Samsung to invest $10 million in US-based C2N Diagnostics
Samsung Group companies will jointly invest $10 million in C2N Diagnostics LLC, a U.S.-based company specializing in blood-based Alzheimer’s d...
S&P upgrades SK Innovation credit rating to BBB-
Global credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) announced on Friday that it upgraded SK Innovation Co.'s long-term credit rating from a ...
Huons receives A grade in ESG evaluation
South Korea’s Huons Co. said on Tuesday that it received an A (excellent) grade in the 2024 ESG evaluation recently released by the Korea Inst...
Galaxy S24 Ultra named best cellphone in US by consumer magazine
Samsung Electronics Co. 's Galaxy S24 Ultra was ranked as the best-performing smartphone in the US, surpassing Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max in a ...
NCSOFT launches evaluation model to verify performance of AI LLMs
NCSOFT Corp. announced on Monday that it has launched VARCO Judge LLM, the first evaluation model in South Korea to verify the performance and capab...
SK Enmove gets gold rating of EcoVadis ESG evaluation
South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co., Korea’s top oil refiner SK Innovation Co.'s subsidiary, said on Thursday it received a Gold ...
Hyundai Transys tops JD Power's car seat quality evaluation
South Korea's Hyundai Transys Inc., an auto parts affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Wednesday that it ranked first for the first time in the...
LG Energy Solution acquires anti-bribery certification
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Thursday that it achieved ISO 37001 certification, an international standard for anti-bribery man...
Woori adopts Samsung culture index for internal controls
Woori Financial Group has adopted Samsung Electronics Co.'s Samsung Culture Index (SCI) to tighten its internal controls, which will be given more w...
South Korea climbs to 20th on IMD national competitiveness list
South Korea’s national competitiveness ranking climbed eight notches to its highest-ever 20th thanks to a leap in the country’s business...
NongHyup likely to join $654 mn bid for Seoul D Tower office building
South Korea’s NongHyup Financial Group Inc. (NH Financial) is likely to join the race for the purchase of Donuimun D Tower, a landmark office ...
Kia EV9 named best electric SUV in Germany
Kia Corp. 's EV9, the signature large all-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, was named the top electric ...
Samsung gets AWS platinum certification for water stewardship
Samsung Electronics Co. has been awarded the highest level of certification for water management by the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS), a le...
Galaxy S24 Ultra named top phone in US
Samsung Electronics Co. 's latest flagship AI phone model the Galaxy S24 Ultra has secured the top position in the smartphone evaluation by the US C...
HyperCLOVA X surpasses GPT-4 in Korean AI evaluation
South Korea's Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Naver Corp., announced on Tuesday that its HyperCLOVA X has scored higher than OpenAI and Goog...
Korean startup Moreh tops global large language model test
South Korean artificial intelligence tech startup Moreh Inc. said on Thursday that its large language model (LLM) topped a performance assessment by...
LG Chem to start phase 3 for head, neck cancer drug in US
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. announced on Wednesday that its US-based subsidiary Aveo Pharmaceuticals will start Phase 3 clinical trials for its...
MedPacto gets FDA OK for colorectal cancer drug clinical trial
South Korea's biotech company MedPacto Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has got approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its I...
Genesis G80, Electrified G80 selected as safest cars in US
Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis announced on Friday that its G80 and Electrified G80 got the highest rating "Top Safety Pick+ (TSP+)" from...
Kia to form private-public partnership for EV battery recycling
South Korea's Kia Corp. revealed a plan for the first domestic private-public partnership and initiating a pilot project to create a recycling ecosy...
Korea’s fertility startups gain traction with advanced technologies
South Korea’s fertility startups are garnering attention from investors with innovative technologies such as self-testing of ovarian health, s...
SK Telecom unveils analytics solution for UAM networks
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. disclosed its cutting-edge analytics solution and simulator specifically geared for urban air mobility (UAM) commun...
S.Korea's Qurient, US National Cancer Institute to develop anti-cancer drug
South Korea's Qurient Co. announced on Monday that it signed a research and development agreement with the US government agency National Cancer Inst...
S.Korea’s SK On launches domestic battery safety evaluation center
South Korean battery maker SK On has unveiled its state-of-the-art "SK On Battery Safety Evaluation Center" in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province. T...
Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 named Best EV of 2023 in US
Hyundai Motor Co.'s electric vehicle IONIQ 6 has been named Car and Driver's 2023 EV of the Year on Thursday. According to Hyundai Motor, IONIQ...
SK, Hana Financial groups to jointly develop credit rating model
South Korea’s SK Group and Hana Financial Group are jointly developing a next-generation credit rating model for the financially disadvantaged...
Hankook Tire's iON evo tops Auto Bild's electric car tire test
Korean tire manufacturer Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Friday that its electric vehicle-dedicated high-performance tire, the iON evo, h...
HMM receives Gold rating in EcoVadis ESG evaluation
HMM Co., formerly known as Hyundai Merchant Marine, announced on Thursday that it has received the "Gold" rating for environmental, social and gover...
OliX's hair loss treatment candidate approved for clinical trial in Australia
South Korea's OliX Pharmaceuticals has received approval from Australia's Human Research Ethics Committees (HREC) to plan a phase 1 clinical trial o...
AhnLab's V3 Mobile Security gets perfect score in AV-TEST evaluation
AhnLab Inc., a computer security solutions provider in South Korea, announced on Thursday that its smartphone security solution "V3 Mobile Security"...
