Hyundai becomes younger with 1 in 3 new executives in their 40s

Hyundai becomes younger with 1 in 3 new executives in their 40s

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, which owns Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., has carried out a year-end mid-tier executive reshuffle marked ...

Syntekabio launches new drug development platform STB Cloud in US

Syntekabio launches new drug development platform STB Cloud in US

Syntekabio,Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) drug development company, said on Monday it has launched its cloud-based AI drug develo...

Leaders of Samsung, BMW discuss bolstering EV battery partnership

Leaders of Samsung, BMW discuss bolstering EV battery partnership

Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y. Lee met with the Chairman of the Management Board of BMW Group Oliver Zipse on Saturday to discuss ways to deepe...

Samsung eyes new mobile AP chip to take on Apple's iPhone

Samsung eyes new mobile AP chip to take on Apple's iPhone

Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. have had a long rivalry in the global market for smartphones and other mobile devices. In terms of sales...

Gabriela Hearst, Veronica Beard, Toteme to launch in Korea

Gabriela Hearst, Veronica Beard, Toteme to launch in Korea

US designer brands Gabriela Hearst and Veronica Beard, as well as Swedish premium Toteme are set to open exclusive stores in South Korea to allure f...

Daewoo Shipbuilding, POSCO jointly develop new materials

Daewoo Shipbuilding, POSCO jointly develop new materials

South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) and steelmaker POSCO have joined forces to develop new materials.DSME on Wedne...

Helixmith acquires US patent on new freeze-dried formulation

Helixmith acquires US patent on new freeze-dried formulation

South Korea's biotech company Helixmith Co. said Wednesday it has developed and patented a new freeze-dried formulation for Engensis (VM202), a non-...

Daewoong submits new drug applications for Fexuclue in 10 countries

Daewoong submits new drug applications for Fexuclue in 10 countries

South Korea's leading drug company Daewoong Pharmaceutical is accelerating its global expansion efforts for its 34th domestically developed drug Fex...

SK C&C to automate production process of SKC's US subsidiary

SK C&C to automate production process of SKC's US subsidiary

SK C&C announced on Wednesday that it will start a project to install a full-process automation system based on its smart factory platform I-FAC...

CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services

CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services

South Korea’s CJ Logistics Corp. is ramping up its cross-border e-commerce (CBE) businesses as its local rival Coupang Inc. is increasing domi...

S. Korea's SillaJen launches clinical trials in US for new anti-cancer drug

S. Korea's SillaJen launches clinical trials in US for new anti-cancer drug

South Korean biotech company Sillajen Inc. has started recruiting patients for Phase 1 clinical trials in the US for an anti-cancer drug from a Swis...

LG Group seeks future growth engines with new R&D units

LG Group seeks future growth engines with new R&D units

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, set up new research and development units at key affiliates to seek future growth engines...

South Korea passes new law making everyone a little younger

South Korea passes new law making everyone a little younger

SEOUL—As the rest of the world ages, South Koreans are getting younger.South Korea’s parliament passed laws Thursday abolishing the trad...

Samsung Galaxy tops list of South Korea's 100 brands

Samsung Galaxy tops list of South Korea's 100 brands

Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy smartphones retained the first place in South Korea’s top-100 brand list for 12 consecutive years, Bran...

New drug developer Onconic Therapeutics raises $20 mn in Series B

New drug developer Onconic Therapeutics raises  $20 mn in Series B

South Korean drug developer Onconic Therapeutics, announced on Friday that it raised 26 billion won ($19.9 million) in Series B funding, with cumula...

IONIQ 5 named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-2023

IONIQ 5 named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-2023

Hyundai Motor Co. on Friday said its electric-powered sport-utility vehicle (SUV) IONIQ 5 was named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-23 by th...

Doosan Logistics clinches deal to build Daiso's new hub center

Doosan Logistics clinches deal to build Daiso's new hub center

South Korean system integrator Doosan Logistics Solution (DLS) has won a deal to build a new distribution center at 75 billion won ( $57 million)....

LG Uplus poised to acquire homegrown OTT platform Watcha

LG Uplus poised to acquire homegrown OTT platform Watcha

South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. is slated to acquire homegrown over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc., investment b...

Hyundai's sales of E-GMP-based EVs exceed 100,000 units in Korea

Hyundai's sales of E-GMP-based EVs exceed 100,000 units in Korea

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group sold more than 100,000 units of electric vehicles (EVs) that adopted Hyundai Motor’s E-GMP, or Electri...

Shinsegae Int'l secures domestic sales rights for Italian brand Davines

Shinsegae Int'l secures domestic sales rights for Italian brand Davines

South Korea's fashion retail giant Shinsegae International on Monday said it has acquired the domestic rights to sell the Italian haircare brand Dav...

Samsung Elec names first female president under Chairman Jay Y. Lee

Samsung Elec names first female president under Chairman Jay Y. Lee

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker, has carried out its year-end executive reshuffle, marked by its...

Korean restaurant startup GFFG raises $23 million in Series A round 

Korean restaurant startup GFFG raises $23 million in Series A round 

South Korean lifestyle hospitality startup Good Food For Good (GFFG) announced Monday that it raised 30 billion won ($23.2 million) in Series A roun...

Hyundai Mobis to unveil new future mobility technologies at CES 2023

Hyundai Mobis to unveil new future mobility technologies at CES 2023

Korea's largest auto parts supplier Hyundai Mobis will take part in CES 2023, the world's largest info tech exhibition, to showcase cutting-edge t...

CJ CheilJedang launches new Bibigo kimchi in Europe

CJ CheilJedang launches new Bibigo kimchi in Europe

Korea's leading food processing company CJ CheilJedang said on Monday that it has launched Bibigo sliced kimchi for export in Europe, which can be s...

K-chicken chain BB.Q opens second restaurant in New York

K-chicken chain BB.Q opens second restaurant in New York

BB.Q Chicken, the country’s leading franchise, said on Friday it opened its second restaurant in Manhattan on Dec.1. This restaurant is BB.Q...

Samsung Galaxy S23 likely to adopt unbreakable smartphone screen glass

Samsung Galaxy S23 likely to adopt unbreakable smartphone screen glass

A smartphone cover glass that does not break even when dropped from a height of 1 meter onto a concrete floor has been newly developed. Corning Inc....

SK On attracts $1 billion in investment

SK On attracts $1 billion in investment

SK On, the electric battery affiliate of Korea's petroleum, alternative energy and oil exploration corporation SK Innovation, has secured 1.3 trilli...

Whisky imports up 62%, projected to be popular next year and beyond

Whisky imports up 62%, projected to be popular next year and beyond

As whisky became more popular in Korea, the amount of whisky imported for 10 months until October this year increased about 62% compared to the same...

Shell-First: Samsung Foundry’s custom-tailored new operation strategy

Shell-First: Samsung Foundry’s custom-tailored new operation strategy

As the contract chip manufacturing, or foundry, business is quickly emerging as the next battlefield for the world’s major chipmakers, The Korea...

Samsung Elec showcases new high-performance graphics DRAM

Samsung Elec showcases new high-performance graphics DRAM

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, unveiled a next-generation graphics DRAM to meet growing demand for high-performanc...

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