Sono International seeks IPO in 2025 with $2.1 billion in corporate value
South Korea’s top resort operator Sono International Co. is seeking an initial public offering of its shares on the Korean market next year, r...
ViGenCell obtains approval for HLA-B5801 genetic diagnostic kit for adverse reactions to gout treatment
ViGenCell, a company specializing in immunotherapy, announced on Friday that it has obtained approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFD...
Samsung develops health software development kit
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday introduced the Samsung Health Software Development Kit (SDK) Suite, aimed at helping developers and researchers ...
Enormous market ahead for Hopae, S.Korean DID pioneer
To Hopae Inc., a digital identity solution-developing startup native to South Korea, its home market is small. After successfully accommodating more...
Dreamtech builds electronics, medical device factory in India
South Korean electronics components maker Dreamtech said on Monday that it built a new factory in India's Greater Noida.The company invested 85.1 bi...
Daesang to scale up meal kits, kimchi production in Vietnam
Daesang Corp., South Korea’s leading food maker, said on Monday its two Vietnamese operations have each completed their second plant in the co...
S.Korea sees record-high foreign visitors after pandemic
South Korea saw a record-high number of foreign tourists post-COVID-19 in the first quarter of 2024. The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Spor...
Genesystem enters Indian tuberculosis treatment market
Genesystem, a South Korean biotech company said on Tuesday that it will export 20 on-site tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic devices and 6,000 TB test kit...
Number of foreign tourists visiting Korea surpasses 11 million in 2023
The number of foreign tourists visiting Korea last year exceeded 11 million, reaching 63% of the pre-COVID level, with over 1 million arrivals month...
Roche to use Biodyne’s tech for cervical cancer diagnostic kits
Roche, a Swiss multinational healthcare company, is set to use a South Korean company’s technology for cervical cancer diagnostic kits.Biodyne...
DNA testing kit maker Celemics eyes foray into US, India
Celemics Inc., a South Korean diagnostic reagent producer, is gearing up for its foray into the US and India next year in its first step toward glob...
SK Bioscience start to deliver Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. announced on Tuesday that it started to deliver the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine against XBB.1.5 variant.According to No...
Access Bio opens second plant in New Jersey
The US-based in-vitro diagnostic device company Access Bio Inc. announced on Monday that it opened its second factory in Monroe Township, New Jersey...
Korea Post resumes kimchi delivery to US
South Korea's state-run postal service agency Korea Post announced on Monday it resumed Express Mail Service (EMS) for shipping kimchi all over the ...
S.Korea releases winter schedule for weekly int’l flights
South Korea will expand its number of weekly flights this winter to Japan and Southeast Asia, two regions expected to have high demand that season, ...
S.Korean airlines see 12.87 mn int’l passengers in Q3 2023
South Korean airlines’ international passenger traffic in the third quarter reached 85% of that over the same period in 2019, the year befor...
Noul to export $1.4 mn in malaria diagnostic kits to Angola
South Korean in-vitro diagnostics maker Noul Co. has signed an exclusive sales deal in Angola on the company’s malaria diagnostic platform wor...
Incheon Airport’s cumulative passengers surpass 800 mn
Incheon International Airport, which opened in 2001, has surpassed a cumulative total of 800 million passengers. Incheon International Airport Corpo...
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...
Eastar Jet resumes int'l flights after three and half years
South Korea's low-cost carrier Eastar Jet on Sunday said it resumed international flights for the first time in three and a half years starting with...
LG H&H's The Whoo unveils Cheongidan renewal line in Shanghai
LG H&H Co. announced on Thursday its strategy to focus on the Chinese market by unveiling a renewal version of "Cheongidan," the flagship produc...
Foreign visitors to S.Korea in July surpass 1 mn post-COVID-19
The number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea has exceeded 1 million in a month for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19. According t...
Samsung releases SD card brand highly resistant to water, drops
Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday said its new Pro Ultimate line of secure data (SD) cards features enhanced speed and stability.The brand’...
E-Mart24 pilot-operates drone delivery
South Korea's convenience store chain E-Mart24 Inc. is launching a commercial drone delivery service in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province. This se...
Gencurix supplies companion diagnostic kits to cancer center in India
South Korean biotech company Gencurix Inc. on Friday said it started supplying its companion diagnostic test Droplex to a national cancer center in ...
LG boosts accessibility to home appliances for disabled people
LG Electronics Inc. on September 1 will unveil its Universal Up Kit, which enhances accessibility to home appliances, at this year's IFA, Europe&rsq...
SK Bioscience buys 6.5 million Novavax shares for $83.4 million
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to buy 6.5 million shares in US vacc...
S.Korea sees fever for luxury goods wane in post-COVID-19 era
South Korea is seeing a gradual decline in the open run, or the practice of customers standing in line before a brand's opening at a department stor...
S.Korea in June sets post-COVID-19 monthly high in foreign visitors
The (South) Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) on Friday said 961,000 foreign visitors came to the country last month, a 321.9% jump from June last ye...
Prestige Biopharma participates in US gov’t Cancer Moonshot
Prestige Biopharma, a Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company with operations in South Korea and the US, announced on Tuesday that it will partici...
