LG Elec., Uplus team up to expand service robot business
South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. and mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. will join forces to expand their service robot busine...
Samsung Elec to supply 5G telecom equipment to Comcast
Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s tech behemoth, agreed to supply 5G telecommunication equipment to US media giant Comcast Corp.Samsung s...
Korean warehouse project financing on brink of debt crisis
Warehouse development projects in South Korea, which boomed amid COVID-19, are facing challenges such as suspension of construction projects and ban...
LG's 5G backup system installed in AWS cloud platform
LG Uplus Corp., a South Korean internet service provider, said on Tuesday that it has installed its 5G mobile backup network system in the cloud com...
SK Broadband develops green, efficient network technology
South Korea's internet service provider SK Broadband Co. has developed optical communications technology that simultaneously provides differing degr...
Korea unveils autonomous driving, commercial drone service roadmap
South Korea aims to launch advanced autonomous driving, commercial drone and other urban air mobility services by 2025, as the country strives to be...
Kakao Mobility, Hyundai to launch pilot robotaxi service by year-end
Kakao Mobility Corp., which runs South Korea’s most popular taxi-hailing app, and top Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. have agreed to launch...
CJ OliveNetworks to expand fandom platform services
CJ OliveNetworks Co., a South Korean digital software developer, has joined hands with bemyfriends, a startup specializing in the global K-pop fando...
LG Group revs up EV charging businesses to lead burgeoning sector
LG Group affiliates, notably LG Electronics Inc. and LG Uplus Corp., are entering the electric vehicle (EV) charging business in full force. In...
Hancom to focus on cloud computing and AI services
South Korea’s homegrown software giant Hangul and Computer Group, also known as Hancom Inc. Group, is slated to transform itself into a cloud ...
MBK’s talks to buy S.Korean education platform falter
MBK Partners’ talks to buy a controlling stake in South Korea’s MegaStudyEdu Co. have collapsed, the company said on Friday, a deal esti...
South Korea’s tech giants bolster short-form video content services
South Korea’s tech behemoth Naver Corp. is poised to strengthen its short-form content service on surging demand for video content that is les...
S.Korea mulls public survey to decide on BTS' military service exemption
The issue of allowing K-pop megaband BTS to fulfill alternative service to active military duty resurfaced again on Thursday, with government offici...
Korean teens prefer TikTok over KakaoTalk, says survey
South Korean teens appear to prefer to do their social networking on TikTok over KakaoTalk, as short-form videos surge in popularity worldwide. ...
Lotte to support Korean SMEs via exhibitions in Berlin, New York
Lotte Group, South Korea’s fifth-largest conglomerate, is set to boost the global sales channels of some 200 Korean small and medium-sized ent...
Korea targets Tesla, imported EVs with new subsidy policy
South Korea is planning to set up a new subsidy policy for electric vehicle purchases, which will be commensurate to the EV makers’ after-sale...
LG, KT join forces to launch next-generation service robots
South Korea’s leading telecommunications company KT Corp. has partnered with LG Electronics Inc. to develop and launch next-generation custome...
Korean e-scooter platforms diversify to survive
South Korean shared electric scooter platforms are taking over their smaller rivals or entering new markets as beefed-up safety guidelines on two-wh...
Kakao to bolster open chat, ad services for growth
South Korea’s leading online platform operator Kakao Corp. on Thursday unveiled plans to bolster its open chat and advertising businesses to a...
DeFi platform Neopin unveils plan for Web 3.0, NFT, multichain services
Blockchain firm Neopin announced its strategy to strengthen its foothold in the global DeFi Market on Thursday with four keywords: Web 3.0, multicha...
SK Telecom launches NFT marketplace open beta service
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. launched an open beta service of its non-fungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace TopPort as the com...
Popular app operators in South Korea race to create super apps
App operators in South Korea are in stiff competition to create super apps – as clear winners have emerged in different business sectors.The d...
Seoul leans toward alternative military service for BTS
South Korea is leaning toward allowing the K-pop boy band BTS to fulfill alternative service instead of active military duty, the country’s mi...
LX Pantos mulls Air Premia acquisition to facilitate global logistics service
LX Pantos Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s LX Group, is looking to acquire a controlling stake in local budget carrier Air Premia Co.,...
Hyundai Motor to buy Korean self-driving startup 42dot
South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Group is set to purchase autonomous driving startup 42dot, intensifying the automaker’s competi...
KT ups ante with $1.5 billion spending on public sector cloud service
KT Cloud Corp., a unit of South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp., plans to spend up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) over the next three years t...
Korean Air, its white knight Naver close ranks in digital partnership
South Korea’s national flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. and online platform giant Naver Corp. are expanding their business cooperation in dig...
SK, Naver to launch cloud services for Korean public institutions
South Korea’s leading cloud computing and software services providers are slated to join forces to launch a service for smart working in Korea...
LG stands out among conglomerates in race to strengthen robotics arms
South Korean conglomerates are rushing to nurture their robotics businesses, encouraged by surging demand for robots in the service industry.LG Elec...
Disney+ to run two BTS shows in HYBE's 1st global content collaboration
HYBE Co., the K-pop label best known for BTS, signed an agreement with Walt Disney Company in its first collaboration with an international content ...
