Silicon Valley, Korean startups’ choice for global business

Silicon Valley, Korean startups’ choice for global business

Silicon Valley was the favorite place for South Korean startups for their global business as more of them were established in other countries for th...

Carrier’s Korea JV aims to raise sales with cold chain biz

Carrier’s Korea JV aims to raise sales with cold chain biz

Carrier Global Corp.’s joint venture in South Korea aims to ramp up sales with the cold chain business, the series of actions and equipment ap...

Metaverse-based virtual offices: New breadwinner for LG CNS

Metaverse-based virtual offices: New breadwinner for LG CNS

LAS VEGAS – While buzzwords such as avatar and the metaverse are on everyone’s lips these days, waking up in the morning and going to a ...

Mirae Asset sees 100-fold jump in deposits 15 years after entering India

Mirae Asset sees 100-fold jump in deposits 15 years after entering India

South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments on Wednesday marked the 15th anniversary of its incorporated company in India that now has 21 trillion ...

Danish wind turbine firm Vestas to invest $300 million in Korea

Danish wind turbine firm Vestas to invest $300 million in Korea

DAVOS, Switzerland – Danish wind turbine producer Vestas Wind Systems A/S has said it would invest $300 million in South Korea and positively ...

BOK mulls business, financial stability this year while focusing on inflation

BOK mulls business, financial stability this year while focusing on inflation

The Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong on Wednesday said, "We will focus on inflation this year but also closely consider tradeoffs to preserve ...

SK Innovation-invested Amogy tests ammonia-powered heavy truck

SK Innovation-invested Amogy tests ammonia-powered heavy truck

Amogy Inc. has successfully tested its ammonia-hydrogen power system for large-size semi trucks – the first time that ammonia has been used as...

Daewoong accelerates investment in CDMO business

Daewoong accelerates investment in CDMO business

Daewoong, the holding company of South Korea's pharmaceutical-oriented Daewoong Group, is speeding up its pace to beef up its contract development a...

South Korean companies ink $6.1 billion MOUs with UAE partners

South Korean companies ink $6.1 billion MOUs with UAE partners

ABU DHABI – Business leaders from South Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed 24 initial agreements worth at least $6.1 billion...

SK Energy teams up with state-run power supplier for EV charging station

SK Energy teams up with state-run power supplier for EV charging station

SK Energy, a major South Korean oil refiner, teamed up with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) to install electric vehicle (EV) and hydrogen...

SK Inc. eyes significant growth in bio business from 2024

SK Inc. eyes significant growth in bio business from 2024

SAN FRANCISCO – SK Inc.,  the investment and holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, expects significant growth in its biopharma...

Capital-impaired SMEs are allowed to participate in government-led R&Ds

Capital-impaired SMEs are allowed to participate in government-led R&Ds

Capital-impaired companies can now receive government R&D support as long as they prove their research capabilities.The Ministry of SMEs and Sta...

Hanwha Systems opens UAE branch as core base for Mideast exports

Hanwha Systems opens UAE branch as core base for Mideast exports

South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. on Thursday opened a branch office in Abu Dubai, the United Arab Emirates in the wake of the company's business gro...

Korea's Webcash to expand B2B fintech solutions in Cambodia

Korea's Webcash to expand B2B fintech solutions in Cambodia

Webcash Co. a leading business-to-business (B2B) fintech solutions provider in South Korea, said on Thursday its Cambodian affiliate KOSIGN and Phno...

Samsung’s new 5 nm high-performance SSD faster, uses less power

Samsung’s new 5 nm high-performance SSD faster, uses less power

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Thursday it is ready to produce in large quantities PM9C1a, its latest ...

KCC to mass produce ceramics for eco-friendly vacuum interrupters

KCC to mass produce ceramics for eco-friendly vacuum interrupters

KCC Corp. said on Thursday that it would mass produce ceramic products for eco-friendly vacuum interrupters that do not emit sulfur hexafluoride (SF...

POSCO Chemical moves into activated carbon business

POSCO Chemical moves into activated carbon business

POSCO Chemical Co. will join hands with Dong-Suh Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. to move into the activated carbon business, an eco-friendly material f...

SK Ecoplant looks to enter US battery recycling business: CEO

SK Ecoplant looks to enter US battery recycling business: CEO

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering company, will enter the US battery recycling business by investing in promising startups, C...

SK E&S, Plug Power agree to strengthen hydrogen partnership

SK E&S, Plug Power agree to strengthen hydrogen partnership

SK E&S CEO Choo Hyung-wook met with Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh at CES 2023 in Las Vegas on Jan. 5 to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in th...

Hyundai Eng. acquires certifications for nuclear power plant construction

Hyundai Eng. acquires certifications for nuclear power plant construction

Hyundai Engineering Co. said on Tuesday it has obtained both domestic and foreign quality certifications to start the nuclear power plant EPC (desig...

Pan Ocean to transport energy products for Portugal's Galp

Pan Ocean to transport energy products for Portugal's Galp

Pan Ocean Co., the top bulk shipping company in South Korea, has received its first large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to provide shipp...

LG Elec to increase partnerships for business expansion

LG Elec to increase partnerships for business expansion

LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliance maker, is seeking more partnerships with global leading companies and increas...

HD Hyundai to boost offshore wind power, future ships, CEO says

HD Hyundai to boost offshore wind power, future ships, CEO says

LAS VEGAS – HD Hyundai Co., the largest shipbuilding conglomerate in South Korea, is set to diversify its future growth engines, focusing on s...

Samsung Heavy certified for CMSR power barge design

Samsung Heavy certified for CMSR power barge design

South Korea's main shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries said on Wednesday that it has completed the conceptual design for the compact molten salt re...

Samsung unveils AI-powered, better-connected TVs

Samsung unveils AI-powered, better-connected TVs

Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday unveiled its 2023 lineup of smart TVs connected to several Internet of Things (IoT) devices, without using separa...

Novarex, Riman sign agreement to jointly develop health-functional food

Novarex, Riman sign agreement to jointly develop health-functional food

South Korea's health functional foods company Novarex and cosmetics company Riiman Korea met to promote the health-functional foods business togethe...

Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners

Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners

Com2verse, Com2uS Corp.'s metaverse subsidiary said on Tuesday that it has secured a strategic investment of 4 billion won ($3.1 million) each from ...

Sejong kicks off private 5G business for exclusive use for industrial safety

Sejong kicks off private 5G business for exclusive use for industrial safety

Sejong Telecom, Inc. a mid-sized facilities-based telecommunications business and ICT platform company in South Korea, will launch a private 5G bu...

S.Korea's Daehan Green Power invests in energy superstation biz

S.Korea's Daehan Green Power invests in energy superstation biz

South Korea's Daehan Green Power has entered the green hydrogen sector, a new growth engine, through an energy super station project.The company on ...

SKC's film business units change their names, start anew

SKC's film business units change their names, start anew

SKC Future Materials and SKC Hi-Tech & Marketing, which had newly been established through the spin-off of SKC's industrial materials division (...

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