Celltrion drops bid to acquire Baxter’s biopharm unit

Celltrion Inc. announced on Tuesday it has decided not to pursue the acquisition of the biopharmaceutical unit of U.S. medical device maker Baxter I...

Samsung, LG step up competition for smart TV content

The world’s two largest TV makers Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are scrambling to boost their smart TV content to make up fo...

SK Bioscience to produce MSD’s new Ebola vaccine candidate

SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Monday that it has signed a contract with MSD, a global pharma...

S.Korea's Bertis releases two academic findings at AOHUPO conference

Bertis, South Korean company specializing in the development of proteomics-based precision medicine technology, announced on Monday that it presente...

NuScale to build Korea’s first SMR in Uljin, home to native Korean reactors

NuScale Power Corp. is expected to build its first small modular reactor (SMR) plant in South Korea in Uljin, already home to Korean native nuclear ...

Wrtn to offer free access GPT-4 conversation services

South Korean generative AI startup Wrtn Technologies announced on Thursday that it will offer unlimited free access to its conversation feature...

Amorepacific chairman's 2nd daughter emerges as 3rd-largest shareholder

Amorepacific Group, South Korea’s cosmetic giant, announced on Thursday that Chairman Suh Kyung-bae has donated a 2.5% stake to his second dau...

Defense, healthcare lure global funds in dull market

Defense, healthcare and semiconductor materials companies have been the main investment targets of global funds such as Fidelity and Morgan Stanley ...

LG Energy Solution drops to third on global market for EV battery in Q1

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in the first quarter fell to third in the global share of electric vehicle (EV) batteries in use spanning all ...

CJ CheilJedang gets FDA approval for biodegradable packaging material

South Korea's largest food and bio company CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Thursday that its biodegradable material polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) has...

S.Korea’s Suprema wins order from Saudi Arabia's Neom city project

South Korea’s Suprema Inc., an artificial intelligence (AI)-based security company, on Wednesday said it won a large-scale project in Neom, a ...

SK Biopharmaceuticals gets marketing approval for epilepsy drug in Israel

South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals said on Wednesday that the Israeli Ministry of Health has approved the company's new drug application (NDA...

HD KSOE declares carbon neutrality in first for S.Korea's shipbuilders

South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Co., is the first in domest...

Daewoong Pharma to build third botulinum toxin plant for $746 mn

South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical next year will open a third plant to greatly expand annual output of its botulinum toxin Nabota at a cos...

Celltrion applies for Phase 3 clinical trials in Europe for biosimilar

South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. is speeding up global clinical trials of its biosimilar of the multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment Ocrevus (active ...

Korean activist fund mired in controversy over SM stock deals

A South Korean private equity firm leading shareholder activism against SM Entertainment Co. is mired in controversy as it has surfaced that it sold...

KT launches two new AI serving robots

South Korea's KT Corp., said on Tuesday that it has unveiled two new AI service robots with upgraded features for enhanced driving stability and w...

Meritz emerges fast to take on South Korea’s big financial companies

Back in the early 2000s, Meritz was an obscure, lesser-known insurance-related company in South Korea’s financial arena.Part of Hanjin Group, ...

S.Korea, US agree on simplified EV charger export procedure

South Korean companies looking to export electric vehicle chargers to the United States can now receive local certification more conveniently within...

S.Korea’s four firms to develop domestic tech for carbon capture

South Korea's shipbuilding and shipping companies, including HMM Co., Samsung Heavy Industries, marine equipment manufacturer Panasia and the ship i...

S.Korea’s AI platform Wrtn to enter Japanese market

South Korean generative AI startup Wrtn Technologies unveiled Wrtn Japan, its Japanese version generative AI platform, during the "Generative AI Asi...

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...

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...

SK Telecom, Golfzon develop AI golf platform

An artificial intelligence platform in South Korea has produced a golfing coach that analyzes and diagnoses problems in swing posture and recommends...

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...

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...

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...

S.Korea, Airbus plan to open domestic tech research center

South Korea and European aircraft maker Airbus Group will open a technology research center in the country and discuss boosting cooperation in suppl...

KT, Eluon aim to use domestic equipment for 5G network

South Korea's KT Corp. on Tuesday said it developed a small cell gateway with partner and tech startup Eluon.The small cell gateway is a system that...

Bionote, Covetrus sign distribution agreement diagnostic products for animals

BioNote, South Korean developer of diagnostic reagents for animals, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a supply contract with Covetrus, a US-ba...