Shinhan Securities acquires stake in Vietnam’s top trading platform FireAnt

Shinhan Securities Co., a leading South Korean brokerage house, has acquired a strategic equity stake in FireAnt, Vietnam’s largest retail tra...

Korean e-commerce platforms’ growth cools; Naver Shopping sales down

South Korea’s major e-commerce platforms, including Naver Shopping, are showing signs of slowing growth amid the rise of Chinese platform gian...

LG Electronics, Microsoft sign strategic partnership on AI agents

LAS VEGAS – South Korea’s top home appliance maker LG Electronics Inc. has signed a strategic partnership with US tech giant Micros...

Samsung foundry ‘relief pitcher’ Han Jin-man vows to improve 2-nm yields

Samsung Electronics Co.'s new contract chipmaking business chief said on Monday he will go all-in to improve the company’s advanced 2-nanomete...

Hyundai launches EV charging subscription in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Wednesday its launch of an electric vehicle (EV) charging subscription service for vehicle owners in IndonesiaSubscribers ...

LG unveils AI-powered commercial washers, dryers in renewed B2B push

South Korean home appliances giant LG Electronics Inc. is stepping up efforts to enhance its presence in the global business-to-business (B2B) marke...

Hana Financial’s Hana The Next: New financial services tailored for seniors

As South Korea’s baby boomers, the demographic cohort born between 1955 and 1963, are reaching retirement age, financial institutions are reac...

LG Elec builds EV chargers safety net for fire prevention

LG Electronics Inc. equipped its slow electric vehicle (EV) chargers with dual overcharge prevention technology to alleviate customer concerns and a...

Uniqlo expands in Korea as No-Japanese boycott wanes

Uniqlo Co., a Japanese fast fashion brand, is vigorously expanding brick-and-mortar stores in South Korea, attracting budget-conscious consumers ami...

Korea's SK Energy to start commercial operations of SAF production line

SK Energy Co., South Korea’s largest oil refiner, is set to start commercial operations of a production line for sustainable aviation fuel (SA...

Hanwha Ocean wins $332 mn ship order from S.Korean Navy

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Thursday that it was selected as the preferred bidder for the second auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOE)...

SK ties up with BlackRock-backed Korean startup for EV chargers

SK Signet Inc., South Korea’s electric vehicle charger manufacturer, joined hands with a local renewable energy startup backed by global asset...

Korea’s edtech startups defend against global giants with AI

South Korea’s major online adult education platforms improved their earnings powered by classes on artificial intelligence, defying concerns o...

Humax, HeyCharge collaborate on EV charger

South Korea's mobility solutions company Humax Co. announced on Monday that it partnered with the Germany-based electric vehicle (EV) charging techn...

KT, EV Parking Services to cooperate on electric bus charging

South Korea's KT Corp., South Korea’s largest telecom service provider, announced on Friday that it partnered with EV Parking Services (EVPS) ...

Hyundai E&C, KAERI partner to commercialize next-gen reactors

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Wednesday that it signed a public-private partnership agreement for the so...

LG Energy, ADI tie up for fast-charging EV battery technologies

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 3 electric vehicle battery maker, joined hands with US chipmaker Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) on advance...

LG-Kakao EV charger JV LG Uplus VoltUp sets sail

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, and the country’s largest taxi-hailing platform Kakao Mobility Corp. officia...

SK Signet to supply EV chargers to Gilbarco

SK Signet Inc., South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) charger manufacturer, announced on Thursday that it partnered with Gilbarco Veeder-Root, the wor...

Overseas Korean food fans choose soju, bibimbap as favorites

South Korea’s soju and bibimbap are respectively the most popular liquor and food among foreigners, according to survey results released by th...

Native Korean fast-fashion brands poised to snatch market

South Korea’s homegrown fast-fashion brands are expected to continue making big strides at home as cost-conscious consumers shifted toward mor...

Kakao joins hands with LG Uplus to enter EV charger market

Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s largest taxi-hailing platform, is set to make inroads into the electric vehicle charging market by setting...

Samsung to mass-produce industry’s fastest LPDDR5X DRAM in H2

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday it has developed an LPDDR5X DRAM chip that supports the industry’s fastest d...

Doosan, LG unveil automated EV charger served by robot

Doosan Robotics Inc. and LG Electronics Inc. have jointly developed an automated electric vehicle charger served by a robot and launched its pilot o...

Nongshim Kellogg overtakes Dongsuh as Korea’s top cereal maker

Just a few years back, cereals meant cornflakes eaten with milk during busy mornings in South Korea.Nowadays, however, cereals mean granola made of ...

EVs in S.Korea exceed 500,000

The cumulative number of electric vehicles (EVs) registered in South Korea exceeded 500,000 last year.The number of EV chargers supplied domesticall...

Hyundai to nearly double ultra-fast EV chargers by 2024

Hyundai Motor Group is set to increase its ultra-fast electric vehicle chargers across South Korea from current 286 to 500 by next year, the auto gi...

EverCharge to install EV chargers at Oracle Park

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. announced on Sunday that its US-based electric vehicle (EV) charging subsidiary EverCharge Inc. will install hund...

LG invests $60 million in Bear Robotics as robot OS war intensifies

South Korea’s high-tech giant LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday it has invested $60 million in Bear Robotics Inc., a Silicon Valley-based se...

SK Signet builds system to enhance EV charger cybersecurity

SK Signet Inc., South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) charger manufacturer, announced on Tuesday that it has established an enhanced cybersecurity sys...