Naver’s 'Cue:' throws down the gauntlet to MS Bing Chat
Naver Corp., South Korea’s dominant web portal operator, on Wednesday launched a beta service of its new generative artificial intelligence te...
Samsung tops US customer satisfaction in PC sector
Samsung Electronics Co. has been rated as the most satisfactory PC brand among US consumers, according to a survey by the American Customer Satisfac...
Japanese steelmakers flood South Korea on back of weaker yen
Japanese steelmakers are expanding their market shares in South Korea, backed by the yen's drop against the Korean won to the lowest in eight years....
KEPCO's new CEO heralds electricity rate hikes, drastic reforms
South Korea’s near-monopoly power company Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is expected to raise electricity rates and lessen its outsized re...
S.Korea's Cosmax wins halal award in Indonesia
Cosmax Inc., a South Korean original development manufacturer (ODM) of global cosmetics that also does research and development in the field, has wo...
Korea’s Lotte Shopping aims to double profit, seek new biz
Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea’s retail giant, aims to double its profit in three years by expanding its Southeast Asian operations and cemen...
Dongwon founder vows to acquire Korea’s top container line HMM
Dongwon Group, South Korea’s leading seafood and logistics conglomerate, has vowed to acquire HMM Co., the country’s top container ship ...
US court rules in favor of Korea's nuclear reactor exports
A US district court on Monday dismissed Westinghouse Electric Corp.’s lawsuit against South Korean state-run companies to block their nuclear ...
K-food behind Japanese travelers' rush to S.Korea
South Korea is actively promoting itself as a foodies’ heaven to invite more Japanese tourists who have already contributed the most to the co...
Koreans’ US dollar selling spree continues in anticipation of weaker USD
US dollar investors in South Korea have not backed down from their shorting position of the currency despite the strengthening dollar against the Ko...
Doosan Enerbility, KWP to advance power generation tech
South Korea's heavy industrial company Doosan Enerbility Co. and the government-owned Korea Western Power Co. (KWP) will jointly streamline domestic...
Hyundai eyes Saudi EV plant as Korea bets on Middle East boom
Hyundai Motor Co. is set to build an electric vehicle assembly plant in Saudi Arabia as South Korean companies are increasingly tapping growth oppor...
Seoul Semiconductor secures key EV LED patents
Seoul Semiconductor Co., the world’s No. 3 light-emitting diode (LED) maker, has secured key patents for LEDs to be used in electric vehicles ...
Alipay’s Ant becomes No.2 shareholder of S. Korea’s Toss Payments
Ant Group Co., the operator of China’s biggest mobile payment platform Alipay, has become the second-largest stakeholder of Toss Payments, the...
Netflix, S.Korea’s SK Broadband to settle longstanding legal dispute
Netflix Inc., the world’s top streaming service, and SK Broadband Co., South Korea’s No. 2 internet service provider, said on Monday tha...
SK Hynix tests new AI hardware on Meta’s generative AI model
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., has unveiled a new memory chip-based device that boo...
HD Hyundai holds christening of methanol-powered ship
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Co. announced on Monday that it held a christening ceremony on Thursday at the Port of Copenhagen in Denmark for the ...
Netmarble eyes surplus in H2 with success of new games
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. is eyeing profits in the second half as its latest games gain in popularity, after posting deficits for ...
Ready for an AI pastor? Not too distant future in South Korea
Some Christians in South Korea are actively embracing the hottest technology of ChatGPT in their spiritual life, sparking controversy over the role ...
Daewoong to develop eye drops for diabetic retinopathy
South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical is venturing into the development of a product that can easily treat diabetic retinopathy in the form of ...
HMM embarks on biofuel ship pilot testing on global route
South Korea has begun a pilot operation of a biofuel-powered container ship on a global route, the government said on Friday. HMM Co.'s container sh...
SK Chairman Chey vows to turn Ulsan into green energy, AI hub
Chey Tae-won, chairman of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, has vowed to turn the industrial city of Ulsan, where SK’s...
Moderna signs mRNA access deals with S.Korea's universities
The US biotech and pharmaceutical company Moderna on Friday announced signings of contracts with the academic-industry cooperation foundations of Ko...
Korea's STX denies rumors it is backed by Chinese fund
South Korean general trading company STX Corp. has said its largest shareholder is a local investment firm, refuting false reports swirling in the m...
Krafton, Naver eye Overdare as S.Korea's answer to Roblox
South Korea's game company Krafton Inc. and Naver Z, a metaverse unit of the country’s portal giant Naver Corp. on Thursday said they will u...
LG Chem, Eni eye JV to build biofuel plant in Korea
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. and Italy's energy giant Eni Sustainable Mobility (SM) have tentatively agreed to build a hydrotreated vegetable oi...
Hyundai E&C, Poland bolster partnerships in nuclear power
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., a major affiliate of South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co., is boosting its networks in the nuclear p...
Samsung releases Galaxy Watch6 Classic PXG edition
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will begin limited-time offers of the "Galaxy Watch6 Classic PXG edition," in collaboration wi...
POSCO seeks partnership with CF Industries to produce blue ammonia
South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. is seeking to produce blue ammonia in partnership with CF Industries Holdings Inc., the world’s larges...
S.Korea's golf industry market exceeds $15 bn in value: report
The value of South Korea's golf industry market last year exceeded 20 trillion won ($15 billion).A report by the Daejeon-based Yuwon Golf Foundation...
