KB Financial Group holds investment conference via metaverse

South Korea's KB Financial Group on Tuesday presented its investment philosophy to individual and institutional customers in the metaverse, a three-...

DB HiTek to expand high value-added specialized image sensor business

South Korea's chip foundry DB HiTek Co. attained foundry process technology and is set to expand its high-value-added specialized image sensor busin...

Hanwha kickstarts localization of 1,000-hp gas turbine engine components

A project to lengthen the lifecycle of 1,000-horsepower gas turbine engine core components and materials, which is led by Hanwha Aerospace Co. locat...

Philip Morris, KT&G extend sales partnership to 2038

KT&G Corp., the world's fifth-largest tobacco maker, has extended its sales partnership with US cigarette giant Philip Morris International Inc....

LG Innotek gears up for FC-BGA substrate mass production

South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. is preparing to mass produce flip chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) substrates from the fourth quarter of this year, ...

Korean refiners lift runs to 3-year high on record exports

Refiners in South Korea raised their operating rates to a three-year high in 2022 as petroleum product exports hit a record high in value.Refinery r...

Samsung considers chip output cut as first-quarter loss looms large

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is considering slashing its semiconductor production as the company is heading ...

Korea Exchange acquires market operator license in Singapore

Korea Exchange (KRX) on Thursday said it has received a "Recognized Market Operator" (RMO) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), a...

KT&G refuses activist funds' call for ginseng biz spinoff

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, on Thursday refused activist funds' requests to spin off and list its ginseng unit wh...

POSCO gets nod for battery technology transfer to overseas plants

POSCO Chemical Co., a unit of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Holdings Co., on Thursday won government approval to transfer technology to its overseas...

South Korea’s economic contraction deepens recession woes

South Korea suffered its first economic contraction in two and half years due to sluggish exports and weak domestic demand during the fourth quarter...

Doosan participates in Asia's largest electronics exhibition

South Korea's Doosan Corp. is participating in Nepcon Japan 2023 held at Tokyo Big Site, Japan, from Jan. 25 through 27 to showcase its high-end tec...

KT Submarine to buy cable laying barge from key shareholder

South Korea’s undersea cable company KT Submarine Co. plans to buy a cable laying barge from LS Cable & System Ltd., its major shareholder...

LG Innotek, Samsung Electro-Mechanics Q4 profit disappoint

LG Innotek Co. and Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., two major South Korean suppliers for Apple’s iPhone, on Wednesday reported more than a 60% p...

Kolmar Korea to establish new cosmetics production base in Sejong City

South Korea's cosmetic original design manufacturer Kolmar Korea said Wednesday that it would establish a cosmetics production base equipped with ar...

Bank's retirement pension soars 15% to $107 bn last year

Retirement pensions at banks in the fourth quarter of last year emerged as a haven for money that tried to generate a stable return, shunning away f...

Samsung Display unveils touch-enabled OLED laptop PC screen

A South Korean company has developed an OLED laptop PC display with a touch function like a smartphone screen without needing a separate film attach...

POSCO turns to red in Q4 on typhoon, weak steel demand

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s top steelmaker, turned to the red in the fourth quarter of 2022 hit by a typhoon and...

KB Financial recognized as global sustainability leader

South Korea's KB Financial Group was selected as one of the "Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World" list announced by Corporate Knig...

SK On, graphite processor Urbix to jointly produce anode materials

South Korea's SK On Co. and US graphite processor Urbix Inc. have signed an agreement to jointly develop high-performance anode materials, Korea's l...

Cosmax to make inroads into Japanese market in earnest

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's cosmetics original design manufacturing (ODM) company, said on Thursday that it would start targeting the Japanese market...

BOK mulls business, financial stability this year while focusing on inflation

The Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong on Wednesday said, "We will focus on inflation this year but also closely consider tradeoffs to preserve ...

NGeneBio's diagnostic products start to be used in clinical tests in Vietnam

South Korea's medical diagnostics company NGeneBio Co. said on Wednesday that it is expanding its business in the Southeast Asian precision diagnost...

Woori Financial to acquire VC firm Daol Investment

South Korea’s Woori Financial Group is set to acquire Daol Investment Co., a venture capital arm of the liquidity-strapped Daol Financial Grou...

Medytox to build plant for finished toxin products in Dubai

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Medytox Inc. will build a plant for finished products containing botulinum toxin in the United Arab Emirates...

S.Korea's Bioneer forms diagnostic joint venture with Indonesian company

South Korea's biotech company Bioneer Corp. on Monday said it concluded a deal to form a joint venture with PT Indika Energy of Indonesia for busine...

Bespin Global establishes Vietnam Tech Center for cloud, digital innovation

South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global will foster cloud and digital innovation industries in Central Vietnam. To this end, the compan...

Hanwha, LG Energy team up for US battery production

South Korea’s Hanwha Group will invest in LG Energy Solution Ltd.'s battery production lines for energy storage systems (ESS) in the US, some ...

Pulmuone builds data sharing cluster for factories

South Korea's major plant-based food company Pulmuone Co. Ltd. said on Monday that it has built a "digital cluster smart factory" that can share, in...

UAE’s sovereign funds to invest $30 billion in South Korea

ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates will invest $30 billion in South Korea across strategic sectors, including the nuclear power, defense, hy...