Public-private battery alliance launched to source critical minerals

The South Korean government, in tandem with the private sector, launched a battery alliance on Tuesday in a bid to support the companies in sourcing...

Hansol Group, KAIST to launch new tech, AI research center

South Korea’s Hansol Group and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have agreed to establish a research center to de...

NCSOFT publishes three AI academic papers at INTERSPEECH 2022 

South Korea’s gaming giant NCSOFT Corp. will present three academic papers at INTERSPEECH 2022, the world’s largest and most comprehensi...

Seoul pushes for battery recycling to bypass US bill

South Korea will step up policy efforts to promote battery recycling, which might help the country get around the new US bill aimed at keeping elect...

Hansol Paper joins Series A funding for RIU worth $1.5 mn 

Hansol Paper Co. announced Thursday that it participated as a strategic investor in a Series A funding worth 2 billion won ($1.5 million) for South ...

Plagiarism scandal hits top S.Korean university over AI-themed papers

South Korea's most prestigious university is embroiled in a plagiarism scandal after two papers it published on artificial intelligence are believed...

POSCO, Hancock to expand partnership beyond iron ore

South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Group plans to expand its partnership with Australian mining group Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd. into other typ...

One Store becomes fifth Korean IPO dropout this year

One Store Co., South Korea's homegrown app store, on Wednesday canceled its initial public offering on the Korea Exchange, after its shares failed t...

China’s tighter grip on minerals boosts costs for Korean battery makers

South Korea’s major battery makers and materials suppliers are suffering from soaring battery raw materials prices as China is tightening its ...

Morgan Stanley to sell Jeonju Paper for around $803 mn

New York-based Morgan Stanley Private Equity is slated to sell its entire stake in Jeonju Paper Corp., South Korea's top newsprint producer, and its...

Edtech startup Riiid joins Fast Company's list of most innovative firms

South Korea’s AI education startup Riiid has made it onto Fast Company's annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Since 20...

Hyundai Oilbank to make building, paper materials with carbon

South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. is set to produce eco-friendly materials for construction and paper with by-products of refining as it seek...

SK, Asia Pulp to develop eco-friendly packaging paper

SK Geo Centric Co., South Korea’s leading petrochemical company, will develop eco-friendly paper coating materials to enter the recyclable pac...