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 ...
SK Telecom unveils AI personal agent Aster for global users
SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday unveiled an AI-driven personal assistant Aster (A*) that understands users' intentions and goes beyond answering simple qu...
Samsung Asset releases KODEX India ETF Investment Guide
South Korea's Samsung Asset Management said on Monday it released its KODEX India ETF Investment Pocket Guide.The guide provides information on the ...
Nation With Lowest Birthrate Is Rocked by Soaring Sales of Dog Strollers
SEOUL—After pushing a stroller to a park near her home in a Seoul suburb, Kang Seung-min plopped down on a bench. Then an elderly woman ap...
LIG Nex1’s guided rocket passes US performance test
LIG Nex1 Co., a South Korean defense company, said on Monday that its Poniard guided rocket passed the final performance test in US Foreign Comparat...
Dog meetup app MMDC aspires to be AI pet nanny
Some call it social media for dogs, others say it's a dating app for their four-legged friends. No matter what you call it, the Meet My Dog Challeng...
SK Innovation’s Ulsan plant goes smarter with AI, robot dog, AR tech
ULSAN, South Gyeongsang Province – At a petrochemical plant run by SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest oil refiner, Spot, a robot d...
Perigee, Hyundai Rotem to team up for SLV
South Korea's Perigee Aerospace Inc. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hyundai Rotem Co. to expand its bus...
Weak property market cuts into Korean securities firms’ profits
dd South Korea’s securities firms suffered a 20% fall in overall net profit last year hurt by the weak property market, adding to bearish vie...
South Korea Ban Takes Dog Meat Off the Menu
SEOUL—Dog meat will no longer be allowed in South Korea, capping a decadeslong campaign against a controversial practice that many locals have...
Hotel Shilla’s four restaurants selected on La Liste
South Korean leading luxury hotel and retail operator Hotel Shilla announced on Tuesday that its four restaurants were selected on the La Liste 2024...
CJ Olive Young opens specialized store for foreigners in Seoul
South Korea's health and beauty store chain CJ Olive Young announced on Wednesday it has changed its flagship store Olive Young Myeongdong Town as...
VaxCell-Bio applies for approval of anti-cancer drug for dogs
South Korea’s VaxCell Biotherapeutics Co. (VaxCell-Bio) on Tuesday announced its application for approval for Vaxleukin-15, an anti-cancer dru...
Robot dog Spot patrols Kia auto plant late at night
South Korean carmaker Kia Corp. ’s plant in Hwaseong, a southern suburb of Seoul in Gyeonggi Province, is guarded late at night by Spot, a fou...
Samsung’s canine love rewarded as its guide dog school turns 30
Back in the 1990s, South Korea was internationally denounced as a country where people eat dog meat.People hardly recognized nor paid attention to t...
S.Korean travel guide featuring BTS published
The Korea Economic Daily (KED) on Tuesday released The Purple Road, a tourist guide of South Korea highlighting places where the seven members of ...
Samsung offers guide to greener, smarter life with SmartThings
BERLIN – Concerned about extreme weather and skyrocketing energy bills? “Keep calm” and head to Berlin where Samsung Electronics C...
S.Korea's pet-friendly tourism sees brisk growth
More lodging facilities and tourism infrastructure in South Korea are accommodating people who wish to travel with their pets.This strategy by the...
S.Korea's top 3 telecom companies boost pet-related services
South Korea's top three telecommunication companies are expanding their pet-related services to attract as customers the estimated 15 million owners...
CJ CheilJedang plans to globalize Korean street food
South Korea's food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is set to launch a range of Korean street food as new products, aiming for global expansion. The compa...
Robot dog Spot joins in S.Korea’s World Expo bid efforts
Spot, a dog-like robot developed by South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor-owned Boston Dynamics Inc., has joined in the country’s bi...
S.Korea's Harim launches street food brand Melting Piece
South Korea's leading poultry processing firm, Harim Co., announced on Thursday the launch of its new street food brand, Melting Piece, in response ...
Boeing’s Korean supplier targets UAV market with guided weapons
Boeing Co.’s leading South Korean contractor aims to develop unmanned aerial vehicles with guided weapons, given the rapidly growing military ...
Modetour signs agreement with mobility platform Danida
South Korea's travel agency network Modetour Network Inc. said Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with mobility platform Dan...
LIG Nex1 showcases guided rocket at top navy exercise
South Korea’s defense exporter LIG Nex1 Co. showcased its guided rocket at the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise l...
Yoon, Biden highlight 'economic security alliance' following Samsung tour
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and visiting US President Joe Biden emphasized the two countries' iron-clad commitment to economic security all...
Hyundai mulls robot dog Spot for facility inspector job
South Korea's largest carmaker Hyundai Motor Group is considering employing Spot, the four-legged robot developed by Boston Dynamics Inc., in its ...
Hyundai Honorary Chairman Chung inducted into Automotive Hall of Fame
Hyundai Motor Group Honorary Chairman Chung Mong-koo was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame (AHF) on Thursday, acknowledging his work in deve...
See Spot trot: Hyundai Motor wows crowd with robotic dog
This is Spot, the four-legged robot developed by Boston Dynamics Inc. – the US robotics company acquired by Hyundai Motor Co. earlier this mon...
Self-guided trip platform expands into themed travels
Planning a trip is no vacation. Booking a flight and hotel isn't the end and searching for activities and mode of transportation is a must. This is wh...
