SK E&S to pursue cross-border CCS with Australia’s Santos

SK E&S to pursue cross-border CCS with Australia’s Santos

SK E&S, the clean energy affiliate of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has signed a deal on cross-border carbon capture and st...

S.Korea to add India, Lithuania to list of nations eligible for E-9 visa

S.Korea to add India, Lithuania to list of nations eligible for E-9 visa

South Korea plans to allow non-professional workers from India and Lithuania to apply for the E-9 visa as the country struggles with a shrinking wor...

Lotte builds US antibody-drug conjugate plant with $82 mn

Lotte builds US antibody-drug conjugate plant with $82 mn

South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. is establishing an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) factory in Syracuse, New York, with an investment of 110 bi...

HD Hyundai joins $14 mn offshore wind power project

HD Hyundai joins $14 mn offshore wind power project

HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical equipment and energy solution company under South Korea’s shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co., has joine...

Harman’s record profits prop up Samsung's Q3 earnings

Harman’s record profits prop up Samsung's Q3 earnings

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip maker, on Tuesday reported a triple-digit quarterly increase in third-quarter profit ...

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...

Nexon’s 'The Finals' draws record-high concurrent users

Nexon’s 'The Finals' draws record-high concurrent users

South Korea’s game publishing giant Nexon Co. is set to release another blockbuster game after its new first-person shooting game “The F...

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...

Naver replaces Nvidia GPU with Intel CPU for its AI map app server

Naver replaces Nvidia GPU with Intel CPU for its AI map app server

South Korea’s web portal giant Naver Corp. has replaced the main chip supplier of its artificial intelligence server for its map service, Nave...

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-Oil basks in hefty Q3 profit, expects strong winter demand

S-Oil basks in hefty Q3 profit, expects strong winter demand

S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., said on Monday it swung to a net profit in the third quarter from a loss the year earli...

LG Uplus developing communications GenAI ixi-GEN

LG Uplus developing communications GenAI ixi-GEN

South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. on Sunday said it is developing the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) ixi-GEN.The large language model (...

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...

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...

LG Elec’s automotive business logs record quarterly profit

LG Elec’s automotive business logs record quarterly profit

LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, said its automotive division enjoyed all-time high quarterly profit in the most recent...

Kia’s Q3 profit soars; groupwide design centers revamped

Kia’s Q3 profit soars; groupwide design centers revamped

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, said on Friday that its third-quarter net profit rose fourfold from a year earlier thanks t...

NS Shopping to support partner's Indonesian export

NS Shopping to support partner's Indonesian export

South Korean online shopping mall operator NS Shopping Co. announced on Friday it will support the overseas expansion of its partner, Taeyoung.Taeyo...

AI, SaaS rule October D.Day with Amber Road snagging top spot

AI, SaaS rule October D.Day with Amber Road snagging top spot

Amber Road won this month’s D.Day, South Korea’s oldest monthly startup pitch competition held on Thursday, with its artificial intellig...

HD Hyundai develops electric propulsion system for large ships

HD Hyundai develops electric propulsion system for large ships

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. have secured Approval in Principle (AIP) from the UK's Lloyd's ...

Theraject Asia applies for microneedle patent in US

Theraject Asia applies for microneedle patent in US

South Korean microneedle company Theraject Asia on Thursday said it recently applied for a US patent for a medical microneedle, specifically a const...

Innocean to invest $370 million in new growth drivers

Innocean to invest $370 million in new growth drivers

Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, will invest 500 billion won ($370 million) for four years u...

Korean garment maker Hansae targets growth amid economic woes

Korean garment maker Hansae targets growth amid economic woes

HO CHI MINH CITY – South Korean garment maker Hansae Co. expects to see decent growth in sales and profits next year despite the global clothi...

Neo Chair cements No. 1 spot as office chair brand on Amazon

Neo Chair cements No. 1 spot as office chair brand on Amazon

Neo Chair, almost unheard of in its home country South Korea, is the top-selling office chair brand on Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce platfo...

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...

LG Elec to launch new business with startup: LG NOVA head

LG Elec to launch new business with startup: LG NOVA head

SAN FRANCISCO – LG Electronics Inc. will set up a new business entity focusing on some of its new growth pillars — digital healthcare, c...

Naver succeeds in issuing $133 mn Samurai bonds

Naver succeeds in issuing $133 mn Samurai bonds

South Korea's Naver Corp. announced on Thursday it successfully issued Samurai bonds, becoming the first global IT company to do so. Naver's debut...

Hyundai’s record Q3 profit beats Samsung; no EV output cut planned

Hyundai’s record Q3 profit beats Samsung; no EV output cut planned

Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday posted its highest-ever quarterly operating profit for the July-September period, driven by robust sales of pricey car...

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