Samsung’s new gaming monitor gets rave reviews overseas

Samsung’s new gaming monitor gets rave reviews overseas

Samsung Electronics Co.'s new premium gaming monitor "Odyssey OLED G9" has recently received consecutive praise from major global tech media outlets...

Huons’ overseas market expansion leads to record-high sales

Huons’ overseas market expansion leads to record-high sales

South Korea's Huons Group is continuing its record-breaking performance while expanding its influence in the global market.According to Huons Group ...

S.Korea’s fashion brand Handsome expands overseas portfolio

S.Korea’s fashion brand Handsome expands overseas portfolio

South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp. is accelerating expansion of its portfolio for licensing foreign brands.The company on Monday said it co...

POSCO affiliates’ shares surge; market cap rises threefold in 5 years

POSCO affiliates’ shares surge; market cap rises threefold in 5 years

Shares of POSCO Group affiliates are flying high with the steelmaker rapidly transforming into a battery materials manufacturer, riding the industry...

SK E&S opens representative office in Vietnam

SK E&S opens representative office in Vietnam

South Korea's renewable energy company SK E&S is speeding up the expansion of its global eco-friendly power generation business by opening a rep...

SK Broadband names SK Shieldus' ex-CEO Park its new chief

SK Broadband names SK Shieldus' ex-CEO Park its new chief

South Korea’s internet service provider SK Broadband Co. said on Friday it has tapped Park Jin-hyo, former chief executive at security affilia...

Hyundai E&C beats Q2 profit estimates on strong foreign deals

Hyundai E&C beats Q2 profit estimates on strong foreign deals

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea’s leading builder, reported better-than-expected profit in the second quarter thanks t...

SK Networks to acquire data management company en-core

SK Networks to acquire data management company en-core

SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading company, will acquire en-core, a data solutions and consulting firm. The strategy is aimed at strengthening ...

Musinsa opens showroom in Tokyo for S.Korean designers’ brands

Musinsa opens showroom in Tokyo for S.Korean designers’ brands

South Korea's online fashion platform Musinsa opened a showroom in Tokyo on Thursday targeting fashion buyers, as it aims to introduce domestic desi...

Shinhan Bank's Chinese corporation issues $69 million in yuan bonds

Shinhan Bank's Chinese corporation issues $69 million in yuan bonds

The Chinese corporation of South Korea’s Shinhan Bank on Thursday said it issued 500 million yuan ($69.6 million) in bonds, a first in China b...

SK Chemicals to supply diabetes drugs to AstraZeneca Korea

SK Chemicals to supply diabetes drugs to AstraZeneca Korea

SK Chemicals Co., a South Korean chemicals maker and drug developer, said on Thursday it has signed a contract to supply diabetes medications to glo...

SM Group to buy HMM but not for over $3.5 bn: SM Chair Woo

SM Group to buy HMM but not for over $3.5 bn: SM Chair Woo

SM Group has enough financial ammunition to buy the country’s No. 1 container shipping line HMM Co. but would not join the bid for the latter&...

LG unveils upgraded hyperscale AI for future businesses

LG unveils upgraded hyperscale AI for future businesses

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, on Wednesday introduced an upgraded hyperscale AI to be used for its future growth engine...

Lotte Group's Shin stresses unlearning as key to innovation

Lotte Group's Shin stresses unlearning as key to innovation

Disregarding existing ways and being open to new opportunities are challenging in South Korea’s large conglomerates, where a strict corporate ...

Lotte Chemical, DL Energy team up to produce renewable energy

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)...

American patent trolls target S.Korean companies

American patent trolls target S.Korean companies

Over 80% of American companies that sued South Korean companies for patent infringement last year were non-practicing entities (NPE), or “pate...

Samsung C&T invests $7.5 mn in Canadian low-carbon concrete firm

Samsung C&T invests $7.5 mn in Canadian low-carbon concrete firm

South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has decided to invest $7.5 million (9.8 billion won) in CarbonCure Technologies I...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics joins global supply chain consortium RBA

Samsung Electro-Mechanics joins global supply chain consortium RBA

Samsung Electro-Mechanics, South Korean electronic components maker, has joined the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) and Drive+, two global conso...

KT expands healthcare business in Vietnam

KT expands healthcare business in Vietnam

South Korea’s telecom service provider KT Corp. has recently organized a collaborative seminar on digital health alongside Hanoi Medical Unive...

Korea chip exports to rebound in Oct; car, cell exports to stay firm

Korea chip exports to rebound in Oct; car, cell exports to stay firm

South Korea expected overseas sales of semiconductors, the country’s top export item, to rebound from October while the auto, secondary batter...

S.Korea’s SKC seeks to sell fine ceramic business for $307 mn

S.Korea’s SKC seeks to sell fine ceramic business for $307 mn

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, is seeking to sell its fine ceramic business for an estimated 400 billion won ($307 million) as the unit o...

Ad-tech unicorn Moloco’s endeavor to unlock potential continues

Ad-tech unicorn Moloco’s endeavor to unlock potential continues

SILICON VALLEY – Moloco Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ad-tech solution startup valued at more than $2 billion, is dreaming big to become a vers...

SKC acquires 45% stake in chip test firm ISC for $400 million

SKC acquires 45% stake in chip test firm ISC for $400 million

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials company, said on Friday it has acquired a 45% stake in semiconductor test equipment maker ISC Co., for 5...

POSCO Int'l to build 1.26 mn tons of green hydrogen infrastructure by 2035

POSCO Int'l to build 1.26 mn tons of green hydrogen infrastructure by 2035

South Korea's largest trading company POSCO International revealed on Friday its strategy to establish a green hydrogen supply infrastructure with...

LG Electronics sets up 1st global R&D center in Indonesia

LG Electronics sets up 1st global R&D center in Indonesia

South Korean home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. opened its first overseas research and development center in Indonesia on Thursday to accelera...

SGC Group slapped with over $7.7 mn fine for unfair internal trade

SGC Group slapped with over $7.7 mn fine for unfair internal trade

The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed a fine of more than 10 billion won ($7.7 million) on SGC Group companies for unfair internal transaction...

S.Korea’s contents export size surpasses home appliances, textiles

S.Korea’s contents export size surpasses home appliances, textiles

South Korea's contents export size recorded $13.3 billion last year, surpassing the export values of home appliances ($8 billion) and textile produc...

Ontario, S.Korea VC firm to establish $76 mn healthcare fund

Ontario, S.Korea VC firm to establish $76 mn healthcare fund

Canada's Ontario government has joined hands with a South Korean venture capital firm to establish a fund of 100 million Canadian dollars ($75.6 mil...

SK C&C to release Kospi-focused AI investment strategy service

SK C&C to release Kospi-focused AI investment strategy service

SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, will create an artificial intelligence (AI) inve...

Hanatour sees surge of package tourists in June

Hanatour sees surge of package tourists in June

South Korea’s top travel agency Hanatour Service Inc. saw a dramatic 661% increase in package tourists in June from the previous year, recordi...

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