HYBE sparks summer vibes with BTS live album, TXT comeback, new boy band launch

HYBE Co., a South Korean music powerhouse, is turning up the heat this summer with a wave of major releases, including a live album from its flagshi...

NPS, Scape acquire Aussie senior living operator Aveo from Brookfield

South Korea’s state-run pension fund, the National Pension Service (NPS), has partnered with Australia’s student housing specialist Scap...

Invesco, SK D&D likely to buy co-living building in Seoul

A consortium between US asset management firm Invesco and the real estate investment arm of SK D&D Co. has been named the preferred buyer of Nou...

Bid heats up for IGIS-owned co-living building in Seoul

An auction for a co-living building, owned by South Korea’s top real estate asset management firm IGIS Asset Management Co., in the hip Hongda...

South Korea's deadliest plane crash in decades claims 179 lives

A passenger plane carrying 181 people, including six crew members, crashed in southwestern South Korea early Sunday, killing 179 people, according t...

S.Korea's foreign reserves amount to $415.4 bn in Nov

South Korea's official foreign reserves at the end of November amounted to $415.4 billion.According to the Bank Of Korea (BOK) on Wednesday, the nat...

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...

CJ ENM’s CJ Onstyle bets big on live commerce

CJ Onstyle, the at-home TV shopping and e-commerce brand of South Korea’s content and commerce powerhouse CJ ENM Co., will embark on mobile li...

LG Uplus to produce live-action robot drama

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced plans to partner with SAMG Entertainment and HighZium Studio Co. to create Korean-style robot content, aimi...

Shinhan Financial builds disaster response system

South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group announced on Sunday that it established a disaster response system to provide swift and substantial assistance...

CJ CheilJedang hosts K-food competition in China

South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Thursday that it organized the CJ Challenge Live Competition at the 2024 K-Food China Qingdao Intern...

Samsung to offer AI features in Galaxy Z6 foldable series

Samsung Electronics Co. will power its Galaxy Z6 series due to be unveiled next month with mobile AI technology, including a live translation featur...

Coupang, HUFS to partner for industry-academic cooperation

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s No. 1 e-commerce platform, announced on Monday that it signed an industry-academia cooperation agreement (MOU) las...

Startups bet on affluent Gen X in Korea’s senior living market

Elder-care startups are rushing to build high-end senior homes in South Korea targeting affluent Generation Xers set to retire in five years on expe...

Lotte Dept. Store introduces AI translation service

South Korea's Lotte Department Store announced on Monday that it introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) interpretation service for foreign touri...

CJ Onstyle boosts live commerce unit

South Korea's CJ OnStyle announced on Wednesday that it broadened its mobile live commerce division by introducing programming, marketing, and new...

Reversing age possible in a decade: Harvard Prof. David Sinclair

Humans will be able to control biological age and reverse their age in 10 years with advancements in medical science and live up to around 120, abou...

Upstage releases Solar API for Free

South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage announced on Feb. 22 that it released the beta version of its open-source small lan...

Naver expands Papago with Arabic translation, boosting global reach

South Korea's leading online portal Naver Corp. announced on Friday the addition of Arabic translation capabilities to its AI-driven translation ser...

Samsung Galaxy S24 heralds dawning of AI smartphone era

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled its latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S24 series, which it calls an “AI...

N.Korea fires more than 200 artillery shells off its west coast

North Korea's military conducted coastal artillery fire in the western part of the country on Friday.The North Korean military fired more than 200 a...

SK Telecom launches AI-based phone interpreting service

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. has launched an artificial intelligence-based telephone interpreting service in real-time for ...

Korean digital comics boost Naver Webtoon’s biz in Japan

Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, enjoyed robust business in Japan with a record gross merchandise value (GMV) this...

Asiana collaborates with China's Ctrip for live commerce broadcast

Asiana Airlines Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will conduct a live commerce broadcast in collaboration with China's largest online travel agenc...

Black Friday sales offer short-lived relief to Korean retailers

South Korean retailers and fashion outlets are seeing record-breaking sales during their big discount events this month, but industry watchers said ...

Samsung to feature AI-based real time translation in Galaxy

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday it plans to feature AI-based translation in its upcoming Galaxy AI smartphone. AI Live Translate Call ...

With Samsung’s connected gadgets, it’s ‘home, smart home’

SILICON VALLEY – When you come back home after an extended period away from it, you can’t help but express relief and happiness. It&rsqu...

S.Korea to expand quota of foreign skilled workers to 35,000

The South Korean Ministry of Justice announced on Monday that it will expand the quota of foreign skilled workers from the current 2,000 to 35,000.E...

Live commerce app Grip aims to expand into Japan, US in 2024

Imagine you're using a shopping app. You talk to the seller, ask questions and receive answers in real-time on a livestream video. Now and then, the...

NHN Commerce to expand into Chinese market with Xinxuan

NHN Commerce, South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s online shopping platform, announced its strategic business agreement with China's leadi...