KT says farewell to telegraph after a century of service

KT says farewell to telegraph after a century of service

KT Corp., a leading South Korean telecom company, will end its telegraph service, once the fastest means of long-distance communication, after the c...

Samsung bags $1 bn via ASML share sale for chip production

Samsung bags $1 bn via ASML share sale for chip production

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has divested a 0.3% stake in Dutch chip equipment manufacturer ASML Holdings N....

Samsung, SK pin hopes on HBM sales with Nvidia's new AI chip

Samsung, SK pin hopes on HBM sales with Nvidia's new AI chip

South Korean memory chipmakers like Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. have high hopes for fast growth in their high-bandwidth memory (HBM) s...

SK Ecoplant develops core battery recycling technologies

SK Ecoplant develops core battery recycling technologies

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. has developed four core battery-recycling technologies, including recovering nickel and cobalt from spent lithiu...

South Korea vulnerable to tech spies undeterred by soft penalties

South Korea vulnerable to tech spies undeterred by soft penalties

When a former Samsung Electronics Co. executive was arrested on industrial espionage charges by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (N...

KAI participates in Dubai Airshow 2023

KAI participates in Dubai Airshow 2023

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, announced on Tuesday that it has participated in the "Duba...

WeWork vs Starbucks as workspace in South Korea

WeWork vs Starbucks as workspace in South Korea

In 2019, WeWork’s business model underwent a reality check.Its application for an initial public offering the same year was met with investor ...

S.Korea’s semiconductor exports rebound in 1st 10 days of November

S.Korea’s semiconductor exports rebound in 1st 10 days of November

South Korea’s semiconductor exports rose in the first 10 days of November, reversing their 13-month downward trend, data show, raising the pro...

Hyundai breaks ground on $1.5 bn EV plant in S.Korea

Hyundai breaks ground on $1.5 bn EV plant in S.Korea

ULSAN -- Hyundai Motor Co., the world’s third-largest automaker along with its affiliate Kia Corp., on Monday broke ground for a dedicated ele...

P&O Chemicals completes pitch plant for cathode materials

P&O Chemicals completes pitch plant for cathode materials

South Korea's P&O Chemical, a joint venture of POSCO Future M Co. and OCI Holdings Co. completed the pitch plant in Tancheon Industrial Complex,...

LG to open Kitchen Trip in 100 accommodations in S.Korea

LG to open Kitchen Trip in 100 accommodations in S.Korea

LG Electronics Inc. said on Monday it will start the LG Kitchen Trip, the event of its home appliances for customer experience in 100 tourist spor...

Korea Post resumes kimchi delivery to US

Korea Post resumes kimchi delivery  to US

South Korea's state-run postal service agency Korea Post announced on Monday it resumed Express Mail Service (EMS) for shipping kimchi all over the ...

Saudi Aramco’s $7 bn Korea project mired by labor shortage

Saudi Aramco’s $7 bn Korea project mired by labor shortage

Saudi Aramco’s $7 billion petrochemical project in South Korea, in what would be its largest-ever investment in the country, has hit a stumbli...

Polestar 4 EV to be built at Renault’s Korean plant from 2025

Polestar 4 EV to be built at Renault’s Korean plant from 2025

Swedish electric vehicle maker Polestar will build its upcoming Polestar 4 SUV coupe at Renault Group’s manufacturing plant in South Korea fro...

Mirae seeks sale of HK Goldin assets to recoup investment

Mirae seeks sale of HK Goldin assets to recoup investment

Mirae Asset Securities Co., South Korea’s largest brokerage house, plans a public tender of assets held by debt-laden Goldin Financial Holding...

SK Biopharma’s Cenobamate US patent extended by 2032

SK Biopharma’s Cenobamate US patent extended by 2032

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals announced on Friday an extension of its US patent for the epilepsy treatment Cenobamate, now set to expire on Oc...

Spicy food craze sweeps South Korea

Spicy food craze sweeps South Korea

South Korea, famous for the spicy kick in its cuisine, is going the extra mile to turn the nation red hot with extremely spicy food, believed by Kor...

Automotive supplier Hanon Systems delivers Q3 earnings shock

Automotive supplier Hanon Systems delivers Q3  earnings shock

South Korea's Hanon Systems Corp., a world-leading heat pump systems maker for automobiles, on Thursday reported worse-than-expected results in the ...

South Koreans, frugal at home, open wallets abroad

South Koreans, frugal at home, open wallets abroad

Consumer spending in South Korea has been on the decline this year amid few signs of a near-term recovery. But when it comes to overseas spending, i...

KDI cuts Korea growth forecasts, ups inflation predictions

KDI cuts Korea growth forecasts, ups inflation predictions

A South Korean government think tank has cut its growth forecast in Asia’s fourth-largest economy for this year and next but raised inflation ...

Hyundai E&C to form private-public partnership for US solar power

Hyundai E&C to form private-public partnership for US solar power

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), Korea Midland Power Co., and the Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urb...

POSCO Int’l to invest $519 mn in EV parts output expansion

POSCO Int’l to invest $519 mn in EV parts output expansion

POSCO International Corp., the energy and trading unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., plans to spend 680 billion won ($519....

VCs give thumbs up to EV, parts/materials, travel tech

VCs give thumbs up to EV, parts/materials, travel tech

The venture capital funding crunch has continued through this year in South Korea but VCs have raised their stakes in select companies in the electr...

SK Telecom’s Q3 profit up on brisk data center, cloud sales

SK Telecom’s Q3 profit up on brisk data center, cloud sales

SK Telecom Co.'s third-quarter operating profit increased 7% on-year, becoming the only South Korean mobile carrier posting an on-year gain in profi...

Lotteria to introduce kitchen robot Alpha Grill

Lotteria to introduce kitchen robot Alpha Grill

South Korea's Lotte GRS, the operator of fast food franchise Lotteria, plans to introduce a kitchen automation robot Alpha Grill in stores. Alp...

Imported cars set to snap 3-year growth streak in S.Korea

Imported cars set to snap 3-year growth streak in S.Korea

Imported passenger cars are expected to see their first retreat in four years in South Korea on the growing popularity of domestic luxury models suc...

S.Korea's Emart24 to sell prefabricated house

S.Korea's Emart24 to sell prefabricated house

South Korea’s convenience store chain Emart24 partnered with YMK Construction to launch an innovative range of prefabricated houses, a first i...

Used electric vehicle prices drop in Korea with declining EV appeal

Used electric vehicle prices drop in Korea with declining EV appeal

Prices of secondhand electric vehicles are falling in South Korea as drivers are increasingly less enchanted with eco-friendly vehicles due to weak ...

S.Korea tops global shipbuilding orders in October, surpassing China

S.Korea tops global shipbuilding orders in October, surpassing China

South Korean shipbuilders won the most shipbuilding orders worldwide in October 2023. The country overtook China and claimed the lead in the global ...

Costco Korea on verge of falling into low-growth trap

Costco Korea on verge of falling into low-growth trap

South Korea, one of the most lucrative markets for Costco Wholesale Corp., appears to be losing its appeal in the face of China’s rapid ascent...

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