LG gets global AI management system certification

LG gets global AI management system certification

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it has received the Artificial Intelligence Management System (ISO/IEC 42001) certification, an interna...

Korean investors doomed to suffer $171 mn losses from HSCEI ELS

Korean investors doomed to suffer $171 mn losses from HSCEI ELS

South Korean investors have already suffered about 230 billion won ($171 million) losses from their investments in equity-linked securities (ELS) ti...

S.Korea to scrap capital gains taxes on financial products

S.Korea to scrap capital gains taxes on financial products

South Korea will scrap a plan to impose taxes on capital gains from financial products for all shareholders and further lower securities transaction...

Samsung to double HBM chip production to lead on-device AI chip era

Samsung to double HBM chip production to lead on-device AI chip era

LAS VEGAS – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to more than double its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chi...

S.Korea to mass-produce homegrown fighter jet in 2024

S.Korea to mass-produce homegrown fighter jet in 2024

South Korea is set to start mass production of the KF-21, its homegrown supersonic fighter jet, this year for expected deployment of the warplane fo...

Samsung, Harman move in lockstep to advance in-vehicle technology

Samsung, Harman move in lockstep to advance in-vehicle technology

LAS VEGAS – South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. and its wholly owned US subsidiary Harman International Industries Inc. hav...

HD KSOE secures deal for building 15 product carriers worth $717 mn

HD KSOE secures deal for building 15 product carriers worth $717 mn

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, a key intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai Group, announced on Tuesday that it recently sign...

Hanwha to develop own gas turbine engine for future growth

Hanwha to develop own gas turbine engine for future growth

CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province – Hanwha Group, South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate, is set to double its local gas turb...

LG Display to unveil future mobility panels at CES

LG Display to unveil future mobility panels at CES

LG Display Co., the world’s leading organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, will unveil its next-generation automotive display produc...

Korea’s consumer inflation reaches 3.6% in 2023 on high utilities

Korea’s consumer inflation reaches 3.6% in 2023 on high utilities

South Korea’s consumer prices rose 3.6% this year, driven by the biggest jump in utility bills since 2010 and high inflation in agricultural p...

HD Hyundai Oilbank launches dedicated EV lubricant

HD Hyundai Oilbank launches dedicated EV lubricant

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Oilbank said on Thursday that it launched a new dedicated electric vehicle (EV) lubricant brand the Hyundai XTeer EVF...

S.Korea's perfume duty free limit to rise by 100 ml in 2024

S.Korea's perfume duty free limit to rise by 100 ml in 2024

South Korean government will raise the duty-free limit of perfume from 60 ml to 100 ml in January 2024. The Ministry of Economy and Finance announce...

This country will police ‘shrinkflation’ at the supermarket

This country will police ‘shrinkflation’ at the supermarket

SEOUL—Food prices have risen so much that Kim Soo-yeon has developed a suspicious new habit at the grocery store. She has taken to shaking bag...

SGC eTEC E&C wins $160 mn plant order in Malaysia

SGC eTEC E&C wins $160 mn plant order in Malaysia

South Korea's SGC eTEC E&C Co. said on Tuesday it has won a 204.7 billion won ($158 million) order to build epichlorohydrin (ECH) and chlor-alka...

Aekyung Chemical acquires LG Chem Vietnam's plasticizer subsidiary

Aekyung Chemical acquires LG Chem Vietnam's plasticizer subsidiary

South Korean consumer goods company Aekyung Chemical announced on Friday that it has acquired VPCHEM, the Vietnam subsidiary of LG Chem Ltd., a comp...

Kolon Industries doubles aramid production facility

Kolon Industries doubles aramid production facility

South Korea's industrial materials maker Kolon Industries Inc. doubled its aromatic polyamide fibers (aramid) production capacity after completing...

SK E&S to strengthen Korea's liquid hydrogen ecosystem

SK E&S to strengthen Korea's liquid hydrogen ecosystem

SK E&S Co., an energy unit of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, will cooperate with domestic firms to strengthen the country’s liquid hy...

Samyang buys specialty chemical maker Verdant for $257 mn

Samyang buys specialty chemical maker Verdant for $257 mn

Samyang Specialty Solutions LLC, a leading chemical and food products maker in South Korea, has entered into an agreement to wholly acquire Texas-ba...

GC Biopharma gets FDA approval for Alyglo

GC Biopharma gets FDA approval for Alyglo

South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Monday that it received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the immuno...

Hyundai Motor to offer China-made Sonata taxis in S.Korea

Hyundai Motor to offer China-made Sonata taxis in S.Korea

Hyundai Motor Co. will import Sonata taxis manufactured in China to South Korea in response to strong demand from local taxi drivers less than five ...

ASML, Samsung to build R&D center in Korea for $760 mn

ASML, Samsung to build R&D center in Korea for $760 mn

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Samsung Electronics Co. and ASML Holding N.V. have reached a preliminary agreement to build a research and development fac...

US regulations push Korean battery industry to cut reliance on China

US regulations push Korean battery industry to cut reliance on China

The South Korean battery industry is facing pressure to cut its reliance on Chinese capital as the US government on Dec. 1 issued guidance that will...

Paris Baguette opens 7 new stores in SE Asia in one month

Paris Baguette opens 7 new stores in SE Asia in one month

Paris Baguette, the bakery franchise owned by South Korea's SPC Group, said on Tuesday that it opened seven stores in Southeast Asia in on...

UAE, Korea’s Naver Z join hands for virtual reality tech

UAE, Korea’s Naver Z join hands for virtual reality tech

South Korea’s Naver Z Corp., the operator of virtual world platform Zepeto, said Monday it will join forces with the United Arab Emirates&rsqu...

Samyang launches industrial water treatment products

Samyang launches industrial water treatment products

South Korean chemical and food company Samyang Corp. announced on Monday that it released new industrial water treatment materials Triraite Reverse ...

Samsung SDI forms ASB commercialization team

Samsung SDI forms ASB commercialization team

South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. formed a new team to promote the commercialization of the all-solid-state battery (ASB), the so-called “ba...

E-Mart opens 3rd store in Vietnam, spurs K-food marketing

E-Mart opens 3rd store in Vietnam, spurs K-food marketing

South Korea’s E-Mart Inc. will open its new hypermarket in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 7, accelerating sales of its private label No Brand produc...

GC Biopharma breaks ground on blood product plant in Indonesia

GC Biopharma breaks ground on blood product plant in Indonesia

South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. broke ground on Wednesday on Indonesia’s first blood product plant through technology transfer.Indonesi...

CJ Freshway to boost smart farming business

CJ Freshway to boost smart farming business

South Korea’s CJ Freshway Corp. announced on Monday that it will launch a smart farm contract cultivation business in 2024. South Korea's...

Hanwha to boost battery production equipment business

Hanwha to boost battery production equipment business

Hanwha Group, South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate, is working to bolster its secondary battery manufacturing equipment business wi...

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