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

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...

South Korea’s Lee completes cabinet lineup with IT executive, lawmaker

South Korea’s Lee completes cabinet lineup with IT executive, lawmaker

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has tapped an information technology firm executive as culture minister and a ruling party lawmaker as land min...

SK Hynix leads Samsung in customized HBM; lands Nvidia, Microsoft deals

SK Hynix leads Samsung in customized HBM; lands Nvidia, Microsoft deals

SK Hynix Inc. has secured Nvidia Corp., Microsoft Corp. and Broadcom Inc. as key clients of its customized high-bandwidth memory (HBM), positioning ...

SpaceX’s Starlink, Eutelsat’s OneWeb land in Korea for LEO satellite services

SpaceX’s Starlink, Eutelsat’s OneWeb land in Korea for LEO satellite services

South Korea has officially cleared the way for low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet services, granting regulatory approval for SpaceX’s St...

Hyundai Rotem lands $301 mn Taiwan driverless train deal

Hyundai Rotem lands $301 mn Taiwan driverless train deal

Hyundai Rotem Co. has won a 420 billion won ($301 million) order to build autonomous electric trains for Taiwan’s Taichung Metro, adding to a ...

RedotPay lands in Seoul with crypto cards

RedotPay lands in Seoul with crypto cards

RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based blockchain fintech company, has arrived in South Korea with its cryptocurrency-based payment cards and is poised to disr...

ABL Bio lands $2.8 billion license-out deal with GSK

ABL Bio lands $2.8 billion license-out deal with GSK

ABL Bio Inc., a South Korean biotech company, will license out its proprietary blood-brain barrier shuttle platform, called the Grabody-B, to UK-bas...

Middle East: New land of opportunity for Korean medical devices

Middle East: New land of opportunity for Korean medical devices

South Korea is making inroads into the Middle East's medical device market dominated by the US and Europe, aiming to leverage the region’s str...

E-Land manages New Balance’s record $689 mn in Korean sales

E-Land manages New Balance’s record $689 mn in Korean sales

South Korea’s retail giant E-Land Group has achieved 1 trillion won ($689 million) in Korean sales of the global sports footwear and apparel b...

E-Land sets sights on Vietnam as its next China, to open 10 outlets by 2025

E-Land sets sights on Vietnam as its next China, to open 10 outlets by 2025

South Korea’s retail giant E-Land Group has set its sights on Vietnam as its next target market after China, planning to open 10 outlets there...

Korea Investment manages Vista Land $50 mn global bond issuance

Korea Investment manages Vista Land $50 mn global bond issuance

Korea Investment & Securities Co. announced on Thursday that its Hong Kong subsidiary KIS Asia managed the issuance of $50 million in global bon...

NCSOFT invests in Swedish game startup Moon Rover Games

NCSOFT invests in Swedish game startup Moon Rover Games

NCSOFT Corp., a South Korean game developer, said on Tuesday it has made an early stage investment of $3.5 million in Swedish game startup Moon Rove...

Korea’s taxi app i.M ties up with MK Group to land in Japan

Korea’s taxi app i.M ties up with MK Group to land in Japan

South Korea’s premium ride-hailing app i.M joined hands with Japan’s taxi operator MK Group to allow each platform's customers to use bo...

E-Land Retail to enter convenience store market

E-Land Retail to enter convenience store market

South Korea's E-Land Retail, the operator of Kim's Club, NC Department Store, and New Core Outlet operator, plans to enter the convenience store mar...

Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms

Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms

South Korea’s information technology and game companies are rushing to the Middle East to seek global growth drivers as the oil-rich countries...

Breezm lands in US with plan to open 100 stores in 5 years

Breezm lands in US with plan to open 100 stores in 5 years

Breezm, a South Korean startup making customized eyeglasses with artificial intelligence and 3D technologies, has opened its first offshore store in...

LF’s fashion brand Dunst teams up with E-Land for China push

LF’s fashion brand Dunst teams up with E-Land for China push

South Korean clothing company LF Corp. said on Monday that its street fashion brand Dunst will build an offline presence in China in partnership wit...

Kangwon Land aims to revive casino business with $1.9 billion in spending

Kangwon Land aims to revive casino business with $1.9 billion in spending

Kangwon Land Inc., the operator of South Korea’s only casino open to locals, has long been struggling with declining visitors.Located in a rem...

Big Tech engineers rush to Korea’s AI chip startups as potential looms

Big Tech engineers rush to Korea’s AI chip startups as potential looms

Big Tech engineers are flocking to South Korea’s promising startups specializing in artificial intelligence chips, a fast-growing sector in th...

BMW joins other foreign brands’ moves to use domestic car GPS in Korea

BMW joins other foreign brands’ moves to use domestic car GPS in Korea

German luxury carmaker BMW Group is installing domestic GPS navigation systems in models sold in South Korea, joining other imported car brands&rsqu...

HiteJinro signs land agreement for Vietnam soju plant

HiteJinro signs land agreement for Vietnam soju plant

HiteJinro Co., a South Korean alcoholic beverage company, has signed a land agreement for its planned soju plant in Vietnam. The agreement marks a m...

Korean banks flock to Poland, Korean Inc.’s new manufacturing hub

Korean banks flock to Poland, Korean Inc.’s new manufacturing hub

South Korean banks are in a race to advance into Poland to support Korean companies rushing to build factories in the new offshore manufacturing hub...

MBK names two partners as vice chairman, vice president

MBK names two partners as vice chairman, vice president

MBK Partners said on Wednesday it has named Moon Joo Ho, partner and head of South Korea for special situations, as the North Asia-focused private e...

Myeong-dong cements status as super-prime real estate in Korea

Myeong-dong cements status as super-prime real estate in Korea

A 170-square-meter plot of land in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, where South Korean beauty brand Nature Republic’s flagship store is located, ha...

New 2024 E-Class soon to arrive in Korea, land of Mercedes-Benz

New 2024 E-Class soon to arrive in Korea, land of Mercedes-Benz

As with the launch of every new E-Class, the flagship model of luxury German car brand Mercedes-Benz, the phrase “evolution, not revolution&rd...

Middle East, land of opportunity for Korean startups

Middle East, land of opportunity for Korean startups

South Korean startups are accelerating their foray into the Middle East, where oil-rich countries are keen to nurture startups with innovative and d...

E-Land eyes another leap forward in China under new strategy

E-Land eyes another leap forward in China under new strategy

SHANGHAI – E-Land World Ltd., a South Korean fashion and retail company, is gearing up for another leap forward in China, where the company&rs...

S.Korea to put self-developed lander on moon by 2032

S.Korea to put self-developed lander on moon by 2032

South Korea plans to put its first lunar lander on the moon by 2032.  In a meeting of the National R&D Project Evaluation Advisory Commit...

Samsung C&T to join Indonesia's smart city project

Samsung C&T to join Indonesia's smart city project

South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. announced on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Indonesia's premier real estate ...

Kyochon Chicken launches pilot robot delivery service

Kyochon Chicken launches pilot robot delivery service

South Korean food operator Kyochon F&B, known for its premier Kyochon Chicken brand, is trialing a robot delivery service until October 30 in pa...

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