Maru SF to open in Silicon Valley in November as Korean startup gateway

Maru SF, a startup campus and networking hub operated by the Asan Nanum Foundation, will open in Silicon Valley this November, marking the organizat...

Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet

Naver Ventures, the first dedicated Silicon Valley venture capital arm of Naver Corp., has made its debut investment in Nvidia Corp.-backed TwelveLa...

S.Korea’s Naver to launch Silicon Valley venture arm in aggressive AI push

Naver Corp., South Korea’s top internet portal operator, plans to set up a dedicated venture capital arm in Silicon Valley in a move seen as a...

Korean LCCs boost travel demand to global tourist hubs

South Korean low-cost carriers (LCCs), including Air Premia Inc. and Air Busan Co., have been expanding into underserved smaller cities, but also dr...

LG CNS, Bear Robotics to co-develop autonomous robots

LG CNS Co., a South Korean information technology service company, said on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bear Robotics...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics to produce all-solid-state batteries in 2026

LAS VEGAS – Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. will unveil a sample of an ultra-compact all-solid-state battery within the year for mass production...

Hyundai Motor: First auto brand available for purchase on Amazon Autos

You can now buy a Hyundai on Amazon.You read that right. You can buy a vehicle on the same site where you purchase dinosaur balloons and roller skat...

Hyundai's Chung urges guarding against pessimism in ‘perfect storm’

Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chairman Chung Euisun on Monday urged executives and employees to guard against pessimism amid a “perfect storm&...

Hanwha to exit from polysilicon business in US

Hanwha Solutions Corp., the energy unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-financial conglomerate Hanwha Group, will likely withdraw from the polys...

Daesang launches kimchi brand with three-Michelin-star chef

South Korean leading food maker Daesang Corp., the operator of kimchi brand Jongga, said on Thursday it launched San Ho Won with three-Michelin-star...

Hanwha's financial companies open AI center in San Franciso

South Korea’s seventh-largest conglomerate’s financial companies have opened a joint artificial intelligence center in San Francisco, a ...

Asan Nanum to offer Silicon Valley residence to Korean startups

The Asan Nanum Foundation, a South Korean startup accelerator program operator, said on Thursday it will open a residency space for Korean venture f...

Hyundai’s José Muñoz sees new Trump policy, China's rise as opportunity

LOS ANGELES – José Muñoz, freshly tapped as the next chief executive of Hyundai Motor Co., says the current market uncertainty s...

Hyundai Motor taps US unit chief Jose Munoz as new CEO

Hyundai Motor Co. on Friday named Jose Munoz, its global chief operating officer (COO) and head of North and South American operations, as its new a...

Shinhan Securities Vietnam launches mobile trading system

South Korea's Shinhan Securities said on Thursday its overseas subsidiary Shinhan Securities Vietnam (SSV) launched a mobile trading system (MTS) "N...

Naver D2SF accelerates investments in Silicon Valley startups

South Korea's online giant Naver Corp.'s startup nurturing organization D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) said on Friday it started to discover and invest i...

Korea’s AI, robot startups shine despite funding drought

South Korea’s artificial intelligence and robotics startups raised more money through seed rounds than other sectors in August although invest...

S.Korea's NPS opens fourth overseas office in Silicon Valley

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, opened an office in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, on Septembe...

Hyundai Motor to set up software R&D center in Silicon Valley

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest carmaker, is set to establish a software research center in Silicon Valley as software is becom...

LG Chairman Koo to embark on US trip to oversee battery, AI projects

Koo Kwang-mo, chair of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, will embark on a weeklong business trip to the US next week to seek new g...

NPS to spur buyout, VC in US tech sector: chairman

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, will speed up its private equity (PE) investments ...

Qcells launches commercial operations at new plant in Georgia, US

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group known as Qcells in overseas markets, ha...

Korean retailers, hotels enjoy tourist boom in May holidays

South Korean retailers and hotels are enjoying a boom thanks to an expected surge in tourists at home and abroad as more than 180,000 foreigners are...

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...

LG CNS hosts Startup Day in Silicon Valley

LG CNS Co., an information technology service company under South Korean conglomerate LG Group, announced on Thursday that it held the Startup Day i...

LF’s fashion brand Dunst teams up with E-Land for China push

South Korean clothing company LF Corp. said on Monday that its street fashion brand Dunst will build an offline presence in China in partnership wit...

Nexen Tire partners with San Diego Padres

South Korea's Nexen Tire Corp. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with US Major League Baseball (MLB) team San Diego Padres.The Padres, founde...

IL Science enters UK silicon lens market

South Korea's IL Science Co. said on Monday that it signed a contract with the US-based automotive electronics company Polymer Optics to supply an i...

Upstage establishes US subsidiary in Silicon Valley

South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage announced on Monday that it established the US corporation Upstage AI in Silicon Valley, ...

EverCharge to install EV chargers at Oracle Park

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. announced on Sunday that its US-based electric vehicle (EV) charging subsidiary EverCharge Inc. will install hund...