquires QFI status from S.Korea's National Tax Service

Clearstream acquires QFI status from S.Korea's National Tax Service

Korea Securities Depository announced on Wednesday that Clearstream, the operator of the International Central Securities Depository (ICSD), had obt...

Samsung, SK seek dialogue with China at Boao Forum

Samsung, SK seek dialogue with China at Boao Forum

BEIJING – The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is expected to serve as a venue for the world’s two largest memory chipmakers -- Samsung Electro...

Piracy of S.Korean webtoon surges amid content boom

Piracy of S.Korean webtoon surges amid content boom

The South Korean industry of webtoons, or digital comics, has seen its original content illegally posted on foreign websites over the past few years...

Doosan Fuel Cell teams up with Kolon Global for hydrogen fuel cell

Doosan Fuel Cell teams up with  Kolon Global for hydrogen fuel cell

South Korean fuel cell manufacturer Doosan Fuel Cell, and Kolon Global Corp., a South Korean company that specializes in the production of industria...

Wave Lifestyle Tech signs MOU with Saudi gov't to expand robot business

Wave Lifestyle Tech signs MOU with Saudi gov't to expand robot business

Wave Lifestyle Tech, a South Korean foodtech robot company, said on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia’...

NHN, KT, Naver to jointly build AI semiconductor farm

NHN, KT, Naver to jointly build AI semiconductor farm

Three large cloud service providers (CSPs) in South Korea will participate as a team in the project K-Cloud pursued by the government to verify dome...

S.Korea confirms easing inflation; BOK to hold rate

S.Korea confirms easing inflation; BOK to hold rate

South Korea confirmed that inflation eased while Asia’s fourth-largest economy continued to slow, adding to expectations that the government m...

Korea to ease foreign ownership limit rules; MSCI upgrade eyed

Korea to ease foreign ownership limit rules; MSCI upgrade eyed

South Korea plans to ease regulations that limit foreign ownership of big companies deemed crucial to its economy as the government aims to align it...

Sales of state-sponsored Korean startups up 40% in 2022

Sales of state-sponsored Korean startups up 40% in 2022

South Korean startups sponsored by the government’s information and communication technology acceleration program, dubbed K-Global Project, sa...

HYBE to buy 2 labels in the Americas after dropping SM bid

HYBE to buy 2 labels in the Americas after dropping SM bid

HYBE Co., the company behind global sensation BTS, plans to acquire at least two prominent labels in the Americas this year as it aims to become a m...

Hyundai Elevator to compete in Indonesian smart city projects

Hyundai Elevator to compete in Indonesian smart city projects

Hyundai Elevator Co. said on Wednesday that it will join a South Korean government-led team to bid for smart city projects in Indonesia, where the c...

Timeline of HYBE's failed bid for SM vs Kakao

Timeline of HYBE's failed bid for SM vs Kakao

(All dates in 2023) -- Jan. 15: Align Partners Capital Management filed proxy litigation against SM Entertainment Co. Founder Lee Soo-man and seven...

HYBE withdraws bid for SM in $1 bn battle with Kakao

HYBE withdraws bid for SM in $1 bn battle with Kakao

South Korea's HYBE Co., the company behind the global sensation BTS, said on Sunday it has decided to pull out of the face-off with Kakao Corp. for ...

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