LG’s washers selected as best by Consumer Reports

LG’s washers selected as best by Consumer Reports

LG Electronics Inc. swept the top three spots in the major categories of the US Consumer Reports Best Washing Machines of 2024 evaluation.The evalua...

Kakao Mobility to offer robot delivery service with LG

Kakao Mobility to offer robot delivery service with LG

Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s most popular ride-hailing app operator, will offer indoor robot delivery service with self-driving robots ...

Lotte Dept. Store introduces AI translation service

Lotte Dept. Store introduces AI translation service

South Korea's Lotte Department Store announced on Monday that it introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) interpretation service for foreign touri...

CJ Logistics, Ninja Van to co-work for cross-border e-commerce

CJ Logistics, Ninja Van to co-work for cross-border e-commerce

South Korea's CJ Logistics announced on Thursday that it signed a customs clearance and delivery service contract with Singapore-based Ninja Van t...

Toss Bank exceeds 10 mn customers

Toss Bank exceeds 10 mn customers

South Korea’s fintech platform Toss Bank saw that its subscribers surpassed 10 million. According to the company, it's been two years and...

Korea’s Catchtable eyes offshore table reservation markets

Korea’s Catchtable eyes offshore table reservation markets

Wad Corp., the developer and operator of South Korea’s most popular restaurant reservation app Catchtable, is considering offering Catchtable ...

Lotte Rental launches driver-inclusive rental service in Vietnam

Lotte Rental launches driver-inclusive rental service in Vietnam

Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, announced on Monday that it has launched a "Vietnam Driver-inclusive Rental Car."The servic...

Samsung to deploy smart home services in Miami

Samsung to deploy smart home services in Miami

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Sunday that it will deploy smart home services in the Miami residential complex, Florida with the US-based re...

Manyo’s Pure Cleansing Oil to hit US Costco shelves in July

Manyo’s Pure Cleansing Oil to hit US Costco shelves in July

South Korea’s naturalism cosmetics company Manyo Co. has hit the jackpot in a deal to supply its best-selling face cleansing product, Pure Cle...

LG Elec, Microsoft, GE to collaborate for smart hospital

LG Elec, Microsoft, GE to collaborate for smart hospital

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GE Healthcare Korea and Microsoft (MS) Korea to co...

Kumho Tire to supply premium tires to Jeep, Peugeot in Korea

Kumho Tire to supply premium tires to Jeep, Peugeot in Korea

Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, announced on Tuesday that it will supply tires to 33 official service centers nationwide for J...

LG Electronics logs record-high revenue in Q1 on B2B push

LG Electronics logs record-high revenue in Q1 on B2B push

LG Electronics Inc. raked in its largest-ever quarterly revenue in the first quarter of this year, maintaining upward momentum after a stellar 2023,...

Ably launches virtual fitting AI service

Ably launches virtual fitting AI service

South Korean fashion commerce platform Ably Corp. announced on Friday that it launched a new service The Shopping Mall-Specific Artificial Intellige...

Kia EV9 named best electric SUV in Germany

Kia EV9 named best electric SUV in Germany

Kia Corp. 's EV9, the signature large all-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, was named the top electric ...

Wavve to enter European, Oceanian OTT markets

Wavve to enter European, Oceanian OTT markets

South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) platform company Wavve announced on Wednesday that it plans to enter European and Oceanian OTT markets through it...

Chanel to open after-sales service center in Seoul

Chanel to open after-sales service center in Seoul

French luxury label Chanel is planning to open a dedicated after-sales service center in South Korea, one of the world’s largest markets for h...

Hyundai Motor regains AAA credit rating after 4 years

Hyundai Motor regains AAA credit rating after 4 years

Hyundai Motor Co. regained its top AAA credit rating for the first time since the end of 2019.NICE Investors Service on Tuesday upgraded Hyundai Mot...

Korea Zinc buys US Kataman for $55 mn for recycling business

Korea Zinc buys US Kataman for $55 mn for recycling business

Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, acquired Kataman Metals LLC, a US-based scrap metal trading company, at $55 millio...

Hyundai Globis wins long-term LNGC charter in Qatar

Hyundai Globis wins long-term LNGC charter in Qatar

South Korea's Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Monday that it has won a long-term charter for four liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGC) from QatarEn...

Wrtn opens free AI search service

Wrtn opens free AI search service

South Korea's advanced tech startup Wrtn Technologies, a major player in generative artificial intelligence (AI), opened its free and unlimited AI s...

LG CNS to lead digital transformation at FPT in Vietnam

LG CNS to lead digital transformation at FPT in Vietnam

LG CNS Co., an information technology service company under South Korean conglomerate LG Group, will lead the digital transformation of FPT Group, a...

Hanmi Semiconductor wins $16 mn HBM equipment order from SK Hynix

Hanmi Semiconductor wins $16 mn HBM equipment order from SK Hynix

South Korean chip equipment company Hanmi Semiconductor Co. announced on Friday that it has secured a 21.5 billion won ($16.1 million) supply deal f...

Naver, named 3rd most innovative company in the Asia-Pacific

Naver, named 3rd most innovative company in the Asia-Pacific

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. ranked as the third most innovative company in the Asia-Pacific by a top US business magazine for the p...

S.Korea’s Liner, the world’s No. 4 generative AI web product

S.Korea’s Liner, the world’s No. 4 generative AI web product

South Korea’s home-grown artificial intelligence service Liner was ranked the world’s fourth-most popular generative AI web product as t...

Daishin to sell its headquarters at $493 mn to NH-Amundi

Daishin to sell its headquarters at $493 mn to NH-Amundi

South Korea’s Daishin Securities Co. is set to sell its headquarters office to NH-Amundi Asset Management Co. for 660 billion won ($492.6 mill...

Daewoo E&C, Kuwaiti banks sign $250 mn loan agreement

Daewoo E&C, Kuwaiti banks sign $250 mn loan agreement

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has signed an agreement to take on a $250 million loan from three Kuwaiti banks, Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (A...

LG Elec named best front-load washer in US

LG Elec named best front-load washer in US

LG Electronics Inc. has dominated the top positions in the latest ratings for the best front-load washing machines conducted by Consumer Reports, a ...

Coupang launches direct purchase service to Japan

Coupang launches direct purchase service to Japan

Coupang Inc., South Korea's leading e-commerce platform, announced on Monday that it is expanding its overseas direct purchase service, "Rocket Jikg...

Kia streamlines global sales service for EV transition

Kia streamlines global sales service for EV transition

Kia Corp., a South Korean carmaker under Hyundai Motor Group, has drastically reorganized its global after-sales service operations to offer more sy...

ZKW wins DVN Lighting Star Award

ZKW wins DVN Lighting Star Award

ZKW, an Austria-based lighting systems subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., recently was presented with the Lighting Star Award for Best front lightin...

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