Hyundai ties up with AWS, Meta, Microsoft for open map

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, teamed up with Big Tech companies such as Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), Meta Platf...

Qoo10 launches K-Avenue for S.Korean products

Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte. announced on Tuesday that it launched K-Avenue, a sales channel for Korean products, on the newl...

HYBE offers to sell $62 mn SM Entertainment shares

HYBE Co., the company behind global sensations BTS and NewJeans, has offered to sell some of its shares in K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co. in a b...

South Korea steps on accelerator for record 2024 car exports

ASAN, South Chungcheong Province – At Hyundai Motor Co.'s manufacturing plant in Asan, over 60 km south of Seoul, thousands of robots were bus...

Korea intensifies rules on CB conversion price adjustment

South Korea will strengthen regulations on the conversion prices of convertible bonds (CBs) to protect stakeholders from excessive share dilution, t...

Hyundai Glovis adopts system to meet US' green policies on car carriers

Hyundai Glovis Co., the world’s third-largest car shipping company, is set to introduce an emission reduction system for its vehicle carriers ...

HS Ad unveils LG Uplus ad created by 100% AI

South Korea's HS Ad Inc., an advertising agency affiliated with LG Group, announced on Monday that it launched LG Uplus Corp. 's brand advertising...

Kolon Global inks Korea’s 1st private wind power supply deal

Kolon Global Corp., the leading South Korean wind farm developer, signed the country’s first private wind power supply deal with local compani...

Kia to install LG Electronics’ vehicle webOS in upcoming EV3 SUV

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. will supply its automotive web-based operating system webOS to Kia Corp. for the carmaker’s upcoming v...

Seaweed, dubbed ‘Korea’s black semiconductor,’ powers its economy

Dried seaweed, widely used to make kimbap, or seaweed-wrapped rice rolls, is often referred to as the “black semiconductor” in South Kor...

Handok gets Biocon's obesity drug exclusive distribution in S.Korea

South Korean pharmaceutical company Handok Inc. announced on Friday that it signed an exclusive domestic sales and distribution agreement with India...

US court dismisses suit against Samsung by ex-patent chief

A US court rejected a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. by a former intellectual property chief of the company and banned ...

HD Hyundai, Shell to develop liquefied hydrogen carrier

HD Hyundai Co., a South Korean shipbuilding and machinery conglomerate, announced on Friday that it will collaborate with global energy compa...

SK Hynix mulls HBM production in Japan, US

SK Hynix Inc. is investigating the possibility of building a plant for high-bandwidth memory (HBM), vital for generative artificial intelligence, in...

US cosmetics brand Bath & Body Works enters S.Korea

The US-based cosmetics brand Bath & Body Works, renowned for its diverse lineup of over 250 fragrances, enters the South Korean market. Shi...

Kia premieres EV3 to boost global electrification push

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Thursday premiered the EV3, its low-cost electric sport utility vehicle (SUV), to reboot...

Hyundai Infracore, Doosan Bobcat agree to product cross-selling in US

South Korea’s two leading construction machinery makers HD Hyundai Infracore Co. and Doosan Bobcat Inc. on Thursday agreed to the cross-sellin...

World’s No.1 magnet wire maker SPSX mulls Korean IPO

Superior Essex Inc. (SPSX), the world’s top magnet wire provider under South Korea’s LS Group, is mulling an initial public offering in ...

South Korea pledges $19 billion support package to revitalize chip sector

South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., has unveiled a record 26 trillion wo...

Korea Eximbank provides $1 bn in PF for Saudi Amiral project

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) announced on Thursday that it will provide $1 billion in project financing for the Amiral petrochemical f...

Celltrion eyes M&A in Europe, $3.3 bn Zymfentra sales: chairman

WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korean biosimilar giant Celltrion Inc. is accelerating its push to transform into a novel drug developer, going after...

LG CNS' marketing platform MOP surpasses 800 corporate customers

South Korea’s LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of LG Corp., announced on Thursday that its Marketing Optimization Platform (MOP), la...

Japan’s Toray to spend $366 mn on Korean capacity expansion

Japan’s Toray Industries Inc., the leading global carbon textile manufacturer, plans to spend 500 billion won ($366.3 million) to expand eco-f...

Lunit buys breast cancer detection AI firm Volpara Health

Lunit Inc., a South Korean cancer diagnostics AI company, has completed the acquisition of Volpara Health Technologies Ltd., a New Zealand-based AI ...

Korea Investment to expand CLO portfolio with Anchorage Capital

Korea Investment & Securities Co. will scale up its collateralized loan obligation (CLO) business with New York-based investment firm Anchorage ...

POBA favors data centers, senior housing in Europe: CIO

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a retirement fund with assets under management (AUM) of 26 trillion won ($19.1 bill...

HD Hyundai Marine Solution builds ship smartcare center in Busan

South Korea's HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co. established an HD SmartCare Busan Center for ship lifecycle management services and begun full-scale op...

Hyundai, Indonesia discuss hydrogen, EV cooperation

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun has discussed cooperation on hydrogen-fueled cars and electric vehicles (EVs) with the Indonesian economy ...

Naver beleaguered by weak Korean businesses amid Line woes

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. is struggling with sluggish core domestic businesses – commerce, search and sports – as Jap...

Korean construction machine makers set sights on India, Brazil, Mexico

South Korea’s leading construction machine makers are actively advancing into emerging markets such as India, Brazil, Mexico and Saudi Arabia,...