S.Korea's InnoGene sets its public offering price at 3,000 won

S.Korea's InnoGene sets its public offering price at 3,000 won

InnoGene, which is seeking to be listed on the Kosdaq market at the end of this month, said on Wednesday that it has confirmed its offering price at...

Kyobo Life Insurance speeds up creation of holding company

Kyobo Life Insurance speeds up creation of holding company

South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is set to establish a holding company by the second half of 2024. The major insurer seeks to raise its ...

SK Hynix set for largest-ever corporate bond issue at bargain prices

SK Hynix set for largest-ever corporate bond issue at bargain prices

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is gearing up for its largest-ever corporate bond issue in South Korea at lower-th...

LG makes big B2B push to regain momentum, boost profits: CEO

LG makes big B2B push to regain momentum, boost profits: CEO

South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. is stepping up efforts to enhance its presence in the global business-to-business marke...

S.Korean firms offer aid to earthquake-stricken Turkey

 S.Korean firms offer aid to earthquake-stricken Turkey

South Korean companies are joining the international effort to aid Turkey in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.Doosan Group announced on Wed...

AfreecaTV, VTVCab agree on live streaming platform service in Vietnam

AfreecaTV, VTVCab agree on live streaming platform service in Vietnam

South Korea's video streaming platform AfreecaTV Co. said Wednesday that it has agreed with VTVCab, a member of  Vietnam's largest state-run TV...

Hyundai Card to provide Apple Pay in South Korea

Hyundai Card to provide Apple Pay in South Korea

Apple and Hyundai Card on Wednesday officially announced the launch of the simple payment service Apple Pay in South Korea.The American tech giant s...

Medytox to sell off 2.2 mn shares of Daewoong's American partner Evolus

Medytox to sell off 2.2 mn shares of Daewoong's American partner Evolus

Medytox Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday that it is selling off approximately 2.19 million shares of Evolus, Daewoong Pharmaceutical's ...

Humasis participates Dubai MEDLAB Middle East 2023

Humasis participates Dubai MEDLAB Middle East 2023

South Korean medical devices maker, Humasis Co., is participating in the MEDLAB Middle East 2023 event taking place at the Dubai World Trade Center ...

Coreline Soft to supply AI diagnosis solution to France

Coreline Soft to supply AI diagnosis solution to France

Coreline Soft, a South Korean company specializing in developing medical artificial intelligence (AI) devices, said on Tuesday that it has signed an...

Samsung’s Lee may ramp up investment in QD-OLED panels

Samsung’s Lee may ramp up investment in QD-OLED panels

Samsung Electronics Co. may ramp up its investment in screen panel affiliate Samsung Display Co. to meet growing demand for next-generation quantum ...

Korean biopharma, biotech companies scale up as sales balloon

Korean biopharma, biotech companies scale up as sales balloon

South Korea’s biotech and biopharmaceutical companies are growing big with their sales rising above 1 trillion won ($796 million) last year on...

Doosan Enerbility, Siemens Gamesa join forces for offshore wind power

Doosan Enerbility, Siemens Gamesa join forces for offshore wind power

Major South Korean power plant builder, Doosan Enerbility Co., has entered into a strategic partnership with the world's No. 1 offshore wind power c...

SK Bioscience gets info security management system certification

SK Bioscience gets info security management system certification

SK Bioscience Co. said on Tuesday that its Pangyo headquarters and its vaccine production facility L House in Andong, South Korea, have acquired ISO...

South Korea's SK Ecoplant localizes core tech to make ultrapure water

South Korea's SK Ecoplant localizes core tech to make ultrapure water

South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. is expanding its portfolio in the water industry through localizing core technology to produce ultrapure water (UPW), ...

HMM joins UNGC to strengthen ESG management

HMM joins UNGC to strengthen ESG management

HMM Co., a South Korean container shipping company formerly known as Hyundai Merchant Marine, said on Monday that it has joined the United Nations G...

Samsung, LG Elec target N.American air conditioner market at trade show

Samsung, LG Elec target N.American air conditioner market at trade show

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are vying for the North American market for air conditioners with their cutting-edge solutions in th...

LG Electronics honored for resolving consumer complaints

LG Electronics honored for resolving consumer complaints

LG Electronics Inc. on Monday said it was named an "excellent business for independently resolving consumer complaints" by the Korea Consumer Agency...

South Korean companies rattled by activist shareholders

South Korean companies rattled by activist shareholders

South Korea’s major companies are under attack by activist shareholders, who are exerting ever-increasing clout over critical corporate decisi...

SK Ecoplant changes North American corporation name

SK Ecoplant changes North American corporation name

SK Ecoplant Co., a construction company of S.Korea's SK Group, said on Monday that it would change the name of its North American corporation BETEK,...

LS Electric receives int'l certification for R&D process security

LS Electric receives int'l certification for R&D process security

LS Electric Co., a South Korean electric power and automation equipment maker, has achieved a major milestone by obtaining international standard ce...

S.Korea's Boryung receives EU GMP certification

S.Korea's Boryung receives EU GMP certification

South Korean pharmaceutical company Boryung announced that its production facility for anti-cancer injections in Yesan, South Chungcheong Province, ...

Aekyung commences mass production of eco-friendly plasticizers

Aekyung commences mass production of eco-friendly plasticizers

Aekyung Chemical, an affiliate of South Korea's Aekyung Group, has begun mass-producing eco-friendly plasticizers derived from recycled waste plasti...

Lotte Ineos Chemical to expand vinyl acetate monomer plant

Lotte Ineos Chemical to expand vinyl acetate monomer plant

Lotte Ineos Chemical, South Korea's lone maker of acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer (VAM), on Monday said it will expand its VAM output capacity...

Dongwon Industries in talks to buy McDonald’s Korea as exclusive suitor

Dongwon Industries in talks to buy McDonald’s Korea as exclusive suitor

Dongwon Industries Co. will discuss a deal with McDonald’s Corp. to buy the latter’s Korean operations in hopes of riding on the renewed...

Lotte Construction develops eco-friendly concrete

Lotte Construction develops eco-friendly concrete

Lotte Engineering & Construction has developed eco-friendly concrete that can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 90%. In collaboration wit...

Daewoong receives approval for its GERD drug Fexuclue in Ecuador

Daewoong receives approval for its GERD drug Fexuclue in Ecuador

Daewoong Pharmaceutical said Friday that it has obtained marketing authorization from Ecuador's National Agency for Health Regulation, Control and S...

NCSOFT lays off 20% of US operation before new game release

NCSOFT lays off 20% of US operation before new game release

NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s major game developing and publishing company, has recently laid off about 20% of its North American operation, joi...

SK Bioscience climbs two notches in ESG evaluation, receives BBB rating

SK Bioscience climbs two notches in ESG evaluation, receives BBB rating

SK Bioscience Co., a biopharmaceutical arm of South Korea's SK Group, announced it has received a BBB rating in its latest environmental, social, an...

Doosan Bobcat moves into European market with compact tractors

Doosan Bobcat moves into European market with compact tractors

Doosan Bobcat's small tractors for agriculture and landscaping will enter the European market. After entering America's ground maintenance equipment...

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