Seoul, once-rising art hub, feels pinch of global strains  

In Seoul’s Hannam district, the storefront that once housed Various Small Fires (VSF) now sits empty, a “For Rent” sign taped to i...

Seoul appeal: Korean art captivates Indonesia’s affluent connoisseurs

JAKARTA – Last Thursday, Baik Art gallery in Jakarta, Indonesia, was crowded with well-heeled art patrons eager to meet a revered artist from ...

South Korea’s young rich vs old rich: Coins, art outpace bonds, funds

Young South Korean millionaires, placing bold wagers on unconventional financial assets such as cryptocurrencies and art, are gaining ground fast, g...

Samsung lowers bar on hiring foreign talent in South Korea

South Korea’s biggest business group Samsung has sweetened the pot to win the technology talent war by lowering the bar for new hires of forei...

LG Elec hosts OLED TV media art exhibition in Vietnam

LG Electronics Inc. held a media art exhibition, "The Future Becomes Now," at the heart of Vietnam's bustling metropolis Lotte Mall Westlake Hanoi.A...

Tous les Jours to enter Singapore market

CJ Foodville, the food service subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group and the operator of the bakery chain brand Tous les Jours, announced on Monday t...

Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its TV The Frame was selected as the first official display for the world's largest art fair Art B...

Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that its TV The Frame was selected as the official display for the world's largest art exhibition Art Ba...

Mathpresso throws down the gauntlet in US edtech market

Mathpresso Inc., a South Korean startup operating the Google-backed learning app Qanda, has released its first study app catering to US university s...

Samsung TV secures artful color certification from Pantone

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its 2024 model "The Frame" TV became the first display to receive "Artful Color Certification" fro...

Korea’s 1st institutionalized fractional art offering a smash hit

South Korea’s first institutionalized fractional investing in a work of art proffered by Yeolmae Company, operator of South Korea’s frac...

Korea logs surplus in IP trade in H1 on surge of culture, art

South Korea posted a surplus in its intellectual property (IP) rights trade in the first half of this year, thanks to profits on culture, art and so...

Hyundai promotes Busan’s bid for 2030 Expo in New York with art cars

Hyundai Motor Group supports Busan’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo with IONIQ 5, IONIQ 6, and Genesis G80 covered with graffiti reading &l...

Seoul eyed as possible 2nd Asian base of Gagosian empire

Seoul, which took center stage on the global art scene after successfuly hosting international art fair Frieze’s second edition earlier this m...

Hyundai Card to showcase Meta's MR, AR techs at Da Vinci Motel

Hyundai Card said on Wednesday that its annual Da Vinci Motel event will feature state-of-the-art mixed reality (MR) and augmented reality (AR) expe...

Samsung, LG Electronics gear up for IFA, IAA Mobility 2023

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are set to attend Europe's biggest tech trade fair and biggest motor show, IFA and IAA Mobility, res...

KT to hold AI coding lectures at universities

South Korea’s KT Corp. is expanding operations of its artificial intelligence (AI) coding education platform AI Codiny.The company on Sunday s...

Hanwha to turn Seoul landmark into modern art hub

Standing 249 meters (817 feet) high, 63 SQUARE, well known as the 63 Building to older generations, was once the tallest building in Seoul until it ...

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...

Art luxury hotel reopened at Paradise City in Incheon

The casino complex Paradise City in Incheon on Saturday will reopen Hotel Art Paradiso at its integrated resort on Yeongjong Island. Closed in July ...

Samsung Electronics to aid foundry clients with state-of-the-art tech

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will provide its foundry clients with state-of-the-art technology to support th...

Hyundai Motor, Vietnam Nat'l Univ., Hanoi promote HR development

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun is rolling up his sleeves to develop human resources in Vietnam. Accompanying the economic delegation of ...

Naver expects to export ICT know-how to Middle Eest market

A high-ranking delegation from the royal family of Sharjah, one of the seven United Arab Emirates, led by Sheikh Saud bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Director...

BTS releases trailer video ahead of 10th anniversary event

BTS released a trailer video on Wednesday ahead of their 10th debut anniversary event "2023 BTS Festa".by Si-Ook Ahnsiook95@hankyung.com...

S.Korea's top tech school uses salmon DNA to block art counterfeiting

The screen of the latest Samsung Electronics smartphone series Galaxy 23 released this year has a fingerprint recognition window on the display th...

LG Electronics to participate in Frieze Art Fair in New York

LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it will participate in Frieze New York, one of the world's three major contemporary art fairs, from May 17...

Night at Korean royal palace brims with stars and Gucci fashion

Seoul has again grabbed the attention of global fashionistas as Italian fashion house Gucci on Tuesday night finally staged its belated Korean fashi...

Leeum's enduring charm to foreign VIPs

On a shiny Monday morning, the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art nestled on the slope of Mt. Namsan in a quiet Hannam neighborhood in Seoul was flanked b...

Gucci picks Korean royal palace for 2024 collection

Seoul is emerging as a new venue for global luxury brands’ fight for pride, with Louis Vuitton and Gucci set to unveil their new fashion colle...

Samsung installs massive MicroLED screen at luxury hotel in UAE

Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday said it has supplied a large number of smart signage and TV screens to Atlantis the Royal, a luxury hotel and r...