Sapeon to supply NPU IP to Telechips

Sapeon to supply NPU IP to Telechips

Sapeon Inc., the artificial intelligence (AI) chip subsidiary of South Korea's SK Telecom Co., announced on Friday that it will supply its AI semico...

OECD sharply revises up S.Korea GDP forecast after strong Q1

OECD sharply revises up S.Korea GDP forecast after strong Q1

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) forecasts South Korea’s economy to expand at a faster pace than it previousl...

S.Korea’s Lotte Card injects $68 mn into Vietnamese unit

S.Korea’s Lotte Card injects $68 mn into Vietnamese unit

Lotte Card Co., South Korea’s No. 5 credit card issuer, has injected $68 million into its Vietnamese unit to expand its business in the Southe...

Rakuten backs S.Korea’s new mobile carrier Stage X

Rakuten backs S.Korea’s new mobile carrier Stage X

South Korea’s fledgling mobile carrier Stage X Co. has teamed up with relatively new Japanese mobile company Rakuten Group to crack Korea&rsqu...

SK Hynix’s HBM chip orders fully booked; 12-layer HBM3E in Q3: CEO

SK Hynix’s HBM chip orders fully booked; 12-layer HBM3E in Q3: CEO

ICHEON, Gyeonggi Province – SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Thursday i...

Hyundai Rotem closer to supplying armored vehicles to Peru

Hyundai Rotem closer to supplying armored vehicles to Peru

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense equipment and locomotive maker, has moved a step closer to exporting its wheeled armored vehicles, core to...

Korea’s headline inflation dips below 3% in April but erratic

Korea’s headline inflation dips below 3% in April but erratic

South Korea’s headline inflation dipped below 3% for the first time in three months last month but uncertainty lingers from still-high agricul...

SK Geo reconsiders extent of $1.3 bn plastic recycling plant project

SK Geo reconsiders extent of $1.3 bn plastic recycling plant project

South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. is reconsidering how much it will invest in a planned $1.3 billion waste plastic recycling complex project in...

Korean retailers, hotels enjoy tourist boom in May holidays

Korean retailers, hotels enjoy tourist boom in May holidays

South Korean retailers and hotels are enjoying a boom thanks to an expected surge in tourists at home and abroad as more than 180,000 foreigners are...

S.Korea’s project financing exposure reaches $145 bn

S.Korea’s project financing exposure reaches $145 bn

South Korean financial services companies and construction firms are exposed to a combined 200 trillion won ($145 billion) worth of potential risks ...

Korea’s Kookmin Bank raises $600 mn in global senior debts

Korea’s Kookmin Bank raises $600 mn in global senior debts

South Korea’s largest bank Kookmin Bank said on Tuesday it has issued $600 million worth of global senior secured bonds. The debts were oversu...

LG Chem displays bright outlook after loss in first quarter

LG Chem displays bright outlook after loss in first quarter

LG Chem Ltd., the parent of the world's second-largest battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., expects its business will improve in upcoming quarters...

S.Korea sees record-high foreign visitors after pandemic

S.Korea sees record-high foreign visitors after pandemic

South Korea saw a record-high number of foreign tourists post-COVID-19 in the first quarter of 2024. The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Spor...

STIC Investments to sell Korea’s top mobile coupon platform

STIC Investments to sell Korea’s top mobile coupon platform

Seoul-based private equity firm STIC Investments is set to sell Coop Marketing, South Korea’s largest mobile coupon platform company that oper...

Korea’s factory output backpedals, but spending recovers in March

Korea’s factory output backpedals, but spending recovers in March

South Korea’s factory activity weakened in March on a fall in manufacturing output, stoking concerns about Asia’s fourth-largest economy...

Korea desperately seeks global bond index inclusion to rescue won

Korea desperately seeks global bond index inclusion to rescue won

South Korea is desperately working for inclusion on a global major bond index to save the ailing won, the second worst-performer among emerging Asia...

Korean battery maker SK On expects business turnaround in H2

Korean battery maker SK On expects business turnaround in H2

SK On Co., the battery unit of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., said on Monday it expects a business turnaround in the seco...

S.Korea’s KT to innovate media, content businesses with AI

S.Korea’s KT to innovate media, content businesses with AI

South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. is set to innovate its media and content businesses with artificial intelligence as it seeks new growth d...

Korea’s booming medical tourism: Skin care, plastic surgery in demand

Korea’s booming medical tourism: Skin care, plastic surgery in demand

The number of foreign patients visiting South Korea for medical tourism hit a record high last year, driven by those who traveled to Korea for skin ...

Shinsegae faces off with Affinity, BRV over SSG.COM

Shinsegae faces off with Affinity, BRV over SSG.COM

Shinsegae Group could face a legal battle against two private equity firms that are demanding it buy back their combined 1 trillion won ($727 millio...

HD Hyundai Marine IPO sees strong demand from retail investors

HD Hyundai Marine IPO sees strong demand from retail investors

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co. has attracted billions of dollars from retail investors in subscription deposits for the ship mai...

Genesis unveils GV70 facelift ahead of Korean debut in May

Genesis unveils GV70 facelift ahead of Korean debut in May

Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis on Friday unveiled the GV70 facelift as the leading South Korean automaker plans to launch the luxury mids...

Daedong completes S.Korea's largest rooftop solar power plant

Daedong completes S.Korea's largest rooftop solar power plant

South Korea's Daedong Mobility announced on Friday that it has completed the construction of the largest rooftop solar power plant in the country at...

S.Korea's Andar strengthens tech alliance with LYCRA Company

S.Korea's Andar strengthens tech alliance with LYCRA Company

The athletic-leisure brand Andar Co. announced on Friday that it will strengthen its technological alliance with the LYCRA Company, the world's larg...

HMM enhances maritime safety with AI technology

HMM enhances maritime safety with AI technology

HMM Co., South Korea’s leading sea carrier, announced on Friday its adoption of an advanced AI image analysis solution 'Deep Eyes', aimed at b...

Korea’s Lotte sells Lotte Glory Properties Shenyang amid US-China dispute

Korea’s Lotte sells Lotte Glory Properties Shenyang amid US-China dispute

South Korea’s retail giant Lotte Group has signed a deal to sell a theme park project in Shenyang, China – its latest move to pull out o...

Korea builds system to speed up naked short-selling ban

Korea builds system to speed up naked short-selling ban

South Korea’s top financial regulator is set to build a centralized digital system to strengthen the prevention of naked short-selling as the ...

Hanwha Aerospace, Poland sign $1.6 billion Chunmoo rocket launcher deal

Hanwha Aerospace, Poland sign $1.6 billion Chunmoo rocket launcher deal

Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, on Thursday signed a $1.64 billion deal to supply 72 units of Chunmoo multiple launch ...

Machine tool maker DN Solutions kicks off IPO process

Machine tool maker DN Solutions kicks off IPO process

DN Solutions Co., the world’s third-largest machine tool maker, has kicked off the process of going public on the Korea Exchange, in an initia...

SK Hynix, latest chipmaker to emerge victorious with record Q1 sales

SK Hynix, latest chipmaker to emerge victorious with record Q1 sales

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Thursday it has swung to a profit in the fir...

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