KT, SingPost to team up for AI-based digital logistics
South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore Post (SingPost), a state-run postal...
Kakao Mobility to build mobility-customized GenAI platform
South Korea's Kakao Mobility has announced a vision to build an evolved platform with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) specialized for mob...
Kakao Mobility to collaborate with Indonesia on digital economy
South Korea's Kakao Mobility announced on Tuesday that it is discussing ways to collaborate on building the digital ecosystem with major platform co...
LG Group manages ESG information like financial data
LG Group has decided to manage environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management activities as if they were financial data. The aim is to provi...
Home & Shopping, Teleken signs business agreement
South Korea's TV and online shopping operator Home & Shopping Co. announced on Friday that it has signed a business agreement with the Japanese ...
Duty-free shops in Jeju welcome return of Chinese cruise tourism
For the first time since Beijing lifted restrictions on group tourism to South Korea, Chinese cruise tourists have flocked to Jeju Island's duty-fre...
Webcash launches WeBill 365 in Cambodia
South Korea's Webcash Co. has launched its specialized billing solution "WeBill 365" in Cambodia."WeBill 365 maximizes convenience and efficiency fo...
Hyundai Home Shopping launches live broadcast using AI tech
South Korea's Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp. on Tuesday said it will release the new concept show based on artificial intelligence (AI) "Seo Ah...
Voronoi to strengthen AI-driven open innovation
South Korea’s biotechnology startup Voronoi Inc. announced on Monday that it is intensifying its artificial intelligence (AI)-driven new drug ...
LG Uplus’ platform push gains traction with active venture funding
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, which has joined its two bigger local rivals in a race to expand non-telecom servi...
Samsung launches AI-based diet suggestion platform
Samsung Electronics Co. has launched Samsung Food, an integrated food platform that offers a personalized eating experience and connects to the comp...
Naver eyes global market with new LLM HyperCLOVA X
Naver Corp., the South Korean online platform giant, has finally debuted its upgraded large language model (LLM) HyperCLOVA X, its new pillar busine...
Samsung’s tie-up with VMware to strengthen SSD competitiveness
LAS VEGAS – Samsung Electronics Co. has partnered with US cloud software provider VMware Inc. to strengthen its competitiveness in the next-ge...
POSCO E&C, LG to develop customized home appliances for remodeling
South Korea's POSCO E&C, formerly POSCO Engineering and Construction, will develop customized products for apartment remodeling through cooperat...
Lululemon taps into Korea’s live commerce market
Lululemon Athletica Inc., dubbed the Chanel of yoga wear, is tapping into South Korea’s live commerce market, a move that industry watchers sa...
Hanmi Pharm to start global clinical trials for immune-oncology drug
South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Tuesday that it has received approval for the phase 1 clinical trial plan of the immune-oncology...
KT to hold AI coding lectures at universities
South Korea’s KT Corp. is expanding operations of its artificial intelligence (AI) coding education platform AI Codiny.The company on Sunday s...
WeMade partners with three companies for WEMIX Play onboarding
South Korea's game developer and publisher WeMade Co. announced on Friday that it has signed onboarding agreements with several domestic and interna...
CJ CheilJedang, Kakao Healthcare sign business agreement
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Friday that it has signed a business agreement with Kakao Healthcare, a digital healthcare...
NCSOFT gears up to take on Naver, Kakao for AI language model
NCSOFT Corp. has unveiled a large-scale Korean language model as the first South Korean game developer to advance into the local-language generative...
Paradise City, Ctrip to jointly launch S.Korean travel packages
Paradise City, an integrated resort in Incheon, announced on Monday that it has partnered with China's largest online travel agency Ctrip to introdu...
S.Korea's LG Uplus branches to offer travel services
South Korea's telecom service provider LG Uplus Corp. will start offering travel services at its offline branches. The company on Wednesday said it ...
Global fashion brands block Koreans' access to US websites
Some global fashion brands such as Ralph Lauren Corp. and Tommy Hilfiger have blocked South Koreans’ access to their US websites to support bu...
LG Uplus to equip Toyota Highlander’s infotainment platform
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Friday its strategy to outfit Toyota's Highlander, a seven-seater SUV, with Toyota Connect, powered by t...
Naver posts record Q2 operating profit on e-commerce, content
South Korea’s top online portal Naver Corp. on Friday posted record operating profit in the second quarter, driven by robust sales growth in i...
Shinsegae Live Shopping launches first travel product to India in four years
South Korea’s Shinsegae Live Shopping announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Mode Tour to sell travel products to India for the firs...
HD Hyundai Infracore opens online excavator store
South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. announced on Thursday that it has opened the first "Develon Online Store," an excavator online mall in the co...
Korea’s duty-free sales skid despite China border reopening
South Korea’s duty-free shops suffered a sharp decline in sales in June, when the number of Chinese visitors jumped more than three times that...
S.Korea’s overseas online shopping surpasses $1.3 bn in Q2 2023
South Korea's overseas online shopping through Chinese malls in the second quarter of this year has more than doubled compared to a year ago. Accor...
Goyard bags high on SE Asians’ shopping list in S.Korea
Goyard outlets in Seoul bustled with shoppers on Friday, especially from Southeast Asia, looking for the French luxury brand’s popular bags: G...
