S.Korea’s Bebesup earns China nod for baby skincare, eyes global expansion 

S.Korea’s Bebesup earns China nod for baby skincare, eyes global expansion 

Bebesup, a leading South Korean baby skincare and wipe brand, has secured a registration certificate from the China National Medical Products Admini...

Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics’ Spot embarks on public safety missions

Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics’ Spot embarks on public safety missions

Spot, a quadruped robot developed by Boston Dynamics Inc., will aid defense and safety agencies in Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia to assist in...

SK C&C unveils digital SHE consulting service

SK C&C unveils digital SHE consulting service

South Korea's SK C&C said on Thursday that it launched its Digital SHE Consulting Service,  the artificial intelligence (AI) platform tha...

LG Electronics to conduct safety training using VR

LG Electronics to conduct safety training using VR

South Korea's home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Nation...

Samyang Foods' Buldak Ramen gets K-food Safety certification

Samyang Foods' Buldak Ramen gets K-food Safety certification

South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. said on Thursday its Buldak Ramen (hot chicken flavor ramyun) received the domestic production certification K-food ...

LG Elec builds EV chargers safety net for fire prevention

LG Elec builds EV chargers safety net for fire prevention

LG Electronics Inc. equipped its slow electric vehicle (EV) chargers with dual overcharge prevention technology to alleviate customer concerns and a...

Kia releases 2025 model year of Carnival

Kia releases 2025 model year of Carnival

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, said on Monday it will release The 2025 Carnival, a model year of its large recreational ve...

S.Korea signs MOU on Philippine nuclear safety checks, eyes plant deals

S.Korea signs MOU on Philippine nuclear safety checks, eyes plant deals

MANILA – South Korea on Monday signed an initial agreement with the Philippines to conduct a safety check on a nuclear power plant before a re...

Samsung teams up with Ashley to expand SmartThings IoT service

Samsung teams up with Ashley to expand SmartThings IoT service

SILICON VALLEY – South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is partnering with Ashley Home Stores Ltd., the US’ largest furniture s...

LG Chem develops material blocking battery thermal runaway

LG Chem develops material blocking battery thermal runaway

LG Chem Ltd. has developed a material that can prevent thermal runaway in a lithium-ion battery, one of the major hurdles to the expansion of the el...

Air Premia adopts GE Aerospace's integrated operation solution

Air Premia adopts GE Aerospace's integrated operation solution

South Korea's low-cost carrier Air Premia Inc. said on Tuesday that it implemented integrated software solutions from the US-based aviation engine a...

Kia releases 2025 Sorento

Kia releases 2025 Sorento

South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. said on Monday that it released The 2025 Sorento, an updated version of its best-selling mid-...

BGF Retail, Deeping Source to co-work on smart convenience stores

BGF Retail, Deeping Source to co-work on smart convenience stores

BGF Retail Co., the operator of South Korea’s leading convenience store chain CU, said on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understand...

Hyundai Motor releases 2025 Santa Fe

Hyundai Motor releases 2025 Santa Fe

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Tuesday that it released the 2025 Santa Fe, a model year change of its flagship midsize sports utility vehicle (SUV) The A...

LG Energy looks to battery safety diagnosis software business

LG Energy looks to battery safety diagnosis software business

LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s top battery makers, said on Wednesday it is entering the battery safety diagnosis software busines...

Air Incheon joins Boeing safety operation support program

Air Incheon joins Boeing safety operation support program

South Korea's cargo airline Air Incheon announced on Wednesday that it signed an agreement with American aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. on Tuesd...

Hyundai AutoEver wins $66 mn public safety contract in Angola

Hyundai AutoEver wins $66 mn public safety contract in Angola

Hyundai AutoEver Corp., a software subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, secured consecutive contracts to build public safety systems in African countr...

Korea's investment forum KIW 2024 kicks off September 9

Korea's investment forum KIW 2024 kicks off September 9

South Korea’s largest investment forum Korea Investment Week 2024 (KIW 2024) will kick off next month in Seoul, drawing around 150 leaders fro...

Lunit to supply AI cancer diagnostics to Qatar

Lunit to supply AI cancer diagnostics to Qatar

Lunit Inc., a South Korean cancer diagnostics AI company, announced on Monday that it will provide its AI breast cancer screening solution Lunit Ins...

Hyundai Mobis unveils airbags for purpose-built vehicles

Hyundai Mobis unveils airbags for purpose-built vehicles

Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, on Thursday unveiled the industry’s first airbags for purpose-built vehic...

Lotte Innovate releases autonomous security robot Dooroo Eye

Lotte Innovate releases autonomous security robot Dooroo Eye

South Korea's Lotte Innovate will unveil its autonomous security robot, Dooroo Eye, at the upcoming Autonomous Driving Mobility EXPO 2024, the com...

POSCO E&C, KAERI to collaborate on HTGR techs

POSCO E&C, KAERI to collaborate on HTGR techs

South Korea's POSCO E&C said on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI...

LG Energy, ADI tie up for fast-charging EV battery technologies

LG Energy, ADI tie up for fast-charging EV battery technologies

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 3 electric vehicle battery maker, joined hands with US chipmaker Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) on advance...

Korea scraps ban on online purchase of 80 items from abroad

Korea scraps ban on online purchase of 80 items from abroad

South Korea has scrapped a plan to ban direct purchases of some 80 items from overseas e-commerce platforms, a government office said on Sunday, aft...

Hyundai Motor Group has most IIHS ROP top safety pick cars

Hyundai Motor Group has most IIHS ROP top safety pick cars

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Friday that the Hyundai Motor Co.'s IONIQ 5 achieved the highest rating of "Top Safety Pick Plus" (TSP+) in crash t...

Lunit, Radiobotics team up to enter EMEA markets

Lunit, Radiobotics team up to enter EMEA markets

South Korean medical AI company Lunit announced on Thursday that it partnered with the Danish musculoskeletal AI diagnostics company Radiobotics ApS...

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...

Samsung C&T to build Korea’s first $103 mn hydrogen tank for power plant

Samsung C&T to build Korea’s first $103 mn hydrogen tank for power plant

Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, has clinched a 140 billion won ($103 million) deal to...

MBK’s Michael ByungJu Kim: Most influential in Korea’s capital market

MBK’s Michael ByungJu Kim: Most influential in Korea’s capital market

Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder and partner of Northeast Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd., has been chosen as the most influential...

Lotte, Neubility to develop autonomous security robots

Lotte, Neubility to develop autonomous security robots

South Korea's Lotte Data Communication Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a domestic autonomous robot service company Neubility on ...

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