S.Korea to put self-developed lander on moon by 2032

S.Korea to put self-developed lander on moon by 2032

South Korea plans to put its first lunar lander on the moon by 2032.  In a meeting of the National R&D Project Evaluation Advisory Commit...

BBQ's Chicken Camp gets popularity from foreign tourists

BBQ's Chicken Camp gets popularity from foreign tourists

Foreign tourists looking for Chicken Camp, operated by BBQ, a South Korean fried chicken brand, have been increasing noticeably. Chicken Camp is a c...

Hyundai unveils world’s first commercial LTE train signaling system

Hyundai unveils world’s first commercial LTE train signaling system

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean manufacturer of rolling stock, defense products and plant equipment, in a world first has commercialized a train s...

SK Group to step up renewable energy push in Vietnam

SK Group to step up renewable energy push in Vietnam

SK Group will strengthen its partnership with the Vietnamese government to boost eco-friendly business in areas ranging from carbon capture to waste...

S.Korea leads world in patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners

S.Korea leads world in patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners

South Korea leads the world in the number of patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners.The Korean Intellectual Property Office on Sunday said th...

SK Networks invests $20.7 mn in pet care startup

SK Networks invests $20.7 mn in pet care startup

South Korean trading firm SK Networks Co. announced on Monday it has completed a 28-billion-won ($20.7 million) investment in the domestic pet care ...

Hyundai unveils Avante N1 Cup Car

Hyundai unveils Avante N1 Cup Car

Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled the "Avante N1 Cup Car," which will be introduced in the 2024 season of the largest one-make race event in South Kore...

CJ CheilJedang’s frozen rice sales surpass $74 mn in US

CJ CheilJedang’s frozen rice sales surpass $74 mn in US

South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Monday the cumulative sales of its frozen rice products produced and sold in the United ...

Samsung to sell certified refurbished Galaxy phones in Korea

Samsung to sell certified refurbished Galaxy phones in Korea

Samsung Electronics Co. plans to sell certified refurbished Galaxy phones in South Korea at prices up to 50% cheaper than brand-new phones, a move e...

SK Square in talks with Qoo10 for joint management of 11Street

SK Square in talks with Qoo10 for joint management of 11Street

SK Square Co., the investment management arm of SK Group, is in talks with Qoo10 Pte. to merge its e-commerce subsidiary 11Street with the Singapore...

Korea Investment, Carlyle Group sign strategic partnership

Korea Investment, Carlyle Group sign strategic partnership

Korea Investment & Securities Co. announced on Friday it has signed a strategic partnership with Carlyle Group, one of the world's leading priva...

Hanjin opens representative office in Mongolia

Hanjin opens representative office in Mongolia

South Korea's Hanjin Transportation announced on Friday it has opened a representative office in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to expand its logistics hu...

SK Geo Centric to supply recycled plastic materials to Amcor

SK Geo Centric to supply recycled plastic materials to Amcor

SK Geo Centric Co., a South Korean petrochemical company, announced on Thursday it has entered into an agreement to supply recycled plastic material...

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...

SK Hynix logs Q3 losses; to ship LPDDR5T to Qualcomm

SK Hynix logs Q3 losses; to ship LPDDR5T to Qualcomm

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s No. 2 memory chipmaker, on Thursday reported its fourth straight quarterly loss, but narrowed the shortfall thanks ...

SK Enmove, Hanwha Aerospace to develop ESS for vessels

SK Enmove, Hanwha Aerospace to develop ESS for vessels

South Korea’s lubricating oil maker SK Enmove Co. and defense industry company Hanwha Aerospace Co. will jointly develop energy storage syst...

Hyundai Glovis opens smart logistics R&D center G-Lab

Hyundai Glovis opens smart logistics R&D center G-Lab

South Korean shipping and logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Wednesday it has opened a research and development (R&D) space for s...

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 ...

SK Telecom launches call recording service for iPhone

SK Telecom launches call recording service for iPhone

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. has rolled out an iPhone app using artificial intelligence (AI) that allows users to record calls on their smartp...

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...

Organic food chain Chorocmaeul up for sale amid liquidity woes Samsung to unveil 1st triple-folding smartphone by year’s end to rival Huawei’s Mate X2 Tri-Fold IMM Credit closes $700 mn blind credit fund backed by NPS Bok chief warns household debt near tipping point, keeps rates steady Cohen & Steers names Andrew Shin to lead S.Korea institutional business