Hanwha Aerospace invests in US secondary battery startup

Hanwha Aerospace invests in US secondary battery startup

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. on Tuesday said it invested in Forge Nano, an American startup with precision nano-coating technology that exte...

Lotte to open Silicon Valley corporate venture capital unit

Lotte to open Silicon Valley corporate venture capital unit

Lotte Group, a South Korean retail-to-chemical conglomerate, is set to launch a corporate venture capital (CVC) business in Silicon Valley, the glob...

S.Korean startup Drama & Company introduces AI talent recruiter

S.Korean startup Drama & Company introduces AI talent recruiter

Drama & Company, the developer of South Korea’s popular cloud-based business card management app Remember, is readying its next business w...

GoodGang Labs attracts $2 mn from Kakao Investment

GoodGang Labs attracts $2 mn from Kakao Investment

South Korea's GoodGang Labs, a startup focused on developing a 3D avatar-based communication platform, announced on Thursday that it has secured an ...

Neurophet strives to be first mover in fight against Alzheimer’s

Neurophet strives to be first mover in fight against Alzheimer’s

Neurophet Inc., a South Korean startup developing artificial intelligence-powered medical solutions for brain diseases, is striving to make a breakt...

Music copyright trading platform Musicow attracts $46 mn from STIC

Music copyright trading platform Musicow attracts $46 mn from STIC

Musicow Inc. has garnered an additional 60 billion won ($45.8 million) from Seoul-based venture capital and private equity firm STIC Investments Inc...

Kolon Industries to develop biodegradable plastics

Kolon Industries to develop biodegradable plastics

Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, is embarking on the development of biodegradable plastics using food wast...

LG Electronics to participate in Frieze Art Fair in New York

LG Electronics to participate in Frieze Art Fair in New York

LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it will participate in Frieze New York, one of the world's three major contemporary art fairs, from May 17...

S.Korean AI chip developer DeepX ready to take on Nvidia: CEO

S.Korean AI chip developer DeepX ready to take on Nvidia: CEO

Demand for artificial intelligence microprocessors is set to grow astronomically as electronics and cars are becoming smarter, said DeepX chief, add...

Korean institutions eye investment in OpenAI at $40 bn valuation

Korean institutions eye investment in OpenAI at $40 bn valuation

OpenAI, the world’s most well-known artificial intelligence lab, is tapping South Korean institutional investors for investment at an estimate...

S.Korea to launch first cyber office for small, medium businesses

S.Korea to launch first cyber office for small, medium businesses

South Korea's Minister of SMEs and Startups Lee Young on Monday said the country will launch its 18th office for small and medium enterprises (SME) ...

K-Bio Lab Hub, Japan's iPark to jointly support bio startups

K-Bio Lab Hub, Japan's iPark to jointly support bio startups

South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on Friday that it has reached the previous day an agreement with Japan's iPark Institute duri...

KITA hosts K-Product Trade Show & G-Fair in Tokyo

KITA hosts K-Product Trade Show & G-Fair in Tokyo

The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) announced on Wednesday the opening of the "2023 K-Product Trade Show & G-Fair in Tokyo" at the ...

S.Korean kitchen robot startup Wave attracts $3 mn investment

S.Korean kitchen robot startup Wave attracts $3 mn investment

South Korea's kitchen robot startup Wave Lifestyle Technologies announced on Tuesday that it has raised a Series A1 investment of 4 billion won ($3 ...

S.Korean startups eye on Southeast Asia as promising market

S.Korean startups eye on Southeast Asia as promising market

SINGAPORE - Southeast Asia with a youth population constituting about one-third of the region’s total population and surging internet penetrat...

Korean AI developers scurry to jump on generative AI bandwagon

Korean AI developers scurry to jump on generative AI bandwagon

AlphaGo was behind the first artificial intelligence shock in South Korea after its landslide victory in a Go match against the country’s lege...

S.Korea's Upstage to add AI chatbot AskUp to Japanese messaging app Line

S.Korea's Upstage to add AI chatbot AskUp to Japanese messaging app Line

South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) tech company Upstage on Friday said it will install its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot AskUp on the...

Asleep forms partnership with National Sleep Foundation of US

Asleep forms partnership with National Sleep Foundation of US

South Korea's sleep technology startup Asleep, which was part of an economic delegation accompanying President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent state visit to...

BIND wins D.Camp startup pitch race in April, co-sponsored by CJ

BIND wins D.Camp startup pitch race in April, co-sponsored by CJ

BIND Corp. was chosen by investors as the best of the best for its online fashion platform for middle-aged men during South Korea’s major star...

S.Korea to support exports of 100 SMEs in metaverse, XR industry

S.Korea to support exports of 100 SMEs in metaverse, XR industry

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Thursday that it will support the export of 100 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in...

S.Korea, UL Solutions sign agreement for supporting domestic startups

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...

Kolon Industries to move into secondary battery recycling market

Kolon Industries to move into secondary battery recycling market

Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturing company, is entering the secondary battery recycling market. The company an...

Hanwha Aerospace invests in Israeli startup with anti-jamming tech

Hanwha Aerospace invests in Israeli startup with anti-jamming tech

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. has invested in an Israeli start-up possessing anti-jamming technology to prevent interference in global position...

Upstage beats Amazon, Nvidia to rank first in global AI competition

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...

Blockchain game startup Gomble gets seed round

Blockchain game startup Gomble gets seed round

South Korean blockchain gaming startup Gomble announced on Monday that it has successfully secured its first institutional investment. The seed fund...

SK Telecom invests $11 mn in AI startup Scatter Lab

SK Telecom invests $11 mn in AI startup Scatter Lab

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday a strategic partnership with Scatter Lab, the creator of the AI agent "Luda Lee," following a 15 bi...

Asleep dreams big to help sleepless people worldwide find right treatment

Asleep dreams big to help sleepless people worldwide find right treatment

Armed with artificial intelligence and big data technologies, Asleep hopes to find the best treatment for sleep-deprived people around the world wit...

Indonesia's Green Rebel enters S.Korean alternative meat market

Indonesia's Green Rebel enters S.Korean alternative meat market

Indonesia-based food tech startup, Green Rebel Foods, made public its official entry into the Korean plant-based protein food market. Bryan Toh, Glo...

Korean gov’t pledges additional $7.9 bn for startups amid fund squeeze

Korean gov’t pledges additional $7.9 bn for startups amid fund squeeze

The South Korean government will spend an additional 10.5 trillion won ($7.9 billion) to shore up the country’s startups and venture capitalis...

Sports tech startups poised to launch next Korean unicorn

Sports tech startups poised to launch next Korean unicorn

UK Premier League Tottenham Hotspur star forward Son Heung-min and two-way US MLB icon Shohei Ohtani, a designated pitcher and hitter for the Los An...

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