Korea signs definitive $19 bn Czech nuclear plant deal after twists and turns

Korea signs definitive $19 bn Czech nuclear plant deal after twists and turns

South Korea has secured its most significant nuclear export deal in over a decade, as a consortium led by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) cli...

South Korea nears Czech nuclear deal; Doosan, related stocks fly high

South Korea nears Czech nuclear deal; Doosan, related stocks fly high

South Korea’s nuclear energy stocks surged this week as momentum builds around a landmark nuclear power project in the Czech Republic, with in...

S.Korea's Han, Trump discuss transactional diplomacy in 1st direct talks

S.Korea's Han, Trump discuss transactional diplomacy in 1st direct talks

South Korea’s Acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo spoke with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday to discuss various issues of mu...

S.Korea’s job growth slows for 2nd straight year in 2024  

S.Korea’s job growth slows for 2nd straight year in 2024  

South Korea’s job growth slowed last year amid a prolonged slump in the country’s construction, manufacturing and retail sectors, boding...

SK promotes restructuring keymen to SK On, SK Discovery top posts

SK promotes restructuring keymen to SK On, SK Discovery top posts

SK Group on Thursday promoted the keymen of its business overhauls to top posts at intermediary holding company SK Discovery Co. and battery maker S...

S.Korea to ease rules for employment permit system

S.Korea to ease rules for employment permit system

The South Korean government plans to revamp its employment authorization system to allow foreign workers to stay in the country longer. Foreign...

NPS incurs $500 million in missed gains due to improper forex hedging

NPS incurs $500 million in missed gains due to improper forex hedging

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, has likely in...

NPS expects Korea’s WGBI inclusion to attract $56 billion in foreign funds

NPS expects Korea’s WGBI inclusion to attract $56 billion in foreign funds

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, expects some ...

SK C&C unveils digital SHE consulting service

SK C&C unveils digital SHE consulting service

South Korea's SK C&C said on Thursday that it launched its Digital SHE Consulting Service,  the artificial intelligence (AI) platform tha...

K Bank aims to turn into AI-based investment platform: CEO

K Bank aims to turn into AI-based investment platform: CEO

K Bank, the digital banking unit of South Korean telecom giant KT Corp., aims to turn into an AI-based investment platform after going public later ...

Samsung strives to prevent musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace

Samsung strives to prevent musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is striving to prevent musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in its workplace to imp...

Daewoo E&C reorganizes its nuclear-related division

Daewoo E&C reorganizes its nuclear-related division

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) has expanded and reorganized its nuclear-related division following its sel...

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

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...

YC-backed Relate defies conventional wisdom for deeper integration

YC-backed Relate defies conventional wisdom for deeper integration

It may look like David versus Goliath, but Y Combinator-backed Relate has found a sweet spot where it can beat Salesforce in the sales customer rela...

Mastern, Woods Capital team up for tech hub

Mastern, Woods Capital team up for tech hub

Mastern Investment Management Co., South Korea's real estate investment firm, said on Monday that its US subsidiary Mastern America LLC signed a mem...

Hanwha completes Australia plant for howitzers, armored vehicles

Hanwha completes Australia plant for howitzers, armored vehicles

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. has completed building its first overseas plant — producing howitzers and ammunition carriers in Aust...

Vietnamese lead influx of foreign workers with Korean dream

Vietnamese lead influx of foreign workers with Korean dream

On Aug. 31, 2004, 92 Filipinos, wearing T-shirts and white caps, entered Incheon International Airport determined to make money in South Korea and r...

Korea opens probe into Woori's loans to ex-chair's relatives

Korea opens probe into Woori's loans to ex-chair's relatives

South Korea’s financial watchdog agency said on Sunday it has found that Woori Financial Group, the country's fourth-largest financial holding...

KT posts Q2 profit drops on pay raises, bonus payments

KT posts Q2 profit drops on pay raises, bonus payments

KT Corp., South Korea’s No. 1 telecom service provider, on Friday reported a 14.3% drop in second-quarter operating profit despite steady reve...

GS Caltex to capture and utilize carbon with own technology

GS Caltex to capture and utilize carbon with own technology

South Korea's GS Caltex Corp. will launch a carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project in collaboration with South Jeolla Province and Yeosu City ...

Samsung SDI, Sungkyunkwan Univ. to develop battery engineer

Samsung SDI, Sungkyunkwan Univ. to develop battery engineer

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, will establish a Department of Battery Engineering at Sungkyunkwan Uni...

Lotte Mall writes success story in Hanoi with Koreanization

Lotte Mall writes success story in Hanoi with Koreanization

Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi, a mega commercial complex in Vietnam, has hit a sales milestone of 200 billion won ($145 million) less than one year sin...

Korea's bet on US assets up on bull stocks, EV incentives

Korea's bet on US assets up on bull stocks, EV incentives

South Korea’s financial assets in the US hit a record high last year due to the US stock market rally and Korean companies’ capital inje...

Shinhan Card, Canada's Alberta to co-work for tourism

Shinhan Card, Canada's Alberta to co-work for tourism

South Korea's Shinhan Card Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a strategic business agreement with the provincial government of Alberta, C...

Korea may mandate pension plans for all workplaces from 2025

Korea may mandate pension plans for all workplaces from 2025

South Korea is seeking to introduce corporate pension plans to all workplaces in stages starting next year, alongside mandatory contributions to the...

Samsung launches CSR mobile magazine

Samsung launches CSR mobile magazine

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it launched the Samsung CSR Mobile Magazine, an online webzine dedicated to highlighting the compan...

OTT platform TVing gets tailwind from CJ ENM's TV series

OTT platform TVing gets tailwind from CJ ENM's TV series

TVing, the second-largest over-the-top (OTT) platform in South Korea, has been gaining momentum from hit series such as “Lovely Runner,”...

KT offers reverse pitches to pick startup partners

 KT offers reverse pitches to pick startup partners

KT Corp. has offered reverse pitches for South Korean artificial intelligence and technology startups to cooperate in the areas where it lacks in te...

South Korea to accept Indonesia’s KF-21 project cost cut proposal

South Korea to accept Indonesia’s KF-21 project cost cut proposal

South Korea plans to accept Indonesia’s request to cut its share of payments for a joint fighter jet development project to one-third of the o...

N.Korean hackers attack South’s arms makers for tech data

N.Korean hackers attack South’s arms makers for tech data

North Korean hackers allegedly attacked South Korean arms manufacturers and stole technical data from them over more than a year Seoul’s polic...

Kakao Pay backs out of acquisition deal for SSG Pay, Smile Pay Hanwha in talks to buy five-star hotel Paraspara Seoul Kia's Lego-like PV5 with 16 variants to hit market in July Stray Kids make K-pop history with landmark stadium show in Germany S.Korea’s most prominent business leader returns with all charges cleared