Gmarket launches overseas hotel search service

Gmarket on Thursday say it will launch a customized search service for hotels abroad.Users can input hotel-related keywords into the Gmarket app's s...

Naver’s Japan-focused B2B unit swings to profit

Naver Corp.’s business-to-business (B2B) services provider Works Mobile Co. posted its first-ever profit in 2022, driven by a surge in Japanes...

Hyundai, BYD, Polestar adopt Nvidia’s cloud gaming service

Nvidia Corp., a US technology company, said on Tuesday that its cloud-based gaming service GeForce NOW was adopted for cars produced by the Hyundai ...

Redbrick, Microsoft to cooperate on university campuses in metaverse

Redbrick, the developer and operator of metaverse platforms of South Korea, signed a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft Korea to cooperate o...

SK Networks completes acquisition of local EV charging platform operator

SK Networks Co., a South Korean general trading firm, said on Jan. 3 it has completed the acquisition of SS Charger Co., a leading electric car char...

Sejong kicks off private 5G business for exclusive use for industrial safety

Sejong Telecom, Inc. a mid-sized facilities-based telecommunications business and ICT platform company in South Korea, will launch a private 5G bu...

S.Korean cloud startups get funding despite recession fears

The contraction of South Korea's investment market has not stopped startups specializing in software as a service (SaaS) to attract funds given that...

SK Chemicals introduces Tiglutik, treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease

SK Chemicals said on Monday that it is strengthening its portfolio of neurological diseases by introducing Tiglutik (riluzole), Lou Gehrig's disease...

GS Retail to introduce forex kiosks in convenience stores

South Korea's convenience store franchiser GS Retail said on Monday that it would introduce foreign currency exchange kiosks at its convenience st...

Is semiconductor chip rental doable?: Samsung says yes

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is looking to launch a high-end memory chip rental service as its new business ...

LG Uplus to develop metaverse service for children with Witch Company

South Korea's third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said on Friday that it will develop a web3 service for children to provide an immersive ex...

SAPEON X220 completes tech demo of fashion-specialized AI service

South Korea's artificial intelligence company Sapeon has completed a technology demonstration of its semiconductor SAPEON X220 on "Virtual Try-On," ...

Samsung to unveil C-Lab startups, projects at CES 2023

Samsung Electronics Co. will showcase four projects and eight startups developed through its venture program C-Lab at CES 2023, the world's largest ...

Korea-China air flights set to rise with Beijing’s eased zero-COVID policy

Air flights between South Korea and China are set to rise significantly next year with the Chinese government issuing new guidelines easing its stri...

LG Uplus enters Korea’s EV charging service market with VoltUp app

LG Uplus Corp., a South Korean mobile carrier, is entering the domestic electric vehicle charging service market by launching a service platform, Vo...

Stayfolio receives $7.7 mn in Series A investment

South Korea's property-rental platform Stayfolio announced on Wednesday that it has won 10 billion won ($7.7 million) worth of additional investment...

Mirae Asset introduces AI investment info service

Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday it had introduced two domestic stock artificial intelligence (AI) reporting services through its mobile t...

Korean gaming giants racing for metaverse win

Have you ever wondered what the metaverse really is? So far, the consensus is that it's a virtual world that can accommodate pretty much every socia...

T'way Air launches Pikachu Jet TW

T’way Air Co. said on Tuesday that it would start running the Pokemon-wrapped airplane "Pikachu Jet TW" from the end of this month and release...

S.Korean food delivery app Baemin vows to hike logistics unit's service quality

Woowa Youths, an affiliate of Woowa Brothers, the parent company of South Korea's top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, on Monday announced its visio...

Syntekabio launches new drug development platform STB Cloud in US

Syntekabio,Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) drug development company, said on Monday it has launched its cloud-based AI drug develo...

KT to commercialize self-driving robots with startup Neubility

KT said on Friday that it has signed a partnership agreement with Neubility, an outdoor self-driving robot developer, to expand its robot service bu...

Truston Asset looks to help run Taekwang with 5.8% stake

South Korea's Truston Asset Management has changed the purpose of its stock investment in the chemical and textile company Taekwang Industrial Co. f...

TmaxSoft, Douzone Bizon form partnership for enterprise ICT market

South Korea's two leading software firms TmaxSoft and Douzon Bizon signed a strategic business agreement on Thursday to link Douzon's enterprise res...

CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services

South Korea’s CJ Logistics Corp. is ramping up its cross-border e-commerce (CBE) businesses as its local rival Coupang Inc. is increasing domi...

CJ OliveNetworks develops factory big data solution

South Korea's IT service management firm CJ OliveNetworks Co. Ltd. said on Wednesday that it has developed a real-time database (RTDB), a data manag...

Korean startup Mathpresso completes $59 mn Series C investment

Mathpresso, the company that operates the artificial intelligence (AI)-based learning platform Qanda, said on Tuesday that it has completed Series C...

S.Korea's startup Bunker Kids raises $1.5 million in Series A funding

South Korea's tech start-up Bunker Kids announced on Tuesday that it raised 2 billion won ($1.5 million) through Series A investment from Korean ven...

EV charging service firm Scalardata attracts 3 bn won from GS Energy

Scalardata, a South Korean start-up running an electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure integration platform "evmodu.kr," announced on Monday t...

SK Energy buys stake in subscription car wash service

South Korea is seeing growth in the variety of services for the rising number of eco-friendly electric vehicles (EVs) on the nation's roads.Industry...