Coupang to host business briefing on Taiwan market entry

South Korea's e-commerce leader Coupang Inc. announced on Friday that it plans to conduct a business briefing focused on aiding domestic small and m...

LG Uplus pet care platform's subscribers exceed 300,000

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday that its pet service platform ForDong has garnered over 300,000 subscribers just 14 months sinc...

KT, SingPost to team up for AI-based digital logistics

South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore Post (SingPost), a state-run postal...

SK Broadband launches hybrid quantum security service

South Korean internet service provider SK Broadband on Tuesday said it launched the country’s first dedicated line service that supports the o...

Netmarble, Hana Financial team up for metaverse service

South Korean game company Netmarble Corp. announced on Monday that it will partner with Hana Financial Group to develop new financial experiences an...

Samsung Welstory unveils robots for company cafeterias

South Korean food and beverage company Samsung Welstory Inc. is forming a robotic process automation (RPA) ecosystem in the food service sector. In ...

Under siege by OTT players, Korean mobile carriers seek higher VOD sales

Once, video-on-demand (VOD) services over internet TV easily generated money for most telecommunications companies in South Korea.Those days are g...

Webcash launches WeBill 365 in Cambodia

South Korea's Webcash Co. has launched its specialized billing solution "WeBill 365" in Cambodia."WeBill 365 maximizes convenience and efficiency fo...

Sapeon completes $45 mn series A funding

Sapeon, a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor company, announced on Wednesday that it has concluded a Series A funding round, ra...

Doosan to provide logistics automation solutions to Nike Korea

Doosan Logistics Solutions Co. (DLS), a South Korean system integrator that provides turnkey solutions, announced on Tuesday that it has won Nike ...

FNSValue, UN agency to provide passwordless authentication for fintech

South Korean blockchain company FNSValue Co. on Monday signed a partnership agreement with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Unit...

Smilegate to launch video communication service

The face on a video call screen changes into a game character, making the conversation fun. This is the main function of P.Pool, a video communicati...

DGB Fin to set up asset management firm in Singapore

South Korea’s DGB Financial Group is poised to set up an asset management unit in Singapore, its first overseas fund management arm, according...

Virtual bands, emerging stars to fuel global K-pop craze

Virtual bands have emerged as new stars to accelerate the K-pop craze across the world. An artificial girl quartet attracted more than 25 million vi...

Korea Credit Data raises $75.7 million from Morgan Stanley

Korea Credit Data (KCD), a South Korean fintech startup focusing on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has raised 100 billion won ($75.7 mi...

Naver eyes global market with new LLM HyperCLOVA X

Naver Corp., the South Korean online platform giant, has finally debuted its upgraded large language model (LLM) HyperCLOVA X, its new pillar busine...

SK Telecom to enter generative AI market with large language model

SK Telecom announced on Wednesday that it will provide tailored generative AI services to businesses and public agencies using various advanced arti...

Kyochon, Pablo Air to collaborate for commercializing drone delivery

South Korea's fried chicken chain Kyochon F&B announced on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the drone logistics...

Samsung set to supply HBM3, packaging services to AMD

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker is poised to provide its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips and t...

SK Telecom buys major stake in AICC developer Persona AI

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. will boost its artificial intelligence (AI) contact center (AICC) unit to emerge as a comprehensive provider of AICC pr...

Samsung C&T sells 150-MW solar power project in US

South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. on Wednesday said its US-based green energy affiliate Samsung C&T Renewables sold a project for construction...

Samsung's Bespoke Qooker surpasses 200,000 units in sales

Samsung Electronics Co.'s Bespoke Qooker has exceeded cumulative sales of 200,000 units within two years since its launch.Bespoke Qooker is a vers...

English tutoring startup Ringle accelerates service diversification

SILICON VALLEY – Ringle English Education Service, a South Korean startup operating a one-on-one English tutoring platform, is actively seekin...

Mirae Asset Global Investments buys Australian robo-advisor firm

South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments announced its acquisition of Stockspot, a prominent Australian robo-advisor specialist.In a statement r...

SK Telecom's T deal sees 81.5% transaction amount increase in H1

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that the transaction volume of its artificial intelligence (AI)-curated text commerce T deal in the...

S.Korea-China ferries resume passenger transport after hiatus of 43 months

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of South Korea announced on Thursday that the passenger ferry New Grand Peace is set to embark on Friday aftern...

S.Korea's LG Uplus branches to offer travel services

South Korea's telecom service provider LG Uplus Corp. will start offering travel services at its offline branches. The company on Wednesday said it ...

Naver to launch short-form service on portal’s front page

South Korea’s top online portal Naver Corp. said on Wednesday it is strengthening its short-form content service on surging demand for video c...

Toss’ TADA sale back to square one; its mobility push faces setback

Viva Republica Inc., South Korea’s fintech unicorn operating mobile financial platform Toss, is at a crossroads as its second attempt to sell ...

Kakao Healthcare signs agreement with Novo Nordisk for digital service

Kakao Healthcare Corp., a digital healthcare platform unit of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced that it has signed on Tuesday a business agreemen...