Korea's science ministry picks 10 AI, digital startups to back global growth

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT on Thursday announced that it has selected 10 startups founded by Koreans in a program to support th...

SillaJen: First to use lab-grown human tissue to find best cancer drug dose

South Korean biotechnology firm SillaJen Inc. is pioneering a new approach to determine the best dose for a cancer drug combination in clinical tria...

SK Telecom invests $3 mn in AI-powered video analysis startup Twelve Labs

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said on Friday it will invest $3 million in Twelve Labs Inc., a Korean AI-powered video analys...

NXN Labs aims to be Adobe of image generation AI

South Korean tech giant Naver Corp.-backed NXN Labs Inc., the developer of an artificial intelligence-powered image generation program, aspires to b...

President of Latvia visits S.Korea's Daan Cancer Lab

Daan Cancer Laboratory under Severance Hospital said on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Latvian government to streng...

Bering Lab eyes 7-fold jump in revenue in 5 years

Bering Lab Inc., a South Korea-based artificial intelligence technology-powered translation startup with specialties in legal, financial and intelle...

GS Retail selects six startups to innovate retail biz

South Korea's GS Retail said on Friday it selected six startups—Studio Lab, Tilda, Oasis Business, YesPlzAI, Vessl AI, and Raondata—th...

Hyundai, SNU, POSTECH, KIST build joint robotics lab

Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday that it established a joint robotics research lab in collaboration with South Korea's top research institution...

S.Korean AI content platform Zeta surpasses 1 mn users

South Korean generative artificial intelligence (AI) startup Scatter Lab said on Monday its interactive AI content platform Zeta has surpassed 1 mil...

Naver Labs tops in spatial intelligence tech at ECCV

Naver Labs' spatial intelligence technology was recognized as superior to that of Google, Apple, and Meta at the world's leading computer vision con...

Hyundai, Kia’s H1 vehicle sales in Singapore double

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Sunday its vehicle sales in Singapore, a high-tech innovation hub, more than doubled i...

LG Elec, Ricoh to team up for B2B DX business

LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with global office solutions company Ricoh to discover servi...

Krafton diversifies its business by investing in Spoon Labs

South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. said on Wednesday that it invested in SpoonLabs, a domestic short-form drama platform companySpoonLabs is th...

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...

LG CNS, Seoul National Univ. to establish DX talent program

South Korea's LG CNS Co. signed an agreement with Seoul National University's Department of Industrial Engineering on Tuesday to develop talent in d...

Korea Investment, most generous venture capitalist in H1

Korea Investment Partners Co. spent the most on local startups among venture capitalists in the first half, while South Korean game developer Smileg...

LG Elec opens LG Labs experience pop-up zone

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will operate the "Wow Life's Good Lab" pop-up zone at Ground 220 in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, until...

Samsung Elec calls for C-Lab Outside applications

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it will enlist startups to participate in its external startup incubation program C-Lab Outside unt...

POSCO DX to focus on AI-led intelligent factory systems

POSCO DX Co., an IT service arm of South Korea’s POSCO Group, will transform into an AI-enabled intelligent factory system developer to automa...

CJ OliveNetworks wins Seegene DX business contract

South Korea's digital service company CJ OliveNetworks announced on Thursday that it secured a contract to operate IT services for Seegene Inc., a t...

Dentlink, virtual lab for dentists around the world

It's been just over two years since Innovaid Co. launched Dentlink but the South Korean startup has already pivoted from its earlier local market-ce...

Nvidia co-leads Series A round for AI startup Twelve Labs

Global chip giant Nvidia Corp. has co-led a $50 million Series A funding round for Twelve Labs, a South Korean artificial intelligence company speci...

Hyundai Motor, Kia to develop alternative to rare earth materials

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have partnered with South Korea's universities to secure materials for vehicle electrification components.Hyundai Mo...

Samsung Welstory completes new Vietnam logistics center

South Korean food and beverage company Samsung Welstory announced on Thursday that it completed a new logistics center with a cold chain system in B...

Naver D2SF invests in image generation AI startup

South Korea's top online portal Naver Corp. announced on Wednesday that its startup nurturing organization D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) invested in the...

POSCO DX builds logstics system for fulfillment center

POSCO DX Co., the IT services subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Monday that it established the first fulfillme...

SK Networks establishes AI lab in Silicon Valley

South Korea's SK Networks Co. announced on Wednesday that it opened the PhnyX Lab, an artificial intelligence (AI) technology development organizati...

POSCO DX to develop self-driving unmanned facilities

POSCO DX Co., the IT services subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of unde...

LG, Jackson Lab to jointly develop AI models for Alzheimer’s, cancers

LG AI Research, the artificial intelligence research arm of South Korea’s LG Group, and the Jackson Laboratory (JAX), a US non-profit biomedic...

HD Hyundai speeds up digital transformation with Naver

HD Hyundai Co. announced on Monday that it signed a business agreement with Naver Corp. for digital transformation (DX), cloud transformation, and a...