S.Korea fines Google $32 mn for squashing local rival
South Korea’s antitrust body on Tuesday fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC and its regional arms 42.1 billion won ($32 million) for allege...
S.Korea sets Nuri space rocket’s third launch on May 24
South Korea will conduct a third attempt to launch its first domestically designed and developed space rocket Nuri on May 24. The Ministry of Scien...
Interpark's airline ticket sales exceed $120 mn in March
South Korea’s online retail platform Interpark Corp. has reported its airline ticket sales in March jumped 281% compared to the same period la...
S.Korea's NHN Commerce acquires domestic cosmetics brand WLab
South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s online shopping platform NHN Commerce announced on Tuesday that it has acquired domestic cosmetics br...
NPS, Korea Investment to sell off stake in Brazilian miner CBMM
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) and Korea Investment Private Equity Co. are set to sell off their stake in a Brazilian rare metal...
HD Hyundai Infracore targets Middle East and African markets with new brand Develon
HD Hyundai Infracore (formerly Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co.), a South Korean construction equipment maker, has ventured into the Middle East and Afr...
Number of Netflix users in S. Korea drops 30% in a year
The number of Netflix users in South Korea has decreased by more than 30% in the past year since the recovery from COVID-19. According to Byun Jae-...
KCCI, JCCI hold a working level meeting in six years
Business representatives from South Korea and Japan gathered for the first time in six years, with the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCC...
S.Korea sees release of generic diabetes drugs after Forxiga patent expires
South Korea's pharmaceutical companies are competing to sell generic drugs to raise their presence on the domestic market for diabetes treatment wit...
Korea’s debt-ridden public companies selling off overseas coal mines
South Korea’s debt-ridden public enterprises are selling off their stakes in overseas coal mines to improve their financial status and stay in...
Chanel watches make world's 1st online debut in Korea
Chanel watches have made their online debut through South Korea's leading platform SSG.COM, becoming the French brand’s first launch of fashio...
Korea Coal Corp. to sell Mongolian mine amid energy resource boom
Korea Coal Corporation, a South Korean state-owned firm, is preparing to sell its Khotgor Shanaga coal mine in Mongolia, which it acquired in 2010...
S.Korea to allocate 70% of annual R&D budget to eleven core tech areas
The South Korean government plans to allocate 70% of its annual R&D budget to 40 projects for research and development in eleven core industrial...
SK Energy opens S.Korea's first hydrogen charging station for large trucks
SK Energy is the first company in South Korea to launch a station for charging large hydrogen-powered trucks. The company on Sunday said it held a c...
LG Electronics eyes solid Q2 results after Q1 earnings surprise
LG Electronics Inc. is expected to report solid earnings for the second quarter after its first-quarter operating profit beat market expectations an...
S.Korea's Musinsa promotes domestic fashion brands in Tokyo
South Korea's e-commerce fashion platform Musinsa announced on Friday that it opens a K-fashion brand pop-up store in Tokyo's Harajuku until April 1...
HD Hyundai Elec commercializes DC distribution facilities for 1 MW bldgs
HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical power equipment and energy solution affiliate of South Korean conglomerate HD Hyundai Co. Group, on Friday s...
SK, Samsung accelerate S.Korea’s CO2 capture biz growth
Samsung and SK, South Korea’s two largest conglomerates, are speeding up the growth in the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) busi...
Korea's InnoGrid to collaborate with Hyosung for cloud business
InnoGrid Co., South Korea's cloud computing and digital transformation (DT) specialist, announced on Friday that it has signed an agreement with dat...
Korea's electric battery maker SK On predicts 'tangible results' from 2024
"Despite many difficulties early on, we can see tangible results from next year if we overcome such challenges.”Chey Jae-won, CEO and executiv...
S.Korea's D-Rex Polymer starts making green adhesive
South Korean petrochemical company DL Chemical on Thursday said its subsidiary D-Rex Polymer on April 1 began production of an eco-friendly adhesive...
LG Elec sees steady 2023 sales to widen gap with Whirlpool
LG Electronics Inc. expects sales of its home appliances division, the key cash cow of the South Korean company, to remain steady at 30 trillion won...
Samsung Galaxy S23 sales beat S22, enticing MZers
The Galaxy S23 series of Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones have beaten their predecessor Galaxy S22 smartphones in sales volume, less than two mon...
S.Korea's NPS increases stake in Lotte Tour Development
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) has increased its stake in Lotte Tour Development Co. to 6.07%, according to an announcement by Lotte T...
S.Korea strikes deal with Ecuador to export pears
South Korea's Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency announced on Thursday that after 10 years of negotiations, the country has secured a deal with Ecua...
S.Korea's Yanolja Cloud acquires US solution company InSoft
South Korea's Yanolja Cloud announced on Thursday that it has acquired InSoft, a US hospitality solution company, to establish a base for expanding ...
South Korea's Kosdaq Global Index set to add more stocks
Financial investment sources on Wednesday said Korea Exchange on March 31 conducted a regular review on listing more companies on the Kosdaq Global ...
S. Korea's Orion sees brisk sales growth in Vietnam, Russia
South Korea's confectionary giant Orion Corp. has seen brisk sales growth this year, pushing out rival CJ CheilJedang Corp. to solidify its dominanc...
SeAH rolls out S.Korea's first 24-inch STS steel pipe production line
South Korea's SeAH Steel Corp. through an expansion has the nation's largest plant for stainless steel (STS) welded steel pipe measuring 60.9 cm (24...
Kia steps up electrification efforts with higher sales targets
Kia Corp., under South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is gearing up to produce even more electric and other eco-friendly vehicles in the coming ...
