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  • Korean food
    South Koreans puzzled over rising seaweed prices despite bumper crop

    Dried seaweed prices are rising at a fast pace despite handsome growth in production, leaving South Koreans puzzled over what is...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Entertainment
    Korea’s Everland to lure horror fans with Netflix series

    Everland, South Korea’s largest theme park, is set to lure horror movie fans at home and abroad with famous fright series ...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Electric vehicles
    Toyota chairman to visit Seoul, discuss hydrogen cars with Hyundai’s Chung

    Akio Toyoda, chairman of Japan’s top automaker Toyota Motor Corp., will fly to Seoul in late October to meet with Hyundai ...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean chipmakers
    Samsung, SK Hynix ramp up DRAM business on rapid AI growth

    Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc.,the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are expanding their dynamic random ac...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Automobiles
    Hyundai unseats Volvo as No. 1 truck brand in Korea

    Hyundai Motor Co. has unseated construction truck leader Volvo in South Korea for the first time, driven by its flagship Xcient ...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Chemical Industry
    KCC develops automated painting robot

    South Korean chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. said on Monday that it developed the country's first autonomous painting ...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean stock market
    LS Electric falls sharply on first day of inclusion in MSCI Korea index

    LS Electric Co. plunged more than 9% on Monday, the first day of its inclusion in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Shipping & Shipbuilding
    HD Hyundai establishes foundation for shipyard accident victims

    South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. established the HD Hyundai Hope Foundation (tentative name) to support the families of victims of m...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Automobiles
    Kia releases 2025 Sorento

    South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. said on Monday that it released The 2025 Sorento, an updated version of i...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Artificial intelligence
    LG Uplus, SM Entertainment to launch AI Idols

    South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Sunday that it will team up with SM Entertainment Co. to develop content using generative...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Electronics
    Samsung Galaxy S25 to run on Qualcomm chips

    The Galaxy S25, a new iteration of Samsung Electronics Co.'s flagship Galaxy smartphone series, will run on Qualcomm Inc.’...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean food
    CJ CheilJedang launches protein snack O-right Tempeh Chips in Thailand

    CJ CheilJedang Corp. accelerates its business expansion in Thailand with a new protein snack.CJ CheilJedang announced on Monday ...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Automobiles
    SK Networks' automotive division launches as SK SpeedMate

    South Korea's SK Networks Co. completed a split-off of its automotive maintenance division, which has now launched as a new co...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Tech, Media & Telecom
    Naver Map sees 30% increase in foreign user base

    The foreign users of Naver Map, the map service of South Korea's online platform giant Naver Corp., have a 30% increase from las...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Chemical Industry
    OCI supplies ultrapure phosphoric acid to SK Hynix

    OCI Co. has won a contract from SK Hynix Inc. to supply it high-purity phosphoric acid, becoming the country’s first to pr...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • K-pop
    NewJeans surpasses 5 billion cumulative Spotify streams

    K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed five billion combined streams on Spotify, the world's largest music platform, its agency...

    Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)