Kia holds exhibition reflecting on 80-year-history
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, said on Thursday it opened a heritage exhibition "From Moments to Movement," showcasing its...
SK Innovation-SK E&S merger creates Asia’s No. 1 energy supplier
SK Group on Friday launched the merged entity between SK Innovation Co. and liquefied natural gas supplier SK E&S Co., a key step in the energy-...
South Korea’s Viva Republica drops Korean IPO plan, seeks US debut
Viva Republica Inc., a leading South Korean fintech unicorn and operator of mobile financial super app Toss, has dropped its plan to go public in th...
S.Korea's Solus mass-produces copper foil in Hungary
Solus Advanced Materials, a South Korean copper foil supplier, said on Tuesday it started mass production at its second plant in Hungary, Europe&rsq...
Online lender K Bank withdraws plan for Kospi listing
K Bank, a South Korean online bank, has postponed its initial public offering (IPO) plan to list on the main bourse Kospi later this month.The digit...
South Korea to designate Jeju as flying taxi pilot service zone
South Korea will designate its resort island Jeju a test operation zone for flying taxis as part of the country’s national urban air mobility ...
Hyundai Movex to lead S. Korea’s unmanned robot project
South Korea’s Hyundai Movex Co. was selected to lead the design of a high-precision large autonomous mobile robot (AMR) platform and integra...
Kia to sweep top three spots in Korea car sales on SUV, hybrid boom
Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is poised to claim the top three spots on the country’s best-selling car list this year thanks...
Samsung’s Galaxy S24 FE: Budget smartphone packed with AI functions
Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday unveiled the Galaxy S24 FE, the latest addition to its AI-enabled smartphones series, with which the South Korean ...
Stray Kids to perform at 50th American Music Awards
K-Pop boy band Stray Kids will perform at the American Music Awards, a major music awards show in the United States.The American Music Awards announ...
Hyundai's Chung to nurture Czech plant as hub for eco-friendly mobility
Hyundai Motor Co. Executive Chairman Chung Euisun has vowed to turn the South Korean automotive conglomerate’s plant in the Czech Republic int...
S.Koreans log most hours on YouTube worldwide
YouTube was the most popular app among South Korean smartphone users, a study found, logging the most hours on the video streaming platform worldwid...
Daishin Securities shelves main office building sale to NH-Amundi
Daishin Securities Co. has called off a plan to sell its headquarters building in a central business district of Seoul to NH-Amundi Asset Management...
Korea to launch regular K-content festival in June
South Korea plans to host a regular event showcasing its cultural products such as K-pop and foods in June of next year with the goal of making the ...
S. Korea’s foreigner-only casinos suffer poor profit
Foreigner-only casino operators in South Korea reported weaker-than-expected operating profit in the second quarter as prolific gamblers traveling f...
Korea’s airline firms plagued by elevated fuel costs, strong dollar
South Korea’s six listed airline companies posted worsening profitability in the second quarter, plagued by higher jet fuel costs and the US d...
Samsung’s Circle to Search available on Galaxy A series to rival Xiaomi
Samsung Electronics Co. has been battling Apple Inc. in the high-end smartphone segment with its premium Galaxy S series packed with advanced featur...
KT posts Q2 profit drops on pay raises, bonus payments
KT Corp., South Korea’s No. 1 telecom service provider, on Friday reported a 14.3% drop in second-quarter operating profit despite steady reve...
Kakao to launch conversational AI platform for B2C commerce
South Korean mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. said on Thursday that it will accelerate its artificial intelligence push by launching a conversation...
Kakao Games reports sharp drop in Q2 operating profit
Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., reported a sharp decline in second-quarter earnings on Wednesday d...
LG Chem emerges as global No. 4 chemicals maker: C&EN
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. has emerged as the world’s fourth chemicals producer, the second Asian company to be among the five largest a...
Kia’s Chinese business makes turnaround as it becomes export base
South Korean automaker Kia Corp.'s Chinese business has been struggling for years amid escalating tension between the US and China – Korea&rsq...
South Korea’s Economy Slowed Sharply in Second Quarter
South Korea’s economy slowed at a sharper-than-expected pace in the second quarter on sluggish private consumption and weak business investmen...
SK Hynix to supply 12-layer HBM3E to Nvidia in Q4; profit soars in Q2
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Thursday it has made a significant turnaroun...
Seoul prime office deals at 10-year low on rate uncertainty
Prime office transactions in Seoul hit a 10-year low in the second quarter due to delayed fundraising amid uncertainties of the central bank’s...
LG Uplus to feature in-car games to Kia EV3
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Wednesday that it will offer its web-based in-car game service Game Portal in Kia Corp's electric vehicle (EV) ...
Lamborghini unveils 1st plug-in hybrid SUV Urus SE in Korea
Italian sports car maker Lamborghini S.p.A. on Tuesday unveiled the Urus SE, its first plug-in hybrid super sport utility vehicle, in South Korea, t...
Korean won hits 15-year low in Q2 amid FX, economic uncertainty
The South Korean currency fell to its lowest level against the US dollar in 15 years in the second quarter amid growing uncertainties surrounding gl...
Samsung’s Q2 profit soars on AI chips; second-half outlook rosy
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday flagged a more than 15-fold increase in its second-quarter operating profit as the artific...
S.Korea’s inflation holds below 3% for 3rd straight month
South Korea’s headline inflation stayed in the 2% range for the third straight month in June after its slowest rate of increase in 11 months, ...
