The Swing buys van-hailing service Tada for $19 mn

South Korea's personal mobility platform company The Swing Co. has acquired the management rights of the van-hailing service Tada.Negotiations betwe...

LG Energy Solution to expands BaaS with Mintech

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. partners with Mintech Co., a battery diagnostic solution provider, to expand its Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) b...

KT to cooperate with Mongolian gov't on DX techs

South Korea's telecom service provider KT Corp. disclosed on Monday its plans to collaborate with the Mongolian government to usher in a digital tra...

Catchtable raises $24 mn in Series D funding

South Korean startup WAD, the operator of a restaurant reservation service platform, has recently raised 30 billion won($24 million) in a Series D f...

Naver Webtoon starts fortunetelling, personality test services

South Korea's Naver Webtoon has launched a service combining its content with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a US test of personality type,...

HD Hyundai Infracore uses AR to service Develon construction equipment

South Korea's construction equipment and engine maker HD Hyundai Infracore Co. on Wednesday said its new augmented reality (AR) guidance app easily ...

Korea’s NPS bets on more local semiconductor stocks in Q2

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund with 975.6 trillion won ($754.2 billion) in assets under...

Hanwha Systems pursues space internet service

South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. on Tuesday announced completion of its registration the day before as a facility-based communications operator with...

LG Electronics to offer energy-saving services in US

South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. is set to bring its auto demand response (DR) service to the US, utilizing its smart home platform, LG ThinQ, the ...

Hyundai Engineering to enter EV charging maintenance, service market

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of Hyundai Motor Group, unveiled its ambitious plans on Mon...

AI startup Liner adds GPT service to Samsung Internet Browser

South Korea’s Liner, an artificial intelligence search platform startup, on Thursday announced the release of Liner Copilot, an extension for ...

Kakao Entertainment launches AI brand Helix

South Korea's Kakao Entertainment on Thursday launched the artificial intelligence (AI) brand Helix, with its first service Helix Push recommending ...

NPS buys more Hyosung Heavy Industries, LS Electric shares in Q2

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea increased investments in local machinery, shipbuilding and semiconductor stocks in the second quarter ...

Kakao Pay launches ATM service in Japan, Vietnam, Laos

South Korea’s Kakao Pay Corp. on Wednesday said it started an overseas withdrawal service at automatic teller machines (ATM) in partnership wi...

S.Korea's Wrtn integrates Google's latest LLM PaLM 2

South Korean generative AI startup Wrtn Technologies announced on Tuesday that it has integrated Google's latest PaLM 2 non-English language model i...

SK C&C to release Kospi-focused AI investment strategy service

SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, will create an artificial intelligence (AI) inve...

Kia to begin EV battery subscription service pilot project

South Korea's Kia Corp. said on Tuesday it has partnered with Hyundai Capital Services, Shinhan EZ General Insurance, the Seoul Taxi Association, Ha...

NPS taps Macquarie, IMM, Hahn & Co. as private equity managers

The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, said on Friday it has hired Macquarie Asset Managem...

SK Telecom adds ChatGPT-based services to A Dot

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Friday that it has completely revamped the user experience (UX) and added ChatT, based on ChatGPT, to allo...

Genie Music launches AI-based arrangement service

Genie Music, the music production and distribution affiliate of South Korea’s KT Corp., has launched an arrangement service for digital music ...

Samsung on smooth track to 1.4 nm foundry tech to take on TSMC

SILICON VALLEY  – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, on Tuesday unveiled details of its advanced proces...

HMM opens Indian-Mediterranean container route

South Korea’s HMM Co. has opened a container route to India and the Mediterranean.  In addition to serving the US and Europe, the conta...

Woori Bank to start legal, accounting advisory for firms entering Vietnam

South Korea's Woori Bank on Monday announced the opening of its comprehensive advisory service line for foreign direct investment (FDI) designed for...

Hyundai Motor, Kia surpass 10mn global connected car subscribers

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Monday that the global number of subscribers to the connected car services of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp, first...

Seoul preps to launch ferry service for tourists, commuters

The city of Seoul plans to launch a ferry service in 2024 as authorities in the South Korean capital vie to draw more foreign tourists and ease comm...

Kakao Healthcare ties up with Dexcom for global diabetes biz

South Korea’s Kakao Healthcare Corp. has taken a step forward to expand its business into the global market by collaborating with US medical d...

S.Korean MMORPG 'Lost Ark' to launch in Chinese market

"Lost Ark," the popular South Korean MMORPG developed by Smilegate RPG, is set to make its debut in the Chinese gaming market next month. Tencent Ga...

NH Property & Casualty Insurance inks MOU with Vietnam's PVI

South Korea's NH Property and Casualty Insurance announced on Wednesday its new comprehensive business cooperation agreement (MOU) with PVI Insuranc...

Tmap Mobility to launch EV charging delivery service

South Korean navigation app company Tmap Mobility announced on Tuesday that it will launch a mobile electric vehicle (EV) charging delivery service ...

Shopping without passport at S.Korea’s Lotte Duty Free

With a smartphone, you can now shop at duty-free shops in Seoul without a passport.Lotte Duty Free announced on Tuesday that it has introduced the i...