Moon boats light up the birthplace of Korean Confucianism

Riding a crescent moon-shaped boat that changes colors is a must-do experience in the small South Korean city of Andong, 190 km southeast of Seoul.T...

Hyundai’s US partner Aptiv invests in self-driving startup StradVision

Aptiv PLC, one of the world’s big three autonomous driving technology companies, has agreed to invest 50 billion won ($39 million) in StradVis...

South Korea to invest $794 million in AI chips, nurture 7,000 experts

The South Korean government has decided to invest 1.02 trillion won ($794 million) in the artificial intelligence semiconductor sector and foster ov...

Korea Woori Card to start installment finance biz in Indonesia

Woori Card Co. is set to start the installment finance business in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy as the credit card unit of Sout...

1 in 4 biotech firms struggles with decreasing cash reserves

South Korea’s biotechnology firms – public and private alike –  are facing increasingly negative financial conditions. T...

Translink: Startup fundraising barely affected by economic downturn

Venture capital, or the business of investing in innovative private companies with growth potential, is a local endeavor most of the time.While this...

S.Korea stocks see dead cat bounce; outlook remains gloomy

South Korea’s shares on Friday rebounded after tumbling in the previous two straight sessions, outperforming their peers in Asia, but few expe...

Economist Cho Soon 'the Keynes of South Korea' dies at 94

South Korea’s former finance minister and central bank governor Cho Soon died at 94 of natural causes on Thursday.Cho, a renowned economist ca...

Korea won at 13-year low on recession fears amid tightening

South Korea’s won hit a 13-year low, weakening past the psychologically important 1,300 per US dollar level for the first time since the 2008-...

Petrochem firms to fuel plants with self-supplied power

South Korea’s petrochemical companies will build power plants for the first time in their history to meet their rising energy needs on a stabl...

Korea to reboot nuclear power sector with orders, aid

South Korea plans to rebuild the nuclear power plant industry hard hit by the previous government’s nuclear energy phasing-out policy by placi...

Shares in oil refiners hit by windfall tax concerns

Two listed oil refining companies in South Korea saw a combined 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) wiped off their market cap on Wednesday, after the m...

Ex-Samsung exec says Korea chip sector needs more support

South Korea’s semiconductor sector needs more support from the government not only to compete against global rivals backed by their own govern...

S.Korea ushers in new space era with rocket launch success

GOHEUNG, South Korea -- South Korea opened a new space era as it succeeded in the launch of a homegrown space rocket carrying payloads to become the...

Korea’s adult audio platform eyes Japan for global biz

South Korea’s adult audio content platform for women raised money to make inroads into Japan as a start of its global business.Sensual Moment ...

Rolls-Royce awards Hanwha Aerospace for trusted partnership

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co., has been chosen as one of the best partners of Rolls-Royce, the world’s leading aircraft engine ma...

Axiom Space invites Koreans to $500 million space hotel fundraising

Axiom Space Inc., which is developing the world’s first commercial space station, is seeking to raise $500 million from South Korean investors...

Korea airlines’ race for Mongolian route intensifies

South Korean airlines’ competition for the Mongolian route, one of the most profitable, is heating up as low-cost carriers have joined the rac...

Temasek VC unit CEO sees recent downturn as investment opportunity

Vertex Venture Holdings, a venture capital unit of Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings, expects the recent global downturn to offer investment...

Hanwha Power develops first homegrown compressor for LNG gas carriers

Hanwha Power Systems Co., a South Korean energy equipment company, said on Friday it has completed joint development of a boil-off gas (BOG) compres...

Ottogi launches vegan tuna on rising demand for plant-based alternatives

Veganism is one of the hottest buzzwords in the food and beverage industry this year. F&B juggernauts are racing to win the hearts and tast...

Korea airlines grounded by oil, currency, interest rates

South Korea’s airlines are suffering from surging oil prices, a weaker won and rising interest rates as the global border reopening has yet to...

Hyundai to end hatchback coupe Veloster as Kona, Avante N favored

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will discontinue the production of its hatchback coupe Veloster to focus on the more popular hig...

Why India’s top talent chose S.Korea for launch of edutech startup

TagHive Inc. is an education technology startup building a bridge between South Korea and India. The company’s founder and CEO Pankaj Aga...

TVing partners with Paramount Plus to challenge Netflix in Korea

South Korea's over-the-top streaming platform TVing Co. has partnered with global content provider Paramount Plus to challenge top OTT player Netfli...

BOK may take big-step rate hike on Fed's aggressive tightening

South Korea’s central bank may raise interest rates more than usual to rein in inflation in Asia’s fourth-largest economy after the US F...

Lotte plans to expand bio capacity in Korea and US

Lotte Group is preparing to kickstart its biopharmaceutical business as a contract development and manufacturing company (CDMO) by building a new pl...

Korea Inc. hit by rising commodity prices, weak won, supply crisis

South Korea’s major industries, especially the petrochemical and auto parts sectors, are suffering from surging global commodity prices, a wea...

Voice Caddie, Daol PE acquire US golf grip brand SuperStroke

Voice Caddie, a South Korean maker of golf course rangefinders and related golf products, and Daol Private Equity are jointly acquiring SuperStroke,...

Hanwha invests $115 mn in urban air mobility firm Overair

South Korea’s Hanwha Systems Co. and Hanwha Aerospace Co. have invested a combined $115 million in Series B funding for Overair Inc., a Califo...