LG Uplus, Hyundai Motor Group in connected car service deal

LG Uplus, Hyundai Motor Group in connected car service deal

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, will supply exclusive wireless communications services to Hyundai Motor Group for ...

Delivery startup VtoV raises $7.2 million from Series A round 

Delivery startup VtoV raises $7.2 million from Series A round 

South Korean logistics startup VtoV, the operator of optimized delivery service To-Day, raised 9.5 billion won ($7.2 million) from a Series A round....

SK Tel aims for $723 mn in subscription service transaction volume

SK Tel aims for $723 mn in subscription service transaction volume

SK Telecom Co. plans to reach 1 trillion won ($723 million) in transaction volume for subscription services such as its new T Universe. The Sou...

Korean PE firms struggle with fundraising on illiquidity

Korean PE firms struggle with fundraising on illiquidity

South Korean private equity (PE) firms are having trouble fundraising as institutional investors' capital for new investment is drying up amid inter...

Korea's SKT aims for $32 bn in corporate value via AI tech by 2026

Korea's SKT aims for $32 bn in corporate value via AI tech by 2026

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. is aiming to quadruple its corporate value, currently around 11 trillion won ($7.9 billion), b...

Korean Air to introduce new planes, spend $1.7 bn on safety

Korean Air to introduce new planes, spend $1.7 bn on safety

Korean Air Lines Co., the country’s flag carrier, plans to bring in new airplanes and spend $1.7 billion on safety measures after a recent spa...

Coupang launches ultra-fast Rocket Delivery service in Taiwan

Coupang launches ultra-fast Rocket Delivery service in Taiwan

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s answer to global e-commerce giant Amazon.com, said on Wednesday it has launched its ultra-fast delivery service in...

NPS considers new investment in global real estate

NPS considers new investment in global real estate

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is open to new investments in overseas real estate, the pension fund’s American real estate...

Teachers' Pension continues focus on global residential, logistics

Teachers' Pension continues focus on global residential, logistics

South Korea’s Teachers’ Pension (TP) will continue its focus on residential and logistics in global real estate investments next year, t...

Korea’s FTC to toughen reviews on platform sector M&As

Korea’s FTC to toughen reviews on platform sector M&As

South Korea’s antitrust body is set to strengthen reviews on acquisitions for different businesses in the platform industry to resolve the pro...

NPS emerges as savior of Korea’s ailing won currency

NPS emerges as savior of Korea’s ailing won currency

The South Korean state-run National Pension Service (NPS) has been spotted selling dollars for won, supporting the ailing local unit, as the world&r...

K-pop megaband BTS to serve military duty, agency says

K-pop megaband BTS to serve military duty, agency says

Members of K-pop boy band BTS will fulfill South Korea’s national military duty, starting with its oldest member Jin, their agency HYBE Co. an...

Korean Presbyterian pension to tap GPs for alternative assets, equity

Korean Presbyterian pension to tap GPs for alternative assets, equity

Pension Foundation of Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK Pension), a South Korean retirement plan for pastors and churches, is poised to hire several...

AI-powered translation startups tackle niche marketplaces

AI-powered translation startups tackle niche marketplaces

Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven translation has been dominated by big tech.Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC is the global leader while Naver Cor...

NHN Cloud to raise $141 mn from stock issuance

NHN Cloud to raise $141 mn from stock issuance

South Korea’s cloud service provider NHN Cloud Corp. is eyeing 1.1 trillion won ($776 million) corporate value via a new stock issuance, marki...

LG Energy to launch battery swapping services

LG Energy to launch battery swapping services

LG Energy Solution Ltd., a South Korean rechargeable battery maker, has launched two in-house ventures to enter the battery swapping and energy aggr...

Deep learning SaaS provider Z.Ai wins at D.Camp pitch competition

Deep learning SaaS provider Z.Ai wins at D.Camp pitch competition

Deep learning-based Software as a Service (SaaS) provider Z.Ai Inc. won the September pitch competition hosted by Seoul-based startup accelerator D....

Kakao to challenge Naver, Apple for offline payment services

Kakao to challenge Naver, Apple for offline payment services

South Korea’s largest mobile payment app KakaoPay has bought a stake in the country’s No. 1 electronic payment system provider, accordin...

LG Elec., Uplus team up to expand service robot business

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 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

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...

Was South Korea’s FX intervention too late?

Was South Korea’s FX intervention too late?

The South Korean won on Sept. 14 opened 1.4% lower in the domestic currency session after shocking US inflation data rattled global financial market...

LG's 5G backup system installed in AWS cloud platform

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

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

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, 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 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 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...

CalSTRS, Korea's KTCU consider launching 2nd real estate JV

CalSTRS, Korea's KTCU consider launching 2nd real estate JV

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), a retirement fund for South Korean teachers and employees, and the California State Teachers' Retire...

Hancom to focus on cloud computing and AI services

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 ...

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