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  • Shareholder activism
    Rise of Korean activist investors at home

    As the annual general shareholders’ meeting season is approaching fast, publicly traded companies in South Korea are ready...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Steel
    POSCO chair, board under investigation ahead of new CEO selection

    Police in Seoul have launched a probe into South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Choi Jeong-woo a...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Artificial intelligence
    DeepBrain AI launches deepfake detection solution

    South Korean AI startup DeepBrain AI announced on Friday that it released the country's first service-as-a-software (SaaS)-based...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean startups
    Korea’s unicorn startups fly high as IPO plans revived

    South Korea’s unicorn startups, or venture firms with a corporate value of at least 1 trillion won ($760 million), are poi...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • E-commerce
    Coupang to resume Rocket Delivery for LG H&H; ends 5-year feud

    Coupang Inc., South Korea’s leading online retailer, said on Friday it will resume the same or next-day delivery service, ...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Artificial intelligence
    Naver unveils reports of Qatar Asian Cup utilizing AI

    South Korea's Naver Corp. announced on Friday that it has published AI Scout Report for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) A...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean innovators at CES 2024
    LG Elec to expand ad-supported streaming service with TV OS

    LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, plans to expand its free ad-supported streaming telev...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Cryptocurrencies
    Foreign-listed bitcoin ETF trading suspended in S.Korea

    South Korean investors’ years-long trading of spot-bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed in Canada and Germany was a...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Artificial intelligence
    SK Networks invests $19 mn in AI startup Upstage

    South Korea's SK Networks Co. announced on Friday that it has invested 25 billion won ($19.02 million) in the domestic artific...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Automobiles
    Hyundai unveils IONIQ 5 N concept NPX1 in Japan

    Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Friday that it unveiled the high-performance electric vehicle (EV) IONIQ 5's N Performance Concep...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean innovators at CES 2024
    Samsung to double HBM chip production to lead on-device AI chip era

    LAS VEGAS – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to more than double its high bandwi...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean innovators at CES 2024
    SK Telecom considers adding LLM to iPhone recording app

    LAS VEGAS -- SK Telecom Co. is considering adding a large language model (LLM) to its iPhone call-recording app for the first ti...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Bio & Pharma
    Celltrion to expand Yuflyma supply network in Europe

    South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. announced on Friday that it will supply its biosimilar Yuflyma (active ingredient: adalimumab...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean food
    Yonsei Cream Milk Bread to be launched in Taiwan

    Yonsei Milk, a non-profit social contribution company of South Korea's Yonsei University, announced on Friday that it will exp...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Corporate restructuring
    Taeyoung becomes 1st Korean builder in debt workout in decade

    The vast majority of creditors to Taeyoung Engineering & Construction Co. (Taeyoung E&C) have agreed to start debt restr...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)