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South Korean conglomerates are rushing to nurture their robotics businesses, encouraged by surging demand for robots in the service industry.LG Elec...

SebitChem Co., South Korea’s secondary battery recycling company, is seeking an initial public offering, taking advantage of investors’ ...

In South Korea, the list of early stage startups that garnered more than 5 billion won ($3.8 million) in the last 12 months looks slightly different...

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday estimated that its second-quarter operating profit and sales edged down from three months before, reversing its ...

South Korean biotech company L&C Bio, which specializes in tissue regeneration treatment, is poised to ramp up its expansion into the Chinese ma...

LG Magna e-Powertrain Co. will invest $78 million in its Chinese plant of electric vehicle parts to meet growing demand in the world’s largest...

LG Electronics Inc. and Kakao Mobility Corp. have agreed to form a future mobility technology partnership with an aim to jointly launch an autonomou...

As a string of sporadic labor union strikes enters its third week, the risk of supply disruption has spread to an unlikely victim – Hankook Ti...

Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, sectors serving golf enthusiasts have thrived in South Korea.Financial services company BC Card analyzed the sales ...

Veganism is one of the hottest buzzwords in the food and beverage industry this year. F&B juggernauts are racing to win the hearts and tast...

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will discontinue the production of its hatchback coupe Veloster to focus on the more popular hig...

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco company, has sued its largest e-cigarette outsourcing firm EM-Tech. Co., claiming the co-dev...

As the global chip supply shortage shows signs of easing, South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is working down its order backlog by...

Dongwon Group, South Korea’s leading seafood and logistics conglomerate, is changing the merger ratio of its two major affiliates, accepting a...

The uninvited visitor to Terraform Labs co-founder and CEO Do Kwon's Seoul residence has been identified by police. An AfreecaTV streamer who g...

South Korean leading security services provider SK Shieldus Co. has scrapped its plan to go public this month. Its bookbuilding gained tepid investo...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., a South Korean shipbuilding giant, is seeing its marine engine business unit emerge as the company’s cash cow.Th...

South Korea’s top three general trading companies, LX International Corp., POSCO International Corp. and Samsung C&T Corp. achieved record...

Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems Co., an electric system spinoff from South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., said on May...

LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliances maker, expects business conditions to deteriorate in the second quarter amid higher costs...

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it is considering building another chip fabrication line after p...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. will supply its semiconductor package substrate to Apple Inc. for the US tech giant’s next-generation M2 process...

South Korean shipbuilders’ shares stood high in the subdued local stock market as strong order books stoked predictions of earnings improvemen...

Korean Air Lines Co.’s stock is underperforming those of its US rivals on concerns that South Korea’s top carrier is unlikely to immedia...

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, reported a lower-than-expected decline in quarterly profit...

PI Advanced Materials Co., the world’s largest polyimide (PI) film manufacturer, has drawn about 10 preliminary bidders, including The Carlyle...

NexFlex Co., South Korea's largest manufacturer of flexible copper clad laminates (FCCLs) used for smartphones, has drawn around half a dozen prelim...

The wider adoption of artificial intelligence around the globe calls for more data in the form of high quality photos, videos, and text. With t...

Orders for mega liquefied natural gas carriers have reemerged as demand for the gas has increased alongside the global push to cut carbon emissions....

South Korea’s shipbuilders targeted demand for new vessels and ship modification as tougher environmental regulations are scheduled to take ef...