LS Electric targets Southeast Asian microgrid market

South Korea's LS Electric Co. will join hands with Thailand's second-largest company Siam Cement Group (SCG) to target the Southeast Asian market fo...

S.Korea’s chronic disease: Decline in youth employment

The number of young workers in South Korea fell for a sixth straight month in April to its lowest point in more than two years, deepening concerns t...

Samsung’s H2 new tablet launch to close gap on market leader iPad

Samsung Electronics Co., the second-largest player in the global tablet market, is aiming to narrow the gap with industry leader Apple Inc. with its...

Hyundai Motor, Kia to receive 25% tax credit for EV plant spending

ULSAN, South Gyeongsang Province – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is poised to receive a 25% tax credit for its planned investment in a...

Huons sees tripling of lidocaine vial output in 3 years

South Korea’s Huons Co., an anesthetics vial producer, aims to triple its lidocaine output from 2026, targeting the US market, where it fills ...

S.Korean kitchen robot startup Wave attracts $3 mn investment

South Korea's kitchen robot startup Wave Lifestyle Technologies announced on Tuesday that it has raised a Series A1 investment of 4 billion won ($3 ...

Virtual human YT debuts as SSG.COM’s shopping host

SSG.COM, the e-commerce brand of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Inc., announced on Tuesday that virtual human YT has been named the official sh...

Poshmark powers Naver earnings; HyperCLOVA X the next booster

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings thanks to strong sales of Poshmark Inc. in the US. It ...

Leeum's enduring charm to foreign VIPs

On a shiny Monday morning, the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art nestled on the slope of Mt. Namsan in a quiet Hannam neighborhood in Seoul was flanked b...

S.Korea's Bertis releases two academic findings at AOHUPO conference

Bertis, South Korean company specializing in the development of proteomics-based precision medicine technology, announced on Monday that it presente...

Samyang Foods aims to grow Buldak sauce into $75 mn brand

South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. announced on Monday that it will strengthen its sauce business centered around its popular Buldak (hot chicken flavo...

Samsung to unveil new foldables in July to boost Q3 profit

Samsung Electronics Co. is set to unveil fifth-generation of its foldable smartphones at the end of July, about two weeks earlier than it had showca...

Samsung Electronics to overtake TSMC within 5 years: chip president

DAEJEON – Samsung Electronics Co. will be able to overtake bigger foundry rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) at the leading e...

Wrtn to offer free access GPT-4 conversation services

South Korean generative AI startup Wrtn Technologies announced on Thursday that it will offer unlimited free access to its conversation feature...

Samsung vetoes Broadcom's proposed measures to avoid Korean penalties

Samsung Electronics Co. and other South Korean tech companies opposed measures proposed by Broadcom Inc. to avoid penalties by the country’s a...

EcoPro BM share drops as falling material costs forecast to hurt revenue

EcoPro BM Co., the top stock on South Korea’s junior bourse Kosdaq, declined on Wednesday as some brokerage houses have downgraded the shares ...

Korea’s Hanatour sees 1st profit in over 3 yrs on high-end service

Hanatour Service Inc., South Korea’s top travel agency, enjoyed its first quarterly profit in more than three years as it focused on high-end ...

Korean Air showcases special aircraft livery featuring Blackpink

Korean Air Lines Co. held a 2030 Busan Expo Korean Air Special Aircraft Unveiling Event at the aircraft hangar at Incheon International Airport on W...

Multifamily emerges as Korean LPs’ top real estate pick for 2023

Multifamily housing has emerged as the most popular real estate segment for South Korean institutional investors, with senior secured loans picked as ...

Hyundai, Kia’s brisk April sales bode well for stellar Q2

The second-quarter earnings outlook for South Korea’s biggest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Corp. looks rosy as eased...

Celltrion applies for Phase 3 clinical trials in Europe for biosimilar

South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. is speeding up global clinical trials of its biosimilar of the multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment Ocrevus (active ...

POSCO to spend $900 mn to expand lithium, cathode output in Korea

South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Group is expected to spend 1.2 trillion won ($900 million) in total to add cathode manufacturing and lithium r...

Korean retail investors net buy bonds at record $3.2 bn in April

South Korean individual investors flocked to the bond market with net purchases of 4.25 trillion won ($3.2 billion) in April, the highest record on ...

Gucci picks Korean royal palace for 2024 collection

Seoul is emerging as a new venue for global luxury brands’ fight for pride, with Louis Vuitton and Gucci set to unveil their new fashion colle...

S.Korea’s car exports hit record high of $15.4 bn in Q1

South Korea's car exports achieved their highest-ever record in the first quarter 2023, increasing by over 40% from a year ago, according to data fr...

Hotel Shilla to challenge Lotte’s duty-free shop dominance in Korea

South Korean leading luxury hotel and retail operator Hotel Shilla is challenging its crosstown rival Lotte, the dominant player in the country&rsqu...

S.Korea, US to jointly invest $60 mn for student exchange programs

South Korea and the United States have agreed to jointly invest $60 million in the exchange of young professionals in the field of science and techn...

POSCO Int’l Q1 operating profit up 30% with merged energy affiliate

POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., reported a 30% on...

Seoul zeroes in on high tech for US business alliance

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is off to a smooth start on his six-day state visit to the US this week, which is expected to pave the way for ...

Kia expects stellar Q2 after reporting record operating profit in Q1

Kia Corp., the smaller sibling of South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co., presented a rosy earnings outlook for the second quarter ...