Hyundai Wia to defend against illegal drones
South Korea's second-largest automotive parts supplier Hyundai Wia Corp. plans to develop an anti-drone system (ADS) technology tailored to the uniq...
AI to replace high-paid, highly educated doctors, CPAs: BOK
Artificial intelligence poses the biggest threat to high-paid, highly educated professionals such as medical doctors, accountants and engineering te...
S.Korea's FNS Value to enter Malaysian fintech market
South Korea's FNS Value announced on Thursday a collaboration agreement with the Malaysian big data technology company Big Dataworks. The two compan...
South Korea’s SK Earthon discovers crude oil offshore Vietnam
SK Earthon Co., the petroleum exploration and production (E&P) unit of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., said on Thursda...
BOK governor named chair of BIS financial system committee
Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong has been appointed as the chairman of the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) at the Bank for Int...
KT says farewell to telegraph after a century of service
KT Corp., a leading South Korean telecom company, will end its telegraph service, once the fastest means of long-distance communication, after the c...
SK Ecoplant develops core battery recycling technologies
South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. has developed four core battery-recycling technologies, including recovering nickel and cobalt from spent lithiu...
South Korea vulnerable to tech spies undeterred by soft penalties
When a former Samsung Electronics Co. executive was arrested on industrial espionage charges by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (N...
SK Telecom verifies AI server liquid immersion cooling tech
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it has successfully verified the liquid immersion cooling technology, a next-generation Inter...
KAI participates in Dubai Airshow 2023
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, announced on Tuesday that it has participated in the "Duba...
WeWork vs Starbucks as workspace in South Korea
In 2019, WeWork’s business model underwent a reality check.Its application for an initial public offering the same year was met with investor ...
S.Korea’s semiconductor exports rebound in 1st 10 days of November
South Korea’s semiconductor exports rose in the first 10 days of November, reversing their 13-month downward trend, data show, raising the pro...
SK Hynix’s new LPDDR5T chip shipped to Vivo for X100 smartphones
SK Hynix Inc. said on Monday it has commercialized the world’s fastest mobile DRAM by shipping its new advanced mobile chips, LPDDR5T, to Chin...
Hyundai breaks ground on $1.5 bn EV plant in S.Korea
ULSAN -- Hyundai Motor Co., the world’s third-largest automaker along with its affiliate Kia Corp., on Monday broke ground for a dedicated ele...
P&O Chemicals completes pitch plant for cathode materials
South Korea's P&O Chemical, a joint venture of POSCO Future M Co. and OCI Holdings Co. completed the pitch plant in Tancheon Industrial Complex,...
LG to open Kitchen Trip in 100 accommodations in S.Korea
LG Electronics Inc. said on Monday it will start the LG Kitchen Trip, the event of its home appliances for customer experience in 100 tourist spor...
Korea Post resumes kimchi delivery to US
South Korea's state-run postal service agency Korea Post announced on Monday it resumed Express Mail Service (EMS) for shipping kimchi all over the ...
Saudi Aramco’s $7 bn Korea project mired by labor shortage
Saudi Aramco’s $7 billion petrochemical project in South Korea, in what would be its largest-ever investment in the country, has hit a stumbli...
Polestar 4 EV to be built at Renault’s Korean plant from 2025
Swedish electric vehicle maker Polestar will build its upcoming Polestar 4 SUV coupe at Renault Group’s manufacturing plant in South Korea fro...
Spicy food craze sweeps South Korea
South Korea, famous for the spicy kick in its cuisine, is going the extra mile to turn the nation red hot with extremely spicy food, believed by Kor...
South Koreans, frugal at home, open wallets abroad
Consumer spending in South Korea has been on the decline this year amid few signs of a near-term recovery. But when it comes to overseas spending, i...
KDI cuts Korea growth forecasts, ups inflation predictions
A South Korean government think tank has cut its growth forecast in Asia’s fourth-largest economy for this year and next but raised inflation ...
Hyundai E&C to form private-public partnership for US solar power
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), Korea Midland Power Co., and the Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urb...
VCs give thumbs up to EV, parts/materials, travel tech
The venture capital funding crunch has continued through this year in South Korea but VCs have raised their stakes in select companies in the electr...
Korean AI startups Allganize, Neurophet raise over $35 mn
South Korea’s artificial intelligence technology startups Allganize Inc. and Neurophet Inc. raised about 47 billion won ($35 million) in total...
LG, Qraft Technologies' AI-powered ETF trades on NYSE
South Korea’s LG Group and Seoul-based Qraft Technologies Inc. have jointly launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that selects holdings relat...
SK Telecom’s Q3 profit up on brisk data center, cloud sales
SK Telecom Co.'s third-quarter operating profit increased 7% on-year, becoming the only South Korean mobile carrier posting an on-year gain in profi...
Lotteria to introduce kitchen robot Alpha Grill
South Korea's Lotte GRS, the operator of fast food franchise Lotteria, plans to introduce a kitchen automation robot Alpha Grill in stores. Alp...
Imported cars set to snap 3-year growth streak in S.Korea
Imported passenger cars are expected to see their first retreat in four years in South Korea on the growing popularity of domestic luxury models suc...
S.Korea's Emart24 to sell prefabricated house
South Korea’s convenience store chain Emart24 partnered with YMK Construction to launch an innovative range of prefabricated houses, a first i...
