Exports of Korea-made used cars to hit record high in 2025

South Korea’s exports of used cars by its homegrown auto brands are expected to hit a historic high this year, thanks to their improved brand ...

S.Korea’s Hanwha eyes L-SAM exports with UAE’s EDGE  

Hanwha Group’s Vice Chairman and heir apparent Kim Dong-kwan is on the front line to export South Korea's latest homegrown air defense system ...

Global startup festival ComeUp to be held in December

The South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on Monday that it will host the global startup festival ComeUp 2024 at COEX, Seoul on Decem...

Heavy inheritance, gift taxes spur rich Koreans to emigrate to Singapore

A South Korean co-CEO of a blockchain investment firm with hundreds of millions of dollars in assets moved to Singapore last year to avoid the North...

S.Korea’s LIG Nex1, Iraq set for $2.6 billion deal on M-SAM missile system

Iraq has decided to import South Korean-made mid-range surface-to-air missile (M-SAM) system II, known as Cheongung II, in a deal estimated at $2.6 ...

Lotte Rental establishes UAE subsidiary

South Korea's Lotte Rental Co. said on Thursday that it established an overseas subsidiary in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to boost the expo...

S.Korea, UAE sign economic partnership, reaffirm $30 bn investment

South Korea and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) to facilitate bilateral trade aft...

UAE to invest up to $1 bn in S.Korean ventures

The United Arab Emirates is set to invest a maximum of $1 billion in South Korean startups via a joint venture, as a part of its mid- to long-term p...

NGeneBio to transfer NGS tech to UAE company

South Korean medical diagnostic company NGeneBio Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based medica...

LG Electronics hosts 'LG Showcase 2024' in UAE

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that it hosted a new product showcase event called "LG Showcase 2024" in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, fr...

Nexon opens blockchain game corporations in UAE

South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. opened its corporations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the end of last year to str...

KOWEPO, France EDF to collaborate for UAE solar projects

Korea Western Power Co. (KOWEPO) announced on Friday that it has signed a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Khazna 1.5 GW Solar Project Bid Joint Developme...

Dubai Chamber of Commerce to open Seoul office

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will open an office in Seoul, South Korea by May this year, according to industry so...

LIG Nex1 inks $3.2 bn missile defense deal with Saudi Arabia

South Korea's major defense system developer LIG Nex1 Co. has clinched a $3.2 billion deal to export its latest missile interceptor to Saudi Arabia,...

Jay Y. Lee heads to Middle East, Malaysia for next Samsung takeoff

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee has embarked on a business trip to the Middle East in his first overseas trip since a South Korean court...

POSCO Int’l teams up with UAE for blue hydrogen

POSCO International Corp. and POSCO Holdings Inc. announced on Wednesday that they signed a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with the Abu Dha...

Hyundai Motor, UAE’s Mubadala to collaborate on future business projects

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and the United Arab Emirates’ sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co. have agreed to...

SK Ecoplant, Korea South-East Power tap UAE as green energy base

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management firm under SK Group, is accelerating a plan to set up a major green en...

UAE, Korea’s Naver Z join hands for virtual reality tech

South Korea’s Naver Z Corp., the operator of virtual world platform Zepeto, said Monday it will join forces with the United Arab Emirates&rsqu...

Daewoong exports $92.4 mn Depot injection tech to UAE

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Monday that it exported its technology for clinical development and commercialization rights of i...

Korean cars' gap vs. Japanese to narrow in UAE under CEPA

South Korean carmakers are expected to rapidly catch up to their Japanese rivals in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after their home country and the ...

WeMade partners with three companies for WEMIX Play onboarding

South Korea's game developer and publisher WeMade Co. announced on Friday that it has signed onboarding agreements with several domestic and interna...

KIC's private equity senior director Ahn to move to Mubadala

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC)’s senior director for private equity is set to move to Mubadala Investment Co., a sovereign investor based ...

UAE to find $2 bn investment opportunities in S.Korea

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is reviewing $2 billion worth of investment project in South Korea, such energy and information communications techno...

UAE state funds gear up for $30 bn S.Korean investment

Senior officials of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and other major sovereign funds of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) met with executives ...

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...

Yanolja becomes Korea's first company to join UAE's Global Unicorn Center

South Korea's Yanolja Co. a leisure booking platform company, announced on Thursday that it has become the first Korean company to join the Global U...

EOFlow's insulin injection pump starts to be sold in UAE

South Korea's medical device maker EOFlow Co. started selling the wearable insulin pump EOPatch in the United Arab Emirates.The company said on Tues...

S.Korea's Lunit supplies breast cancer imaging solution to UAE

South Korean medical AI company Lunit has supplied its breast cancer imaging analysis solution — Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging — to...

Medytox to build plant for finished toxin products in Dubai

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Medytox Inc. will build a plant for finished products containing botulinum toxin in the United Arab Emirates...