S.Korea, US advised to cooperate in advanced nuclear power plant
Amid declining exports of nuclear power plants from major countries like South Korea and the US, Russia and China have captured about 80% of the glo...
Merck to build biopharma raw material plant in Korea
Global pharmaceutical company Merck is considering a plan to establish a biopharmaceutical raw material production facility in Daejeon.South Korean ...
CJ CheilJedang launches Cuisine.K project
South Korea's largest food company CJ CheilJedang Corp., announced on Tuesday the launch of "Cuisine.K," a project aimed at discovering and nurturin...
Samsung foundry backlogs top $74.6 bn for logic chip biz goal
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 2 foundry player, has secured contract semiconductor manufacturing order backlogs of more than 100 tr...
SK Bioscience to invest $1.8 billion, seeks M&As for inorganic growth
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, plans to spend 2.4 trillion won ($1.8 billion) over the next five years and...
Doosan Enerbility secures place on US market for SMR
South Korea's heavy industry company Doosan Enerbility Co. on Thursday said it discussed on Tuesday cooperation in areas like hydrogen production us...
Korea’s GEPS to begin investing in global buyout, growth funds
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) is set to inject 100 billion won ($74.7 million) to make its first investments in gl...
S.Korean walking app Cashwalk debuts in Spain, Italy
Nudge Healthcare, a South Korean startup that operates the health management app Cashwalk, has added Italy and Spain to the list of overseas markets...
HYBE bets big on AI; to unveil generative AI project in May: Chairman Bang
HYBE Co. is set to wow the world again but this time with the much-hyped generative artificial intelligence technology as it plans to unveil an unpr...
S.Korea, UL Solutions sign agreement for supporting domestic startups
The South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on Thursday that it has signed a business agreement with global certification agency UL Sol...
In South Korea, innovation is subject to regulatory approval
In a country like South Korea with few natural resources to run its economy, innovations or brilliant business ideas are crucial to its survival.It ...
POSCO Future M to supply LG Energy Solution $22.6 bn worth of cathodes
POSCO Future M Co. on Wednesday signed a long-term contract with LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES) to supply 30.26 trillion won ($22.6 billion) worth o...
LGES to build pouch-type long-cell battery mother factory at $449 mn
LG Energy Solution Ltd. will add a new mother factory to its Ochang manufacturing complex, as part of its plan to turn the home manufacturing site i...
Upstage beats Amazon, Nvidia to rank first in global AI competition
South Korea’s artificial intelligence startup Upstage on Monday said it ranked first in four categories at the International Association for P...
POSCO Future M to inject $461 mn to bulk up cathode production
POSCO Future M Co., a unit of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Monday it has decided to invest 614.8 billion won ($460.5 millio...
POSCO Future M to issue $226 mn Korean green bonds
South Korea's battery component maker POSCO Future M Co. (formerly POSCO Chemical) announced on Friday that it will issue 300 billion won ($226 mill...
Another war in Russia: Hyundai, Kia versus Chinese carmakers
In Russia, which is in a state of war against Ukraine, there’s another war going on. This time, the war is between South Korea’s two lar...
LG Chairman to refine strategy for EV battery production
Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, visited a cathode plant on Monday to review supply chains for the batt...
Hyundai Mobis develops world’s first rollable vehicle display
Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth largest automotive components supplier, has developed a rollable vehicle display, the first of its kind i...
Hyundai, Kia surpass 100,000 global EV sales in Q1
Hyundai Motor Group's electric vehicle (EV) sales have exceeded 100,000 units in the first quarter of this year, driven by the strong sales of its f...
Korea’s homegrown OTT Watcha at crossroads amid dearth of cash
South Korea’s homegrown over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc. is struggling to raise funds as it faces an uphill battle to win over customer...
S.Korea, Boeing tie up for develop future advanced weapons
The Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) teams up with major US defense contractor Boeing to conduct research and development on...
S.Korean display companies look to expand business in India with Vedanta
South Korean display companies try to make breakthrough in new market by entering Indian market.The Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) announ...
LG Chem teams up with US company to expand bioplastic global business
LG Chem Ltd. has partnered with a US-based biofuel company Gevo to expand its bio-material-based plastic business.The company announced on Thursday ...
LG to unveil healthcare product; open to startup M&As
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is set to unveil its first digital healthcare product in the second half of this year, three years after it ...
S.Korea fines Google $32 mn for squashing local rival
South Korea’s antitrust body on Tuesday fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC and its regional arms 42.1 billion won ($32 million) for allege...
HD Hyundai Infracore targets Middle East and African markets with new brand Develon
HD Hyundai Infracore (formerly Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co.), a South Korean construction equipment maker, has ventured into the Middle East and Afr...
Samsung Display poised to supply OLED panels to Ferrari
Samsung Display Co. of South Korea is set to supply Ferrari S.p.A. with its automotive organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels, accelerating its ...
POSCO Future M, Sungkyunkwan Univ. develop talent for battery materials
South Korea's battery component maker POSCO Future M, formerly POSCO Chemical, said on Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with Sungkyun...
Korea’s debt-ridden public companies selling off overseas coal mines
South Korea’s debt-ridden public enterprises are selling off their stakes in overseas coal mines to improve their financial status and stay in...
