HD KSOE partners with University of Michigan to foster US ship engineers

HD KSOE partners with University of Michigan to foster US ship engineers

South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) has joined hands with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (UM) a...

Samsung Elec calls for C-Lab Outside applications

Samsung Elec calls for C-Lab Outside applications

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it will enlist startups to participate in its external startup incubation program C-Lab Outside unt...

Goldman Sachs taps ex-Morgan Stanley MD as Korea co-head

Goldman Sachs taps ex-Morgan Stanley MD as Korea co-head

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said on Monday that it has appointed Ahn Jae-hoon, former managing director at Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as country co-h...

CJ CheilJedang to open Bibigo Market in Paris

CJ CheilJedang to open Bibigo Market in Paris

South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Monday that it will open Bibigo Market at the Korea House operated in Paris during the Olympics to p...

Handsome's luxury skincare brand Oera lures Chinese tourists

Handsome's luxury skincare brand Oera lures Chinese tourists

South Korean clothing manufacturer and retailer Handsome Corp., a Hyundai Department Store Co. unit, is enjoying growing popularity among Chinese vi...

K-content powerhouse’s YouTube channels disrupted by hacks

K-content powerhouse’s YouTube channels disrupted by hacks

The YouTube channels of South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co.'s units, with more than 8 million subscribers, were disrupted for 14 hours ...

Korea's foreign currency savings snap 5-mth losing streak

Korea's foreign currency savings snap 5-mth losing streak

Foreign currency deposits in South Korea increased in June, snapping their losing streak over the past five months, with the yen-denominated savings...

SK ties up with BlackRock-backed Korean startup for EV chargers

SK ties up with BlackRock-backed Korean startup for EV chargers

SK Signet Inc., South Korea’s electric vehicle charger manufacturer, joined hands with a local renewable energy startup backed by global asset...

Chevrolet All New Colorado's initial volume sold out in S.Korea

Chevrolet All New Colorado's initial volume sold out in S.Korea

GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of US auto giant General Motors Co., announced on Friday that its pickup truck Chevrolet All New Colorado, with ...

S.Korea's early stage VC funding down amid dearth of targets

S.Korea's early stage VC funding down amid dearth of targets

Early stage startup funding has plummeted in South Korea as venture capitalists shifted to late-stage venture firms with stable business models amid...

Korea’s Woori Bank raises $550 mn in AT1 hybrid bond

Korea’s Woori Bank raises $550 mn in AT1 hybrid bond

South Korean major bank Woori Bank said on Thursday that it raised $550 million by issuing additional tier 1 (AT1) hybrid bonds on July 17 with call...

Hanwha Group to expand stock compensation to team chiefs

Hanwha Group to expand stock compensation to team chiefs

South Korea’s No. 7 conglomerate Hanwha Group will expand its restricted stock units (RSUs) to encourage employee interest in the company&rsqu...

Samsung buys UK deep tech startup to boost AI business

Samsung buys UK deep tech startup to boost AI business

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top mobile phone maker, will acquire Oxford Semantic Technologies, a British deep tech startup, to enhanc...

TeamSparta acquires Weplanet

TeamSparta acquires Weplanet

South Korea's coding education startup TeamSparta Inc. said on Thursday that it acquired the domestic software development firm Weplanet to expand i...

F&F to expand Discovery clothing business across Asia

F&F to expand Discovery clothing business across Asia

F&F Co., a South Korean clothing company, has secured exclusive rights to use the Discovery Channel brand across Asia to reinvent the documentar...

Filipino caregivers come to Korea amid demographic crisis

Filipino caregivers come to Korea amid demographic crisis

Some 100 certified caregivers from the Philippines will come to South Korea in August to work as domestic helpers in a country struggling with the...

Hana Bank, SK Telecom to support AI startups

Hana Bank, SK Telecom to support AI startups

South Korea's Hana Bank and SK Telecom Co. held the final selection and inauguration ceremony for the second AI Startup Accelerator BootCamp at Spar...

GM Korea’s 2024 sales growth likely stunted due to protracted labor strike

GM Korea’s 2024 sales growth likely stunted due to protracted labor strike

GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of US auto giant General Motors Co., faces growing disruptions to its vehicle production amid a protracted labor...

Korea’s Lotte Card sees 1st profit in Vietnam since launch

Korea’s Lotte Card sees 1st profit in Vietnam since launch

Lotte Card Co., South Korea’s No. 5 credit card issuer, is enjoying its first monthly profit in Vietnam after offering various financial produ...

Korea mulls tripling NPS' advance dollar funding limit

Korea mulls tripling NPS' advance dollar funding limit

South Korea is considering tripling the maximum amount of dollars the National Pension Service (NPS) can buy from the domestic foreign exchange mark...

Renault Korea begins mass production of Grand Koleos

Renault Korea begins mass production of Grand Koleos

Renault Korea announced on Tuesday that it has started mass production of the D-segment hybrid sports utility vehicle (SUV) New Renault Grand Koleos...

Korea approves HD KSOE-STX Heavy merger with conditions

Korea approves HD KSOE-STX Heavy merger with conditions

South Korea’s antitrust body has given a conditional nod to leading domestic shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co.'s (...

LIG Nex1’s guided rocket passes US performance test

LIG Nex1’s guided rocket passes US performance test

LIG Nex1 Co., a South Korean defense company, said on Monday that its Poniard guided rocket passed the final performance test in US Foreign Comparat...

LG Electronics’ new HVAC center in Europe to fight extreme temperatures

LG Electronics’ new HVAC center in Europe to fight extreme temperatures

LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, said on Monday it has set up a research center in Germany to help develop advanced...

Hyundai Motor speeds up hydrogen bus charging business in Korea

Hyundai Motor speeds up hydrogen bus charging business in Korea

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is set to become the largest shareholder of a local hydrogen-powered-vehicle charging station operator to boos...

South Korea’s 2025 minimum wage rises 1.7%; SMEs seen suffering

South Korea’s 2025 minimum wage rises 1.7%; SMEs seen suffering

South Korea has set next year’s hourly minimum wage at 10,030 won ($7.3) – a 1.7% increase from this year’s 9,860 won, the second-...

Samsung Elec invests in US bio startup Element Biosciences

Samsung Elec invests in US bio startup Element Biosciences

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, said on Friday it has invested in US biotech startup Element Biosciences Inc. to ex...

Routinery readies for new chapter with 2.0

Routinery readies for new chapter with 2.0

Born in South Korea but blowing up abroad, the Routinery app is designed to make small changes in users' daily routines to make a big difference in ...

Kyobo Life nurtures 136 startups over 7 years

Kyobo Life nurtures 136 startups over 7 years

South Korea's Kyobo Life Insurance Group announced on Thursday that it nurtured 136 impact businesses (Impact-Ups) in seven years to create social v...

Korea challenges PCA ruling in favor of Mason Capital over Samsung case

Korea challenges PCA ruling in favor of Mason Capital over Samsung case

South Korea is seeking to revoke an international tribunal’s ruling in April that its government must pay US-based Mason Capital Management LL...

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