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  • Mergers & Acquisitions
    HMM officially put on sale with CB conversion shares

    The privatization of South Korea’s No. 1 sea flag carrier HMM Co. has gained traction after an official announcement of it...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Bio & Pharma
    SK Chemicals to supply diabetes drugs to AstraZeneca Korea

    SK Chemicals Co., a South Korean chemicals maker and drug developer, said on Thursday it has signed a contract to supply diabete...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Automobiles
    Foreign carmakers hit by EV sales drop in S.Korea

    Foreign carmakers such as Mercedes-Benz and Tesla Inc. suffered a sales drop in South Korea in the first half of the year, as ov...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Shipping & Shipbuilding
    Avikus to unveil self-sailing marine taxi in Busan

    Avikus, an autonomous ship navigation affiliate of South Korea's HD Hyundai Co., will apply its self-developed autonomous naviga...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Automobiles
    Hyundai Motor to advance future mobility with nanotechnology

    Hyundai Motor Group, which seeks to pivot from a fast follower to a game changer in the global auto sector, has unveiled advance...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Automobiles
    Hyundai Transys installs EV-customized seats on Kia EV9

    South Korea's auto components maker Hyundai Transys on Thursday said it applied electric vehicle (EV) seat technology customized...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Metaverse
    LG Uplus to open metaverse for Yonsei Univ. in September

    South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. on Wednesday announced the opening in September of Virtual Campus, a metaverse for Yonsei Universit...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Airlines
    Occupancy rate of S.Korean LCCs for int’l flights hits 87%

    The average occupancy rate (AOR) on international flights of South Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCCs) has exceeded 80%, full...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Electronics
    LG Electronics to release coffee machine Duobo

    LG Electronics Inc. will launch its first capsule coffee machine "Duobo" on Thursday through Kickstarter, the largest crowdfundi...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Culture & Trends
    BTS’ Beyond the Story tops NYT bestseller list

    BTS' first official book "Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS", published in celebration of 10th Anniversary, topped the N...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • The KED View
    Why do so many S.Korean innovators bow out following success?

    Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of the global luxury goods leader LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is well known for spo...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Retail
    Alibaba launches express ships to S.Korea as orders surge

    Alibaba.com, China’s largest online marketplace, launched an express cargo ship service between South Korea and China this...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Artificial intelligence
    Poshmark launches Posh Lens with Naver's AI tech

    South Korea's Naver Corp. announced on Thursday that Poshmark, the US-based social e-commerce C2C (consumer-to-consumer) marketp...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Electronics
    Samsung to feature Warner Bros. film trailers via Neo QLED 8K TV

    Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest TV maker, will feature Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.’s new movie trai...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Batteries
    Road near SK On’s US plant in Georgia named SK Blvd

    South Korean battery maker SK On announced on Thursday that a road near its US corporation, SK Battery America's (SKBA) site, ...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Aerospace & Defense
    KAI opens office in Polish Air Force base

    South Korea's leading aerospace manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced that it opened its sixth overseas base o...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Logistics
    Hanjin teams up with global fandom company bemyfriends

    South Korea's Hanjin Transportation on Wednesday said it signed an agreement on business cooperation in the US with the Seoul-ba...

    Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)