Korea's superconductor stocks plunge on Nature report

Korea's superconductor stocks plunge on Nature report

South Korean research team’s LK-99, behind the online sensation following its claim of room-temperature superconductor over the past four week...

Pearl Abyss to participate in Gamescom 2023

Pearl Abyss to participate in Gamescom 2023

South Korea's game developer and publisher Pearl Abyss Corp. will participate in Gamescom 2023, Europe's largest gaming expo to be held in Cologne...

Camp David Summit to Unite U.S., South Korea, Japan

Camp David Summit to Unite U.S., South Korea, Japan

WASHINGTON—A new trilateral alliance linking the U.S., South Korea and Japan will enhance cooperation among the nations in key areas, includin...

SK On to expand domestic battery cell plant for $1.1 bn

SK On to expand domestic battery cell plant for $1.1 bn

SK On Co., a South Korean rechargeable battery maker, will make its largest-ever domestic facility investment of 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) to ...

Samsung's new US chip fab wins first foundry order from Groq

Samsung's new US chip fab wins first foundry order from Groq

Samsung Electronics Co. has bagged the first foundry order for its new factory that will be up and running later next year in Taylor, Texas, from Am...

Samsung C&T sells 150-MW solar power project in US

Samsung C&T sells 150-MW solar power project in US

South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. on Wednesday said its US-based green energy affiliate Samsung C&T Renewables sold a project for construction...

Samsung's Bespoke Qooker surpasses 200,000 units in sales

Samsung's Bespoke Qooker surpasses 200,000 units in sales

Samsung Electronics Co.'s Bespoke Qooker has exceeded cumulative sales of 200,000 units within two years since its launch.Bespoke Qooker is a vers...

Citibank Korea’s H1 net profit more than doubles on-year

Citibank Korea’s H1 net profit more than doubles on-year

Global banking giants’ South Korean units saw their first-half earnings led by non-interest income and business expenditures. Citibank Korea&r...

Mirae Asset Global Investments buys Australian robo-advisor firm

Mirae Asset Global Investments buys Australian robo-advisor firm

South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments announced its acquisition of Stockspot, a prominent Australian robo-advisor specialist.In a statement r...

Staying 5 hours on cruise ship in Busan raises sales 30%: study

Staying 5 hours on cruise ship in Busan raises sales 30%: study

With the resumption of international cruise ship travel to South Korea, domestic credit card company BC Card says daily sales in commercial district...

Samsung raises $2.2 billion via ASML stake sale for chip investment

Samsung raises $2.2 billion via ASML stake sale for chip investment

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has sold 3.55 million shares in Dutch chip equipment maker ASML Holding N.V. fo...

S.Korea's Qurient, US National Cancer Institute to develop anti-cancer drug

S.Korea's Qurient, US National Cancer Institute to develop anti-cancer drug

South Korea's Qurient Co. announced on Monday that it signed a research and development agreement with the US government agency National Cancer Inst...

Cruise ship from China to visit S.Korea's Jeju Island on Aug. 31

Cruise ship from China to visit S.Korea's Jeju Island on Aug. 31

Reservations for cruise ships visiting South Korea's Jeju Island are flooding in amid China's resumption of all group tours to its neighboring cou...

S.Korea's CGBio gets FDA approval for spinal implant

S.Korea's CGBio gets FDA approval for spinal implant

CGBio, a South Korean bio-regenerative medical company, announced on Monday that its "Advanced LumFix spinal fixation system," an implant and surgic...

SK Geo Centric, China’s Sinopec mark 10-year alliance

SK Geo Centric, China’s Sinopec mark 10-year alliance

China-Korea Petrochemical, a joint venture (JV) between South Korea’s SK Geo Centric and the Chinese public oil company Sinopec, celebrates it...

Falling on deaf ears: Costco Korea cart pusher's death

Falling on deaf ears: Costco Korea cart pusher's death

Costco Wholesale’s co-founder Jim Sinegal had said South Korea was a “fantastic market,” where it ran its largest store in terms o...

KCGI Asset Management appoints former KIS head as new CMO

KCGI Asset Management appoints former KIS head as new CMO

South Korea’s KCGI Asset Management, formerly Meritz Asset Management, announced on Friday that it has hired Cho Won-bok, former division head...

S.Korea to deliver food safety management skill to Thai, Malaysian officials

S.Korea to deliver food safety management skill to Thai, Malaysian officials

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of South Korea announced on Friday that it will conduct an invited training program for food safety officials f...

Bank of Korea appoints new senior deputy governor

Bank of Korea appoints new senior deputy governor

The Bank of Korea announced on Friday that it has appointed Ryoo Sang-dae, the current vice president of Korea Housing-Finance Corp., as its new s...

S.Korea's Nongshim earns H1 operating profit of $89 million

S.Korea's Nongshim earns H1 operating profit of $89 million

South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. saw operating profit in the first half of the year more than double thanks to strong instant noodl...

S.Korea's Twelve Labs ranks among world's top 50 generative AI startups

S.Korea's Twelve Labs ranks among world's top 50 generative AI startups

South Korea’s Twelve Labs was included as the only Korean company in CB Insights’ first annual GenAI 50 ranking, a list of the world&rsq...

Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphones, watches hit global markets

Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphones, watches hit global markets

Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest models of its flagship Galaxy series of smartphones, watches and tablets have begun hitting the shelves of the comp...

Hanwha, Shell join S.Korea-Malaysia carbon capture project

Hanwha, Shell join S.Korea-Malaysia carbon capture project

Korea National Oil Corp., Hanwha Corp., Air Liquide Korea and Shell have become the latest entities to join the Shepherd CCS project, a major cross-...

S.Korea's Hanon Systems hits 'home run' with heat pump for EVs

S.Korea's Hanon Systems hits 'home run' with heat pump for EVs

Hanon Systems, a leading South Korean maker of automotive thermal management systems, posted surprising results in the second quarter in blowing awa...

S.Korea is far more reliant on China for rare earth metal than Japan: report

S.Korea is far more reliant on China for rare earth metal than Japan: report

South Korea is far more dependent than Japan on neodymium permanent magnets from China at 88%, while the rate for Japan, a land devoid of rare earth...

MSCI Korea Index adds EcoPro, Hanwha Ocean, drops Emart

MSCI Korea Index adds EcoPro, Hanwha Ocean, drops Emart

Four stocks, including EcoPro Co., have been added to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Korea Index, and two have been removed.MSCI, a...

KOREA Investment Week 2023 with KB KOREA Conference

KOREA Investment Week 2023 with KB KOREA Conference

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Hyundai's all-new Santa Fe to hit Korean market mid-August

Hyundai's all-new Santa Fe to hit Korean market mid-August

Hyundai Motor Co.'s all-new Santa Fe will finally hit the market with presales to take place this Saturday in South Korea, where the mid-size sport ...

S.Korea's largest investment forum to begin Sept. 11

S.Korea's largest investment forum to begin Sept. 11

South Korea’s largest investment conference will be held in Seoul Sept. 11-15 with around 100 chief executives from global financial services ...

S.Korea-China ferries resume passenger transport after hiatus of 43 months

S.Korea-China ferries resume passenger transport after hiatus of 43 months

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of South Korea announced on Thursday that the passenger ferry New Grand Peace is set to embark on Friday aftern...

JKL Partners to acquire $150 mn cult-favorite bagel chain London Bagel Museum Kolon's early bets on para-aramid recovery pays off amid AI boom Shinsegae chair likely to head Asian arm of pro-Trump Rockbridge S.Korea’s leading ERP player Douzone Bizon up for sale; EQT Partners in talks MSCI maintains S.Korea’s emerging-market status; level playing field required