Tencent eyes 2nd-largest stake in Kakao Mobility amid broader Korea push

Tencent eyes 2nd-largest stake in Kakao Mobility amid broader Korea push

Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. has emerged as a surprise contender in a race to acquire a roughly 40% stake in Kakao Mobility Corp., the o...

S.Korea’s Lunit installs breast cancer AI diagnostic tool at 200 US hospitals

S.Korea’s Lunit installs breast cancer AI diagnostic tool at 200 US hospitals

Lunit Inc., a South Korean AI-powered cancer diagnostics company, said on Monday that more than 200 healthcare institutions across the US have now a...

Sono Hospitality becomes new owner of Korean budget carrier T’way Air

Sono Hospitality becomes new owner of Korean budget carrier T’way Air

South Korea’s top resort operator Sono Hospitality Group has emerged as the new owner of budget carrier T’way Air Co. by acquiring ...

Sono Hospitality heralds proxy fight to control T’way Air

Sono Hospitality heralds proxy fight to control T’way Air

Sono Hospitality Group, South Korea’s top resort operator, has vowed to more actively horn in on the business of T'way Air Co., portending a p...

President of Latvia visits S.Korea's Daan Cancer Lab

President of Latvia visits S.Korea's Daan Cancer Lab

Daan Cancer Laboratory under Severance Hospital said on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Latvian government to streng...

Celltrion releases Steqeyma in Europe

Celltrion releases Steqeyma in Europe

South Korea's Celltrion Inc. said on Monday it released Steqeyma (ustekinumab) in Europe, the biosimilar of autoimmune disease treatment Stelara.T...

ViGenCell obtains approval for HLA-B5801 genetic diagnostic kit for adverse reactions to gout treatment

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...

Sono Hospitality to buy stake in Air Premia to bolster airline portfolio

Sono Hospitality to buy stake in Air Premia to bolster airline portfolio

Sono Hospitality Group, South Korea’s largest resort operator, will add low-cost carrier Air Premia Inc. to its bulging portfolio after agreei...

Near Brain gives hope to millions of stroke patients worldwide

Near Brain gives hope to millions of stroke patients worldwide

Strokes are the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disabilities globally, according to the World Health Organization.To fi...

Hyundai Motor chief Chung's unwavering support for Korean archery team

Hyundai Motor chief Chung's unwavering support for Korean archery team

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun’s love for archery is well-known in South Korea. The executive chairman of Hyundai Motor Co. and Ki...

Brokerage firm Hanyang Securities' 11.3% stake up for sale

Brokerage firm Hanyang Securities' 11.3% stake up for sale

South Korea’s Hanyang University Foundation has decided to sell 11.3% of common shares and all the preferred stocks it holds in brokerage arm ...

SK Telecom's X Caliber enters N.American pet market

SK Telecom's X Caliber enters N.American pet market

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that it signed a distribution agreement with Canadian pet medical equipment company Nuon & Nikk...

Line Yahoo to sever tech ties with Naver by year-end: LY CEO

Line Yahoo to sever tech ties with Naver by year-end: LY CEO

TOKYO – Japan’s LY Corp., the operator of the country’s top mobile messenger app Line, plans to sever technological and system tie...

JLK to supply medical AI solutions in Indonesia

JLK to supply medical AI solutions in Indonesia

South Korea’s JLK Inc., an AI-based stroke care platform maker, announced on Tuesday that it signed a business agreement with medical consulti...

Hanjin KAL to sell Waikiki Resort Hotel to Sono for $101 mn

Hanjin KAL to sell Waikiki Resort Hotel to Sono for $101 mn

Hanjin KAL Corp., the holding firm of South Korean flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co., is set to sell a 100% stake in its Hawaii-based subsidiary Wai...

Autech enters silver car market for seniors

Autech enters silver car market for seniors

South Korea's specialty vehicle company Autech Corporation announced on Tuesday that it plans to enter the silver car market for seniors. It al...

LG Elec, Microsoft, GE to collaborate for smart hospital

LG Elec, Microsoft, GE to collaborate for smart hospital

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GE Healthcare Korea and Microsoft (MS) Korea to co...

HD Hyundai Heavy picks Philippines as Asian base for warship sales

HD Hyundai Heavy picks Philippines as Asian base for warship sales

South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (HHI) said on Thursday it has chosen the Philippines as its base for the sale of...

LG Electronics to develop hotel-exclusive robots

LG Electronics to develop hotel-exclusive robots

LG Electronics Inc. will develop hospitality robots jointly with South Korea’s luxury hotel chain operator Josun Hotels & Resorts Co. to m...

Samsung Bioepis to supply Hadlima to US government

Samsung Bioepis to supply Hadlima to US government

South Korea’s Samsung Bioepis and the US-based Organon, the local partner company of Samsung group's biopharmaceutical research and developmen...

LG to use AI for early detection of air conditioner anomalies

LG to use AI for early detection of air conditioner anomalies

LG Electronics Inc. has introduced an artificial intelligence technology for early detection of anomalies in its commercial air conditioning systems...

Hyundai Rotem inks $664 million deal to supply electric trains to LA Metro

Hyundai Rotem inks $664 million deal to supply electric trains to LA Metro

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean railway system maker under Hyundai Motor Group, said on Tuesday it has won a $663.7 million deal to build electric...

Samsung Galaxy S24 heralds dawning of AI smartphone era

Samsung Galaxy S24 heralds dawning of AI smartphone era

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled its latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S24 series, which it calls an “AI...

Asiana, Korea Univ. to jointly attract medical tourism

Asiana, Korea Univ. to jointly attract medical tourism

South Korea's Asiana Airlines Inc. announced on Monday that it has partnered with Korea University Anam Hospital to promote medical tourism. The agr...

Lunit selected as contractor for building medical AI platform in Singapore

Lunit selected as contractor for building medical AI platform in Singapore

South Korean medical AI company Lunit announced on Friday that it has been selected as the final contractor in the bidding for the establishment of ...

Ananti to go solo in Busan without Hilton

Ananti to go solo in Busan without Hilton

Ananti Inc. will end its six-year-long partnership with Hilton Hotels & Resorts by removing the global hotel giant's nameplate from its luxury s...

JLK supplies AI stroke solutions to Philippines

JLK supplies AI stroke solutions to Philippines

JLK Inc., South Korea's stroke diagnosis specialist company, announced on Thursday it implemented two artificial intelligence (AI) stroke diagnostic...

Naver-invested ichrogene enters Thai market

Naver-invested ichrogene enters Thai market

South Korea's digital healthcare startup ichrogene, with investment from Naver D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), entered into Thai market. Naver Corp....

Celltrion Healthcare wins Remsima order in France, Italy

Celltrion Healthcare wins Remsima order in France, Italy

South Korea's Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Wednesday its autoimmune disease treatment Remsima (ingredient: infliximab) has won a bid for ho...

LG Uplus set to catch up to KT as Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier

LG Uplus set to catch up to KT as Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier

  LG Uplus Corp., the perennial No. 3 mobile carrier in South Korea, is fast catching up to its closest rival KT Corp. to rank second just beh...

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