Economic strain drives millennials, Gen Z into collectible craze
SHANGHAI – Standing in the rain, lines of people snake along Nanjing Dong Lu, Shanghai’s bustling shopping street, outside a Miniso shop...
Naver, Kurly tie up to counter e-commerce giant Coupang
South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. and dawn grocery platform service provider Kurly Inc. have joined forces for a potential stake acquisit...
SillaJen: First to use lab-grown human tissue to find best cancer drug dose
South Korean biotechnology firm SillaJen Inc. is pioneering a new approach to determine the best dose for a cancer drug combination in clinical tria...
Kia CEO stands firm on electrification strategy, premieres EV4 in Europe
TARRAGONA, Spain – Despite a temporary slowdown in electric vehicle demand and intensifying competition from Chinese automakers, Kia Corp. rem...
Hyundai Motor Group, D.Camp to host startup demo day
Hyundai Motor Group's open innovation platform ZER01NE said on Tuesday it partnered with startup accelerator D.Camp in collaboration with 19 finan...
S.Korean defense firms stand to gain if Harris wins Nov. election
Defense companies will stand to gain the most among South Korean companies if US Vice President Kamala Harris wins the US presidential election next...
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...
Samsung Galaxy AI phones surpass 20 mn units in S. Korea
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Sunday that more than 20 million smartphones in South Korea are now equipped with its Galaxy AI technology, driven...
Samsung expands AI horizon with B2B-specific SmartThings Pro
BERLIN – South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is entering the AI-powered business-to-business connectivity platform market with its...
Samsung's AI home appliances hit 1.5 mn units sold
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Thursday that its cumulative sales of AI-integrated home appliances have surpassed 1.5 million units as of July this...
Samsung SmartThings gets global certification for information security
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that its global connected living platform SmartThings received the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for ...
Samsung, KB Kookmin Card launch IoT credit card
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday it launched an Internet of Things (IoT) credit card in collaboration with KB Kookmin Card. The card us...
Shinsegae, CJ to tie up for product delivery, food launch
Retail-focused Shinsegae Group is set to outsource delivery services and logistics management for its e-commerce platforms such as SSG.COM and Gmark...
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...
Record $259 bn yet to find investment targets in South Korea
South Koreans parked a record 350 trillion won ($259 billion) in cash-equivalents such as money market funds (MMFs) as they failed to find investmen...
Genesis beats BMW to rival Mercedes in Korea's premium segment
In South Korea, esteemed German auto brands BMW and Mercedes-Benz have for years been the top two brands vying for the hearts of luxury car buyers, ...
Samsung to deploy smart home services in Miami
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Sunday that it will deploy smart home services in the Miami residential complex, Florida with the US-based re...
Korean startup CEOs away from home lead global expedition
South Korea’s promising startup founders, who normally double as chief executive officers for their companies, are leaving their home turf to ...
Global quest to find modern elixirs enters new chapter
NEW YORK/ BOSTON – Longevity has long been the dream of humankind. China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang was obsessed with finding magic e...
Korea to sell $3.6 bn stake in NXC via private offering
The South Korean government is seeking to sell a 4.71 trillion won ($3.6 billion) stake in gaming giant NXC Corp. via private placement as the autho...
SK Square pauses talks with Qoo10 over 11Street deal
SK Square Co., an investment arm of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has suspended negotiations with Singapore-headquartered e-comme...
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...
Mom's Touch Tokyo pop-up store visitors exceed 30,000
South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Friday its pop-up store in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan successfully con...
Samsung joins Swedish smartcity net zero home project
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday it will provide its Net Zero Home solutions for the upcoming Brobyholm Smartcity near Stockholm, Swede...
SK C&C AI diagnostic service checks Doosan Enerbility’s plants
SK C&C, a systems integration affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, on Thursday said it will provide diagnostic services based on generativ...
Samsung offers guide to greener, smarter life with SmartThings
BERLIN – Concerned about extreme weather and skyrocketing energy bills? “Keep calm” and head to Berlin where Samsung Electronics C...
More Korean FSS retirees find jobs in legal, financial biz
More retirees of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) are snagging new jobs at private companies such as the banks they regulated during their te...
Korea’s smaller firms embrace older, experienced workforce
South Korea’s liquid filtration system developer Neos Corp. has seven employees, all seasoned mechanical and electrical engineers in their 60s...
Korea's superconductor stocks plunge on Nature report
South Korean research team’s LK-99, behind the online sensation following its claim of room-temperature superconductor over the past four week...
Hanatour launches real-time travel info-sharing chat app
South Korea's leading travel agency Hanatour Service Inc. has launched the location-based travel-specialized open chat service app called "Hana Open...
