Hanwha hires former Biden confidant as US government affairs chief

Hanwha hires former Biden confidant as US government affairs chief

WASHINGTON D.C. – South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group has hired Danny O’Brien, a top aide to US President...

S.Korea's DB HiTek to split off fabless, bulk up foundry business

S.Korea's DB HiTek to split off fabless, bulk up foundry business

DB HiTek Co., a leading chipmaker in South Korea, said on March 7 it is set to split off its fabless unit by May 2 to ramp up its foundry business.D...

Lunit receives $1 mn in tech fees from Guardant Health of US

Lunit receives $1 mn in tech fees from Guardant Health of US

The US operations of South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) medical company Lunit have received a major boost after the company got the green li...

SK Plasma to build blood products plant in Indonesia

SK Plasma to build blood products plant in Indonesia

South Korea’s SK Plasma will build a blood products plant in Indonesia.Industry sources on Tuesday said the company recently received approval...

Hyundai eyes greater SUV market share with new Kona EV

Hyundai eyes greater SUV market share with new Kona EV

Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled the all-new Kona Electric, its first fully revamped compact sport utility vehicle in five years, as the top So...

S.Korea to establish voluntary carbon credit exchange

S.Korea to establish voluntary carbon credit exchange

South Korea will introduce a voluntary carbon market (VCM) later this year, which is expected to broaden the scope of carbon credits and speed up ef...

S.Korea lags Taiwan in GNI per capita for first time since 2002

S.Korea lags Taiwan in GNI per capita for first time since 2002

South Korea’s gross national income (GNI) per capita dropped 7.7% on-year last year, coming in below that of its smaller rival Taiwan for the ...

S.Korea's LS Materials set to boost earnings ahead of IPO process

S.Korea's LS Materials set to boost earnings ahead of IPO process

LS Materials Co., a South Korean energy storage devices maker, is slated to ramp up earnings to accelerate its initial public offering process this ...

US burger giant Five Guys set for June S.Korea debut

US burger giant Five Guys set for June S.Korea debut

Five Guys, one of the top three burger brands in the US, will open in June its first branch in South Korea in Seoul’s posh Gangnam District. W...

S.Korea's imports of Japanese beer in January hit $2 million

S.Korea's imports of Japanese beer in January hit $2 million

Japanese beer imports in January exceeded $2 million, the most since a bilateral row erupted in July 2019 after Japan imposed export restrictions on...

KTO promotes travel to Korea in ITB Berlin

KTO promotes travel to Korea in ITB Berlin

The Korea Tourism Organization announced on Monday its participation in ITB Berlin 2023, the world's largest tourism fair held in Berlin, Germany, f...

Concerned about CHIPS Act, Korea says US investment less attractive

Concerned about CHIPS Act, Korea says US investment less attractive

South Korea on Monday expressed concerns about the guidelines of the US Chips and Science Act, saying that some of the conditions the US government ...

LG Electronics wins US air conditioning award for 7th year

LG Electronics wins US air conditioning award for 7th year

LG Electronics Inc. said on Monday that it has won a performance award from the Air-Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), a US...

Dongsuh Foods applies green certification package to products

Dongsuh Foods applies green certification package to products

South Korea's food processing company Dongsuh Foods Corporation announced on Monday the launch of new green technology-certified packaging.This gree...

Shilla Duty Free Shop selected as excellent partner by Changi Airport

Shilla Duty Free Shop selected as excellent partner by Changi Airport

The Shilla Duty Free Shop announced on Monday that it had received the Gold Award at the 2022 OneChangi App Awards held by Singapore's Changi Airpor...

Samsung Bioepis launches ARMD biosimilar drug in Germany, Canada

Samsung Bioepis launches ARMD biosimilar drug in Germany, Canada

Samsung Bioepis Co., a South Korean biosimilar firm, announced on Sunday that it has recently launched a new biosimilar drug called SB11 for the tre...

Samsung SDI, GM to build $3.8 bn EV battery plant in US

Samsung SDI, GM to build $3.8 bn EV battery plant in US

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s No. 6 electric vehicle battery maker, is set to build a plant in the US with General Motors Co., spending about 5...

S.Korea ranks fifth in global auto output for third straight year

S.Korea ranks fifth in global auto output for third straight year

South Korea’s auto production last year ranked fifth worldwide for the third year in a row.A report on world automotive output from the Korea ...

Samsung SDI wins $95 mn EU aid for Hungary battery plant

Samsung SDI wins $95 mn EU aid for Hungary battery plant

Samsung SDI Co. has secured €89.6 million ($95 million) in subsidies from the European Union for its first electric vehicle battery plant in Hu...

Hyundai, Kia close in on Toyota with record US sales

Hyundai, Kia close in on Toyota with record US sales

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., under South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, posted their largest-ever sales for February in the US, narrowing a ...

US CHIPS Act threatens Samsung, SK Hynix’s memory supremacy

US CHIPS Act threatens Samsung, SK Hynix’s memory supremacy

WASHINGTON D.C. – The Biden administration’s “Chips for America” program aims to keep China’s growing clout in the sem...

SK Ecoplant launches 4th plant in US

SK Ecoplant launches 4th plant in US

South Korea's environment-focused energy company SK Ecoplant Co. on Thursday said it added a base for recycling electrical and electronic waste and ...

S.Korea's KGC to spur ginseng sales in China with state-run CR Group

S.Korea's KGC to spur ginseng sales in China with state-run CR Group

Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., is set to accelerate sales of its ginseng products across Chin...

S.Korean EV charger maker lands $770 mn export deal in North America

S.Korean EV charger maker lands $770 mn export deal in North America

South Korea's Moderntec, an electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions company, on Wednesday said it signed a three-year export contract with a partne...

Daewoong’s Nabota expands into Germany, Austria

Daewoong’s Nabota expands into Germany, Austria

South Korean drugmaker Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. said on Tuesday it had launched its botulinum toxin product Nabota in Germany and Austria through i...

KSOE wins order for 4 petrochem product carriers

KSOE wins order for 4 petrochem product carriers

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), HD Hyundai Co.'s intermediate shipbuilding subsidiary, announced on Tuesday that it had signed...

SK IE Technology mulls adding LiBS factory in US, says SKIET president

SK IE Technology mulls adding LiBS factory in US, says SKIET president

SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), a global top lithium-ion battery separator (LiBS) player under South Korea’s energy and battery maker SK Innovat...

Kolon Plastics to make eco-friendly products from marine waste

Kolon Plastics to make eco-friendly products from marine waste

Kolon Plastics Inc. said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Netspa, a South Korean recycling social venture, to jointly develop enginee...

S.Korea's Huons gets approval to supply anesthetics to Canada

S.Korea's Huons gets approval to supply anesthetics to Canada

Huons Co., a South Korean pharmaceutical company, has announced plans to expand its presence in the North American market by offering two anesthetic...

Lotte to produce clean ammonia in US with CF Industries

Lotte to produce clean ammonia in US with CF Industries

Lotte Chemical Corp., a major South Korean petrochemical manufacturer, joined hands with CF Industries Holdings Inc., the world’s largest ammo...

S.Korean game developer Krafton acquires Japan’s ADK for $517 million S.Korea's stablecoin frenzy fuels stock rally despite regulatory uncertainty SK Hynix joins Samsung in 200 trillion won market cap club Samsung on hiring spree to bolster US foundry sales LS Electric poised to join Nvidia's supply chain via Vertiv deal