South Korea’s Lee completes cabinet lineup with IT executive, lawmaker
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has tapped an information technology firm executive as culture minister and a ruling party lawmaker as land min...
Yonsei University: Unlikely yet adroit dealmaker in S.Korea’s M&A market
For decades, or probably for centuries, Yonsei University has been seen as an ivory tower – a place for academics – in South Korea.One o...
Korea's science ministry picks 10 AI, digital startups to back global growth
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT on Thursday announced that it has selected 10 startups founded by Koreans in a program to support th...
Samsung seeks tech alliance with top US universities for robotics, AI, 6G
In an ambitious bid to shape the future of technology, Samsung Electronics Co. is launching a sweeping initiative to collaborate with elite North Am...
Political crisis ups downside risk to S.Korea’s economy: S&P, Moody’s
Global credit rating agencies are warning of looming downward pressure on South Korea’s sovereign credit rating about a month after Asia&rsquo...
Yanolja launches NOL Universe after merging OTA platforms
SoftBank-backed Yanolja Co., South Korea’s top travel and accommodation booking platform operator, on Friday introduced a new platform called ...
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 ...
Hyundai Motor Group to nurture young talent in Indonesia
Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday that it held the inaugural ceremony for the first cohort of H-Jump School Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia, the...
Samyang Roundsquare to recruit foreign interns
Samyang Roundsquare, the holding company of South Korea's Samyang Group, said on Friday that it recruits foreign interns with the potential for full...
Hanwha, Univ. of Surrey to team up for space business
Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s major aerospace and defense system developer, announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understan...
HD KSOE partners with University of Michigan to foster US ship engineers
South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) has joined hands with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (UM) a...
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 ...
LG Uplus, GIST to build metaverse campus
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday a business agreement with the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) to develop a uni...
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...
Hyundai Motor, Kia to develop alternative to rare earth materials
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have partnered with South Korea's universities to secure materials for vehicle electrification components.Hyundai Mo...
NPS corp governance committee taps SNU professor as member
A corporate governance committee of South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, has named a Seoul Na...
LG Uplus unveils Yonsei Univ. Metaverse Campus
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that its university metaverse platform Uverse unveiled a dedicated metaverse campus called Meta Yo...
Universal Music acquires 10-year distribution rights to HYBE music
The world’s largest music company Universal Music Group (UMG) has struck an exclusive deal to distribute music from HYBE Co., the South Korean...
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...
Samsung to release pianist Seong-Jin Cho’s 8K video
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release the worldwide famous pianist Seong-Jin Cho’s live performance video in 8K...
Orion, VNUA to team up for potato production
South Korea’s confectionery and snack maker Orion Corp. announced on Friday that it signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Institut...
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...
KAIST, MIT jointly open Quantum Winter School
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Monday that it is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Techn...
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...
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...
Hyundai partners with University of London for African market strategy
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Friday its plan to establish two research centers in conjunction with the University of London (UoL) to delve int...
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...
Lotte's chemical units look for talent from US universities
Lotte Group's two chemical units in South Korea searched for talent in US universities.Lotte Chemical Corp. and Lotte Fine Chemical Co. organized ...
Hyundai, Kia to launch solution for mobility impaired in Singapore
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are extending their Universal Mobility Project to Singapore with a new initiative aimed at aiding the ...
