IFEZ to apply for designation of southern Ganghwa as free economic zone
The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority is set to submit its application by the end of June to designate the southern end of Ganghwa Island ...
STIC Investments draws activist interest, including Align Partners
STIC Investments Inc., South Korea’s only listed private equity firm, has become the latest target of shareholder activism as Seoul-based Alig...
Baby Shark receives three Emmy nominations
South Korea's The Pinkfong Company, popularly known for its "Baby Shark" character, said on Friday that "Baby Shark’s Big Movie" received thre...
South Korea to designate Jeju as flying taxi pilot service zone
South Korea will designate its resort island Jeju a test operation zone for flying taxis as part of the country’s national urban air mobility ...
Shinsegae Duty Free opens premium store at Incheon Airport
South Korea's Shinsegae Duty Free launched a premium store at Incheon International Airport, aiming to counter the decline in downtown duty-free sal...
Korea’s Everland to lure horror fans with Netflix series
Everland, South Korea’s largest theme park, is set to lure horror movie fans at home and abroad with famous fright series such as “Stran...
LG Elec opens LG Labs experience pop-up zone
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will operate the "Wow Life's Good Lab" pop-up zone at Ground 220 in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, until...
Samsung showcases The Freestyle Zone at camping festival
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that it set up the experience zone for the portable screen The Freestyle Second Generation at the Go Out...
Korea’s Hansae MK targets global children’s fashion market
South Korean clothing retailer Hansae MK Co. selling National Basketball Association (NBA) apparel in the country aims to expand its presence with i...
Premium children's brands buck falling birth rate in Korea
Premium children's clothing and food brands have bucked the economic slowdown in a country grappling with the world’s lowest birth rate as Sou...
Some 6 out of 10 working Korean women choose to be child-free
More than 60% of South Korean women from their mid-20s to their mid-40s who are currently working have no plan to have children although nearly all ...
Nongshim to open brand zone in Myeongdong, Seoul
South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. announced on Friday that it will open its brand zone in Myeongdong, Seoul with the domestic street...
LG Uplus invests $7.4 mn in S.Korean edu-tech startup
South Korea’s No. 3 wireless carrier LG Uplus Corp. on Tuesday said it will make an equity investment of some 10 billion won ($7.4 million) in...
KT to build AI medical R&D innovation zone in Seoul
South Korean wireless carrier KT Corp. will build an innovation valley for medical research and development (R&D) based on artificial intelligen...
IVIM Tech supplies biomicroscope to leading US children’s hospital
South Korea’s IVIM Technology has supplied the world’s first all-in-one intravital microscopy platform that it released last year to a m...
Woongjin ThinkBig signs licensing deal with Disney
South Korean educational technology company Woongjin ThinkBig Co. on Tuesday said it signed a licensing agreement with Walt Disney Korea, the domest...
S.Korea warns of stern response in case of N.Korea satellite launch
The launch of North Korea's first military reconnaissance satellite has entered a “countdown”. North Korea notified the Japanese governm...
S.Korea to launch 10 global innovation special zones by 2027
South Korean government plans to create ten global innovation special zones by 2027, implementing a negative regulation system for the first time in...
LS Group opens LS Dream Center in Hanoi for Korean-Vietnamese families
South Korea's LS Group said on Thursday that it has partnered with a domestic non-government organization (NGO) Cooperation and Participation in Ove...
SK Telecom, SNU Hospital to develop AI diagnosis tool for autism
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and Seoul National University Hospital have developed an AI-powered diagnosis tool for the early det...
High- and low-income S.Koreans alike reluctant to have babies: Survey
South Koreans in low- and high-income brackets alike are unwilling to have children due to either insufficient time or money, found a recent survey ...
S.Korea’s character Baby Shark stars with Sesame Street’s Elmo
Baby Shark, the popular children’s character from South Korea’s family entertainment company Pinkfong, and Elmo, the famous red monster ...
HD Hyundai opens free in-house daycare center for up to 300 children
HD Hyundai Co., the owner of South Korea’s biggest shipbuilding group, opened an in-house daycare center at its new headquarters building in K...
S.Korea's LG Uplus opens children-specialized metaverse Kidstopia
LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday that it will be launching an open beta service of its metaverse "Kidstopia" at the end of this month. The servi...
Kids platform Norit wins D.Camp January pitch competition
South Korean kids learning platform Norit won the monthly pitch competition hosted by D.Camp, a Seoul-based startup accelerator, on Jan. 26.Norit ma...
LG Uplus to develop metaverse service for children with Witch Company
South Korea's third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said on Friday that it will develop a web3 service for children to provide an immersive ex...
Korean kids' future career choices are athletes, teachers, YouTubers
A survey revealed that the number of middle and high school students who opted for computer engineers and software developers as their future career...
LG Electronics to open ESG zone at CES 2023 in January
South Korean conglomerates, including LG Electronics Inc., will introduce their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) visions and strategies a...
Samsung unveils gaming experience zone at Selfridges London
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest chipmaker and a global electronics giant, announced on Sunday it will open a gaming simulator experience ...
Hyundai E&C creates world's first children's playground using 3D printing
Hyundai Engineering & Construction said on Thursday it has installed children's playground equipment it made using 3D printing technology at Hil...
