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...

LG Group executives to meet with Honda CEO to explore partnership

LG Group executives to meet with Honda CEO to explore partnership

LG Group is accelerating its efforts to build a partnership with Honda Motor Co. as South Korea's fourth-largest conglomerate beefs up its automotiv...

KKR in control feud over Korea’s top solar power plant

KKR in control feud over Korea’s top solar power plant

Global private equity giant KKR & Co. Inc. is embroiled in a management dispute over South Korea’s top solar power plant with key individu...

South Korea’s startup M&A winter deepens capital bottleneck  

South Korea’s startup M&A winter deepens capital bottleneck  

South Korea’s startup M&A winter has deepened as once major investors like conglomerates are prioritizing restructuring over expansion, ch...

US considers withdrawing thousands of troops from South Korea

US considers withdrawing thousands of troops from South Korea

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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...

South Korea’s alternative data pioneer KED Aicel in full force

South Korea’s alternative data pioneer KED Aicel in full force

South Korea’s leading alternative data service provider Hankyung Aicel Inc. is poised to transform companies' and investors’ business an...

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...

Robotis, MIT to jointly develop physical AI

Robotis, MIT to jointly develop physical AI

South Korea's Robotis Co. said on Tuesday it partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop physical AI.Robotis and MIT w...

Hyundai Motor completes mobile hydrogen charging station in Jeju

Hyundai Motor completes mobile hydrogen charging station in Jeju

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Monday that it completed the H Jeju Moving Station, a mobile hydrogen charging facility, at the Carbon-Free Island (CFI) E...

SK Telecom upgrades 5G base stations with Samsung

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...

Samsung SDS, Korea Air Force to cooperate on military logistics

Samsung SDS, Korea Air Force to cooperate on military logistics

South Korea's Samsung SDS Co. said on Tuesday it signed an agreement with the Korea Air Force Headquarters to cooperate on the digital transformatio...

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 ...

Microsoft, KT join forces to propel Korea’s AI innovation

Microsoft, KT join forces to propel Korea’s AI innovation

Microsoft Corp. and KT Corp., one of South Korea's top three telecom companies, will drive artificial intelligence transformation in the Korean firm...

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...

KT applies AIoT video surveillance to EV charging stations

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...

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...

KAI, TAI ink deal to boost T-50TH support

KAI, TAI ink deal to boost T-50TH support

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Thai Aviation Industries (TAI), Thailand's state-owned aircraf...

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...

Korean Air, L3Harris to introduce more AEW&C aircraft

Korean Air, L3Harris to introduce more AEW&C aircraft

South Korean airliner Korean Air Lines Co. held the Industry Day in Seoul on Wednesday with the US-based defense company L3Harris to discuss South K...

LIG Nex1, Palantir join forces on AI weaponry

LIG Nex1, Palantir join forces on AI weaponry

LIG Nex1 Co., a leading South Korean defense contractor, is teaming up with US artificial intelligence (AI) specialist Palantir Technologies to deve...

Hyundai Elevator joins forces with Kakao Mobility for integration services

Hyundai Elevator joins forces with Kakao Mobility for integration services

South Korea's Hyundai Elevator Co. said on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kakao Mobility Corp. to commercializ...

Central Asia emerging as South Korea’s new used car export market

Central Asia emerging as South Korea’s new used car export market

South Korea’s export volume of secondhand vehicles to Central Asia is increasing for an unexpected reason: Russia.According to the Korea Inter...

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...

Hyundai Motor speeds up hydrogen bus charging business in Korea

Hyundai Motor speeds up hydrogen bus charging business in Korea

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is set to become the largest shareholder of a local hydrogen-powered-vehicle charging station operator to boos...

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