Asia's largest startup fair NextRise 2024 held in Seoul

The Korea International Trade Association and Korea Development Bank announced on Thursday that the Asia's largest startup fair "NextRise 2024 Seoul...

Affluent Gen Xers lead e-commerce shopping in South Korea

Affluent Generation Xers, also pioneers in the digital landscape who navigated the early days of personal computing and witnessed the advent of the ...

Hyundai to debut car-carrier hydrogen trucks in H2

Hyundai Motor Co. plans to roll out car carrier trailers and refrigerator trucks powered by hydrogen in the second half of this year with a focus on...

SK, Geely join forces for EV battery, component production

SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, will join forces with Chinese auto giant Zhejiang Geely Holding Gro...

Doosan Bobcat to buy ex-sibling Mottrol for $178.6 million

Doosan Bobcat Inc., a major compact construction machinery and equipment maker under South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group, will buy back its forme...

Rebellions-Sapeon Korea merger to challenge Nvidia’s AI chip dominance

Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, is merging with its crosstown rival Sapeon Korea Inc., an AI chip firm ...

Hyundai E&C, KAERI partner to commercialize next-gen reactors

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Wednesday that it signed a public-private partnership agreement for the so...

Hyundai Transys to export EV drive systems to CEER

Hyundai Transys Inc., an auto parts affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it signed a contract to supply a 3 trillion won ($...

Hanwha picked to develop KF-21’s unmanned escort plane radars

Hanwha Systems Co., a South Korean aerospace and defense contractor, has been picked as a preferred developer by the state-run Korea Institute for D...

Hyundai Mobis unveils M.VICS 5.0

Hyundai Mobis, the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, unveiled the latest version of its next-generation integrated cockpit system M.VICS...

Korea may mandate pension plans for all workplaces from 2025

South Korea is seeking to introduce corporate pension plans to all workplaces in stages starting next year, alongside mandatory contributions to the...

Hyundai Motor releases Casper Electric teaser images

Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday released a teaser image of the electrified model of its first city sports utility vehicle (SUV) The Casper Electric.T...

S.Korea’s current account swings to deficit on higher dividend payouts

South Korea logged a current account deficit in April, ending a streak of surpluses for the past 11 months, on seasonal factors such as increased di...

HYBE accelerates transition into platform company

HYBE Co. is accelerating its push to transform into a platform company as it prepares to launch a new digital fan community platform. This platform ...

Hyundai Motor to restore forest ecosystem

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Restoration Project with...

Korean retail investors’ US stockholdings at record high

South Korean individual investors’ US stockholdings swelled to a record $82.19 billion as of early June amid the US stock market rally, while ...

HD Hyundai’s ascent driven by visionary spinoff push

Many cast doubts on HD Hyundai Group’s decision to separate its ship maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service in 2016. The move, however...

Hyundai, Kia to require stricter ESG compliance from subcontractors

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group plans to require stricter environmental, social and governance compliance from its partners st...

Southeast Asia, Korea Inc’s new IT outsourcing powerhouse

PHNOM PENH – South Korean technology companies grappling with prolonged software developer shortages are actively broadening their search for ...

Foreign VIP customers boost Korean department stores' sales

Wei Liu, a 41-year-old Taiwanese businessman, snapped up 300 million won ($220,000) worth of luxury brand products at Hyundai Department Store&rsquo...

Korea's short-selling ban impedes MSCI index upgrade

South Korea is expected to retain its MSCI’s emerging market status as the global index provider said in its June 6 report that the country&rs...

Hyundai to launch EV model of Staria minivan in 2026

South Korea’s top automaker, Hyundai Motor Co., is slated to launch an electric vehicle model of its Staria van in 2026 to respond to the inte...

Samsung Biologics eyes windfall gain amid US-China row

SAN DIEGO – Samsung Biologics Co. is enjoying a stream of contract development and manufacturing order inquiries from big pharmaceutical compa...

HD Hyundai's Future-X wins Red Dot Design Award

South Korea's HD Hyundai XiteSolution announced on Thursday that its futuristic unmanned construction equipment Future-X won the Best of the Best Aw...

S.Korea beats Japan in GNI per capita for 1st time in 2023

South Korea outstripped Japan in terms of per capita gross national income (GNI) for the first time in 2023, central bank data showed, with the Japa...

Korea's KDB widens gap in VC fundraising in H1; NPS to fund in July

The capital commitments of state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) have widened the gap for South Korean venture capital firms in fundraising over ...

YouTube, Coupang offer Shopping affiliate program in Korea

YouTube has started offering its Shopping affiliate program in South Korea in partnership with the country’s No. 1 e-commerce platform company...

Hyundai Motor launches 2025 model year of Grandeur

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Wednesday that it launched its flagship sedan Grandeur's model year the 2025 Grandeur. The Grandeur is Hyundai M...

Korea’s non-financial firms rush to issue perpetual bonds

Perpetual bond offerings by non-financial firms in South Korea are poised to hit new records this year as many companies have flocked to the hybrid ...

Korea’s Kakao Mobility unveils global ride-hailing app to court Uber

Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s top ride-hailing service provider, on Tuesday introduced the release of its global app, taking on global g...