Korea Investment raises $400 mn to expand US assets

Korea Investment raises $400 mn to expand US assets

Seoul-based brokerage firm Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS) has raised $400 million in new bonds to strengthen its investments in the US ...

HD Hyundai Oilbank secures bio-based material supply network

HD Hyundai Oilbank secures bio-based material supply network

South Korea's HD Hyundai Oilbank announced on Tuesday it signed contracts with Indonesia's Korindo Group and Korea's LX International for the purcha...

Korea plans wider crackdown on foreigners’ short-selling

Korea plans wider crackdown on foreigners’ short-selling

South Korea’s financial regulator plans wider investigations into illegal short-selling trades by major foreign investment banks to ease conce...

S.Korea's SKC to sell fine ceramic business for $270 mn

S.Korea's SKC to sell fine ceramic business for $270 mn

South Korea's SKC Ltd. announced on Tuesday it will sell the fine ceramics business of its subsidiary SK enpulse, a semiconductor materials investme...

S.Korea sees record of beverage exports in Q1~Q3

S.Korea sees record of beverage exports in Q1~Q3

South Korea's exports of beverages from Jan. to Sept. this year exceeded $500 million to break all-time record.Export data released on Thursday by t...

SK E&S to pursue cross-border CCS with Australia’s Santos

SK E&S to pursue cross-border CCS with Australia’s Santos

SK E&S, the clean energy affiliate of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has signed a deal on cross-border carbon capture and st...

S.Korea to add India, Lithuania to list of nations eligible for E-9 visa

S.Korea to add India, Lithuania to list of nations eligible for E-9 visa

South Korea plans to allow non-professional workers from India and Lithuania to apply for the E-9 visa as the country struggles with a shrinking wor...

Lotte builds US antibody-drug conjugate plant with $82 mn

Lotte builds US antibody-drug conjugate plant with $82 mn

South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. is establishing an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) factory in Syracuse, New York, with an investment of 110 bi...

HD Hyundai joins $14 mn offshore wind power project

HD Hyundai joins $14 mn offshore wind power project

HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical equipment and energy solution company under South Korea’s shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co., has joine...

LG Uplus to build robot-friendly building with Hyundai

LG Uplus to build robot-friendly building with Hyundai

South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. has teamed up with Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Robotics Lab to build a communications infrastructure ecosystem at a...

S.Korea to put self-developed lander on moon by 2032

S.Korea to put self-developed lander on moon by 2032

South Korea plans to put its first lunar lander on the moon by 2032.  In a meeting of the National R&D Project Evaluation Advisory Commit...

BBQ's Chicken Camp gets popularity from foreign tourists

BBQ's Chicken Camp gets popularity from foreign tourists

Foreign tourists looking for Chicken Camp, operated by BBQ, a South Korean fried chicken brand, have been increasing noticeably. Chicken Camp is a c...

Hyundai unveils world’s first commercial LTE train signaling system

Hyundai unveils world’s first commercial LTE train signaling system

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean manufacturer of rolling stock, defense products and plant equipment, in a world first has commercialized a train s...

S.Korea leads world in patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners

S.Korea leads world in patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners

South Korea leads the world in the number of patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners.The Korean Intellectual Property Office on Sunday said th...

Hyundai unveils Avante N1 Cup Car

Hyundai unveils Avante N1 Cup Car

Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled the "Avante N1 Cup Car," which will be introduced in the 2024 season of the largest one-make race event in South Kore...

Samsung to sell certified refurbished Galaxy phones in Korea

Samsung to sell certified refurbished Galaxy phones in Korea

Samsung Electronics Co. plans to sell certified refurbished Galaxy phones in South Korea at prices up to 50% cheaper than brand-new phones, a move e...

Korea Investment, Carlyle Group sign strategic partnership

Korea Investment, Carlyle Group sign strategic partnership

Korea Investment & Securities Co. announced on Friday it has signed a strategic partnership with Carlyle Group, one of the world's leading priva...

HD Hyundai develops electric propulsion system for large ships

HD Hyundai develops electric propulsion system for large ships

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. have secured Approval in Principle (AIP) from the UK's Lloyd's ...

Hyundai’s record Q3 profit beats Samsung; no EV output cut planned

Hyundai’s record Q3 profit beats Samsung; no EV output cut planned

Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday posted its highest-ever quarterly operating profit for the July-September period, driven by robust sales of pricey car...

S.Korea’s ModaModa unveils new hair darkening shampoo

S.Korea’s ModaModa unveils new hair darkening shampoo

South Korean haircare brand ModaModa launched its second-generation hair darkening shampoo "ModaModa Zero Gray Black Shampoo" on Thursday. Prev...

S.Korea releases winter schedule for weekly int’l flights

S.Korea releases winter schedule for weekly int’l flights

South Korea will expand its number of weekly flights this winter to Japan and Southeast Asia, two regions expected to have high demand that season, ...

Korea’s Teachers’ Pension names SK Securities VP as CIO

Korea’s Teachers’ Pension names SK Securities VP as CIO

South Korea’s Teachers’ Pension has named Jeon Bum-sik, a vice president at SK Securities Co. with three decades of investment experienc...

Russia Pushes Security Talks With North Korea, China

Russia Pushes Security Talks With North Korea, China

SEOUL—Russia said it supports holding regular security talks with North Korea and China to address the threat posed by the U.S. on the Korean ...

S.Korea’s Q3 GDP up 0.6% on-quarter on recovery in exports

S.Korea’s Q3 GDP up 0.6% on-quarter on recovery in exports

South Korea’s economy in the third quarter grew 0.6% from the previous quarter, extending a growth streak to three consecutive quarters on a r...

S.Korea’s startups see Sept. investment surge 85%

S.Korea’s startups see Sept. investment surge 85%

South Korea’s startups last month saw investment rise for the first time this year.The Seoul-based Startup Alliance, a private support organiz...

S.Korean HD Hyundai inks $3.9 bn Qatar LNG tanker deal

S.Korean HD Hyundai inks $3.9 bn Qatar LNG tanker deal

DOHA -- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s second-largest shipyard, has won a $3.9 billion deal to build 17 liquified natural gas ca...

Hyundai Glovis opens smart logistics R&D center G-Lab

Hyundai Glovis opens smart logistics R&D center G-Lab

South Korean shipping and logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Wednesday it has opened a research and development (R&D) space for s...

Samsung Bioepis gets FDA OK for its interchangeable biosimilar

Samsung Bioepis gets FDA OK for its interchangeable biosimilar

Byooviz, a biosimilar of the macular degeneration treatment Lucentis and made by South Korea’s Samsung Bioepis, has received official design...

Space industry to usher in Saudi Arabia's 2nd boom: KAI

Space industry to usher in Saudi Arabia's 2nd boom: KAI

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saudi Space Agency (SSA) to collaborate broadly in ...

HD Hyundai President Chung to deliver keynote at CES 2024

HD Hyundai President Chung to deliver keynote at CES 2024

South Korea's No. 1 shipbuilding group’s heir apparent Chung Ki-sun will deliver a keynote speech at the world’s biggest consumer techno...

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