Ediya Coffee introduces Taiwan Pay

South Korea's homegrown coffee chain Ediya Coffee announced on Tuesday that it introduced Taiwan's popular mobile payment platform Taiwan Pay (TWQR)...

Korea’s booming medical tourism: Skin care, plastic surgery in demand

The number of foreign patients visiting South Korea for medical tourism hit a record high last year, driven by those who traveled to Korea for skin ...

Kakao joins hands with LG Uplus to enter EV charger market

Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s largest taxi-hailing platform, is set to make inroads into the electric vehicle charging market by setting...

HYBE conflict vs NewJeans label set to escalate into legal battle

HYBE Co., the company behind boy band BTS, has reported Min Hee-jin, the chief of popular girl group NewJeans’ label ADOR, to police for inves...

Korean Air to launch Incheon-Macau route in July

Korean Air Lines Co., the leading full-service airline in South Korea, announced on Friday that it will launch flights on the Incheon-Macau route st...

Kakao Mobility to offer robot delivery service with LG

Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s most popular ride-hailing app operator, will offer indoor robot delivery service with self-driving robots ...

Lotte Dept. Store introduces AI translation service

South Korea's Lotte Department Store announced on Monday that it introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) interpretation service for foreign touri...

CJ Logistics, Ninja Van to co-work for cross-border e-commerce

South Korea's CJ Logistics announced on Thursday that it signed a customs clearance and delivery service contract with Singapore-based Ninja Van t...

Toss Bank exceeds 10 mn customers

South Korea’s fintech platform Toss Bank saw that its subscribers surpassed 10 million. According to the company, it's been two years and...

SK Innovation to adjust business portfolios for long-term growth

SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, is slated to adjust its business portfolios for long-term growth while not planning to sl...

Korea’s Catchtable eyes offshore table reservation markets

Wad Corp., the developer and operator of South Korea’s most popular restaurant reservation app Catchtable, is considering offering Catchtable ...

Growing controversy over call to share profits for using wind energy

Renewable energy companies in South Korea are facing growing pressure to share their profits from wind or solar energy electricity generation, stirr...

Lotte Rental launches driver-inclusive rental service in Vietnam

Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, announced on Monday that it has launched a "Vietnam Driver-inclusive Rental Car."The servic...

Samsung to deploy smart home services in Miami

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Sunday that it will deploy smart home services in the Miami residential complex, Florida with the US-based re...

LG Elec, Microsoft, GE to collaborate for smart hospital

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GE Healthcare Korea and Microsoft (MS) Korea to co...

SK Innovation reshuffles units to raise value

SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, is reorganizing its subsidiaries to boost their individual values through independent man...

Samsung Galaxy AI expands to 16 languages

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it is expanding the translation and communication language support of Galaxy AI, first introduced...

Kumho Tire to supply premium tires to Jeep, Peugeot in Korea

Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, announced on Tuesday that it will supply tires to 33 official service centers nationwide for J...

Korea’s LG telecom unit unveils AI agent with own technology

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, has introduced an artificial intelligence agent platform based on its own ixi AI technolog...

LG Electronics logs record-high revenue in Q1 on B2B push

LG Electronics Inc. raked in its largest-ever quarterly revenue in the first quarter of this year, maintaining upward momentum after a stellar 2023,...

Ably launches virtual fitting AI service

South Korean fashion commerce platform Ably Corp. announced on Friday that it launched a new service The Shopping Mall-Specific Artificial Intellige...

Wavve to enter European, Oceanian OTT markets

South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) platform company Wavve announced on Wednesday that it plans to enter European and Oceanian OTT markets through it...

Chanel to open after-sales service center in Seoul

French luxury label Chanel is planning to open a dedicated after-sales service center in South Korea, one of the world’s largest markets for h...

Hyundai Motor regains AAA credit rating after 4 years

Hyundai Motor Co. regained its top AAA credit rating for the first time since the end of 2019.NICE Investors Service on Tuesday upgraded Hyundai Mot...

Hyundai Globis wins long-term LNGC charter in Qatar

South Korea's Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Monday that it has won a long-term charter for four liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGC) from QatarEn...

Wrtn opens free AI search service

South Korea's advanced tech startup Wrtn Technologies, a major player in generative artificial intelligence (AI), opened its free and unlimited AI s...

LG CNS to lead digital transformation at FPT in Vietnam

LG CNS Co., an information technology service company under South Korean conglomerate LG Group, will lead the digital transformation of FPT Group, a...

JB investors urged to oppose Align's call for board overhaul

Global proxy advisors International Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. have expressed their opinion that there is no need for...

Naver, named 3rd most innovative company in the Asia-Pacific

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. ranked as the third most innovative company in the Asia-Pacific by a top US business magazine for the p...

Daishin to sell its headquarters at $493 mn to NH-Amundi

South Korea’s Daishin Securities Co. is set to sell its headquarters office to NH-Amundi Asset Management Co. for 660 billion won ($492.6 mill...