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...

LG Chem to manufacture flooring from waste PET bottles

LG Chem to manufacture flooring from waste PET bottles

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. revealed on Thursday its plan to produce an eco-friendly plasticizer derived from discarded polyethylene terephthalate (P...

LG Energy Solution to start producing cheaper EV batteries

LG Energy Solution to start producing cheaper EV batteries

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to manufacture cheaper EV batteries such as lithium ...

LG Display narrows Q3 losses, sees turnaround in Q4

LG Display narrows Q3 losses, sees turnaround in Q4

LG Display Co. said on Wednesday it will likely turn a profit in the fourth quarter of this year, snapping its losing streak of the past six quarter...

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 ...

South Korean game developers spin off fashion brands

South Korean game developers spin off fashion brands

South Korean gaming companies are eyeing the fashion industry in a bid to diversify their revenue sources by broadening the fan base for their popul...

LG Chem opens North America Innovation Center in Georgia

LG Chem opens North America Innovation Center in Georgia

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. announced on Wednesday it has opened its North America Innovation Center in Georgia, the US. The company also signed a me...

ESTsoft, LG Energy sign AI human education program contract

ESTsoft, LG Energy sign AI human education program contract

South Korea's AI service specialist company ESTsoft Corp. announced on Tuesday it has signed an education content supply contract with LG Energy Sol...

LG Innotek detects design flaws using AI tech

LG Innotek detects design flaws using AI tech

South Korean electronic parts manufacturer LG Innotek announced on Tuesday it has implemented an artificial intelligence (AI) analysis system to qui...

Mobile carrier LG Uplus makes inroads into EV charger market

Mobile carrier LG Uplus makes inroads into EV charger market

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s mobile and broadband service provider, has released the prototype of its first electric vehicle charger to make ...

LG CNS starts corporate knowledge management service

LG CNS starts corporate knowledge management service

South Korean information and communications technology service provider LG CNS has launched a service for finding useful knowledge and data within a...

Hanmi Pharma’s Phase 3 trials for anti-obesity medicine approved

Hanmi Pharma’s Phase 3 trials for anti-obesity medicine approved

South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. on Monday said the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved Phase 3 clinical trials for the company&...

Korea’s antitrust body grants conditional OK to Broadcom-VMware deal

Korea’s antitrust body grants conditional OK to Broadcom-VMware deal

South Korea’s antitrust regulator on Monday granted conditional approval for US smartphone components maker Broadcom Inc.’s proposed pur...

Toray Advanced Materials to spur carbon fiber production in Korea

Toray Advanced Materials to spur carbon fiber production in Korea

Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. (TAK) broke ground on its new facility for carbon fiber production in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province on Monday,...

SK Telecom, Mars Auto to advance self-driving large trucks

SK Telecom, Mars Auto to advance self-driving large trucks

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Monday with the autonomous driving startup Mars Auto for cooperation in t...

Korea’s exports set to snap 12-month losing streak in October

Korea’s exports set to snap 12-month losing streak in October

South Korea may snap its 12-month-long losing streak in exports this month after it reported an on-year gain in exports in the first 20 days of Octo...

Hyundai Motor, PIF to invest $500 mn to build car plant in Saudi Arabia

Hyundai Motor, PIF to invest $500 mn to build car plant in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH – Hyundai Motor Co. has agreed with the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund, to set up a joint venture to build...

S.Korean game developer Smilegate, angel of local startups

S.Korean game developer Smilegate, angel of local startups

Smilegate, South Korean developer of the world’s top first-person shooter game Crossfire, is raising investments in domestic startups despite ...

Hyundai, Kia aim for 20% share in Middle East with EVs by 2030

Hyundai, Kia aim for 20% share in Middle East with EVs by 2030

Hyundai Motor Co. and its sibling Kia Corp. together target selling 550,000 cars annually in the Middle East by 2030 to control about 20% of the reg...

Korea's HMM creditors convert $739 mn bonds into shares

Korea's HMM creditors convert $739 mn bonds into shares

Shares of HMM Co., South Korea’s No. 1 container line, are likely to fall as its main creditors exchanged perpetual convertible bonds (CBs) an...

SK Hynix showcases cutting-edge CXL, AiM memory at OCP Summit

SK Hynix showcases cutting-edge CXL, AiM memory at OCP Summit

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Friday it showcased its next-generation memo...

South Korea attracts more African countries to food project

South Korea attracts more African countries to food project

South Korea is increasing the number of African countries participating in its official development assistance (ODA) project to alleviate the chroni...

TikTok to host offline concert in S.Korea

TikTok to host offline concert in S.Korea

TikTok announced on Friday that it will hold its first-ever offline live concert, "TikTok Stage The Shout," in South Korea on the 9th of next month....

SK Group needs agility to survive disruptions: chairman

SK Group needs agility to survive disruptions: chairman

South Korea's No. 2 conglomerate SK Group needs agile responses to rapidly changing business circumstances amid global geopolitical crises, C...

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