Kyobo Life’s holding firm plan gains speed with Pavilion Asset acquisition

Kyobo Life’s holding firm plan gains speed with Pavilion Asset acquisition

Kyobo Life Insurance Co. has completed the process to put a South Korea-based alternative asset investment company under its wing, a move that is ex...

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...

Management dispute over S.Korea’s CTC Bio heats up

Management dispute over S.Korea’s CTC Bio heats up

A management dispute over a South Korean pharmaceutical maker CTC Bio Inc. specializing in animal drugs is intensifying as another medical company h...

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...

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...

TIMWORK lifts trophy at March D.Camp startup pitch competition

TIMWORK lifts trophy at March D.Camp startup pitch competition

TIMWORK Inc., a South Korean digital construction plan management software developer, won first prize at D.Camp’s March startup pitch competit...

Time for South Korea's answer to the US battery subsidy act

Time for South Korea's answer to the US battery subsidy act

The latest guidelines on US subsidies for electric vehicles under the Inflation Reduction Act come as a relief in every sense to South Korean batter...

Rule prevents release of sequel to hit game Modoo Marble in S.Korea

Rule prevents release of sequel to hit game Modoo Marble in S.Korea

The sequel to the popular real estate board game Modoo Marble is unavailable in South Korea because of the country's ban on play-to-earn (P2E) games...

Hanwha's takeover of DSME likely to get conditional approval

Hanwha's takeover of DSME likely to get conditional approval

South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday said it is discussing corrective measures with Hanwha Group over fears that the conglomerate's a...

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's tech special IPOs face criticism on poor earnings of ventures

S.Korea's tech special IPOs face criticism on poor earnings of ventures

Around 200 South Korean ventures have debuted on the country’s secondary Kosdaq market through the technology special listing program since 20...

Hyundai Motor to emerge as Korea’s highest earner, beating Samsung

Hyundai Motor to emerge as Korea’s highest earner, beating Samsung

Hyundai Motor Co. will likely emerge as South Korea’s top profit maker in the first quarter, driven by robust sales of pricey cars, pushing pa...

LG Energy tops global EV battery market excluding China

LG Energy tops global EV battery market excluding China

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in January and February maintained its No. 1 position on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries...

Louis Vuitton to launch the third pop-up restaurant in S.Korea

Louis Vuitton to launch the third pop-up restaurant in S.Korea

The French luxury brand Louis Vuitton to open a pop-up restaurant in South Korea. This is the third one since May and September last year. Acco...

MBK Partners eyes China’s local consumption: Letter to investors

MBK Partners eyes China’s local consumption: Letter to investors

Private equity giant MBK Partners focused on defending its portfolio last year, especially Chinese companies during the lockdown, while being active...

S.Korea's S-1 releases facial recognition reader 2.0

S.Korea's S-1 releases facial recognition reader 2.0

South Korea's system securities provider S-1 Corp. has launched a new solution that reduces the facial recognition time by 40% compared to previous ...

U.S., South Korea Vie Over Extradition of Crypto Fugitive Do Kwon

U.S., South Korea Vie Over Extradition of Crypto Fugitive Do Kwon

The U.S. and South Korea are both seeking to extradite captured crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon from Montenegro, authorities in the tiny European nation...

S.Korea seeks to restore volume of int'l flights to pre-COVID-19 levels

S.Korea seeks to restore volume of int'l flights to pre-COVID-19 levels

Resuming flights from Incheon International Airport to and from Prague, Czech Republic, and Zurich, Switzerland, to expand its air traffic, South Ko...

Hyundai Rotem closes in on $190 million armored vehicle deal with Peru

Hyundai Rotem closes in on $190 million armored vehicle deal with Peru

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense equipment maker, is closing in on a contract to export advanced armored vehicles to Peru – a deal th...

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...

S.Korea’s Shinsegae, KOTRA to help domestic fashion firms for export

S.Korea’s Shinsegae, KOTRA to help domestic fashion firms for export

Shinsegae Department Store revealed on Friday that they will collaborate with the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) to assist domestic...

S.Korea's auto industry faces shortage of skilled workers for future cars

S.Korea's auto industry faces shortage of skilled workers for future cars

South Korea's automobile industry is rapidly transitioning toward the future such as environmentally friendly and smart cars, but the sector is faci...

S.Korea's K2 tanks undergo first live fire test in Poland

S.Korea's K2 tanks undergo first live fire test in Poland

South Korea's main battle tank K2 Balck Panther and K-9 self-propelled howitzers will undergo live-fire test at the Oziši training ground in ...

Korea’s small nuclear reactor technology falls behind global peers

Korea’s small nuclear reactor technology falls behind global peers

South Korea’s small-sized nuclear reactor technology has fallen behind other major countries due to the years of the previous government&rsquo...

Drug instructions to be provided via QR codes, URLs in S.Korea

Drug instructions to be provided via QR codes, URLs in S.Korea

South Korea's the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Friday that it had revised the "Risk Management Plan (RMP) Guidelines" to allow for ...

KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups

KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups

South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group will launch a 250 billion won ($193 million) fund to invest in startups ...

LIG Nex1, S.Korea's Air Force Academy sign future defense tech deal

LIG Nex1, S.Korea's Air Force Academy sign future defense tech deal

LIG Nex1 Co. and Republic of (South) Korea Air Force Academy have agreed on close cooperation in joint research on defense technology and personnel ...

WRC-approved longest-distance golf ball ATTOMAX on sale in Korea

WRC-approved longest-distance golf ball ATTOMAX on sale in Korea

ATTOMAX golf balls approved by the World Record Committee (WRC) as the longest-flying golf balls in the world finally hit the South Korean market on...

Lotte Shopping: Resurrected in Indonesia after death in China

Lotte Shopping: Resurrected in Indonesia after death in China

JAKARTA – On a hot spring day in March, Lotte Mart’s Gandaria City Mall hypermarket was as bustling with shopping Indonesians as usual.I...

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