SK Biopharm submits NDA of epilepsy drug to China

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. said on Tuesday it submitted the new drug application (NDA) for its flagship epilepsy drug Cenobamate to Chi...

Samsung Bioepis eyes record sales in 2024 after stellar Q3

Samsung Bioepis Co., Samsung Biologics Co.'s fully owned biosimilar subsidiary, is expected to post its best-ever annual revenue this year after sal...

Hyundai's accumulated production hits 100 mn unit milestone

Hyundai Motor has achieved the 100 million-unit milestone for its accumulated production 57 years after its inception, led by the Avante compact sed...

NewJeans' Ditto hits 600 mn streams on Spotify

Ditto by K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed 600 million streams on Spotify.Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, announced on ...

Samsung Asset's KODEX S&P500 TR ETF surpasses 1 tn won in net asset

Samsung Asset Management Co. announced on Tuesday that the net asset value of its KODEX US S&P500 TR exchange-traded fund (ETF), which tracks th...

EcoPro hits first 100,000 tons export in high-nickel cathode material

South Korean battery materials manufacturer EcoPro Co. announced on Monday that it achieved a significant milestone last year by exporting over 100,...

Roche to use Biodyne’s tech for cervical cancer diagnostic kits

Roche, a Swiss multinational healthcare company, is set to use a South Korean company’s technology for cervical cancer diagnostic kits.Biodyne...

Korea's agro-food exports reach $8.3 bn milestone in just 11months

South Korea's agricultural and food exports hit a record high in 2023, fueled by strong demand for instant noodles, strawberries, and other staples....

Foreign visitors to S.Korea on course to top 10 mn milestone

The number of foreign visitors to South Korea spiked 158.3% to 1.23 million in October from the month previous, the Korea Tourism Organization said ...

GenAI startup Wrtn’s cumulative subscribers exceed 1 million

South Korean generative AI startup Wrtn Technologies announced on Tuesday that it has surpassed one million cumulative subscribers to its service.Wr...

Samsung's Bespoke Qooker surpasses 200,000 units in sales

Samsung Electronics Co.'s Bespoke Qooker has exceeded cumulative sales of 200,000 units within two years since its launch.Bespoke Qooker is a vers...

Hyundai's premium Genesis cars to break 1 million units in global sales

Genesis, the luxury car brand of Hyundai Motor Co., is on the verge of breaking the million mark in cumulative global sales this month in seven year...

Kia Sportage celebrates milestone of 7 mn sales in 30 years

Kia Sportage has sold more than 7 million units since its launch three decades ago, celebrating the milestone with a special edition of its fifth-ge...

Kia vows to take 10% of Indian market after 1 million car output

In celebration of producing 1 million cars from its Indian plant, Kia Corp. has vowed to command 10% of the Indian car market with more diverse mode...

LG paves way for $82 bn OLED TV, panel sales milestone

South Korea’s LG Display Co. is regarded as a pioneer in the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) market after it developed the world’s f...

Celltrion, Genuv sign agreement for antibody joint R&D

South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. announced on Tuesday a joint research and development agreement with Genuv, Inc., a domestic drug...

Cha Biotech sells eye-cell technology to Japan's Astellas for $32 mn

Cha Biotech, a South Korean biotechnology company, said on Thursday that it agreed to sell its technology for developing eye-cell therapies to Astel...

Una Stella secures $4.4 mn pre-Series A funding

South Korean start-up Una Stella announced on Monday that it has secured 5.5 billion won ($4.4 million) in pre-Series A funding, led by Strong Ventu...

S.Korean fighter jet KF-21 makes first supersonic flight

The first prototype of the South Korean fighter jet KF-21 Boramae on Tuesday made its first supersonic flight six months since its inaugural trip to...

LegoChem Bio, Amgen sign ADC platform deal for up to $1.2 bn

South Korean pharmaceutical firm LegoChem Biosciences Inc. said on Dec. 23 it has transferred the antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) technology platform...

Hyundai Motor hits 15 mn vehicle sales milestone in US

South Korea’s auto giant Hyundai Motor Co.'s cumulative sales in the US surpassed 15 million units since entering the market in 1986, the comp...

SK Gas achieves milestone of zero accidents for 28 consecutive years

SK Gas said on Monday that its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) import terminal in Pyeongtaek had achieved a record of no accidents for 28 consecutive ...

Naver posts record 3Q sales boosted by content and commerce

South Korea's leading web portal Naver reported record-high sales in the third quarter thanks to surging growth in its content sector, including the...

LG Elec takes quantum leap in 6G with new THz band milestone

LG Electronics Inc. has made a new breakthrough in next-generation networks by transferring wireless 6G terahertz (THz) data over a 100-meter distan...

Korean Air hits milestone of 10,000 cargo-only passenger flights

Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) hit a milestone of having operated 10,000 cargo-only passenger flights as of Aug. 1, as the country’s top carrier g...

Bibigo mandu sets milestone in Korean food industry

South Korea's food and beverage giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. has become the first domestic food company to have a single item pull in over 1 trill...