Over 130 Chinese travel industry officials visit S.Korea

Over 130 Chinese travel industry officials visit S.Korea

Since the Chinese government allowed its citizens to participate in group tours to South Korea last month, Chinese travel industry representatives h...

S.Korean gov't to invest $827 mn in cyber security sector by 2027

S.Korean gov't to invest $827 mn in cyber security sector by 2027

South Korea will invest 1.1 trillion won ($827.1 million) in the information security sector by 2027, nearly double its combined budget of 556.9 bil...

S.Korea's airline industry waging fierce price war in fall

S.Korea's airline industry waging fierce price war in fall

South Korea's airline sector is meeting high travel demand during the extended Chuseok (Thanksgiving) holidays late this month by aggressively offer...

Korea ranks 3rd on global dominant product list to tie Japan

Korea ranks 3rd on global dominant product list to tie Japan

TOKYO -- South Korea has ranked third among countries having the world’s most dominant products. In six categories, including smartphones, mem...

LG Magna to build plant in Hungary for European EV market

LG Magna to build plant in Hungary for European EV market

MUNICH -- LG Magna e-Powertrain Co., a joint venture between South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. and Canada’s Magna International Inc., ha...

Home & Shopping, Teleken signs business agreement

Home & Shopping, Teleken signs business agreement

South Korea's TV and online shopping operator Home & Shopping Co. announced on Friday that it has signed a business agreement with the Japanese ...

Samsung Welstory unveils robots for company cafeterias

Samsung Welstory unveils robots for company cafeterias

South Korean food and beverage company Samsung Welstory Inc. is forming a robotic process automation (RPA) ecosystem in the food service sector. In ...

Japan's fever for Korean homegrown brands on the rise

Japan's fever for Korean homegrown brands on the rise

Shimamura Co., Japan’s second-largest apparel company that runs around 2,200 stores nationwide, has dispatched a team of four buyers to Seoul ...

Amorepacific's Aestura to enter Japanese market

Amorepacific's Aestura to enter Japanese market

South Korean beauty and cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. announced on Wednesday that its derma cosmetic brand Aestura will enter the Japanese mark...

Korean LG Chem to spend $95 mn to double water treatment biz

Korean LG Chem to spend $95 mn to double water treatment biz

South Korea’s top chemicals maker LG Chem Ltd. plans to spend 124.6 billion won ($94.5 million) on increasing its water treatment material out...

S.Korea's duty-free sector expects boom from Chinese tourists' return

S.Korea's duty-free sector expects boom from Chinese tourists' return

South Korea's duty-free stores are over the moon thanks to the resumption of Chinese group tours after a hiatus of six years and five months, with m...

SK Hynix leads DRAM industry’s Q2 revenue rebound, retakes No. 2 spot

SK Hynix leads DRAM industry’s Q2 revenue rebound, retakes No. 2 spot

SK Hynix Inc. saw its DRAM chip shipments significantly increase in the second quarter, leading the industry’s overall revenue rebound, market...

HLB signs with Japan's OSCL for exclusive supply of C-Trelin ingredient

HLB signs with Japan's OSCL for exclusive supply of C-Trelin ingredient

South Korea's pharmaceutical company HLB Therapeutics Co. announced on Thursday that it has entered into a business agreement with Japan's Osaka Syn...

Lululemon taps into Korea’s live commerce market

Lululemon taps into Korea’s live commerce market

Lululemon Athletica Inc., dubbed the Chanel of yoga wear, is tapping into South Korea’s live commerce market, a move that industry watchers sa...

SK Hynix provides samples of best-performing HBM3E chip to Nvidia

SK Hynix provides samples of best-performing HBM3E chip to Nvidia

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Monday it has developed HBM3E, the industry&...

Camp David Summit to Unite U.S., South Korea, Japan

Camp David Summit to Unite U.S., South Korea, Japan

WASHINGTON—A new trilateral alliance linking the U.S., South Korea and Japan will enhance cooperation among the nations in key areas, includin...

Paradise City, Ctrip to jointly launch S.Korean travel packages

Paradise City, Ctrip to jointly launch S.Korean travel packages

Paradise City, an integrated resort in Incheon, announced on Monday that it has partnered with China's largest online travel agency Ctrip to introdu...

Hanwha Group gears up for foray into aviation industry

Hanwha Group gears up for foray into aviation industry

South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group is preparing a bid for domestic low-cost carrier (LCC) Fly Gangwon under court pr...

Hanwha, Shell join S.Korea-Malaysia carbon capture project

Hanwha, Shell join S.Korea-Malaysia carbon capture project

Korea National Oil Corp., Hanwha Corp., Air Liquide Korea and Shell have become the latest entities to join the Shepherd CCS project, a major cross-...

S.Korea is far more reliant on China for rare earth metal than Japan: report

S.Korea is far more reliant on China for rare earth metal than Japan: report

South Korea is far more dependent than Japan on neodymium permanent magnets from China at 88%, while the rate for Japan, a land devoid of rare earth...

S.Korea's largest investment forum to begin Sept. 11

S.Korea's largest investment forum to begin Sept. 11

South Korea’s largest investment conference will be held in Seoul Sept. 11-15 with around 100 chief executives from global financial services ...

SK Hynix’s LPDDR5T chip likely mounted on MediaTek’s Dimensity

SK Hynix’s LPDDR5T chip likely mounted on MediaTek’s Dimensity

SK Hynix Inc.'s latest mobile DRAM chip LPDDR5T is expected to be mounted on MediTek Co.’s next-generation mobile application processor (AP) c...

Hyundai Steel develops industrial neutron analyzer jointly with startup

Hyundai Steel develops industrial neutron analyzer jointly with startup

Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea's second-largest steelmaker, announced on Thursday that it has successfully collaborated with the in-house startup 3I...

Korea’s tourism industry pins high hopes on return of Chinese big spenders

Korea’s tourism industry pins high hopes on return of Chinese big spenders

BEIJING – China’s official announcement to lift its ban on group tourists’ travel to South Korea will likely be a boon for the tra...

Hyundai Glovis to secure additional 12 car transport vessels by 2025

Hyundai Glovis to secure additional 12 car transport vessels by 2025

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to secure an additional 12 vehicle transport vessels by 202...

Coupang’s Q2 profit soars to a record, driven by e-commerce

Coupang’s Q2 profit soars to a record, driven by e-commerce

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s leading delivery service provider, on Wednesday posted an all-time high quarterly profit and revenue, driven by it...

SK Hynix unveils another NAND to win chip stacking war

SK Hynix unveils another NAND to win chip stacking war

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., showcased its progress in the chip stacking technolo...

Korean lifestyle brand Andar takes on Xexymix in athleisure market

Korean lifestyle brand Andar takes on Xexymix in athleisure market

South Korea's activewear maker Andar posted record quarterly sales of 61.6 billion won ($47 million), moving one step closer to retaking the market ...

Seven out of 10 int'l travelers choose Japan: Yanolja reports

Seven out of 10 int'l travelers choose Japan: Yanolja reports

Osaka, followed by other Japanese cities, is the top international choice for South Korean travelers, while domestically, Jeju Island remains the fa...

SSG.Com announces global first launch of Piaget's new watch

SSG.Com announces global first launch of Piaget's new watch

SSG.COM, the e-commerce platform of South Korean retail heavyweight Shinsegae Inc., revealed on Tuesday its exclusive introduction of Swiss luxury b...

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