Korean Air showcases special aircraft livery featuring Blackpink

Korean Air showcases special aircraft livery featuring Blackpink

Korean Air Lines Co. held a 2030 Busan Expo Korean Air Special Aircraft Unveiling Event at the aircraft hangar at Incheon International Airport on W...

HD KSOE declares carbon neutrality in first for S.Korea's shipbuilders

HD KSOE declares carbon neutrality in first for S.Korea's shipbuilders

South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Co., is the first in domest...

Vietnamese tourists top in card spending in Korea in 2022

Vietnamese tourists top in card spending in Korea in 2022

Vietnamese tourists splurged the most among foreign visitors to South Korea last year, filling the void left by Chinese travelers shunning Korea sin...

Merck to build biopharma raw material plant in Korea

Merck to build biopharma raw material plant in Korea

Global pharmaceutical company Merck is considering a plan to establish a biopharmaceutical raw material production facility in Daejeon.South Korean ...

Hyundai, Kia’s brisk April sales bode well for stellar Q2

Hyundai, Kia’s brisk April sales bode well for stellar Q2

The second-quarter earnings outlook for South Korea’s biggest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Corp. looks rosy as eased...

SK Geo Centric, Loop to set up plastic recycling plant in Korea

SK Geo Centric, Loop to set up plastic recycling plant in Korea

SK Geo Centric Co., a petrochemical unit within South Korean conglomerate SK Group, said on Wednesday it will set up a joint venture with a Nasdaq-l...

Meritz emerges fast to take on South Korea’s big financial companies

Meritz emerges fast to take on South Korea’s big financial companies

Back in the early 2000s, Meritz was an obscure, lesser-known insurance-related company in South Korea’s financial arena.Part of Hanjin Group, ...

POSCO to spend $900 mn to expand lithium, cathode output in Korea

POSCO to spend $900 mn to expand lithium, cathode output in Korea

South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Group is expected to spend 1.2 trillion won ($900 million) in total to add cathode manufacturing and lithium r...

Renault Korea Motors shuts down Busan plant for 10 days

Renault Korea Motors shuts down Busan plant for 10 days

Renault Korea this month will stop operating its Busan plant for about 10 days in a desperate bid to reduce inventory, which has soared due to plumm...

Asleep forms partnership with National Sleep Foundation of US

Asleep forms partnership with National Sleep Foundation of US

South Korea's sleep technology startup Asleep, which was part of an economic delegation accompanying President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent state visit to...

NuScale in talks to build SMR plant in S.Korea: NuScale CEO

NuScale in talks to build SMR plant in S.Korea: NuScale CEO

NuScale Power Corp., the world’s leading small modular reactor (SMR) developer, may land in South Korea sooner than its rivals with its unriva...

S.Korea’s Doosan to supply robots to Rockwell Automation

S.Korea’s Doosan to supply robots to Rockwell Automation

South Korea’s plant and machinery powerhouse Doosan Group has joined hands with North America’s top industrial automation solution provi...

Hyundai Mobis to lead mobility platform innovation: CEO Cho

Hyundai Mobis to lead mobility platform innovation: CEO Cho

Hyundai Mobis Co. will take another leap forward to become a mobility platform provider for future mobility technologies and bolster its new growth ...

S.Korea, US agree on simplified EV charger export procedure

S.Korea, US agree on simplified EV charger export procedure

South Korean companies looking to export electric vehicle chargers to the United States can now receive local certification more conveniently within...

S.Korea’s four firms to develop domestic tech for carbon capture

S.Korea’s four firms to develop domestic tech for carbon capture

South Korea's shipbuilding and shipping companies, including HMM Co., Samsung Heavy Industries, marine equipment manufacturer Panasia and the ship i...

S.Korea’s car exports hit record high of $15.4 bn in Q1

S.Korea’s car exports hit record high of $15.4 bn in Q1

South Korea's car exports achieved their highest-ever record in the first quarter 2023, increasing by over 40% from a year ago, according to data fr...

BIND wins D.Camp startup pitch race in April, co-sponsored by CJ

BIND wins D.Camp startup pitch race in April, co-sponsored by CJ

BIND Corp. was chosen by investors as the best of the best for its online fashion platform for middle-aged men during South Korea’s major star...

S.Korea’s AI platform Wrtn to enter Japanese market

S.Korea’s AI platform Wrtn to enter Japanese market

South Korean generative AI startup Wrtn Technologies unveiled Wrtn Japan, its Japanese version generative AI platform, during the "Generative AI Asi...

S.Korea's IBS develops floatable photocatalytic platform

S.Korea's IBS develops floatable photocatalytic platform

The Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea has developed a new  floatable  photocatalytic platform that can produce green hydrog...

S.Korea to grant visa-free entry to transit passengers from abroad

S.Korea to grant visa-free entry to transit passengers from abroad

Transit passengers from select countries from Sunday can enter South Korea without a visa, and this waiver from May 15 will apply to a wider range o...

Hotel Shilla to challenge Lotte’s duty-free shop dominance in Korea

Hotel Shilla to challenge Lotte’s duty-free shop dominance in Korea

South Korean leading luxury hotel and retail operator Hotel Shilla is challenging its crosstown rival Lotte, the dominant player in the country&rsqu...

Korea’s GEPS to begin investing in global buyout, growth funds

Korea’s GEPS to begin investing in global buyout, growth funds

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) is set to inject 100 billion won ($74.7 million) to make its first investments in gl...

S.Korea’s HD KSOE, Samsung Heavy post surplus amid order rally

S.Korea’s HD KSOE, Samsung Heavy post surplus amid order rally

South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) posted good performance in the firs...

Korea's Kakao Pay to buy 51% of US financial firm Siebert

Korea's Kakao Pay to buy 51% of US financial firm Siebert

Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment and digital wallet service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., announced on Thursday it has signed an a...

Korea’s SK Gas to invest $1.5 bn toward carbon neutrality by 2026

Korea’s SK Gas to invest $1.5 bn toward carbon neutrality by 2026

ULSAN – SK Gas Ltd. South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier, is set to spend $1.5 billion on liquefied natural gas ...

S.Korea to support exports of 100 SMEs in metaverse, XR industry

S.Korea to support exports of 100 SMEs in metaverse, XR industry

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Thursday that it will support the export of 100 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in...

S.Korea, US to jointly invest $60 mn for student exchange programs

S.Korea, US to jointly invest $60 mn for student exchange programs

South Korea and the United States have agreed to jointly invest $60 million in the exchange of young professionals in the field of science and techn...

S.Korea to abolish customs declaration forms from May

S.Korea to abolish customs declaration forms from May

Starting from May 1, South Korea's travelers who have no items to declare to customs upon entry will not have to fill out a customs declaration form...

Elon Musk reaffirms Korea among top candidates for Asia Gigafactory

Elon Musk reaffirms Korea among top candidates for Asia Gigafactory

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday that South Korea is still among its top candidates to build another ...

Kolmar Korea develops eco-friendly paper stick for cosmetic

Kolmar Korea develops eco-friendly paper stick for cosmetic

Kolmar Korea, a supplier to global cosmetics brands such as Estee Lauder, has unveiled a new paper stick container made from mineral paper that is c...

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