Kakao Mobility looks abroad to expand taxi services

Kakao Mobility looks abroad to expand taxi services

South Korea’s Kakao Mobility Corp. is expanding overseas services in the face of criticism over its business practices, including the alleged ...

Shinsegae head calls for drastic systems-centered reform

Shinsegae head calls for drastic systems-centered reform

Shinsegae Group Vice Chairman Chung Yong-jin has urged the South Korean retail giant to make drastic systems-centered reforms to ensure stable and s...

Hyundai delays IONIQ 5 robotaxi service in US

Hyundai delays IONIQ 5 robotaxi service in US

Motional, the US-based self-driving joint venture of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, postponed its plans to launch a commercial robotax...

Woori Bank Vietnam opens PB branch in Hanoi

Woori Bank Vietnam opens PB branch in Hanoi

South Korea's Woori Bank revealed on Tuesday that the Vietnamese corporation Woori Bank Vietnam opened its 22nd branch in Starlake, Hanoi. Star...

Toss Pay expands on-site payment in 42 countries

Toss Pay expands on-site payment in 42 countries

Toss Pay, the convenient payment service of South Korea's mobile financial platform Toss, said on Monday it has expanded its overseas on-site paymen...

LG Elec unveils shoe care appliance at ComplexCon 2023

LG Elec unveils shoe care appliance at ComplexCon 2023

LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its dedicated shoe care appliance Styler Objet Collection ShoeCare and ShoeCase at ComplexCon 2023 in Long Beach, Calif...

Shinhan offers $77 mn debts in merger of Vistra, Tricor

Shinhan offers $77 mn debts in merger of Vistra, Tricor

South Korea's Shinhan Investment & Securities Co. said on Wednesday that it has led the merger of financial services firms Vistra and Tricor in ...

KT says farewell to telegraph after a century of service

KT says farewell to telegraph after a century of service

KT Corp., a leading South Korean telecom company, will end its telegraph service, once the fastest means of long-distance communication, after the c...

South Korea vulnerable to tech spies undeterred by soft penalties

South Korea vulnerable to tech spies undeterred by soft penalties

When a former Samsung Electronics Co. executive was arrested on industrial espionage charges by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (N...

LG Uplus buys pet Airbnb-style startup to boost pet care services

LG Uplus buys pet Airbnb-style startup to boost pet care services

LG Uplus Corp. has acquired a domestic dog space rental startup Along as the South Korean mobile carrier is zooming in on pet care services as its n...

Samsung to feature AI-based real time translation in Galaxy

Samsung to feature AI-based real time translation in Galaxy

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday it plans to feature AI-based translation in its upcoming Galaxy AI smartphone. AI Live Translate Call ...

Doctornow signs business agreement with Spain’s Mediktor

Doctornow signs business agreement with Spain’s Mediktor

South Korea's medical care startup Doctornow Inc. announced on Wednesday it signed a strategic business agreement with global artificial intelligenc...

Samsung unveils generative AI Gauss, to be integrated in Galaxy S24

Samsung unveils generative AI Gauss, to be integrated in Galaxy S24

Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled its first generative artificial intelligence model, Samsung Gauss, to compete with the likes of ChatGP...

Brits to enjoy K-food Bibigo at home with delivery service

Brits to enjoy K-food Bibigo at home with delivery service

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. started the delivery service of its K-food brand Bibigo in the UK to accelerate the expansion of the As...

Socar launches car-sharing service with Naver's generative AI

Socar launches car-sharing service with Naver's generative AI

South Korea’s mobility platform operator Socar Inc. has introduced a car-sharing service utilizing generative artificial intelligence in coope...

Naver Pay expands on-site payment to SE Asia countries

Naver Pay expands on-site payment to SE Asia countries

Naver Pay, the simple payment service of South Korea's Naver Financial, said on Thursday it has expanded its overseas on-site payment services. It...

Asiana Airlines to sell cargo business for merger with Korean Air

Asiana Airlines to sell cargo business for merger with Korean Air

Asiana Airlines Inc. on Thursday decided to carve out its lucrative cargo business, clearing a major hurdle to its merger with bigger rival Korean A...

KT unveils B2B generative AI service Mi:dm

KT unveils B2B generative AI service Mi:dm

South Korean telecom giant KT Corp. on Tuesday unveiled Mi:dm, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) service for corporate clients, at its Seoul...

Nexon’s 'The Finals' draws record-high concurrent users

Nexon’s 'The Finals' draws record-high concurrent users

South Korea’s game publishing giant Nexon Co. is set to release another blockbuster game after its new first-person shooting game “The F...

BBQ's Chicken Camp gets popularity from foreign tourists

BBQ's Chicken Camp gets popularity from foreign tourists

Foreign tourists looking for Chicken Camp, operated by BBQ, a South Korean fried chicken brand, have been increasing noticeably. Chicken Camp is a c...

Hanjin opens representative office in Mongolia

Hanjin opens representative office in Mongolia

South Korea's Hanjin Transportation announced on Friday it has opened a representative office in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to expand its logistics hu...

Naver Cloud to offer edutech service in Mongolia

Naver Cloud to offer edutech service in Mongolia

South Korea's Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Naver Corp., announced on Tuesday it will participate in the Digital Classroom Project of Mong...

Samsung Biologics partners with Europe's largest VC

Samsung Biologics partners with Europe's largest VC

Samsung Biologics Co., the world's largest contract drug manufacturer, announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with global biotech venture capitalist ...

SK Telecom launches call recording service for iPhone

SK Telecom launches call recording service for iPhone

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. has rolled out an iPhone app using artificial intelligence (AI) that allows users to record calls on their smartp...

LG CNS starts corporate knowledge management service

LG CNS starts corporate knowledge management service

South Korean information and communications technology service provider LG CNS has launched a service for finding useful knowledge and data within a...

Hankook & Company to expand to robotics with Neubility

Hankook & Company to expand to robotics with Neubility

South Korea’s Hankook & Company Group, formerly Hankook Tire Group, is expanding to robotics to raise its future competitiveness.The gro...

Kakao Enterprise, Salesforce establish joint sales partnership

Kakao Enterprise, Salesforce establish joint sales partnership

South Korea's Kakao Enterprise Corp. announced on Friday that it has formed a joint sales partnership with Salesforce Korea to support digital innov...

SK C&C AI diagnostic service checks Doosan Enerbility’s plants

SK C&C AI diagnostic service checks Doosan Enerbility’s plants

SK C&C, a systems integration affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, on Thursday said it will provide diagnostic services based on generativ...

SK Telecom launches cloud cost management platform

SK Telecom launches cloud cost management platform

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Wednesday announced the launch of Cloud Radar 2.0, its next-generation cloud management platform that leverages arti...

Naver launches AI-based hotel recommendations service

Naver launches AI-based hotel recommendations service

South Korea’s web portal giant Naver Corp. has launched a beta service for For You, which recommends hotels using artificial intelligence (A...

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