DN Solutions seeks IPO at $3 bn enterprise value on Korea’s main bourse

DN Solutions seeks IPO at $3 bn enterprise value on Korea’s main bourse

DN Solutions Co., formerly Doosan Machine Tools Co., is seeking an initial public offering on South Korea’s main bourse, aiming to make a Kosp...

Digital healthcare, robot, AI chip startups among VCs’ 2024 top picks

Digital healthcare, robot, AI chip startups among VCs’ 2024 top picks

Startups that specialize in digital healthcare, robots and artificial intelligence chips are among South Korea-based venture capital firms’ to...

Nexon fined over MapleStory in-game item selling

Nexon fined over MapleStory in-game item selling

South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. was fined 11.6 billion won ($8.9 million) for allegedly misleading its customers over in...

LG OLED TV named Best TV in US

LG OLED TV named Best TV in US

LG Electronics Inc. 's organic light emitting diode (OLED) evo 65G3 was named as Best TVs Overall in the Consumer Reports' Best TVs of 2024, accordi...

POSCO Holdings’ Chairman Choi to hand over baton

POSCO Holdings’ Chairman Choi to hand over baton

POSCO Holdings Inc.'s Chairman Choi Jeong-woo is not among the company’s next CEO candidates, suggesting Choi will leave the company after ser...

MBK names two partners as vice chairman, vice president

MBK names two partners as vice chairman, vice president

MBK Partners said on Wednesday it has named Moon Joo Ho, partner and head of South Korea for special situations, as the North Asia-focused private e...

Medytox establishes US subsidiary Luvantas

Medytox establishes US subsidiary Luvantas

South Korean pharmaceutical company Medytox Inc. announced on Wednesday that its establishment of the US subsidiary Luvantas.The goal is the global ...

Korea’s NPS sees record assets, profit on double-digit return

Korea’s NPS sees record assets, profit on double-digit return

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) enjoyed record assets and profit in 2023 as the world’s third-largest pension fund reported...

Korea’s Gmarket poised to post 1st profit since Shinsegae’s takeover

Korea’s Gmarket poised to post 1st profit since Shinsegae’s takeover

Gmarket, a major e-commerce website based in South Korea, likely turned to profit in the fourth quarter of last year, which would mark the first tim...

CGBio gets FDA approval for Novosis Putty

CGBio gets FDA approval for Novosis Putty

South Korea's bio-regenerative medical firm CGBio announced on Tuesday that its Novosis Putty has been designated as a breakthrough device by the US...

KEPCO sells 15% stake in KEPCO E&C for $269 million

KEPCO sells 15% stake in KEPCO E&C for $269 million

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), South Korea’s state-owned utility company grappling with mounting losses, has secured additional funds of ...

Adidas Korea separates its marketing strategy from APAC

Adidas Korea separates its marketing strategy from APAC

Sportswear giant adidas AG started operating its South Korean affiliate as a separate market from the Asia-Pacific region on Jan. 2 to quickly respo...

KAI completes 1st batch of fighter jet exports to Poland

KAI completes 1st batch of fighter jet exports to Poland

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, completed its first batch of fighter jet exports to ...

South Korea set to abolish financial investment gains tax: Yoon

South Korea set to abolish financial investment gains tax: Yoon

South Korea plans to abolish capital gains taxes on financial investments to revitalize the lackluster domestic financial market and help individual...

Samsung Heavy wins $1.5 bn order for FLNG

Samsung Heavy wins $1.5 bn order for FLNG

South Korea's shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries announced on Tuesday that it has secured an order for one floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) p...

S.Korean refiners’ race for EV lubricants heats up

S.Korean refiners’ race for EV lubricants heats up

South Korean major refiners are upping the ante to win the market for electric vehicle lubricants and liquid coolants for heat management amid the r...

42dot to lead Hyundai Group's in-vehicle software R&D

42dot to lead Hyundai Group's in-vehicle software R&D

Hyundai Motor Group’s self-driving technology arm 42dot Inc. will absorb the electronics, infotainment and autonomous driving technology divis...

CJ CheilJedang opens online B2B section

CJ CheilJedang opens online B2B section

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. introduced a business-to-business (B2B) section CJ The Market for Biz on its e-commerce website CJ The ...

Korea to sell $3.6 bn stake in NXC via private offering

Korea to sell $3.6 bn stake in NXC via private offering

The South Korean government is seeking to sell a 4.71 trillion won ($3.6 billion) stake in gaming giant NXC Corp. via private placement as the autho...

S.Korea to allow hiring of foreign workers in hotels, resorts

S.Korea to allow hiring of foreign workers in hotels, resorts

The South Korean government said on Friday that it would grant the hiring of foreign workers in hotels and resorts from next year.The hotel and reso...

Korea to domestically develop air-to-air missiles for KF-21

Korea to domestically develop air-to-air missiles for KF-21

South Korea plans to develop short-range, air-to-air missiles to be mounted on the Korean fighter KF-21 with homegrown technology by 2035 in a 591.9...

Korea's KDB establishes innovation fund for auto parts companies

Korea's KDB establishes innovation fund for auto parts companies

The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) announced on Friday that it has established the KDB-Quantum Mobility Value Chain Open Innovation Fund wor...

Korea’s consumer inflation reaches 3.6% in 2023 on high utilities

Korea’s consumer inflation reaches 3.6% in 2023 on high utilities

South Korea’s consumer prices rose 3.6% this year, driven by the biggest jump in utility bills since 2010 and high inflation in agricultural p...

LG gets UL certification for EV charger

LG gets UL certification for EV charger

LG Electronics Inc. said on Friday that its electric vehicle (EV) charger has received certification from Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the US-b...

Hyundai, Kia to revamp R&D organization

Hyundai, Kia to revamp R&D organization

Hyundai Motor Co. ’s and Kia Corp. are undergoing a comprehensive restructuring of their research and development (R&D) organizations. Thi...

Hyundai Mobis' auto parts sweep safety, technology awards

Hyundai Mobis' auto parts sweep safety, technology awards

South Korean auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said Thursday that 10 of its new technologies received or or are finalists for awards from external ...

South Korea eyes new Arab boom via free trade deal with GCC nations

South Korea eyes new Arab boom via free trade deal with GCC nations

South Korea has struck a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a group of six Arab nations, paving the way for Seoul to stre...

Foreign visitors to S.Korea to surpass 10 mn in 2023

Foreign visitors to S.Korea to surpass 10 mn in 2023

The number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea will exceed 10 million this year, according to the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO). Accordi...

HD Hyundai Oilbank launches dedicated EV lubricant

HD Hyundai Oilbank launches dedicated EV lubricant

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Oilbank said on Thursday that it launched a new dedicated electric vehicle (EV) lubricant brand the Hyundai XTeer EVF...

Hyundai, Kia’s tech sets them apart with record hybrid vehicle sales

Hyundai, Kia’s tech sets them apart with record hybrid vehicle sales

Like their global peers, Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. recently turned their sights back to hybrid vehicles as electric vehicle uptakes ...

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