Samsung to unveil AI-feature vacuum cleaner at CES

Samsung to unveil AI-feature vacuum cleaner at CES

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will unveil a new vacuum cleaner, the Bespoke Jet Bot Combo, at the upcoming CES 2024. This ...

S.Korea's perfume duty free limit to rise by 100 ml in 2024

S.Korea's perfume duty free limit to rise by 100 ml in 2024

South Korean government will raise the duty-free limit of perfume from 60 ml to 100 ml in January 2024. The Ministry of Economy and Finance announce...

KAI secures $1.1 bn deal to mass-produce light-armed helicopters

KAI secures $1.1 bn deal to mass-produce light-armed helicopters

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the sole military aircraft manufacturer in the country, announced on Wednesday that it has signed a contract ...

POSCO to foster rare gas business with Zhongtai Cryogenic

POSCO to foster rare gas business with Zhongtai Cryogenic

POSCO Holdings Inc. will build a highly purified rare gas-producing joint venture in South Korea with Zhongtai Cryogenic Technology Corp. from China...

Korea's leading used-car platform Encar drops IPO plan

Korea's leading used-car platform Encar drops IPO plan

Encarsales.com Ltd., a South Korean used-car trading platform, will withdraw its initial public offering plan as early as this week due to deteriora...

This country will police ‘shrinkflation’ at the supermarket

This country will police ‘shrinkflation’ at the supermarket

SEOUL—Food prices have risen so much that Kim Soo-yeon has developed a suspicious new habit at the grocery store. She has taken to shaking bag...

Korea’s besieged mobile carriers grapple with OTT players’ rate hikes

Korea’s besieged mobile carriers grapple with OTT players’ rate hikes

South Korea’s telecommunications companies, besieged by the onslaught of foreign over-the-top (OTT) players such as Netflix and YouTube, are g...

ESTsoft launches conversational AI service Alan

ESTsoft launches conversational AI service Alan

South Korea's AI service specialist company ESTsoft Corp. announced on Tuesday that it launched its conversational artificial intelligence (AI) serv...

HD Hyundai, Google Cloud team up to accelerate generative AI innovation

HD Hyundai, Google Cloud team up to accelerate generative AI innovation

HD Hyundai Co., South Korea’s shipbuilding-to-heavy machinery conglomerate, said on Tuesday it has teamed up with Google Cloud, the informatio...

BNP Paribas, HSBC fined $20.4 million in Korea for naked short-selling

BNP Paribas, HSBC fined $20.4 million in Korea for naked short-selling

South Korea’s financial regulator has slapped a combined 26.52 billion won ($20.4 million) in fines on BNP Paribas SA, its Korean brokerage un...

LegoChem Bio, Janssen sign $1.7 bn ADC licensing deal

LegoChem Bio, Janssen sign $1.7 bn ADC licensing deal

LegoChem Biosciences Inc. has signed a blockbuster $1.7 billion deal to license out its proprietary antibody drug conjugate (ADC) candidate to Jasse...

ESR KendallSquare REIT leads Korean logistics sector

ESR KendallSquare REIT leads Korean logistics sector

ESR KendallSquare REIT, overseeing 18 advanced logistics centers across South Korea, adeptly handled challenges in the real estate sector this year....

LG's SC9S named 2nd best premium soundbar: Consumer Reports

LG's SC9S named 2nd best premium soundbar: Consumer Reports

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is highly recognized for its TV sound systems in the US, the world’s largest home appliance market. Ea...

Korea’s Glenwood PE in spotlight with carve-out deals

Korea’s Glenwood PE in spotlight with carve-out deals

South Korean investment firm Glenwood Private Equity Co. is solidifying its leading position with a carve-out strategy in the domestic market, execu...

Korea’s E-Mart24 to debut in Cambodia, aims for 100 stores by 2028

Korea’s E-Mart24 to debut in Cambodia, aims for 100 stores by 2028

E-Mart24 Inc., one of South Korea’s leading convenience store chains, will make a foray into Cambodia to gain ground in one of Southeast Asia&...

Aekyung Chemical acquires LG Chem Vietnam's plasticizer subsidiary

Aekyung Chemical acquires LG Chem Vietnam's plasticizer subsidiary

South Korean consumer goods company Aekyung Chemical announced on Friday that it has acquired VPCHEM, the Vietnam subsidiary of LG Chem Ltd., a comp...

LG Elec opens customer experience space in Ho Chi Minh

LG Elec opens customer experience space in Ho Chi Minh

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday the unveiling of a customer experience space called "Another Saigon" in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where the...

The Hyundai Seoul unveils Louis Vuitton store

The Hyundai Seoul unveils Louis Vuitton store

The Hyundai Seoul, South Korea's largest department store in Yoido, on December 21 opened a Louis Vuitton women's store, marking a significant addit...

S.Korea’s LF opens 9th store in Vietnam

S.Korea’s LF opens 9th store in Vietnam

South Korea’s fashion company LF Corp. announced on Thursday that it opened its ninth store in Vietnam at Trang Tien Plaza in Hanoi.Trang Tien...

Korea’s troubled kimchi fridge maker Winia seeks new owner

Korea’s troubled kimchi fridge maker Winia seeks new owner

Winia Co., South Korea’s troubled kimchi refrigerator manufacturer under court receivership, is looking for a new owner to save the company fr...

S.Korea sees new record of seaweed exports

S.Korea sees new record of seaweed exports

South Korea's seaweed (Gim) exports hit 1 trillion won ($770 million) in this year, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on Wednesday. I...

Campbell Lutyens taps ex-KIC PE chief as Korea head

Campbell Lutyens taps ex-KIC PE chief as Korea head

Campbell Lutyens & Co. Ltd., a UK private equity advisory firm, has tapped sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) former PE he...

LG Energy Solution Vertech wins 10GWh ESS projects in the US

LG Energy Solution Vertech wins 10GWh ESS projects in the US

LG Energy Solution Vertech Inc., a Texas-based energy storage system (ESS) supplier, has secured a combined 10-gigawatt hours (GWh) of grid-scale ba...

Naver to join race with EQT, Goldman Sachs for Korean SW firm

Naver to join race with EQT, Goldman Sachs for Korean SW firm

Naver Corp. is set to go up against global major private equity firms such as EQT Partners AB and Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group to acquire a So...

LG Chem breaks ground on its 1st US cathode plant

LG Chem breaks ground on its 1st US cathode plant

CLARKSVILLE, TN – South Korea’s No. 1 chemical maker LG Chem Ltd. striving to become a leading global battery materials player broke gro...

LG unveils UltraGear gaming monitor 2024

LG unveils UltraGear gaming monitor 2024

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it unveiled the 2024 model of the UltraGear gaming monitor, optimized for resolution and refresh r...

Myeong-dong cements status as super-prime real estate in Korea

Myeong-dong cements status as super-prime real estate in Korea

A 170-square-meter plot of land in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, where South Korean beauty brand Nature Republic’s flagship store is located, ha...

Watchmaker TAG Heuer launches direct operations in S.Korea

Watchmaker TAG Heuer launches direct operations in S.Korea

Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer S.A. is set to launch direct operations in South Korea, the world’s seventh-largest luxury market in terms of sales...

Korea’s 1st institutionalized fractional art offering a smash hit

Korea’s 1st institutionalized fractional art offering a smash hit

South Korea’s first institutionalized fractional investing in a work of art proffered by Yeolmae Company, operator of South Korea’s frac...

Poultry processor Harim to buy Korean top sea carrier HMM for $5 bn

Poultry processor Harim to buy Korean top sea carrier HMM for $5 bn

South Korea’s leading poultry processor Harim Group is set to acquire the country’s No. 1 sea flag carrier HMM Co. for about 6.4 trillio...

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