Shinsegae, Hana Financial, Bain Capital to finance $438 mn Starfield Cheongna

Shinsegae, Hana Financial, Bain Capital to finance $438 mn Starfield Cheongna

Shinsegae Property, a subsidiary of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group, on Tuesday unveiled a 600 billion won ($438 million) investment agree...

Samsung gears up for foray into space infrastructure industry

Samsung gears up for foray into space infrastructure industry

Samsung Group is stepping up efforts to venture into the space infrastructure industry, a sector analysts say remains a blue ocean where South Korea...

Ritz-Carlton to return to Seoul, tapped by IGIS Asset for landmark project

Ritz-Carlton to return to Seoul, tapped by IGIS Asset for landmark project

IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s leading real estate investment firm, has named The Ritz-Carlton the preferred hotel brand for its amb...

KAIST launches Korean rapper G-Dragon’s music into space

KAIST launches Korean rapper G-Dragon’s music into space

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) has launched the music and iris image of G-Dragon, a Korean rapper and singer-songw...

Boryung invests $10 million in Intuitive Machines

Boryung invests $10 million in Intuitive Machines

South Korea's Boryung Corp. said on Friday it bought $10.0 million in shares of US-based lunar lander company Intuitive Machines to expand its space...

Korean Air resumes Incheon-Kumamoto flights after 27 years

Korean Air resumes Incheon-Kumamoto flights after 27 years

Korean Air Lines Co. said on Monday that it relaunched the Incheon–Kumamoto route on November 24, offering seven weekly services.The route, la...

KIC bets on AI-driven value creation: CEO

KIC bets on AI-driven value creation: CEO

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will aggressively explore early investment opportunities in sectors undergoing AI-driven in...

KT, KT SAT, Nara Space to launch satellite data biz

KT, KT SAT, Nara Space to launch satellite data biz

South Korea's KT Corp. said on Monday it will pursue a joint project utilizing satellite data with KT SAT and Nara Space Technology Inc.The plan is ...

S.Korea’s T’way Air to introduce A330-900 Neo aircraft

S.Korea’s T’way Air to introduce A330-900 Neo aircraft

T'way Air Co. announced on Thursday that it will gradually introduce five new Airbus A330-900 Neo aircraft starting next year.T’way recently s...

Hanwha teams up with Australian startup for space business

Hanwha teams up with Australian startup for space business

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. has joined hands with Australian startup Gilmour Space Technologies in the space business, bolstering coope...

IGIS, Naver Labs to develop tech convergence space platform

IGIS, Naver Labs to develop tech convergence space platform

South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. said on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with six companies, including Nav...

Hanwha Systems, Airbus to jointly develop space solar cells

Hanwha Systems, Airbus to jointly develop space solar cells

Flexell Space, South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co.'s in-house venture, said on Thursday that it signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Germany's Airbus D...

TelePIX launches AI processor for satellites

TelePIX launches AI processor for satellites

The South Korean satellite startup TelePIX announced on Monday that it sent its high-performance artificial intelligence (AI) processor for satellit...

Hanwha, Univ. of Surrey to team up for space business

Hanwha, Univ. of Surrey to team up for space business

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s major aerospace and defense system developer, announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understan...

Hana Bank, SK Telecom to support AI startups

Hana Bank, SK Telecom to support AI startups

South Korea's Hana Bank and SK Telecom Co. held the final selection and inauguration ceremony for the second AI Startup Accelerator BootCamp at Spar...

Hanwha’s Flexell Space to supply satellite solar cell to Terran Orbital

Hanwha’s Flexell Space to supply satellite solar cell to Terran Orbital

Flexell Space, an in-house space solar cell-developing startup under South Korea’s Hanwha Systems Co., will supply its tandem flexible batteri...

Samsung to send chips into space via Nuri rocket

Samsung to send chips into space via Nuri rocket

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Friday that it signed an agreement with the domestic micro-satellite startup Nara Space Technology Inc. to develop i...

Hyundai Motor debuts 2025 Avante with improved cluster space use

Hyundai Motor debuts 2025 Avante with improved cluster space use

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it has launched the updated model of the compact sedan, 2025 Avante, and has begun full-scale sales.Sin...

Nara Space selected as IPEF's top-100 climate startups

Nara Space selected as IPEF's top-100 climate startups

South Korea's micro-satellite startup Nara Space Technology Inc. announced on Friday that it was selected as one of the top-100 climate tech startup...

Korean Air expects US approval for Asiana merger by end-Oct: report

Korean Air expects US approval for Asiana merger by end-Oct: report

Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s No. 1 full-service carrier, expects to gain full approval from the US government by the end of October to ...

Nara Space attracts $14.5 mn series B investment

Nara Space attracts $14.5 mn series B investment

South Korea's micro-satellite startup Nara Space Technology Inc. announced on Friday that it attracted a 20 billion won ($14.5 million) series B inv...

KOTRA opens K-Tech Camp in Paris

KOTRA opens K-Tech Camp in Paris

The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Thursday that it established the Paris K-Tech Camp in Paris, France on May 23.KOTRA...

HL Mando, Kakao Mobility to develop autonomous parking robots

HL Mando, Kakao Mobility to develop autonomous parking robots

HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea's HL Group, announced on Thursday that it signed a busine...

Perigee, SSC to cooperate on space launch vehicle

Perigee, SSC to cooperate on space launch vehicle

South Korea's small space launch vehicle startup Perigee Aerospace Inc. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with the Swedish Space Corporation ...

S.Korea’s largest startup fair NextRise to be held in June

S.Korea’s largest startup fair NextRise to be held in June

The Korea International Trade Association announced on Tuesday that the largest domestic startup fair in South Korea, NextRise 2024 Seoul," will be ...

Hanwha Systems to build Jeju Hanwha Space Center

Hanwha Systems to build Jeju Hanwha Space Center

South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. announced plans on Monday that it plans to establish the Jeju Hanwha Space Center in Jeju Special Self-Governing Pr...

Lotte Global Logistics partners with CMA CGM

Lotte Global Logistics partners with CMA CGM

South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Monday that it partnered with the France-based world's third-largest shipping company CMA CGM.&nbs...

S.Korea taps ex-NASA exec John Lee as space agency R&D head

S.Korea taps ex-NASA exec John Lee as space agency R&D head

South Korea named John Lee, a former senior executive of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as the head of missions such a...

Innospace, LIG Nex1 to co-work for space, defense business

Innospace, LIG Nex1 to co-work for space, defense business

South Korea's space launch startup Innospace announced on Wednesday that it signed a business agreement with LIG Nex1 Co. for cooperation and commer...

Perigee, Hyundai Rotem to team up for SLV

Perigee, Hyundai Rotem to team up for SLV

South Korea's Perigee Aerospace Inc. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hyundai Rotem Co. to expand its bus...

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