President Lee: Businesses at center of policy priorities for economic growth

President Lee: Businesses at center of policy priorities for economic growth

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Friday pledged strong government support for the country’s businesses, while emphasizing the need for ...

Hanwha's 'Sea Ghost' makes waves as Greece eyes unmanned naval tech

Hanwha's 'Sea Ghost' makes waves as Greece eyes unmanned naval tech

GEOJE, South Korea – Under a slate-grey sky at the quiet port of Jangmok on South Korea’s southern coast, a sleek, 12-meter vessel slipp...

Red flags raised even before Homeplus crisis: Sales fall, credit ratings cut

Red flags raised even before Homeplus crisis: Sales fall, credit ratings cut

Even before South Korea’s second-largest hypermarket chain Homeplus Co. was put under court receivership due to its worsening financial woes, ...

Doosan Bobcat RogueX2 wins Red Dot Design Award

Doosan Bobcat RogueX2 wins Red Dot Design Award

South Korea's Doosan Bobcat said on Friday that its construction equipment RogueX2 won the prize in the Design Concept category at the Red Dot Desig...

LX Pantos, Kazakhstan to cooperate on logistics

LX Pantos, Kazakhstan to cooperate on logistics

South Korea's LX Pantos said on Thursday that it plans to strengthen its logistics business in Central Asia, focusing on Kazakhstan.Lee Yong-ho, CEO...

LG releases sea lion-themed animal conservation video in Times Square

LG releases sea lion-themed animal conservation video in Times Square

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has unveiled a sea lion-themed video for its “The LG Endangered Species Series” campaig...

Hyundai Mobis lighting system wins triple crown of design awards

Hyundai Mobis lighting system wins triple crown of design awards

South Korea's auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis announced on Sunday that its Active Aero Lighting System (AALS) has received awards at the world's thre...

Samsung Electronics builds Red Hat-certified CXL infrastructure

Samsung Electronics builds Red Hat-certified CXL infrastructure

Samsung Electronics Co. has set up the industry’s first Compute Express Link (CXL) infrastructure, certified by Red Hat Inc., the world’...

KGC enters Malaysian healty functional food market

KGC enters Malaysian healty functional food market

Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., announced on June 13 that it sells its red ginseng brand Jung ...

HD Hyundai's Future-X wins Red Dot Design Award

HD Hyundai's Future-X wins Red Dot Design Award

South Korea's HD Hyundai XiteSolution announced on Thursday that its futuristic unmanned construction equipment Future-X won the Best of the Best Aw...

South Korea finds massive crude oil, gas prospects in East Sea: Yoon

South Korea finds massive crude oil, gas prospects in East Sea: Yoon

South Korea, which heavily relies on imports for its energy use, has found a potentially massive reserve of oil and gas offshore close to its southe...

HMM enhances maritime safety with AI technology

HMM enhances maritime safety with AI technology

HMM Co., South Korea’s leading sea carrier, announced on Friday its adoption of an advanced AI image analysis solution 'Deep Eyes', aimed at b...

Hyundai, Red Sea Global agree on EV, AAM projects in Saudi luxury resorts

Hyundai, Red Sea Global agree on EV, AAM projects in Saudi luxury resorts

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Monday it has agreed with Saudi Arabia’s state-sponsored developer Red Sea Globa...

Daewoo E&C completes India's longest sea bridge

Daewoo E&C completes India's longest sea bridge

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) announced on January 23, 2024, that it has completed the construction of the Mumbai Trans...

Korea’s HMM among shippers benefiting from growing Red Sea crisis

Korea’s HMM among shippers benefiting from growing Red Sea crisis

The Red Sea crisis, disrupting the passage of ships through the Suez Canal, a central artery for global trade, is a bane for exporters looking for s...

Shinsegae to close whisky business to focus on profits

Shinsegae to close whisky business to focus on profits

Shinsegae Inc., South Korea’s largest department store and supermarket company, will pull out of the whisky market, bucking the trend of the r...

Samsung Elec moves a step closer to CXL commercialization

Samsung Elec moves a step closer to CXL commercialization

Samsung Electronics Co. seeking to lead the next-generation memory market has moved a step closer to commercializing computer express link (CXL)-bas...

Poultry processor Harim to buy Korean top sea carrier HMM for $5 bn

Poultry processor Harim to buy Korean top sea carrier HMM for $5 bn

South Korea’s leading poultry processor Harim Group is set to acquire the country’s No. 1 sea flag carrier HMM Co. for about 6.4 trillio...

Hanwha Systems to launch small SAR satellite by year-end

Hanwha Systems to launch small SAR satellite by year-end

South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. announced on Wednesday that it plans to launch its own small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite by the end of...

SK Earthon starts shipping crude oil from South China Sea

SK Earthon starts shipping crude oil from South China Sea

SK Earthon Co., the resources development unit of South Korean energy major SK Innovation Co., said Wednesday that it has started shipping crude oil...

South Korea’s SK Earthon discovers crude oil offshore Vietnam

South Korea’s SK Earthon discovers crude oil offshore Vietnam

SK Earthon Co., the petroleum exploration and production (E&P) unit of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., said on Thursda...

KGC hawks red ginseng at top US expo for health functional food

KGC hawks red ginseng at top US expo for health functional food

Jung Kwan Jang, the flagship brand of Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), has been featured at North America’s leading expo for raw ingredients of heal...

Red ginseng proven to treat drug addiction: Research

Red ginseng proven to treat drug addiction: Research

It has been revealed that red ginseng significantly improves drug addiction and withdrawal symptoms caused by substance abuse. The research results ...

Dana Petroleum discovers new gas field in North Sea

Dana Petroleum discovers new gas field in North Sea

Dana Petroleum, wholly owned by state-run Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC), has discovered a new high-quality gas field in the North Sea, KNOC said o...

SK Ecoplant, S.Korean startup to recycle waste fishing nets in SE Asia

SK Ecoplant, S.Korean startup to recycle waste fishing nets in SE Asia

South Korea’s top waste management company SK Ecoplant has joined forces with Netspa, a Busan-based startup for recycling waste fishing nets, ...

South Korean exporters jittery as China's slowdown raises red flag

South Korean exporters jittery as China's slowdown raises red flag

South Korea’s exporting companies are increasingly feeling the heat as its top export market China is sounding alarm bells over the world&rsqu...

Hyundai E&C to commercialize CCS for the first time in S.Korea

Hyundai E&C to commercialize CCS for the first time in S.Korea

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction announced that it has won the contract for the preliminary front-end engineering and design (Pr...

Hyundai Transys wins Red Dot Design Award

Hyundai Transys wins Red Dot Design Award

South Korean auto powertrain and seat maker Hyundai Transys announced on Monday that it has won the Winner prize at the "2023 Red Dot Design Award."...

Hyundai Glovis to support removal of marine debris

Hyundai Glovis to support removal of marine debris

South Korea's leading logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Thursday that it has joined forces with The Ocean Cleanup, a global environm...

KGC unifies BI of red ginseng brand as JUNG KWAN JANG

KGC unifies BI of red ginseng brand as JUNG KWAN JANG

Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., will unify its red ginseng brand identity (BI) as JUNG KWAN JA...

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