Samsung debuts its 1st tri-fold phone, redefining multitasking and portability

Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday launched its first tri-fold phone, the Galaxy Z TriFold, which outsmarts its latest dual-fold Galaxy Z Fold7 and ...

Stray Kids rewrite 70 years of Billboard 200 history with K-pop’s 1st 8-straight No. 1 albums

Stray Kids made headlines again this week as they notched yet another record-breaking achievement — one that solidifies their standing as on...

KPop Demon Hunters OST Locks In Another Top-3 Week on the Billboard 200

This week, the OST for Netflix’s global animated hit KPop Demon Hunters once again showcased its remarkable staying power, holding firm at No....

NCSOFT bets big on AI, cloud with debut of Horizon universe-based MMORPG

NCSOFT Corp., a leading South Korean game developer and publisher, has unveiled Horizon Steel Frontiers, the first MMORPG set in Sony Interactive En...

KPop Demon Hunters Soundtrack Dominates Billboard Hot 100 with 8 Tracks

What started as an animated fantasy has turned into a full-blown K-pop phenomenon. The Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters continues its remarkable ch...

BLACKPINK Jennie’s ExtraL MV surpasses 100 million views, marking her 4th milestone

It seems there’s no slowing down for BLACKPINK’s Jennie. The global star has added another milestone to her glittering career, with her ...

Jisoo makes Billboard Hot 100 debut, completing Blackpink’s historic all-member entry

K-pop star Jisoo, a member of Blackpink, has entered the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time as a solo artist, marking a new milestone for the glob...

World’s first leveraged SK Hynix ETF debuts in Hong Kong

A leveraged exchange-traded fund tracking SK Hynix Inc. began trading in Hong Kong on Thursday, marking the world’s first such product linked ...

Samsung’s Android-powered XR headset to debut in October

Samsung Electronics Co. will finally launch its long-awaited extended reality (XR) device next week, upping the ante in a global XR race led by larg...

Ejae, the voice behind KPop Demon Hunters’ Rumi, to release debut single In Another World Oct. 24

Ejae — the Korean American singer-songwriter who lent her soulful voice to Rumi in Netflix’s hit animated film KPop Demon Hunters &mdash...

Sephora, Ulta snap up K-beauty exclusives before Olive Young’s US debut

A K-beauty showdown is brewing in the world’s largest cosmetics market. Sephora and Ulta Beauty are racing to lock in exclusive deals with Sou...

NewJeans’ ETA tops 400 mn streams on Spotify despite hiatus

ETA, a popular song by NewJeans, has topped 400 million streams on Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform, despite a lack of co...

J.Y. Park marks Stray Kids’ Billboard milestone with gold gifts

J.Y. Park, the founder and chief producer of JYP Entertainment Corp., celebrated Stray Kids’ historic Billboard achievement with a glittering ...

South Korea’s Duguru picks Singapore for global debut

Duguru, a Seoul-based specialist known for blending plants with interior design, is gearing up for global expansion by bringing Korean-style landsca...

SK Telecom debuts AI agent abroad in Japan's TimeTree tie-up

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. is taking its artificial intelligence agent overseas for the first time, betting that Japan’s fast-growing ...

S.Korea to debut fractional exchanges, unlocking new investment market

South Korea is gearing up to fully embrace tokenized securities as the country is set to open a new exchange for fractional investing. The Finance S...

K-pop group i-dle poised to captivate Japan with full-scale debut in October

K-pop girl group i-dle is gearing up for a big October, bringing their music and energy straight to Japanese fans with their very first arena tour. ...

HYBE, Geffen to debut new global girl group in 2026 — second joint project after KATSEYE

HYBE and US label Geffen Records will launch their second global girl group in 2026, following their first joint act, KATSEYE.The Korean entertainme...

N.Korea’s Kim Jong Un to debut on multilateral diplomatic stage in China; summit with Xi, Putin likely

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make a rare trip abroad next week to attend China’s military parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of t...

Blackpink gears up for November return: “Working hard together”

After three years away from the recording studio, Blackpink is finally on track to drop a new album this November. If released as planned, it will b...

‘Act fast, or miss out’: Korean retail investors look to Wall Street debut stocks for hefty gains

When cryptocurrency exchange operator Bullish rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Aug. 13, a 30-something South Korean investor l...

BTS label BigHit to debut new boy band CORTIS on Aug. 18

BigHit Music, the powerhouse behind global K-pop acts BTS and Tomorrow X Together (TXT), has unveiled the name of its new boy group, CORTIS. The fiv...

BTS live album debuts at No. 10 on Billboard 200, setting new K-pop record

BTS’s first live act album Permission to Dance on Stage – Live debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart dated Aug. 2, accordi...

Mercedes opens world’s 1st Maybach flagship center in Seoul

Mercedes-Benz Group on Monday opened the world’s first Maybach Brand Center in Seoul, its largest-ever dealership dedicated to the ultra-luxur...

Rap icon Cardi B joins K-beauty’s celebrity fan club with BB cream

Cardi B, the Grammy-winning rapper, has joined the growing list of celebrities spotlighting Korean beauty products, fueling a new wave of global ent...

Allianz-backed Koh Young’s brain surgery robot set for US debut by end-August

Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, is set to install its brain ...

Netmarble to debut new games with fresh IPs, platforms in second half

Netmarble Corp. is gearing up for a strong year-end with plans to launch at least six more new games, powered by original intellectual properties, a...

Mirae Asset debuts AI-recommended ETF on NYSE to invest in US bonds

Mirae Asset Financial Group, one of the largest asset managers in South Korea, has launched its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) investing in high-q...

Genesis targets broader European presence with EV trio

Genesis, Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand, is expanding its European footprint to four additional countries –France, Spain, Italy and the Net...

S.Korea’s Lee to make diplomatic debut at G7 after phone call with Trump

South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung will attend the summit of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced countries in Alberta, Canada, next week, ...