Google Maps, Blackpink fans’ must-have item for Deadline World Tour

Google Maps, Blackpink fans’ must-have item for Deadline World Tour

Blinks, the official name of Blackpink's global fandom, is set to enjoy the South Korean girl group’s concerts in the US more conveniently wit...

Naver, Kurly tie up to counter e-commerce giant Coupang

Naver, Kurly tie up to counter e-commerce giant Coupang

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. and dawn grocery platform service provider Kurly Inc. have joined forces for a potential stake acquisit...

MBK-owned Homeplus files for corporate revamp with Seoul court

MBK-owned Homeplus files for corporate revamp with Seoul court

South Korea’s leading hypermarket operator Homeplus Co., wholly owned by North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners, on Tuesday filed...

South Korea’s alternative data pioneer KED Aicel in full force

South Korea’s alternative data pioneer KED Aicel in full force

South Korea’s leading alternative data service provider Hankyung Aicel Inc. is poised to transform companies' and investors’ business an...

Korean displays regain top spot with premium information tech OLEDs

Korean displays regain top spot with premium information tech OLEDs

South Korean display makers regained ground in the global organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel market in the second quarter, elbowing out the p...

Korean choreography copyrights to be protected by Naver Z deal

Korean choreography copyrights to be protected by Naver Z deal

South Korean dance choreography copyrights will be protected through an agreement between Naver Z Corp., the operator of Asia’s largest metave...

S.Korea provides financial education for foreigners in bank

S.Korea provides financial education for foreigners in bank

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) launched financial education for foreign residents at specialized bank branches for foreigners. T...

Samsung Asset releases KODEX India ETF Investment Guide

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 ...

Mirae Asset gets int'l privacy protection certification

Mirae Asset gets int'l privacy protection certification

South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Monday that it won the international personal information standard ISO 27701 certification after un...

POSCO E&C gets ISMS-P Info Security certification

POSCO E&C gets ISMS-P Info Security certification

South Korea's POSCO E&C said on Thursday that it obtained the "Information Security Management System & Personal Information Protection Mana...

KIS hosts 2024 Stifel Research Forum in Seoul

KIS hosts 2024 Stifel Research Forum in Seoul

Korea Investment & Securities announced on Tuesday that it hosted analysts from Stifel Financial Corp. at its headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, fo...

Mirae Asset Securities builds AI-based stock analysis system

Mirae Asset Securities builds AI-based stock analysis system

South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Monday that it has established an AI Market Assistant system, in which artificial intelligence (AI)...

Airbnb Korea to evict listings not submitting business license

Airbnb Korea to evict listings not submitting business license

Airbnb Korea announced on Tuesday that it will require new listings on the platform to submit business registration information and a business licen...

LG releases sea lion-themed animal conservation video in Times Square

LG releases sea lion-themed animal conservation video in Times Square

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has unveiled a sea lion-themed video for its “The LG Endangered Species Series” campaig...

Samsung strives to prevent musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace

Samsung strives to prevent musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is striving to prevent musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in its workplace to imp...

Alipay’s rise puts Korea on alert to private data breaches

Alipay’s rise puts Korea on alert to private data breaches

South Korean fintech companies' customer data transfers to Alipay, a Chinese payment platform, are setting off private data breach alarm bells amid ...

Lotte Wellfood eyes merger with trading arm; firms indecisives

Lotte Wellfood eyes merger with trading arm; firms indecisives

South Korea’s Lotte Corp. is considering a merger of its confectionery unit Lotte Wellfood Co. and agricultural product trading arm Lotte Inte...

Samsung invests in US AI security startup Protect AI

Samsung invests in US AI security startup Protect AI

Samsung Venture Investment Corp., Samsung Electronics Co.'s venture capital firm, has invested in Protect AI Inc., a US startup offering a security ...

Samsung SmartThings gets global certification for information security

Samsung SmartThings gets global certification for information security

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that its global connected living platform SmartThings received the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for ...

LG Uplus to unveil quantum proof solution Alphakey

LG Uplus to unveil quantum proof solution Alphakey

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Monday that it will unveil its new integrated account management solution for cloud services Alphakey at Q...

LG Display introduces proprietary GenAI in office

LG Display introduces proprietary GenAI in office

LG Display Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, announced on Monday that it developed and intr...

Lotte Global Logistics, KOBC to partner for global logistics

Lotte Global Logistics, KOBC to partner for global logistics

South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Ocean Business Corporatio...

Kia unveils teaser images for all-electric EV3

Kia unveils teaser images for all-electric EV3

Kia Corp. the second-largest automaker in South Korea, unveiled the first teaser images and video of the upcoming third all-electric sports utility ...

NH Investment gets APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules

NH Investment gets APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules

South Korea's NH Investment & Securities announced Friday that it obtained the global personal information protection certification APEC Cross-B...

Wrtn opens free AI search service

Wrtn opens free AI search service

South Korea's advanced tech startup Wrtn Technologies, a major player in generative artificial intelligence (AI), opened its free and unlimited AI s...

Interpark Triple launches travel platform Triple Korea

Interpark Triple launches travel platform Triple Korea

South Korea's retail and travel platform Interpark Triple announced on Tuesday that it launched the travel platform Triple Korea for foreign touri...

Korea’s ELS market to stagnate after HSCEI debacle: KOFIA chairman

Korea’s ELS market to stagnate after HSCEI debacle: KOFIA chairman

The Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) will go all out to minimize any adverse effects on the South Korean financial market from an anti...

S.Korea to scrap capital gains taxes on financial products

S.Korea to scrap capital gains taxes on financial products

South Korea will scrap a plan to impose taxes on capital gains from financial products for all shareholders and further lower securities transaction...

Nexon fined over MapleStory in-game item selling

Nexon fined over MapleStory in-game item selling

South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. was fined 11.6 billion won ($8.9 million) for allegedly misleading its customers over in...

Samsung releases Galaxy Watch6 Classic PXG edition

Samsung releases Galaxy Watch6 Classic PXG edition

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will begin limited-time offers of the "Galaxy Watch6 Classic PXG edition," in collaboration wi...

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