Jeju Air ranked first in domestic routes last year

Jeju Air ranked first in domestic routes last year

Jeju Air Co. took first place with an 18.2% share of domestic routes in 2022 for the third straight year from 2020.The airline said on Monday that...

DSME puts welding collaborative robots into field

DSME puts welding collaborative robots into field

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) said on Monday that it developed a collaborative robot, or cobot, that welds pipes in the ...

SK Bioscience's shingles vaccine obtains product approval from Malaysia

SK Bioscience's shingles vaccine obtains product approval from Malaysia

SK Bioscience Co. said on Monday that its shingles vaccine Sky Zoster has been given approval by Malaysia's National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Age...

Samsung Engineering wins $1.3 bn order to build ethylene plant in Qatar

Samsung Engineering wins $1.3 bn order to build ethylene plant in Qatar

South Korea's Samsung Engineering Co. said on Jan. 9 it has signed a 1.6 trillion won ($1.3 billion) contract to build the world's largest ethylene ...

Korean startup Lemonbase attracts $5.6 mn Series A funding

Korean startup Lemonbase attracts $5.6 mn Series A funding

Lemonbase, a South Korean developer and operator of performance management software as a service (Saas), raised 7 billion won ($5.6 million) in Seri...

CJ CheilJedang to expand K-food production facilities overseas

CJ CheilJedang to expand K-food production facilities overseas

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is slated to increase food manufacturing facilities globally and launch businesses in Australia, Canada...

S.Korea's DLS incurring losses due to stock slump exceed $800 billion

S.Korea's DLS incurring losses due to stock slump exceed $800 billion

South Korea's derivatives-linked securities that entered the knock-in or loss period due to stock slumps at home and abroad exceeded 1 trillion won ...

PE firm VIG Partners takes over Korean low-cost carrier Eastar

PE firm VIG Partners takes over Korean low-cost carrier Eastar

South Korean private equity firm VIG Partners has acquired a 100% stake in low-cost carrier (LCC) Eastar Jet Co., the asset manager said on Jan. 6. ...

Fly Gangwon fails to pay salaries again due to financial woes

Fly Gangwon fails to pay salaries again due to financial woes

Fly Gangwon, a low-cost carrier based at Yangyang International Airport in Gangwon Province, South Korea, is in serious financial trouble. As its fi...

Air Busan launches new Busan-Clark flight

Air Busan launches new Busan-Clark flight

Air Busan Co. began operating its first new flight route this year between Busan and Clark, the Philippines, and started a new leap forward in earne...

Gmarket launches overseas hotel search service

Gmarket launches overseas hotel search service

Gmarket on Thursday say it will launch a customized search service for hotels abroad.Users can input hotel-related keywords into the Gmarket app's s...

Pan Ocean to transport energy products for Portugal's Galp

Pan Ocean to transport energy products for Portugal's Galp

Pan Ocean Co., the top bulk shipping company in South Korea, has received its first large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to provide shipp...

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...

Korean LCCs cancel China-bound flights due to COVID-19

Korean LCCs cancel China-bound flights due to COVID-19

Toughened COVID-19 testing requirements on Chinese travelers will likely dent hopes for South Korea's low-cost airlines to recover from three years ...

LG Uplus succeeds in linking open RAN standard equipment

LG Uplus succeeds in linking open RAN standard equipment

LG Uplus Corp. said on Tuesday that it has succeeded in linking open distributed unit (O-DU) and open RAN (radio access network) radio unit (O-RU) b...

LG Uplus to develop metaverse service for children with Witch Company

LG Uplus to develop metaverse service for children with Witch Company

South Korea's third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said on Friday that it will develop a web3 service for children to provide an immersive ex...

Korean shipbuilders outpace Chinese in LNG carrier orders

Korean shipbuilders outpace Chinese in LNG carrier orders

South Korea’s three biggest shipbuilders lost their world’s No. 1 title in ship orders for the second consecutive year but still proved ...

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...

T’way Air becomes first local budget carrier to fly Incheon to Sydney

T’way Air becomes first local budget carrier to fly Incheon to Sydney

T'way Air Co. launched a new flight route linking Incheon with Sydney, Australia, embarking into the long-haul flight sector.T'way said on Sunday ...

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...

Korea-China air flights set to rise with Beijing’s eased zero-COVID policy

Korea-China air flights set to rise with Beijing’s eased zero-COVID policy

Air flights between South Korea and China are set to rise significantly next year with the Chinese government issuing new guidelines easing its stri...

KSOE signs agreement with Omani company to build 2 LNG carriers

KSOE signs agreement with Omani company to build 2 LNG carriers

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., the shipbuilding holding company of the Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, said on Thursday that it ...

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