Krafton invests in 10 overseas game startups in 2024

Krafton invests in 10 overseas game startups in 2024

Krafton Inc. invested in 10 overseas game developers in 2024 in search of the next big franchise intellectual property (IP) following its mega-hit t...

Samsung Electronics brings AI heat pump EHS to US HVAC market

Samsung Electronics brings AI heat pump EHS to US HVAC market

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is unveiling an AI-powered home heat pump system at the upcoming CES 2025 event as it strives to boo...

LG Electronics launches Global Heat Pump Consortium

LG Electronics launches Global Heat Pump Consortium

LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday it launched a Global Heat Pump Consortium to strengthen cooperation on heating, ventilation, and air condition...

LG ramps up European HVAC marketing with new Therma V model

LG ramps up European HVAC marketing with new Therma V model

LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, is strengthening efforts to enhance its presence in Europe’s heating, ventil...

Samsung Bespoke AI Combo sells 1,000 units in three days

Samsung Bespoke AI Combo sells 1,000 units in three days

Samsung Electronics Co. 's the Bespoke AI Washer & Dryer Combo surpassed 1,000 units sold in three days, Feb. 24 to 26.  The Bespoke AI C...

Hyundai Everdigm enters NA construction machinery market

Hyundai Everdigm enters NA construction machinery market

South Korea’s Hyundai Everdigm Corp. announced on Monday that it has signed a dealership agreement with the US-based heavy equipment special...

Hyundai Motor, SK Enmove to join forces for next-generation vehicle refrigerants

Hyundai Motor, SK Enmove to join forces for next-generation vehicle refrigerants

Hyundai Motor Group and SK Enmove Co. on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate in developing refrigerants for next-generation...

LG Elec to open heat pump research laboratory in Alaska

LG Elec to open heat pump research laboratory in Alaska

LG Electronics Inc. plans to open LG Advanced Cold Climate Heat Pump Laboratory in Alaska, the US for the development of heating, ventilation, &...

KAIST discovers diabetes treatment using light

KAIST discovers diabetes treatment using light

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Wednesday that they have discovered a method to treat diabetes by insert...

LG Electronics to unveil new washer-dryer combo

LG Electronics to unveil new washer-dryer combo

LG Electronics Inc. will soon roll out a new and improved washer-dryer combo.The company on Monday said it will unveil the LG Signature Washer-Dryer...

S.Korea's Hanon Systems hits 'home run' with heat pump for EVs

S.Korea's Hanon Systems hits 'home run' with heat pump for EVs

Hanon Systems, a leading South Korean maker of automotive thermal management systems, posted surprising results in the second quarter in blowing awa...

Medtronic to buy S.Korean insulin patch maker for $738 mn

Medtronic to buy S.Korean insulin patch maker for $738 mn

Medtronic Plc., a Dublin, Ireland-based medical device maker, is set to acquire EOFlow Co., a South Korean wearable insulin patch maker, for $738 mi...

Hanon to build $40 mn heat pump systems plant in US state of Georgia

Hanon to build $40 mn heat pump systems plant in US state of Georgia

Hanon Systems Corp., a South Korean thermal management systems provider for automakers, is set to inject $40 million to establish a plant in the US ...

S.Korea selects 100 core technologies to achieve carbon neturality

S.Korea selects 100 core technologies to achieve carbon neturality

South Korea has designated 100 core technologies to achieve carbon neutrality including heat pumps that retrieve heat from air and water, the green ...

LG Elec sees steady 2023 sales to widen gap with Whirlpool

LG Elec sees steady 2023 sales to widen gap with Whirlpool

LG Electronics Inc. expects sales of its home appliances division, the key cash cow of the South Korean company, to remain steady at 30 trillion won...

Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Motor develop vehicle height adjustment system

Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Motor develop vehicle height adjustment system

Hyundai Mobis, a global auto parts vendor and affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Monday that it has co-developed an electronic levelling cont...

EOFlow's insulin injection pump starts to be sold in UAE

EOFlow's insulin injection pump starts to be sold in UAE

South Korea's medical device maker EOFlow Co. started selling the wearable insulin pump EOPatch in the United Arab Emirates.The company said on Tues...

S.Korea's Medicox boosts unit for oral insulin, medical cannabis

S.Korea's Medicox boosts unit for oral insulin, medical cannabis

South Korea's Medicox Co. on Wednesday said it will raise 40 billion won ($32 million) to boost its unit for oral insulin and cannabidiol (CBD).The ...

Young Poong Precision to increase control over Korea Zinc

Young Poong Precision to increase control over Korea Zinc

Young Poong Precision Corp., an industrial pump and chemical plant valve maker under South Korea's Young Poong Group, is aggressively increasing con...

Samsung Elec's green heat pump takes energy-starved Europe by storm

Samsung Elec's green heat pump takes energy-starved Europe by storm

Samsung Electronics on Monday said its heat pump Eco Heating System (EHS), a green heating and cooling system, has seen explosive sales growth on th...

Corporate Korea pumps the brakes on developer pay hikes 

Corporate Korea pumps the brakes on developer pay hikes 

South Korea’s biggest technology companies are taking a breather from their spending spree on hiring and retaining top developers, which has b...

POSCO Group looks to treble corporate value by 2030

POSCO Group looks to treble corporate value by 2030

South Korea’s POSCO Group will invest 53 trillion won ($42 billion) by 2026 primarily in its steel, rechargeable battery materials and hydroge...

Wavve to pump $885 mn into original content amid fierce OTT competition

Wavve to pump $885 mn into original content amid fierce OTT competition

South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) service Wavve will invest a total of 1 trillion won ($885 million) to produce original content by 2025 to gain more...

Hyosung pumps $53 mn into Turkey spandex factory expansion

Hyosung pumps $53 mn into Turkey spandex factory expansion

South Korea's textile maker Hyosung TNC Corporation has invested 60 billion won ($52.8 million) to expand its spandex production facility in Cerkezkoy...

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