Deal graveyard: S.Korean F&B franchise sales left without takers
Korean food is making waves globally, but back home, the story is different for food and beverage franchise operators. Franchisors in South Korea ar...
Rap icon Cardi B joins K-beauty’s celebrity fan club with BB cream
Cardi B, the Grammy-winning rapper, has joined the growing list of celebrities spotlighting Korean beauty products, fueling a new wave of global ent...
JKL Partners to acquire $150 mn cult-favorite bagel chain London Bagel
JKL Partners Inc., a Seoul-based private equity firm, is set to acquire London Bagel Museum, a growing sensation in South Korea’s booming prem...
LG CNS forms strategic partnership with robotics startup Skild AI
LG CNS Co., the information technology service arm of LG Group, said on Tuesday it has formed a strategic partnership with Skild AI to develop AI-dr...
IFEZ to apply for designation of southern Ganghwa as free economic zone
The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority is set to submit its application by the end of June to designate the southern end of Ganghwa Island ...
Dongwon Industries to delist wholly owned Dongwon F&B
Dongwon Industries Co., the holding company of South Korea’s seafood-to-logistics Dongwon Group, will delist its canned tuna-manufacturing sub...
NPS pours $3.9 bn to buttress Korean stock market
South Korea’s National Pension Service, the country’s largest institutional investor, has come to the rescue of the domestic stock marke...
ABL Bio lands $2.8 billion license-out deal with GSK
ABL Bio Inc., a South Korean biotech company, will license out its proprietary blood-brain barrier shuttle platform, called the Grabody-B, to UK-bas...
Hyundai Motor launches global talent recruitment program
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has launched a global talent recruitment program, beginning April 1 via its official hiring webs...
LG Electronics deepens ties with US startup Apex.AI
LG Electronics Inc. has invested in Apex.AI, a US-based startup developing safety-certified software designed to accelerate the transition of softwa...
SK Hynix to produce HBM4 on 3 nm foundry process in 2025
SK Hynix Inc. will adopt the 3-nanometer process, the most advanced foundry technology available, to produce customized HBM4 chips in the second hal...
S.Korean gov't eases restrictions on Korean investment in overseas startups
The companies founded by South Korean nationals abroad will be recognized as domestic companies if they contribute to the Korean economy, making it ...
Huons receives A grade in ESG evaluation
South Korea’s Huons Co. said on Tuesday that it received an A (excellent) grade in the 2024 ESG evaluation recently released by the Korea Inst...
Self-driving tech startup RideFlux raises $1.9 mn in Series B
RideFlux Inc., a South Korean autonomous driving technology startup, raised 26 billion won ($1.9 million) in a Series B funding round about four mon...
SK Telecom upgrades 5G base stations with Samsung
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Monday that it partnered with Samsung Electronics Co. to apply artificial intelligence (AI)-based quality opt...
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 ...
Liner raises $20 mn in Series B funding
South Korean AI search startup Liner said on Friday it raised 270 billion won ($200 million) in a Series B funding round led by Atinum Investment an...
SK Broadband unveils upgraded AI-powered IPTV service
SK Broadband Co., South Korea’s No. 2 internet service provider, has upgraded the voice command function of its internet protocol television (...
CJ Logistics, Aidin Robotics to co-develop logistics robots
South Korea’s CJ Logistics and Aidin Robotics recently signed a memorandum of understanding to co-develop and commercialize logistics robots.U...
LG Innotek develops AI for raw material inspection
LG Innotek, a leading South Korean electronics parts maker, said on Wednesday it developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can filter ou...
42Maru builds defense-specialized GenAI platform
42Maru, South Korea's generative AI and language AI startup said on Friday that it was selected as the lead organization for the Defense Technolog...
Kia, 42dot, Geotab to team up for PBV management system
Kia Corp. said on Friday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with 42dot and Geotab to develop a management system for purpose-built vehi...
AB InBev's Oriental Brewery buys Jeju Soju from Shinsegae
Oriental Brewery Co. (OB), a unit of the world’s largest beer company AB InBev, agreed on Wednesday to purchase Jeju Soju from Shinsegae L&...
KT applies AIoT video surveillance to EV charging stations
South Korea's KT Corp. said on Monday that it will expand its Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things (AIoT) video surveillance business to elect...
KCC develops automated painting robot
South Korean chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. said on Monday that it developed the country's first autonomous painting robot Smart Canvas.T...
Samsung’s new 2 nm foundry process to cut chip size by 17%
A new contract chipmaking technology, dubbed the backside power delivery network (BSPDN), will reduce the size of a 2-nanometer chip by 17%, compare...
Hyundai, Kia to apply BMS to all EVs for fire prevention
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, plans to install its battery management system (BMS) in all its electric vehicles to...
Hyundai Mobis’ sustainability pledge for a better tomorrow
Hyundai Mobis Co.'s efforts to build a better tomorrow don't stop at developing future mobility technologies like autonomous driving, connectivity a...
Samsung invests in US AI security startup Protect AI
Samsung Venture Investment Corp., Samsung Electronics Co.'s venture capital firm, has invested in Protect AI Inc., a US startup offering a security ...
NHN unveils new corporate identity
South Korea's NHN Corp. unveiled a new corporate identity (CI) on Thursday in celebration of its anniversary and announced that it would be uniforml...
