LG Elec targets indoor golf market with its ProBeam projector

LG Elec targets indoor golf market with its ProBeam projector

LG Electronics Inc. is targeting the overseas indoor golf market with its premium commercial projector LG ProBeam.The company said on Thursday that ...

S.Korean companies in renewed push for Kosdaq listings

S.Korean companies in renewed push for Kosdaq listings

South Korean companies are making renewed pushes to go public this year even at the expense of reduced IPO values.Zaram Technology Inc., a chip desi...

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...

Kolmar Korea to establish new cosmetics production base in Sejong City

Kolmar Korea to establish new cosmetics production base in Sejong City

South Korea's cosmetic original design manufacturer Kolmar Korea said Wednesday that it would establish a cosmetics production base equipped with ar...

SK Hynix unveils industry’s fastest mobile DRAM chip LPDDR5T

SK Hynix unveils industry’s fastest mobile DRAM chip LPDDR5T

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it has developed the world’s fastest mobile DRAM chip and ...

S.Korean stock issuance volume declines 24% in 2022

S.Korean stock issuance volume declines 24% in 2022

The volume of stock issuance in South Korea declined sharply last year due to the softening stock market. Amid rising interest rates, the amount of ...

Hyundai, Kia vow to crack Japan-dominated SE Asian market with EVs

Hyundai, Kia vow to crack Japan-dominated SE Asian market with EVs

For more than four decades, Japanese automakers, led by Toyota Motor Corp., have reigned as undisputed champions in the Southeast Asian auto marke...

Kakao Pay and Hanwha Aerospace likely to be added to MSCI Korea Index

Kakao Pay and Hanwha Aerospace likely to be added to MSCI Korea Index

South Korea's Kakao Pay Corp. and Hanwha Aerospace Co. next month are expected to get newly incorporated into the MSCI Korean Index, which measures ...

HK inno.N's K-CAB to get insurance benefits in China

HK inno.N's K-CAB to get insurance benefits in China

South Korea’s 30th novel medicine K-CAB Tab (active ingredient: tegoprazan), a gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) treatment of HK inno.N, ...

S.Korea's Paris Baguette opens first outlet in Malaysia

S.Korea's Paris Baguette opens first outlet in Malaysia

To SPC Group, which hopes to tide over difficulties in the domestic market facing sagging growth potential and troubles caused by a series of safety...

Samsung Heavy, MISC to jointly develop floating CO2 storage units

Samsung Heavy, MISC to jointly develop floating CO2 storage units

South Korea's major shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries said on Thursday that it has signed an agreement with MISC Berhad, a Malaysian offshore ene...

KAI signs agreement with Northrop Grumman to develop UAVs

KAI signs agreement with Northrop Grumman to develop UAVs

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) said on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) in relation to "technical cooperation on verti...

Cosmax to make inroads into Japanese market in earnest

Cosmax to make inroads into Japanese market in earnest

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's cosmetics original design manufacturing (ODM) company, said on Thursday that it would start targeting the Japanese market...

SK E&S moves into EV charging market

SK E&S moves into EV charging market

South Korea's liquefied petroleum gas supplier SK E&S said on Wednesday that its subsidiary Parking Cloud will begin electric vehicle charging s...

BC Card eyes Central Asian payment market entry this year

BC Card eyes Central Asian payment market entry this year

South Korea's financial services company BC Card said on Wednesday that it would seek to enter the Central Asian market this year on the back of its...

Kolon, Hyosung to give up control over nylon material maker Capro

 Kolon, Hyosung to give up control over nylon material maker Capro

South Korea’s Hyosung Group and its longtime rival Kolon Group in the fiber, textile and petrochemical businesses are poised to give up their ...

CMG Pharma acquires animal nutrition company ING Medix

CMG Pharma acquires animal nutrition company ING Medix

CMG Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of South Korea's CHA Biotech, said on Monday that it is moving into the pet nutrition supplement market by acquirin...

Kookmin Bank launches foreign currency trading platform KB Star FX

Kookmin Bank launches foreign currency trading platform KB Star FX

South Korea's largest lender Kookmin Bank on Monday launched its new contactless platform for foreign exchange transactions dubbed KB Star FX.The on...

Ssangyong Motor takes part in Brussels Motor Show

Ssangyong Motor takes part in Brussels Motor Show

Ssangyong Motor Co. said on Monday that it would participate in the 2023 European Motor Show Brussels and begin to move into the European market in ...

UAE’s sovereign funds to invest $30 billion in South Korea

UAE’s sovereign funds to invest $30 billion in South Korea

ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates will invest $30 billion in South Korea across strategic sectors, including the nuclear power, defense, hy...

Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis set for February IPO

Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis set for February IPO

South Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp. aims to raise up to $166 million through a listing next month, becoming the country’s first...

Kookmin Card acquires Cambodian leasing firm at $5.2 mn

Kookmin Card acquires Cambodian leasing firm at $5.2 mn

KB Kookmin Card, a credit card unit of KB Financial Group, and its Cambodian local subsidiary KB Daehan Specialized Bank, acquired the Southeast Asi...

S.Korea to extend trading hours of local forex market

S.Korea to extend trading hours of local forex market

South Korea will extend the trading hours for the local foreign exchange market to attract overseas investors and improve the trading system so that...

LG Innotek eyes top spot in FC-BGA substrate market

LG Innotek eyes top spot in FC-BGA substrate market

South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. will boost the production of its flip chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) packages, or high-density package substrates,...

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 ...

Samsung, SK Hynix to benefit from Intel’s Sapphire Rapids CPU

Samsung, SK Hynix to benefit from Intel’s Sapphire Rapids CPU

The much-awaited launch of Intel Corp.’s latest processors dubbed Sapphire Rapids is a boon for leading memory chipmakers such as Samsung Elec...

Samsung Biologics receives Terra Carta Seal

Samsung Biologics receives Terra Carta Seal

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, said on Wednesday it was awarded the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Ter...

Celltrion Healthcare lands biosimilar deal in Brazil for 2nd straight year

Celltrion Healthcare lands biosimilar deal in Brazil for 2nd straight year

South Korea's Celltrion Healthcare Co. on Tuesday said that for the second straight year, it landed an order for infliximab, an antibody used to tre...

POSCO to enter palm oil refining market in Indonesia

POSCO to enter palm oil refining market in Indonesia

POSCO International Co., a trading arm of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Co., will build a palm oil refining plant in Indonesia to foray into...

Korea’s secondhand car market cools amid elevated interest rates

Korea’s secondhand car market cools amid elevated interest rates

South Korea’s secondhand car market is cooling rapidly as both dealers and buyers are reeling from elevated interest rates, which also bode il...

Hanwha Systems to compete with LIG Nex1 for Korean version of Iron Dome NH, KB Securities, Kookmin Bank, Kim & Chang lead capital markets in H1 From G-Dragon to Ibuki: Dongmyo emerges as global fashion hotspot Hyundai helps Korean economy most with $265 bn contribution South Korea issues €1.4 billion in largest-ever euro bond sale