Korea's Dongsuh to rival Nestle in local capsule coffee market
South Korea’s No.1 instant coffee maker Dongsuh Foods Corp. is set to rival global food and beverage giant Nestle in the local capsule coffee ...
For the Korean 'Crazyones' who dream to beat Steve Jobs, Elon Musk
Many young entrepreneurs around the world dream to become the next Steve Jobs or Elon Musk -- industry legends who dramatically changed our daily li...
SK Plasma, Janssen Korea sign sales, distribution agreement
SK Plasma Co. Ltd., a South Korean company specializing in the production of plasma derivatives from human plasma, is expanding its product portfoli...
LG Chem builds S.Korea's first plant for clinical trials
LG Chem Ltd. has built South Korea’s first pharmaceutical plant dedicated to clinical trials, which the company expects to speed up its medici...
S.Korea’s trade outlook dismal in Feb with stagnant exports
South Korea’s trade deficit in just the first 40 days of this year inched close to 40% of its worst-ever annual deficit last year amid a conti...
GC Biopharma, Sanofi to jointly market Plavix
GC Biopharma Co. (formerly Green Cross Corp.) said on Monday it has entered into a joint sales partnership with Sanofi-Aventis Korea, the South Kore...
S.Korean IT firms rush for tie-ups to compete with ChatGPT
South Korean tech companies are rushing to form partnerships in different sectors to develop superior AI services to compete with ChatGPT, a chatbot...
S.Korea's Kyung Dong Navien expands its business in Central Asia
South Korea's heating systems manufacturer Kyung Dong Navien Co. held a conference for 100 local dealers in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Feb. 10.The con...
S.Korea's Hoban Group signs agreement with Aramco for cooperation
Hoban Group, South Korea's construction, property development, and manufacturing conglomerate, said Monday that it has signed a memorandum of unders...
Kepco E&C takes first step in protecting nuclear power plants from drones
Kepco Engineering & Construction Co. has teamed up with South Korea's defense company Terra Defense to establish a system aimed at protecting nu...
Hyundai Engineering builds nationwide EV infrastructure
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering on Sunday said the country's Ministry of Environment selected the company to receive electric vehicle (EV) infrast...
Korea’s Hyundai Dept. Store drops holding company plan
South Korea’s major retailer Hyundai Department Store Group Co. gave up a plan to split off its core high-end shopping mall affiliate and conv...
GC Biopharma's Ochang facility gets WHO PQ certification
GC Biopharma Co.'s production facility in Ochang (North Chungcheong Province) secured a pre-qualification (PQ) certification from the World Health O...
Survey reveals consumer preference for hybrid cars over pure EVs
Although global automakers are ramping up efforts to increase sales of pure electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid models remain the preferred choice among...
Kakao Pay joins MSCI Korea Index
Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment arm of South Korean tech firm Kakao Corp., has been added to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Kor...
S.Korea doubles undocumented overseas remittance limit to $100,000
South Korea as early as June will double its annual limit on overseas remittance without evidential documents from $50,000 to $100,000.The Ministry ...
S.Korea game sector remains in dark after poor earnings
South Korea’s game publishers reported dismal quarterly earnings, deepening concerns over their outlook this year amid doubts over measures su...
Electric vehicles in S.Korea beat diesel cars in sales
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in South Korea last year including hybrids surpassed those of diesel cars for the first time due to the price of di...
S.Korea's banks see deposits plummet $35.5 billion in Jan
Banks in South Korea last month saw deposits plummet over 45 trillion won ($35.5 billion) from the previous month due to a decline in deposit intere...
KCC launches Korea’s first organic water-based fire-resistant paint
South Korea's chemical and auto parts manufacturer KCC Corp. said on Thursday that it has launched the Firemask AQ Series, the first organic water-b...
S.Korea’s love of luxury ushers in 3rd wave of bling boom
Global luxury brands from Louis Vuitton to Chanel and Thom Browne are readying themselves for a third wave of the luxury boom in South Korea, where ...
S.Korea to fine German carmakers for alleged R&D collusion
South Korea’s antitrust body has preliminarily decided to impose a combined fine of 42.3 billion won ($33.5 million) on four German automakers...
S.Korean firms showcase hydrogen offerings in United States
South Korean energy ministry and major Korean companies including Hyundai Motor Co., SK E&S, and Korea Zinc Co. participated in the Hydrogen &am...
SK Telecom develops reconfigurable surface tech for 6G transmission
SK Telecom Co. on Thursday said it developed the world's first reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology that transmits 6G candidate frequ...
S.Korea's Lunit supplies breast cancer imaging solution to UAE
South Korean medical AI company Lunit has supplied its breast cancer imaging analysis solution — Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging — to...
Philip Morris aims to top Korea's heated-tobacco market with Iluma
Philip Morris International Inc., a major US tobacco maker, aims to regain the throne in South Korea's competitive heat-not-burn cigarette market wi...
Shinhan Financial returns to top in Korea with record NP in 2022
Shinhan Financial Group Co. reported a record-high net profit of 4.6 trillion won ($3.6 billion) last year, snatching back the crown of South Korea&...
Binance acquires majority stake in S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax
Binance, the leading cryptocurrency exchange globally, has acquired a majority stake in South Korea's Gopax by purchasing CEO Lee Joon-haeng's 41.2%...
Chanel Korea to power its stores with renewable energy
Chanel Korea has taken a step toward reducing its carbon footprint by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea East-West Power. The ag...
Individual investors in S.Korea betting on stock market's decline
Despite South Korea's Kosdaq stock market growing this month following the "January rally," individual investors in the country are still betting on...
