S.Korea to benefit from rising global defense spending
South Korea is expected to log another year of record defense exports in 2023 thanks to growing military budgets across the world as local major arm...
S.Korea's Amorepacific opens new space in metaverse
Amidst the accelerated entry of fashion and beauty brands into the metaverse to seize future opportunities, Amorepacific Corp. has also joined the b...
KT Cloud, DigitalBridge join hands for data center biz in Korea
KT Cloud Co., the cloud computing unit under South Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier KT Corp., and US infrastructure investment firm Digit...
Korea's CJ Freshway promotes waste cooking oil recycling
CJ Freshway, a South Korean food distributor and food service company, announced on Friday that it has partnered with S&D Company, the operator ...
Hyundai launches 2023 season of HMG Driving Experience Center
Hyundai Motor Group announced the commencement of the 2023 season for its HMG Driving Experience Center, which is the largest of its kind in South K...
US affiliate of Korea's cell therapy company NK Max eyes NYSE listing in 3Q
NKGen Biotech, the US affiliate of South Korea's natural killer (NK) cell therapy developer NK Max, on Friday said it signed a letter of intent (LOI) ...
S.Korea's household assets rise to record high in 2022
Average household net assets in South Korea in 2022 increased 10% to a record 456 million won ($350,000) from a year earlier, while it took longer...
S.Korean crypto fugitive Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro
The fugitive South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon, responsible for the more-than-$40 billion crash in the global virtual currency market last y...
S.Korea's Hancom to apply ChatGPT to Hancom Docs
South Korea's office software developer Hancom Inc. will apply ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) service that allows users to reque...
HD Hyundai, Korea Univ. open internship to develop future talent
South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. and Korea University will jointly develop next-generation personnel to lead core business lines of the future.Chung Ki-...
S.Korea's ST Pharm supplies $49 mn worth of APIs to European drug firm
ST Pharm Co., a South Korean pharmaceutical firm, announced on Thursday that it had entered into an agreement to supply oligonucleotides to an undis...
S.Korea's CGBio exports $8 mn filler to Australia, New Zealand
CGBio, a South Korean bio-regenerative medical company, announced on Thursday that it has signed a contract to export its hyaluronic acid (HA) fille...
SK On, EcoPro, China’s GEM to jointly build precursor factory
South Korea’s electric vehicle (EV) battery major SK On Co. will build a precursor plant at home with a Korean partner, EcoPro Co., and China'...
Hanwha gets nod on DSME deal from most countries, but not Korea
South Korea’s leading defense maker Hanwha Group has obtained approval for its acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co....
Brokerage firms in S.Korea log sharp falls in 2022 earnings
Brokerage firms in South Korea, led by Mirae Asset Securities Co., suffered a 50% plunge in net profit in 2022, as dwindling trading fees outweighed...
Hyundai Motor, Kia develop ultra-high-temp hydrogen fuel cells with US firm
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. has joined forces with Advent Technologies, an American maker of membrane electrode assemblies (MEA), a key componen...
South Korea’s births fall to record low in January
South Korea’s births fell to a fresh low in January, while the number of deaths reached its record high, statistics data shows, signaling an a...
Doosan Fuel Cell teams up with Kolon Global for hydrogen fuel cell
South Korean fuel cell manufacturer Doosan Fuel Cell, and Kolon Global Corp., a South Korean company that specializes in the production of industria...
Korea's Kolon Group takes first step successfully in space launch vehicle biz
South Korea's Kolon Group announced on Wednesday that Kolon DACC Composite participated in the launch of the first private test launch vehicle in Ko...
Kolon Industries to make 100% plant-based eco-friendly plastic
Kolon Industries Inc.'s Future Technology Institute announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Stora Enso Oyj, a global biomaterials leader f...
KT, Amano Korea join hands to develop smart parking solutions
South Korean telecom operator KT Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a business agreement with parking control system specialist Amano K...
Samsung, SK Hynix look to China exit plans as growth stunted
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are in quandary over their growth strategies in China fo...
Korea Western Power lands nation's first solar power order in Oman
Korea Western Power Co. (KOWEPO) has won its country's first project in solar power generation in Oman.The company on Tuesday announced its successf...
S.Korea's Oasis posts surplus for second straight year
South Korea's Oasis Corp., a grocery delivery platform specializing in early morning shipments, on Tuesday said it posted last year operating profit...
Oil from S.Korea’s red ginseng alleviates prostate enlargement: study
Oil from South Korea’s famous hongsam (red ginseng) can prevent enlargement of the prostate, according to a study. A joint research team ...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX set for tie-up with KT SAT for Starlink service in Korea
SpaceX, the rocket and spacecraft manufacturer founded by Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk, will likely join forces with KT Corp. to lau...
SK Pharmteco again seeks $382 mn in pre-IPO funding
SK Pharmteco Co., a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is eyeing pre-initial public offering funding again after it dropped...
Korea's Kooksoondang sees its makgeolli exports surpass $10 mn mark
Kooksoondang Co., a South Korean brewery that produces traditional rice-based wines, announced on Tuesday that its exports reached an all-time high ...
Korea's LG CNS launches cloud cost optimization service
LG CNS, a South Korean company specializing in digital transformation, announced on Tuesday the launch of its new service called "FinOps" Clinic.Fin...
Apple Pay to shake up S.Korea's digital payment market
The launch of Apple Pay in South Korea on Tuesday is poised to shake up the country’s digital payment market as the sector leader Samsung Pay ...
