KSOE joins race to buy marine engine maker STX Heavy Industries

KSOE joins race to buy marine engine maker STX Heavy Industries

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has joined the race to acquire South Korean marine engine and equipment maker STX Heavy Ind...

Korean startup Epikar succeeds in attracting series A investment

Korean startup Epikar succeeds in attracting series A investment

Epikar, a car retail digital conversion solution company, said on Thursday that it has succeeded in attracting Series A investment from a number of ...

GC Biopharma confirms safety of flu vaccine in phase 1 trial

GC Biopharma confirms safety of flu vaccine in phase 1 trial

South Korea's leading pharmaceutical company GC Biopharma Corp. said on Thursday that it has confirmed the safety and immunogenicity of the patch-ty...

LG Uplus to debut university-specific metaverse platforms early next year

LG Uplus to debut university-specific metaverse platforms early next year

South Korea's mobile telecom operator LG Uplus said on Thursday that it would introduce a specialized metaverse platform for which all universities ...

Hyundai CE to support low-interest installment financing for customers

Hyundai CE to support low-interest installment financing for customers

South Korea's Hyundai Construction Equipment Co. Ltd. has joined hands with Hyundai Commercial, a company specializing in industrial and corporate f...

LG Uplus ramps up user experiences, platforms, metaverse

LG Uplus ramps up user experiences, platforms, metaverse

LG Uplus Corp., the third-largest mobile carrier in South Korea, is improving its user experiences as well as accelerating new businesses such as pl...

S.Korea's Bespin Global, Daewoo E&C sign smart city deal with Aussie company

S.Korea's Bespin Global, Daewoo E&C sign smart city deal with Aussie company

South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global on Wednesday said its subsidiary Bespin Global Vietnam formed a strategic partnership with Daew...

SK Biopharm begins clinical trials of wearable device for detecting epilepsy

SK Biopharm begins clinical trials of wearable device for detecting epilepsy

SK Group's new drug development subsidiary SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. will begin clinical trials for a wearable device that can detect and predict ep...

LG Electronics, Corning join hands to develop curved glass for vehicles

LG Electronics, Corning join hands to develop curved glass for vehicles

LG Electronics and Corning said Wednesday that they have agreed to jointly develop a glass solution for curved displays for vehicles.The two compani...

Daewoong submits new drug applications for Fexuclue in 10 countries

Daewoong submits new drug applications for Fexuclue in 10 countries

South Korea's leading drug company Daewoong Pharmaceutical is accelerating its global expansion efforts for its 34th domestically developed drug Fex...

Hyundai Electric joins hands with GE to enter offshore wind power business

Hyundai Electric joins hands with GE to enter offshore wind power business

Hyundai Electric will advance into the offshore wind power market jointly with GE Renewable Energy.Hyundai Electric, an electric systems spinoff fro...

S. Korea's SillaJen launches clinical trials in US for new anti-cancer drug

S. Korea's SillaJen launches clinical trials in US for new anti-cancer drug

South Korean biotech company Sillajen Inc. has started recruiting patients for Phase 1 clinical trials in the US for an anti-cancer drug from a Swis...

CJ ENM to provide K-content on free platforms Tubi, Roku

CJ ENM to provide K-content on free platforms Tubi, Roku

South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM Co. is linking up with major free streaming services in North America to expand accessibility for global fan...

Korean startup Mathpresso completes $59 mn Series C investment

Korean startup Mathpresso completes $59 mn Series C investment

Mathpresso, the company that operates the artificial intelligence (AI)-based learning platform Qanda, said on Tuesday that it has completed Series C...

Naver Webtoon, digital comics case for global MBA study

Naver Webtoon, digital comics case for global MBA study

Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, is set to be a textbook case study for global students as a prominent business sc...

S.Korea's startup Bunker Kids raises $1.5 million in Series A funding

S.Korea's startup Bunker Kids raises $1.5 million in Series A funding

South Korea's tech start-up Bunker Kids announced on Tuesday that it raised 2 billion won ($1.5 million) through Series A investment from Korean ven...

LX International wins conditional approval to acquire HanGlas

LX International wins conditional approval to acquire HanGlas

The Korean Fair Trade Commission said on Monday that it had conditionally approved LX International Corp.'s bid to acquire Hankuk Glass Industries (...

Hyundai Electric to supply ESS worth $160 mn to KEPCO's substation

Hyundai Electric to supply ESS worth $160 mn to KEPCO's substation

Hyundai Electric, an electric systems spinoff from South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., said on Tuesday that it will supply...

Hyundai Doosan Infracore to supply engines for K2 tanks bound for Poland

Hyundai Doosan Infracore to supply engines for K2 tanks bound for Poland

Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co., a South Korean construction equipment company, said on Tuesday it has signed a 180 billion won ($138 million) contract...

Bionote slashs IPO price to 9,000 won, 50% lower than previous valuation

Bionote slashs IPO price to 9,000 won, 50% lower than previous valuation

Everybody is aware that investment fever on biotech firms has already cooled due to rising interest rates and concerns over the fizzling economy, an...

Lotte Aluminum signs $795 mn contract for cathode foil raw materials

Lotte Aluminum signs $795 mn contract for cathode foil raw materials

Lotte Aluminum, a manufacturer of cathode foils for secondary batteries in South Korea, announced on Monday that it has signed a long-term purchase ...

Pulmuone to supply food ingredients to 18 US universities

Pulmuone to supply food ingredients to 18 US universities

Pulmuone USA, a US unit of South Korea's Pulmuone, said on Tuesday that it has entered into contractual relations with 18 US universities on both co...

LG Chem confirms diabetes drug Zemidapa's efficacy in phase 3 trials

LG Chem confirms diabetes drug Zemidapa's efficacy in phase 3 trials

LG Chem Ltd. announced in a disclosure on Monday that it had confirmed superior efficacy in phase 3 clinical trials for the combined administration ...

EV charging service firm Scalardata attracts 3 bn won from GS Energy

EV charging  service firm Scalardata attracts 3 bn won from GS Energy

Scalardata, a South Korean start-up running an electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure integration platform "evmodu.kr," announced on Monday t...

S.Korea's Bespin Global secures $107 mn from Middle East

S.Korea's Bespin Global secures $107 mn from Middle East

South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global said on Monday that it has secured 140 billion won ($107 million) in investment from e& Ent...

Hyundai Transys holds consultations for partners to help them move overseas

Hyundai Transys holds consultations for partners to help them move overseas

South Korea's auto powertrain maker Hyundai Transys said on Monday that a total of 23 suppliers received its video consultation assistance for eight...

S.Korea's Shinsegae Int'l secures domestic sales rights of Laura Mercier

S.Korea's Shinsegae Int'l secures domestic sales rights of Laura Mercier

South Korea's major retailer Shinsegae International said on Monday that it would acquire the exclusive domestic sales rights of Laura Mercier, a Fr...

SK Energy buys stake in subscription car wash service

SK Energy buys stake in subscription car wash service

South Korea is seeing growth in the variety of services for the rising number of eco-friendly electric vehicles (EVs) on the nation's roads.Industry...

S.Korean Proteina gets offers from global pharmaceutical companies

S.Korean Proteina gets offers from global pharmaceutical companies

Global pharmaceutical companies are expressing keen interest in the South Korean diagnostics company Proteina. Unlike companies that search for sp...

LG Uplus holds in-house hackathon to secure platform technology

LG Uplus holds in-house hackathon to secure platform technology

LG Uplus Corps. said on Sunday that it held a hackathon called "Hackstival" to compete for development skills of in-house software developers.The co...

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