BTS’ Beyond the Story tops NYT bestseller list

BTS' first official book "Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS", published in celebration of 10th Anniversary, topped the New York Times bestse...

New Galaxy foldables: Slimmer, lighter, with ergonomic designs

Samsung Electronics Co.'s new foldable smartphones are slimmer and lighter than previous generations and will deliver the most flexible camera exper...

GM Korea releases new Trailblazer geared for S.Korean market

General Motors (GM) Korea on Wednesday launched the domestic sale of its new model of the small SUV Trailblazer customized for the South Korean mark...

SK Biopharm eyes Asia's No.1 spot in radioactive drug market

South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. is aiming to triple its enterprise value to $15 billion by 2026 with the goal of rising to the top run...

Prestige Biopharma participates in US gov’t Cancer Moonshot

Prestige Biopharma, a Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company with operations in South Korea and the US, announced on Tuesday that it will partici...

Aekyung Industrial's sales on Amazon jump 58% in H1 2023

South Korea's Aekyung Industrial announced on Tuesday that its sales on the US e-commerce platform Amazon in the first half of this year increased...

Lotte Chemical, DL Energy team up to produce renewable energy

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. and DL Energy have joined forces to spread carbon neutrality and environmental, social and governance (ESG)...

CJ Olive Young opens premium cosmetics mall

South Korea’s top beauty chain CJ Olive Young on Monday launched the premium store Lux Edit online to roll out products from both big names an...

Samsung to open Galaxy Experience Spaces in seven cities

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it will open the "Galaxy Experience Spaces" in seven cities spanning six countries. These spa...

Hyundai Santa Fe’s full makeover yields boxier look

Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday premiered a new look for its steady-selling SUV Santa Fe. The complete transformation — its first in five years &...

KKR Co-CEO Joe Bae meets NPS, KIC execs in S.Korea

KKR Co. Co-Chief Executive Joseph Bae made a visit to South Korea last week to meet with senior managers of the country’s top limited partners...

Tottenham forward Son’s new role: Samsung Galaxy brand ambassador

Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min has a new job in his home country, South Korea: brand ambassador for Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy smartp...

Nexon’s Dave the Diver rises to global top game in 2 weeks after launch

Nexon Co. is poised to change the South Korean game scene with its new adventure PC role-playing game that has grabbed gamers around the world immed...

Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer

Match Group Inc., operating online dating and chat platforms like Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid in some 40 languages, has appointed its subsidiary Hyper...

Samsung takes on Micron with new flash auto memory UFS 3.1

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has begun mass production of its latest flash memory chip, which the company sa...

Korea's IPO market heats up with higher price cap for new stocks

South Korea’s initial public offering market is heating up with some 30 firms set for new share subscriptions in July and August, more than su...

Naver Webtoon starts fortunetelling, personality test services

South Korea's Naver Webtoon has launched a service combining its content with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a US test of personality type,...

LG Electronics aims to transform into platform-based tech firm by 2030

When LG Electronics Inc. made a surprise move to ungracefully exit the mobile phone business, one of its mainstay businesses, two years ago, investo...

SK Biopharmaceuticals gets OK to sell epilepsy drug in Canada

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals has received approval in Canada to sell its new epilepsy drug Cenobamate under the product name Xcopri. Having e...

HD Hyundai Infracore uses AR to service Develon construction equipment

South Korea's construction equipment and engine maker HD Hyundai Infracore Co. on Wednesday said its new augmented reality (AR) guidance app easily ...

SK Hynix eyes wastewater facilities sale for $770 mn

SK Hynix Inc. is in talks with its affiliate SK REIT Co. to sell the wastewater treatment facilities within its semiconductor campus in Icheon, Gyeo...

NHN Commerce acquires Italian luxury brands retailer Ikonic

NHN Commerce, South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s shopping platform, announced on Tuesday its acquisition of a 77.8% stake in Ikonic Srl,...

Novartis $391 mn deal powers Samsung Biologics backlogs to record high

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s top contract manufacturing organization by capacity, inked a $391 million contract from Novartis, nearly fi...

LG Electronics to offer energy-saving services in US

South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. is set to bring its auto demand response (DR) service to the US, utilizing its smart home platform, LG ThinQ, the ...

Kakao Brain releases new AI artist Karlo 2.0

Kakao Brain, an artificial intelligence (AI) R&D subsidiary of South Korea's Kakao Corp., revealed its latest AI image generation model Karlo 2....

Samsung Electronics creates global hit with new gaming monitor

Samsung Electronics Co. ’s new gaming monitor has received over 3,000 advance orders worldwide.The company on Monday said it began presale of ...

HK inno.N releases new drug for GERD in Indonesia

South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N Corporation's new drug for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) K-CAB has been officially launched in In...

S.Korean game companies to launch new offensive in China

Major South Korean game companies such as Nexon, Netmarble Corp. and Smilegate from this month will roll out new titles on the Chinese market. ...

Dior to open Tears capsule collection pop-up store in Seoul

Dior will open a pop-up store in Seoul's Seongsu-dong to commemorate the launch of the "Dior Tears capsule collection."This collection was created t...

Samsung unveils global campaign video of Galaxy Z

Samsung Electronics Co. has announced the release of a new global campaign video ahead of the unveiling of the new foldable phone series on July 26....