S.Korean won near 2-month low as US data fans Fed hike views

The South Korean won skidded to a near two-month low on Friday as hotter-than-forecast US inflation data added to expectations that the Federal Rese...

S.Korea confirms economic slowdown, recession concerns loom

The South Korean finance ministry on Friday confirmed that the country’s economy has slowed, mired in stubbornly high inflation and sluggish e...

Korea's Hanwha Q Cells halts litigation against Chinese module maker

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, has signed a contract to transfer technology licenses to Chinese s...

Korea's Cha Bio Group to expand overseas real estate business

Cha Bio Group, consisting of Cha Biotech and Cha Vaccine Research Institute as its subsidiaries, has announced its expansion into the real estate in...

S.Korea's KT CS reports record sales in 2022

On Friday, KT Corp.'s customer service unit, KT CS, announced that its sales revenue for the previous year reached a record high of 591.6 billion wo...

Samsung launches Galaxy S23 series in 55 markets worldwide

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday the release of its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S23 series, in 55 markets around the world, in...

S.Korea's Hwajin Medical gets FDA sales approval for syringes

HLB Therapeutics Co. announced Thursday that Sofjec, a syringe produced by its subsidiary Hwajin Medical, has been approved for sale by the US Food ...

S.Korea's Engel coefficient rises sharply amid COVID-19 pandemic

South Korea’s low-income households are feeling the pinch of rising food prices amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by a local t...

AI medical software company Lunit to open subsidiary in Europe

South Korea's Lunit, an artificial intelligence (AI) medical software company, on Friday said its board meeting held on the previous day decided to ...

LG Chem invests $75 million in Piedmont Lithium, signs supply deal

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Friday it is acquiring a 6% stake in Piedmont Lithium Inc., a US mining company, ...

LG Uplus to invest $77.3 million annually against data theft

South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. will spend 100 billion won ($77.3 million) a year to enhance data security about a m...

S.Korea's battery industry looks for staff fluent in European languages

South Korea's battery companies are seeking human resources fluent in the languages and familiar with the cultures of countries where plants are loc...

S.Korea's Kakao Enterprise introduces Matching 2.0 strategy

Kakao Enterprise, a leading IT platform business operator in South Korea, recently announced its "Matching 2.0" strategy to enhance the quality of s...

Korean shipbuilding, defense sectors offer bright 2023 outlook

South Korea’s major companies in shipbuilding, defense and construction industries expect strong earnings this year, despite growing concerns ...

Korea's Daedong to speed up growth with smart farming machines

Daedong Corp., South Korea’s top agricultural machinery manufacturer, aims to accelerate growth based on new businesses such as smart machines...

S.Korea to lure global talent with high pay for space agency

South Korea is set to attract global talent with high salaries for a planned government space agency as the country aims to boost long-term growth i...

Hanwha Solutions projects over $778 mn operating profit in 2023

Hanwha Solutions Corp. projects its operating profit for this year would exceed 1 trillion won ($778 million) on an anticipated solar energy boom in...

Kumho Tire establishes ESG committee under its board of directors

Kumho Tire Co. is intensifying its sustainable management efforts by establishing an environmental, social and governance (ESG) committee directly u...

KTO steps up Korean tourism promotion in Saudi Arabia

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, along with the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), are accelerating their efforts to promote Korean touri...

LG Elec places GuideBot in museums to improve viewing accessibility

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Thursday that the LG CLOi GuideBot "Qi" will be deployed as a curator at both the Gongju National Museum and Nation...

Vietnam’s rise: An ominous sign for Korean chipmakers

Just a few years back, it was Taiwan that was on everyone’s lips in the semiconductor industry.The small East Asian island country, home to th...

LG Energy Solution joins global climate disclosure initiative

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Wednesday that it has become the first domestic battery maker to endorse the Task Force o...

AIMMED’s Somzz ushers in digital therapeutic device market in Korea

South Korea’s health and drug safety authority has cleared Somzz to treat patients with sleep disorders, a dynamic move that is expected to vi...

S.Korea's extended reality sector forms industry convergence alliance

The Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a convergence alliance of the domestic exte...

Lotte Hotel forms new mileage partnership with Singapore Airlines

On Wednesday, Lotte Hotels & Resorts announced its new mileage partnership with Singapore Airlines, marking the hotel group's first international ...

Korea's Yoon presses banking, telecom sectors over inflation

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday called for measures to stabilize mounting price pressure caused by "oligopolies" in the banking an...

SK Hynix may not slash chipmaking investment in 2023: vice chairman

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, will not significantly cut its semiconductor output this year, Vice Chairman Park ...

KAI expects 2023 sales to grow by a third, driven by fighter jets

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, said on Wednesday it aims to achieve 3.83 trillion w...

LG Innotek targets XR device market with new substrate

South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. aims to lead the market for components of the extended reality (XR) device industry, which is expected to surge b...

Korean jobs up by 22-month low of 411,000 in Jan, with signs of cooling

South Korea added the smallest number of payrolls in nearly two years in January, with mainly part-time jobs taken by people in their 60s and older,...