Mercedes opens world’s 1st Maybach flagship center in Seoul

Mercedes opens world’s 1st Maybach flagship center in Seoul

Mercedes-Benz Group on Monday opened the world’s first Maybach Brand Center in Seoul, its largest-ever dealership dedicated to the ultra-luxur...

Rap icon Cardi B joins K-beauty’s celebrity fan club with BB cream

Rap icon Cardi B joins K-beauty’s celebrity fan club with BB cream

Cardi B, the Grammy-winning rapper, has joined the growing list of celebrities spotlighting Korean beauty products, fueling a new wave of global ent...

Samsung flexes financial muscle as insurance, card units top rankings

Samsung flexes financial muscle as insurance, card units top rankings

Samsung Group’s financial affiliates are closing in on KB Financial Group for the top spot in South Korea’s financial services sector, u...

Celltrion expands footprint in Latin America with flagship oncology drugs

Celltrion expands footprint in Latin America with flagship oncology drugs

South Korea’s biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. has solidified its presence in South America after winning supply contracts for its flags...

Korea Investment & Securities explores new products with global firms

Korea Investment & Securities explores new products with global firms

Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), a unit of Korea Investment Holdings Inc., is exploring new global investment products tailored for Sout...

Shilla Duty Free opens Guerlain Ultimate Boutique at Incheon Airport

Shilla Duty Free opens Guerlain Ultimate Boutique at Incheon Airport

South Korea's Shilla Duty Free Shop announced on Tuesday it opened the Guerlain Ultimate Boutique, the first flagship store in a global airport, at ...

IONIQ 9, EV9 GT named most anticipated new vehicles in US

IONIQ 9, EV9 GT named most anticipated new vehicles in US

Hyundai Motor Co. 's IONIQ 9 and Kia Corp. 's EV9 GT were selected as America’s Most Anticipated New Vehicles 2025 by Newsweek. This is t...

Lotte Wellfood showcases K-Food at Vietnam Foodexpo

Lotte Wellfood showcases K-Food at Vietnam Foodexpo

South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. said on Thursday it participated in Vietnam Foodexpo 2024 to promote Korean food and boost its market share in the ...

BYD to debut passenger EVs in South Korea in 2025

BYD to debut passenger EVs in South Korea in 2025

China’s electric vehicle giant BYD Co. will debut in the South Korean passenger car market next year with premium models in hopes of becoming ...

Hyundai, Kia’s H1 vehicle sales in Singapore double

Hyundai, Kia’s H1 vehicle sales in Singapore double

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Sunday its vehicle sales in Singapore, a high-tech innovation hub, more than doubled i...

Nexen Tire N'FERA Supreme surpasses 1 mn sales

Nexen Tire N'FERA Supreme surpasses 1 mn sales

South Korea’s Nexen Tire Corp. said on Sunday its premium high-performance all-season tire N’FERA Supreme has exceeded 1 million cumulat...

The new Kia K8: A high-tech, modern and innovative sedan

The new Kia K8: A high-tech, modern and innovative sedan

South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. on Friday unveiled a new K8 large-size sedan, its first drastic facelift in three years.Kia, ...

More luxury brands seek Korean market on sales surge

More luxury brands seek Korean market on sales surge

South Korea’s luxury goods market, estimated at around $7.1 billion, is experiencing a surge in demand led by affluent consumers in their 40s ...

Samsung to invest $52 mn in US biotech VC Flagship Pioneering

Samsung to invest $52 mn in US biotech VC Flagship Pioneering

Samsung C&T Corp., its bio units Samsung Biologics Co. and Samsung Bioepis Co. and Samsung Venture Investment Corp. have committed a combined 72...

S.Korea's Handsome opens global flagship store System Paris

S.Korea's Handsome opens global flagship store System Paris

South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will open its first global flagship store System and System Homme Paris i...

Doosan Bobcat to produce construction loaders in Mexico from 2026

Doosan Bobcat to produce construction loaders in Mexico from 2026

Doosan Bobcat Inc., a construction machinery and equipment maker under South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group, aims to boost its sales in North Amer...

Mom's Touch opens new flagship store in Myeongdong

Mom's Touch opens new flagship store in Myeongdong

South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Tuesday that it opened a new flagship store in Myeongdong, Jung-g...

Carlyle, Keppel, Gaw Capital, IMM vying for Ecorbit

Carlyle, Keppel, Gaw Capital, IMM vying for Ecorbit

Carlyle Group, Temasek-backed Keppel Corp., Gaw Capital Partners, and a consortium of IMM Investment and IMM Private Equity have been selected as fi...

OTT platform TVing gets tailwind from CJ ENM's TV series

OTT platform TVing gets tailwind from CJ ENM's TV series

TVing, the second-largest over-the-top (OTT) platform in South Korea, has been gaining momentum from hit series such as “Lovely Runner,”...

Pearl Abyss, Tencent to release Black Desert in China

Pearl Abyss, Tencent to release Black Desert in China

South Korea's game developer and publisher Pearl Abyss Corp. announced on Wednesday that it's preparing to launch its cross-platform MMORPG Black De...

Hyundai Motor unveils Genesis G90 Black

Hyundai Motor unveils Genesis G90 Black

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Thursday that its premium brand Genesis launched the Genesis G90 Black, the highest trim of its premium brand of Gene...

BMW unveils PHEV sedan New 530e in S.Korea

BMW unveils PHEV sedan New 530e in S.Korea

BMW Korea announced on Tuesday that it unveiled the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) sedan model The New 530e in the domestic market. According to BMW Kor...

Hyundai Motor Group in test run of dedicated EV plant in Korea

Hyundai Motor Group in test run of dedicated EV plant in Korea

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s No. 3 automaker, started a test operation of the first dedicated electric vehicle factory in South Korea to a...

Baidu’s AI Ernie to power Samsung Galaxy S24 in China

Baidu’s AI Ernie to power Samsung Galaxy S24 in China

Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest smartphone series Galaxy S24 to be released in China will feature Baidu Inc.’s Ernie Bot artificial intellige...

Mercedes-Benz unveils New E-Class in S.Korea

Mercedes-Benz unveils New E-Class in S.Korea

Mercedes-Benz Korea on Friday unveiled the 11th generation of its fully redesigned mid-sized The New E-Class sedan in South Korea.This latest iterat...

Samsung Galaxy S24 heralds dawning of AI smartphone era

Samsung Galaxy S24 heralds dawning of AI smartphone era

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled its latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S24 series, which it calls an “AI...

Samsung looks to beat Apple with AI phones

Samsung looks to beat Apple with AI phones

With the Galaxy S24, Samsung Electronics Co.'s new flagship smartphone series, searching for real-time information and translation on the phone will...

Samsung eyes biotech investments via Flagship Pioneering

Samsung eyes biotech investments via Flagship Pioneering

Samsung C&T Corp., Samsung Biologics Co. and Samsung Bioepis Co. will ramp up investments in US biotechnology startups in collaboration with Fla...

Hyundai Motor reveals facelift of G80 sedan

Hyundai Motor reveals facelift of G80 sedan

Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis released a facelift of its signature large sedan G80 on Tuesday. This car is the revamped third-generatio...

Grandeur regains Korean sedan crown after two-year hiatus

Grandeur regains Korean sedan crown after two-year hiatus

Hyundai Motor Co.'s Grandeur mid-to-large-sized sedan is poised to reclaim its crown as the best-selling Korean car in the domestic passenger car se...

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