LG Uplus announces official start of original content production

LG Uplus announces official start of original content production

LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday that it would officially kickstart producing original content, following its pilot program about desserts relea...

Naver’s Japan-focused B2B unit swings to profit

Naver’s Japan-focused B2B unit swings to profit

Naver Corp.’s business-to-business (B2B) services provider Works Mobile Co. posted its first-ever profit in 2022, driven by a surge in Japanes...

WeMade signs partnership with Chinese digital asset exchange

WeMade signs partnership with Chinese digital asset exchange

WeMade said on Wednesday that it would sign a non-fungible token (NFT) partnership with Zhongchuanyuezhong Cultural Development Co. which operates a...

K-defense sector to reach annual export of $16 bn for two consecutive years

K-defense sector to reach annual export of $16 bn for two consecutive years

The South Korean defense market is forecast to sign export contracts worth more than 20 trillion won (15.7 billion) combined this year on the back o...

SFA signs display equipment deal with China's Tianma Microelectronics

SFA signs display equipment deal with China's Tianma Microelectronics

SFA Engineering Corp., South Korea's largest manufacturer of display manufacturing equipment, on Wednesday said it landed an order worth 142.1 billi...

Seoul Viosys receives CES Display Innovation Award

Seoul Viosys receives CES Display Innovation Award

Seoul Viosys Co. said on Tuesday that it received the Innovation Award in the display category for a component called "WICOP pixel" at CES 2023, the...

KCC ramps up glass wool production capacity

KCC ramps up glass wool production capacity

KCC Corp., a global applied materials chemical company, is accelerating its foray into the inorganic insulation material-based glass wool market.The...

LIG Nex1 signs contract for next-gen military radio system

LIG Nex1 signs contract for next-gen military radio system

LIG Nex1 Co. said on Thursday it has signed a contract worth 80 billion won ($63.1 million) with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration for ...

Hankook Tire supplies tires to Nissan's new X-Trail SUV

Hankook Tire supplies tires to Nissan's new X-Trail SUV

Hankook Tire & Technology said on Tuesday it would supply its ultra-high-performance sports tire Ventus S1 evo3 SUV to Nissan's fourth-generatio...

Korea auto output to increase slightly in 2023: research

Korea auto output to increase slightly in 2023: research

Domestic automobile output next year is forecast to increase 1.4% over this year to 3.7 million units.The Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association...

SKC to showcase innovative chip, battery materials at CES 2023

SKC to showcase innovative chip, battery materials at CES 2023

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials maker, will showcase innovative materials for rechargeable batteries and semiconductors at CES 2023, the...

Samsung Heavy Industries lands $1.5 bn deal for offshore plant order

Samsung Heavy Industries lands $1.5 bn deal for offshore plant order

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has bagged a $1.5 billion order to build an offshore plant from an Asian shipper, the company reve...

Hanwha E&C, Panasia sign joint hydrogen production agreement

Hanwha E&C, Panasia sign joint hydrogen production agreement

The construction division of Hanwha Corp. said on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement to produce hydrogen based on biogas with Panasia, an eco...

Hyundai Heavy develops new chemical-resistant paint for PC carriers

Hyundai Heavy develops new chemical-resistant paint for PC carriers

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group said Wednesday that it has developed a paint product for petrochemical product (PC) carriers with significantly impro...

SK E&S builds world's largest production base for blue hydrogen

SK E&S builds world's largest production base for blue hydrogen

South Korea's SK E&S has accelerated a blue hydrogen project in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, in what will be the world's largest comple...

Hanwha Systems to build network to share land, sea, air target info

Hanwha Systems to build network to share land, sea, air target info

South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. will start domestic research and development of new tactical data links used by member countries of the North Atlan...

Hyundai Motor Group sweeps eight Kelley Blue Book Awards

Hyundai Motor Group sweeps eight Kelley Blue Book Awards

Hyundai Motor Group won eight awards out of 19 categories in this year's Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards, the most of any global auto group.Kia Cor...

SK Group to display eco-friendly tech at next month's CES

SK Group to display eco-friendly tech at next month's CES

South Korea's SK Group next month will display an extended range of carbon-reducing products and technologies at CES 2023, the world's largest exhib...

AI medical startup Arpi wins Pre D.Day X SNU Medicine event

AI medical startup Arpi wins Pre D.Day X SNU Medicine event

South Korean startup accelerator D.Camp hosted this year’s last demo day on Saturday in collaboration with Seoul National University’s C...

Seegene's COVID-19 diagnostic product wins Product of the Year Award

Seegene's COVID-19 diagnostic product wins Product of the Year Award

Seegene Inc. said on Friday that its COVID-19 diagnostic product Allplex SARS-CoV-2 Assay received the Product of the Year Award at the BioSpectrum ...

KCC's paint selected as World-Class Product for 14 consecutive years

KCC's paint selected as World-Class Product for 14 consecutive years

South Korea's leading chemical and auto parts supplier KCC Corp. said on Thursday that its anti-rust and anti-fouling paints for ships and ceramics ...

SK C&C to automate production process of SKC's US subsidiary

SK C&C to automate production process of SKC's US subsidiary

SK C&C announced on Wednesday that it will start a project to install a full-process automation system based on its smart factory platform I-FAC...

CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services

CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services

South Korea’s CJ Logistics Corp. is ramping up its cross-border e-commerce (CBE) businesses as its local rival Coupang Inc. is increasing domi...

LG Energy-GM JV secures $2.5 bn loan from US for EV battery production

LG Energy-GM JV secures $2.5 bn loan from US for EV battery production

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Wednesday its joint venture with General Motors Co. has attracted $2.5 billion via a loan...

S.Korea sends dairy cows, livestock genetic resources to Nepal

S.Korea sends dairy cows, livestock genetic resources to Nepal

The South Korean government is donating dairy cows and genetic resources for cattle to Nepal.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on ...

Hankook Tire ESG Report wins gold prize in LACP 2022 Spotlight Awards

Hankook Tire ESG Report wins gold prize in LACP 2022 Spotlight Awards

The ESG Report of Hankook Tire & Technology won the gold prize in the 2022 Spotlight Awards hosted by the League of American Communications Prof...

Cosmax NBT develops hangover cure ingredient

Cosmax NBT develops hangover cure ingredient

Cosmax NBT, Inc., Korea's functional health food maker affiliated with the same-name original cosmetics design manufacturer, said on Tuesday that it...

Korean Air signs agreement with L3Harris for airborne control system

Korean Air signs agreement with L3Harris for airborne control system

Korean Air Lines Co. is collaborating with L3Harris International, an American aerospace contractor, to introduce the airborne control system for th...

LG Chem unveils eco-friendly bioplastic, supplies to US toy firm Mattel

LG Chem unveils eco-friendly bioplastic, supplies to US toy firm Mattel

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, has unveiled a new eco-friendly high-performance bioplastic and supplied it to Mattel Inc...

Korea's foreign exchange reserves last month see first rise in 4 months

Korea's foreign exchange reserves last month see first rise in 4 months

Korea last month saw its first rise in foreign exchange reserves in four months amid monetary authorities selling the greenback to avert a sharp dep...

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