SK Earthon wins 2nd oil field exploration bid in Malaysia

SK Earthon wins 2nd oil field exploration bid in Malaysia

SK Earthon Co., the energy resources exploration and production (E&P) unit of South Korean energy giant SK Innovation Co., is accelerating its g...

No Korean firms make it onto Korea’s top five mobile games list

No Korean firms make it onto Korea’s top five mobile games list

No South Korean game titles developed by domestic game developers made it onto the list of the country’s top five mobile games last month, ind...

HD Hyundai establishes customization plant in Georgia, US

HD Hyundai establishes customization plant in Georgia, US

South Korea's HD Hyundai XiteSolution said on Friday that its construction equipment affiliates HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co. and HD Hyundai...

LG Energy Solution's AVEL opens ESS power plant in Jeju

LG Energy Solution's AVEL opens ESS power plant in Jeju

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Friday that its company in company (CIC) AVEL has launched South Korea’s first distribution grid...

Korea’s Gordon Ramsay accelerates moves for $63 mn IPO

Korea’s Gordon Ramsay accelerates moves for $63 mn IPO

TheBorn Korea Inc., a leading South Korean food and beverage group operated by TV celebrity and chef Paik Jong-won, has accelerated its moves for an...

Hyundai Department to triple healthcare sales by 2030 with Nestle

Hyundai Department to triple healthcare sales by 2030 with Nestle

Hyundai Department Store Group, a South Korean conglomerate controlling retail, fashion, healthcare and lifestyle businesses, aims to triple its hea...

S.Korea's NPS opens fourth overseas office in Silicon Valley

S.Korea's NPS opens fourth overseas office in Silicon Valley

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, opened an office in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, on Septembe...

Samsung Electronics, TSMC tie up for HBM4 AI chip development

Samsung Electronics, TSMC tie up for HBM4 AI chip development

TAIPEI – South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is partnering with its foundry rival Taiwan ...

Korea’s credit loans balloon as regulators cap mortgages

Korea’s credit loans balloon as regulators cap mortgages

Credit loans are ballooning in South Korea as regulators tightened their grips on record-high mortgages to rein in the growth in household lend...

Mercedes-Benz EV sales tumble in South Korea after fire

Mercedes-Benz EV sales tumble in South Korea after fire

German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz AG suffered a nosedive in EV sales in South Korea in August after a fire broke out in one of its electric vehic...

SK Telecom partners with Perplexity to level up conversational search

 SK Telecom partners with Perplexity to level up conversational search

South Korea's largest telecom company SK Telecom Co. will enhance its conversational search services through a partnership with US AI search startup...

S.Korea’s Q2 GDP slows 0.2%, upholds rate cut expectations

S.Korea’s Q2 GDP slows 0.2%, upholds rate cut expectations

South Korea’s economic growth slowed in the second quarter on weaker domestic consumption and investment by private businesses, heightening ex...

Korea Investment Management to launch two India-focused ETFs

Korea Investment Management to launch two India-focused ETFs

Korea Investment Management said on Wednesday it will launch two active exchange-traded funds (ETFs) targeting the Indian market on September 10.The...

Samsung, SK Hynix up the ante on HBM to enjoy AI memory boom

Samsung, SK Hynix up the ante on HBM to enjoy AI memory boom

TAIPEI – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are racing to supply their advanced DRAM ...

LVMH, OpenAI, LG deepen ties with S. Korean startups   

LVMH, OpenAI, LG deepen ties with S. Korean startups   

South Korean startups and established corporations are seeking to deepen their partnerships to ensure win-win outcomes, by tapping into funds and ot...

August inflation puts BOK under fire for delayed pivot

August inflation puts BOK under fire for delayed pivot

South Korea’s inflation moderated to the government’s target of 2.0% in August, its slowest increase in three years and five months, put...

South Korea’s exports grow for 11th straight month

South Korea’s exports grow for 11th straight month

South Korea’s exports expanded for an 11th straight month in August on solid demand for semiconductors, smartphones and other goods overseas.E...

Hana Financial, SK Telecom buy shares in BitGo

Hana Financial, SK Telecom buy shares in BitGo

Hana Financial Group and SK Telecom Co. acquired shares in BitGo Korea, the Korean unit of a global digital asset trust company, and decided to esta...

Goldman Sachs to sell stake in Korea’s top food ingredient wholesaler

Goldman Sachs to sell stake in Korea’s top food ingredient wholesaler

Goldman Sachs is set to sell its stake in South Korea’s leading food ingredient wholesaler in an estimated 120 billion won ($89.4 million) dea...

S.Korean travel retailers face downturn without Chinese big spenders

S.Korean travel retailers face downturn without Chinese big spenders

Before COVID-19 swept the world, South Korea’s top two travel retailers Lotte Duty Free and Shilla Duty Free Shop ascended to the world’...

South Koreans puzzled over rising seaweed prices despite bumper crop

South Koreans puzzled over rising seaweed prices despite bumper crop

Dried seaweed prices are rising at a fast pace despite handsome growth in production, leaving South Koreans puzzled over what is behind the steep pr...

Korea’s Everland to lure horror fans with Netflix series

Korea’s Everland to lure horror fans with Netflix series

Everland, South Korea’s largest theme park, is set to lure horror movie fans at home and abroad with famous fright series such as “Stran...

Toyota chairman to visit Seoul, discuss hydrogen cars with Hyundai’s Chung

Toyota chairman to visit Seoul, discuss hydrogen cars with Hyundai’s Chung

Akio Toyoda, chairman of Japan’s top automaker Toyota Motor Corp., will fly to Seoul in late October to meet with Hyundai Motor Group Chairman...

Samsung, SK Hynix ramp up DRAM business on rapid AI growth

Samsung, SK Hynix ramp up DRAM business on rapid AI growth

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc.,the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are expanding their dynamic random access memory business...

Hyundai unseats Volvo as No. 1 truck brand in Korea

Hyundai unseats Volvo as No. 1 truck brand in Korea

Hyundai Motor Co. has unseated construction truck leader Volvo in South Korea for the first time, driven by its flagship Xcient Pro model that sent ...

LS Electric falls sharply on first day of inclusion in MSCI Korea index

LS Electric falls sharply on first day of inclusion in MSCI Korea index

LS Electric Co. plunged more than 9% on Monday, the first day of its inclusion in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Korea Index.On the...

SK Networks' automotive division launches as SK SpeedMate

SK Networks' automotive division launches as SK SpeedMate

South Korea's SK Networks Co. completed a split-off of its automotive maintenance division, which has now launched as a new company named SK Speed...

OCI supplies ultrapure phosphoric acid to SK Hynix

OCI supplies ultrapure phosphoric acid to SK Hynix

OCI Co. has won a contract from SK Hynix Inc. to supply it high-purity phosphoric acid, becoming the country’s first to provide the core chip-...

Nongshim to build export-only ramen factory in Korea

Nongshim to build export-only ramen factory in Korea

South Korea’s instant noodle giant Nongshim Co. will build a local plant dedicated to producing ramen — or ramyun, as the company spells...

Korea’s airlines to use SAF starting from Japan routes

Korea’s airlines to use SAF starting from Japan routes

South Korea’s airlines are set to use fuel mixed with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for international routes, starting from services to Japa...

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