Wycombe Abbey to establish 1st Korean campus in Incheon’s Midan City

Wycombe Abbey to establish 1st Korean campus in Incheon’s Midan City

Wycombe Abbey, one of the UK’s leading independent boarding schools, has been chosen as the top bidder to establish an international school in...

Lotte Biologics eyes first ADC CDMO order in 2025

Lotte Biologics eyes first ADC CDMO order in 2025

SAN FRANCISCO -- Lotte Biologics Co., the drug consignment development and production unit of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, will seek to wi...

Pulley Campus, Yonsei Univ. to co-work on educational AI services

Pulley Campus, Yonsei Univ. to co-work on educational AI services

Freewheelin, which operates the AI courseware Pulley Campus for university education, said on Friday that it signed an industry-academia cooperation...

Korea to build startup campuses in Seoul, Busan by 2026

Korea to build startup campuses in Seoul, Busan by 2026

South Korea will establish startup hubs in Seoul and Busan, the country’s largest port city, by the first half of 2026 to build Asia’s N...

Celltrion’s new plant in Songdo poised for commercial production

Celltrion’s new plant in Songdo poised for commercial production

South Korea’s largest biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. said on Tuesday that its third plant in Sondgo, west of Seoul, is undergoing process val...

S.Korea's RaonSecure establishes metaverse subsidiary

S.Korea's RaonSecure establishes metaverse subsidiary

South Korean cybersecurity firm RaonSecure Co. announced Wednesday it established RaonMeta, a generative AI-based metaverse platform subsidiary. Rao...

Korea’s edtech startups defend against global giants with AI

Korea’s edtech startups defend against global giants with AI

South Korea’s major online adult education platforms improved their earnings powered by classes on artificial intelligence, defying concerns o...

S.Korean IT companies partner with K-pop girl groups

S.Korean IT companies partner with K-pop girl groups

South Korean game companies like Krafton Inc. and Nexon Korea Corp., and telecom firms such as SK Telecom Co., are collaborating with K-pop girl gro...

LG Uplus, GIST to build metaverse campus

LG Uplus, GIST to build metaverse campus

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday a business agreement with the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) to develop a uni...

Krafton's Overdare conducts alpha test in SE Asia

Krafton's Overdare conducts alpha test in SE Asia

South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will conduct an overseas alpha test for Overdare, a mobile user-generated con...

LG Uplus unveils Yonsei Univ. Metaverse Campus

LG Uplus unveils Yonsei Univ. Metaverse Campus

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that its university metaverse platform Uverse unveiled a dedicated metaverse campus called Meta Yo...

Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms

Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms

South Korea’s information technology and game companies are rushing to the Middle East to seek global growth drivers as the oil-rich countries...

SK Telecom to launch metaverse platform in SE Asia

SK Telecom to launch metaverse platform in SE Asia

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. announced on Thursday that it has signed a contract with CelcomDigi Berhad, the leading telecom company in Malays...

Samsung gets AWS platinum certification for water stewardship

Samsung gets AWS platinum certification for water stewardship

Samsung Electronics Co. has been awarded the highest level of certification for water management by the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS), a le...

Innocean forms GenAI team

Innocean forms GenAI team

Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it formed a new task force team...

SK Telecom to expand metaverse market in SE Asia

SK Telecom to expand metaverse market in SE Asia

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that it partnered with three IT companies in Southeast Asia to accelerate its metaverse market st...

Samsung Engineering secures $349 mn bio plant deal

Samsung Engineering secures $349 mn bio plant deal

South Korea's Samsung Engineering secured a deal for the Songdo Bio Raw Material Plant construction project from the global life sciences and labora...

SK Telecom introduces paid currency to metaverse ifland

SK Telecom introduces paid currency to metaverse ifland

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. has introduced an economic system to its metaverse service "ifland." With this, users can now purchase items with the c...

Upstage to create interactive chatbot for virtual idols

Upstage to create interactive chatbot for virtual idols

South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with M...

Krafton, Naver eye Overdare as S.Korea's answer to Roblox

Krafton, Naver eye Overdare as S.Korea's answer to Roblox

South Korea's game company Krafton Inc. and Naver Z, a metaverse unit of the country’s portal giant Naver Corp. on Thursday said they will u...

LG Uplus to hold job fair in Los Angeles

LG Uplus to hold job fair in Los Angeles

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. on Thursday said it will hold the recruiting event LG Uplus US Fair at the hotel Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey near Los ...

Netmarble, Hana Financial team up for metaverse service

Netmarble, Hana Financial team up for metaverse service

South Korean game company Netmarble Corp. announced on Monday that it will partner with Hana Financial Group to develop new financial experiences an...

LG Uplus to open metaverse for Yonsei Univ. in September

LG Uplus to open metaverse for Yonsei Univ. in September

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. on Wednesday announced the opening in September of Virtual Campus, a metaverse for Yonsei University, one of the nation...

LG Uplus to enter fashion metaverse

LG Uplus to enter fashion metaverse

South Korea‘s LG Uplus Corp. has launched a fashion metaverse business, starting this month the clothing store Meta Slap, a digital service fo...

Kakao Healthcare to build metaverse healthcare platform

Kakao Healthcare to build metaverse healthcare platform

Kakao Healthcare, a digital healthcare platform unit of South Korea's Kakao, announced on Wednesday that it has been selected as the final operato...

Startup Spatial looks to become YouTube in metaverse

Startup Spatial looks to become YouTube in metaverse

Metaverse platform startup Spatial aims to grow into a company that allows users to enjoy interactive content together, as COVID-19 has increased th...

Seoul to build world's largest startup campus by 2030

Seoul to build world's largest startup campus by 2030

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will establish the world’s largest startup campus in the capital city of South Korea by 2030, benchmarking S...

Renault Korea creates mobility exhibition hall in metaverse

Renault Korea creates mobility exhibition hall in metaverse

Renault Korea announced on Friday that it plans to establish and run an automobile-related experiential space called Renault Korea Hub in the metave...

SK Telecom launches Seoul, LA tours in metaverse

SK Telecom launches Seoul, LA tours in metaverse

SK Telecom Co., South Korea's top mobile carrier, said Monday it has created a virtual space of tourist attractions on its metaverse platform Ifland...

S.Korea to support exports of 100 SMEs in metaverse, XR industry

S.Korea to support exports of 100 SMEs in metaverse, XR industry

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Thursday that it will support the export of 100 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in...

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