Hyundai Group chief calls on PE firm help to defend against Schindler

South Korea’s conglomerate Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun is seeking money from a local private equity firm to defend the management ...

SK Energy, SK REIT to establish complex energy platforms

South Korea's SK Energy announced on Wednesday its partnership with Clean Energy REIT, a real estate subsidiary of SK REIT, to embark on the SK Eco-...

LG Uplus, Hyundai Elevator to launch AI-based management service

LG Uplus Corp. on Monday said it released Miri View, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based elevator passenger safety system developed with Hyundai E...

HL Klemove partners with Neubility to develop self-driving robot

South Korea's self-driving technology company HL Klemove has partnered with Neubility, a domestic autonomous driving robot service platform, to coll...

KB Financial, Sompo Japan team up for boosting nursing care services

South Korea's KB Financial Group and Japan's Sompo Holdings announced on Friday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on nursing care s...

LG Energy to expand EV battery care with 7 imported car dealers

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. has teamed up with seven imported car dealers in the country to expand the company's electric vehicle (EV) b...

Samsung unveils 2023 model TV, home appliances in China

Samsung Electronics Co. announced that it held the 2023 China Tech Seminar in Beijing, China, on Friday, unveiling the new TV and home appliance tec...

KT to start outdoor robot delivery in Seoul from Q4

South Korea’s KT Corp. from the fourth quarter will start outdoor robot delivery of food and daily necessities in Seoul’s upscale distri...

IONIQ 5 set for fully driverless public taxi service

The IONIQ 5 robotaxi, based on Hyundai Motor Co.'s all-electric crossover, will launch its first fully driverless service for public passengers late...

Yanolja teams up with SE Asia's largest travel platform

South Korea's tourism platform unicorn Yanolja announced on Monday that it will expand its overseas travel services by linking with Traveloka, a ren...

S.Korea's Tada ride-hailing app introduces English service for foreigners

South Korean ride-hailing platform TADA, operated by VCNC, announced on Thursday the introduction of an English language service to its app, in a mo...

South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator applies AI to boost customer convenience

"Miri is a leading example of digital transformation in the elevator sector that raises a notch service speed and customer convenience. Let’s ...

S.Korea opens logistics center at Surabaya port, Indonesia

South Korea said it opened a logistics center at a port in Surabaya, Indonesia, to support exports to Southeast Asia’s top economy.The Ministr...

Hyundai Glovis wins certification for lithium battery air transport

South Korea's logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. has obtained international certification for specialized transportation, demonstrating its expert...

LG Electronics blocks access to generative AI in company

LG Electronics Inc. has decided to block access to generative AI services through its intranet. Industry sources said on Friday, LG Electroni...

Samsung Electronics opens online pet care store

Samsung Electronics Co. has entered the expanding pet care market with the launch of its Pet Care Store on its official website, according to a stat...

Naver Cloud builds S.Korea’s first 5G network at construction site

Naver Cloud for the first time in South Korea has launched a specialized 5G mobile communications network at an apartment construction site.The comp...

Mercedes Korea executive promoted as US customer service chief

Kim Jee-seop, former vice president of the customer service department at Mercedes-Benz Korea, has been promoted to oversee the German automaker&rsq...

Kakao Mobility uses self-driving vehicles to transport cargo

South Korea’s transportation company Kakao Mobility has launched a project in the nation's fourth-largest city of Daegu to transport people an...

Fifty Fifty longest K-pop girl group to stay on Billboard Hot 100

Fifty Fifty has stayed on the US Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks, setting a new record for the longest stay by a K-pop girl group.Accor...

Naver’s search engine dominance under siege as Google, MS advance

South Korea’s online portal Naver Corp., the undisputed search engine leader in the domestic market for decades, is under siege as global Big ...

SpaceX pushes back Starlink's S.Korea launch to Q4

Starlink, low-orbit satellite internet constellation operated by the US aerospace company SpaceX, has delayed the launch of its South Korean service...

Fifty Fifty sets new record for K-pop girl group with Spotify listeners

K-pop rookie Fifty Fifty has surpassed 34.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming site, its agency Attrakt said ...

Hanatour unveils ChatGPT-based travel information service

Hanatour Service Inc. announced on Friday the introduction of its beta service, "Travel Information AI," on Friday. The service utilizes artificial ...

Kakao migrates global webtoon service environment to Google Cloud

South Korea's Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. is joining forces with Google Cloud to glob...

Samsung SDS bolsters Cello Square with tech upgrades, global push

Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit under Samsung Group, has upgraded its digital forwarding freight service platform to bring ...

Korea's E-Mart shares tumble despite push for profitability

South Korea’s largest hypermarket chain E-Mart Inc., a unit of a local retail giant Shinsegae Group, suffered a drop in its share prices to a ...

S.Korea's top 3 telecom companies boost pet-related services

South Korea's top three telecommunication companies are expanding their pet-related services to attract as customers the estimated 15 million owners...

HL Holdings, Veluga Brewery to digitalize Korean liquor market

HL Holdings Corp., a major South Korean automotive parts logistics specialist with a three-decade history, has joined hands with Veluga Brewery Inc....

YG’s new girl group lifts stock price to decade high

YG Entertainment Inc., the K-pop label behind global sensation Blackpink, saw its stock hitting the highest point in more than 10 years as a new gro...