KPop Demon Hunters OST lands at No.6 on Billboard Hot 100

The original soundtrack Golden from Netflix’s hit animated movie KPop Demon Hunters has made chart history, becoming the first track by a virt...

Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has proposed regulatory changes that would allow non-profit organizations to purchase bad loans from individ...

Netmarble set to spark subculture craze at Summer Game Fest

Netmarble Corp., South Korea’s leading game developer and publisher, is seeking to capitalize on the surging global demand for so-called subcu...

LG, Samsung vie for crown in wheeled TV market

The market for TVs mounted on a rollable stand has emerged as a new battleground between South Korea’s top two TV brands, LG and Samsung, four...

South Korea to boost aid for chipmakers to $23 billion, expanding extra budget

South Korea’s government is planning to increase support for chip makers to around $23 billion, proposing a bigger-than-expected supplementary...

KT rolls out Thai-tailored large language model

South Korean telecom service provider KT Corp. has built a large language model (LLM) platform tailored for the Thai market in collaboration with Ja...

Hyundai Motor shares rally after US investment plan

Hyundai Motor’s shares gained ground after it unveiled a new U.S. investment plan to help avoid President Trump’s tariffs.The South Kore...

POSCO to sell entire stake in Nippon Steel, ending equity ties

POSCO Holdings Inc. has decided to sell its entire stake in Nippon Steel Corp., according to industry sources on Wednesday, marking the end of their...

Dongkuk to file anti-dumping petition vs Chinese color steel imports

Dongkuk Coated Metal Co. and SeAh Steel Corp. are set to file an anti-dumping complaint against Chinese rivals in March as the country plans to impo...

South Korea to levy 38% anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel products

South Korea plans to impose up to 38% provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese hot-rolled steel plates starting next month, judging that those pro...

Korea to probe Chinese, Japanese steel imports over anti-dumping claims

South Korea is set to launch an anti-dumping investigation into hot-rolled steel imports from China and Japan, according to government and industry ...

Microsoft CEO Nadella seeks AI alliance with Hyundai, POSCO, Shinhan, KT

Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Satya Nadella is seeking to forge an artificial intelligence alliance with major South Korean companies...

Hyundai mulls building 1st overseas steel mill in Louisiana

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hyundai Motor Group is considering building its first overseas steel mill in New Orleans, Louisiana, according to industry ...

Korean carmakers to bolster lineups with EVs, hydrogen models

Hyundai Motor Co. and other South Korean carmakers will release various types of new models ranging from hybrid sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and el...

POSCO shutters wire rod mill in Korea on supply glut

POSCO, the world’s seventh-largest steelmaker, said on Tuesday it has shut down a wire rod mill in South Korea as rising exports from China ha...

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 ...

Samyang Foods' Buldak Ramen gets K-food Safety certification

South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. said on Thursday its Buldak Ramen (hot chicken flavor ramyun) received the domestic production certification K-food ...

GS Group, Notion to team up on AI capabilities

South Korea's GS Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Notion, the US-based popular collaboration software company to enhance its ...

Blackpink Rosé’s APT. debuts at No. 8 on Billboard Hot 100

Blackpink Rosé's single APT. has debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, according to the music magazine Billboard on Tuesday.With the tit...

Hankook Tire supplies tires to BMW

South Korea's Hankook Tire & Technology said on Wednesday that it started to supply its Ventus S1 evo Z tires as original equipment for BMW's se...

Global Sae-A completes spinning mill in Costa Rica

South Korea's Global Sae-A Group said on Monday it had inaugurated a third spinning factory for its yarn-producing subsidiary, Sae-A Spinning, in ...

Korea’s Hyundai E&C likely to join UK SMR race with Holtec

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), in partnership with US-based Holtec International Corp. is likely ...

Artificial intelligence creates DRAM divide between hot sellers, laggards

In recent years, the big buzz across industries has been around the power of artificial intelligence, with some critics raising concerns about AI ex...

Lotte Infracell, Constellium sign anodic film supply contract

South Korea's Lotte Infracell announced on Wednesday that it signed a long-term supply contract for anodic film raw materials with Constellium SE,...

Kia overtakes Hyundai in US EV market driven by SUVs

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 carmaker after sister company Hyundai Motor Co., is racing ahead in the sports utility vehicle (SUV) and electr...

Samsung’s biotech duo on a roll with $1.1 bn CMO order

Samsung Group is on track to rise to the top of biosimilar companies in the world and become South Korea’s largest drug maker for contract man...

LG Display bets big on Tandem OLED in AI computing era

LG Display Co., the world’s top organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV panel maker, is raising the stakes in Tandem OLED technology to stay ah...

Samsung to launch 3D HBM chip packaging service in 2024

SAN JOSE -- Samsung Electronics Co. will launch three-dimensional (3D) packaging services for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) within the year, a te...

Korean food firms chase sizzling K-food demand with expansion

South Korean food companies are scrambling to ramp up factory output at home and abroad to meet the insatiable appetite for Korean flavors and aroma...

RideFlux wins temporary Level 4 self-driving permit

RideFlux Inc., a South Korean autonomous driving technology startup, has received a temporary permit to operate a driverless car at normal speed for...