Stray Kids make K-pop history with landmark stadium show in Germany
Stray Kids set a new milestone in K-pop history with a solo performance at one of the largest stadiums in Germany, highlighting the unwavering globa...
HYBE sparks summer vibes with BTS live album, TXT comeback, new boy band launch
HYBE Co., a South Korean music powerhouse, is turning up the heat this summer with a wave of major releases, including a live album from its flagshi...
Fictional K-pop band Saja Boys beat BTS, Blackpink to top US Spotify charts
A fictional K-pop boy band from a Netflix animated feature has achieved what few real-world Korean acts have – to top the US Spotify chart.You...
Seoul Guarantee Insurance to raise $124 million from IPO
Seoul Guarantee Insurance Co. (SGI) will raise 181.5 billion won ($124.2 million) through an initial public offering later this month in its second ...
Korean firms cut IPO prices, volumes amid bearish sentiment
South Korean companies are relaunching attempts to go public with lower valuations and fewer shares amid continued sour investor sentiment.CK Soluti...
LG CNS set to price February IPO at top of price band
LG CNS Co., an information technology service company, is set to price its initial public offering at the top of its proposed price range to raise 1...
Korea's No. 1 fitness app Planfit eyes bigger market beyond home in 2025
A new year has arrived, and with it come the New Year’s resolutions. However, if you are one of those who feel you've already failed to keep y...
Naver Band surpasses 6 mn MAU in US
South Korea’s Naver Corp. said on Friday its group-based social media platform Band reached 6.04 million monthly active users (MAU) in the Uni...
Samsung to unveil its first wearable robot Bot Fit by end-October
Samsung Electronics Co. will unveil its first wearable robot, Bot Fit, later this month as the South Korean tech giant delves into the global health...
IGIS, Naver Labs to develop tech convergence space platform
South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. said on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with six companies, including Nav...
Ably launches virtual fitting AI service
South Korean fashion commerce platform Ably Corp. announced on Friday that it launched a new service The Shopping Mall-Specific Artificial Intellige...
Samsung to unveil Galaxy Fit3 in global market
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release its new fitness band, the Galaxy Fit3. The device features an expansive 40mm di...
LG Innotek hastens to lead autonomous driving solution
LG Innotek Co., South Korea’s major camera module supplier seeking to reduce its hefty reliance on Apple Inc. for earnings, has unveiled its l...
Samsung’s AP chip Exynos turns from ugly duckling to golden swan
Samsung Electronics Co. has bittersweet memories of its Exynos chip – an in-house application processor (AP) referred to as the brain of mobil...
Samsung, Harman move in lockstep to advance in-vehicle technology
LAS VEGAS – South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. and its wholly owned US subsidiary Harman International Industries Inc. hav...
Korea’s 6G frequency bands picked as standard candidates
Sixth-generation (6G) communication frequency bands proposed by South Korea have been adopted as global standard candidates by the industry's freq...
Naver Band surpasses 5 million MAU in US
South Korea’s Naver Corp. announced Thursday the monthly active user (MAU) of its community social networking platform Naver Band surpassed 5 ...
Samsung, UMich to research on Galaxy Watch’s fitness feature
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it is conducting research in collaboration with the University of Michigan to enhance fitness fe...
K-pop rookies, fresh boost for Korean entertainment stocks
South Korea’s entertainment stocks are poised to rally as K-pop newbies gain momemtum, attracting not only global music fans but also investor...
Virtual bands, emerging stars to fuel global K-pop craze
Virtual bands have emerged as new stars to accelerate the K-pop craze across the world. An artificial girl quartet attracted more than 25 million vi...
BTS label HYBE to wholly own K-pop band Enhypen agency
HYBE Co., the agency of K-pop sensation BTS, is slated to acquire a controlling stake in music label Belift Lab Inc. as South Korean entertainment p...
LG Elec, SM to launch home fitness app in July
LG Electronics Inc. and SM Entertainment Co. will jointly launch next month a home fitness app nine months after the project was delayed in Septem...
HYBE employees accused of insider stock trading over BTS
Three HYBE employees on Wednesday were accused of insider stock trading, allegedly selling the South Korean entertainment giant's shares before K-po...
S.Korean startup Drama & Company introduces AI talent recruiter
Drama & Company, the developer of South Korea’s popular cloud-based business card management app Remember, is readying its next business w...
InBody to release big data-based health management solutions
South Korea's InBody Co., the global leader in analytic devices for body composition, is entering the health management solution field in 2023.Usi...
Samsung unveils new Galaxy Watch OS with enhanced sleep management
Samsung Electronics Co. revealed on Thursday its new operating system, One UI Watch 5, for its Galaxy Watch series. The updated OS includes improved...
LG Elec-SM Ent JV to unveil beta home fitness app in March
Fitness Candy, a joint creation by LG Electronics Inc. and SM Entertainment Co. to rival Apple Fitness Plus, is expected to unveil its beta service ...
LIG Nex1 signs contract for next-gen military radio system
LIG Nex1 Co. said on Thursday it has signed a contract worth 80 billion won ($63.1 million) with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration for ...
ETRI bolsters semiconductor technologies for use in aerospace defense
Daejeon-based Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) is poised to further the development of semiconductor technologies for us...
Naver Band celebrates 10-year anniversary, over 6.1 billion posts
South Korea’s tech juggernaut Naver Corp. announced Monday that its Naver Band celebrates 10 years in service with more than 156 million app d...
