SK Bioscience, Sanofi to develop next-gen pneumococcal vaccines

SK Bioscience, Sanofi to develop next-gen pneumococcal vaccines

South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. said on Friday it signed an expanded agreement with Sanofi to co-develop next-generation pneumococcal conjugate vacc...

LG Energy to supply 2170-type cells to Bear Robotics

LG Energy to supply 2170-type cells to Bear Robotics

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Monday it has signed an initial agreement to supply cylindrical battery cells to Bear Robotics I...

SK Bioscience's SKYCellflu approved in Indonesia

SK Bioscience's SKYCellflu approved in Indonesia

SK Bioscience Co., a bio and pharmaceutical affiliate of South Korea's SK Group, said on Wednesday that The Indonesian Food and Drug Authority BPOM ...

Mirae Asset's retirement pension reserves rise by $2.9 bn in 2024

Mirae Asset's retirement pension reserves rise by $2.9 bn in 2024

South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday that its defined contribution (DC) retirement pension and individual retirement pension (IR...

LG Energy aims to more than double sales to $50 billion by 2028

LG Energy aims to more than double sales to $50 billion by 2028

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has vowed to more than double its sales in five years to 67 trillion won ($50 billion) by diversifying its battery products ...

Hanwha Galleria acquires beverage manufacturer Pure Plus

Hanwha Galleria acquires beverage manufacturer Pure Plus

South Korea's Hanwha Galleria Corp. said on Monday its acquisition of domestic beverage manufacturer Pure Plus.Pure Plus has focused on non-alcoholi...

Taihan Cable enters HVDC market in US

Taihan Cable enters HVDC market in US

South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. said on Thursday that it was selected as the cable supplier for a 320kV voltage-type high-voltage dire...

Enormous market ahead for Hopae, S.Korean DID pioneer

Enormous market ahead for Hopae, S.Korean DID pioneer

To Hopae Inc., a digital identity solution-developing startup native to South Korea, its home market is small. After successfully accommodating more...

Korea Investment's Nasdaq 100 ETF surpasses $747 mn

Korea Investment's Nasdaq 100 ETF surpasses $747 mn

Korea Investment Management Co. said on Thursday that the net assets of its ACE US Nasdaq 100 Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) had surpassed 1 trillion wo...

Bibigo dumplings enters New Zealand food market

Bibigo dumplings enters New Zealand food market

South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will launch Bibigo dumplings at supermarket chains New World and PAK’nSAVE i...

SK Bioscience sells stake in US vaccine developer Novavax

SK Bioscience sells stake in US vaccine developer Novavax

SK Bioscience Co., a drug-making arm of South Korea's No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has sold a stake in Nasdaq-listed vaccine developer Novavax Inc. ...

Lotte Wellfood expands dairy exports to Vietnam

Lotte Wellfood expands dairy exports to Vietnam

South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Thursday that it will increase dairy exports to the Vietnamese market.The products newly exported to V...

Young Korean investors choose monthly dividend ETFs over crypto

Young Korean investors choose monthly dividend ETFs over crypto

For decades, investments in financial products that promise decent dividend payouts such as high-dividend stocks have been associated with elderly i...

Samsung Asset publishes brokerage ISA guidebook

Samsung Asset publishes brokerage ISA guidebook

South Korea's Samsung Asset Management announced on Thursday that it newly published the KODEX Brokerage ISA Investment Guidebook for individual inv...

KT launches Genie TV Tab 3

KT launches Genie TV Tab 3

South Korea's KT Corp. launched the tablet-type Internet TV device Genie TV Tab 3 on Thursday.The Genie TV Tab 3 can be used to watch live channels ...

SK Bioscience to buy German vaccine maker IDT Biologika for $244 mn

SK Bioscience to buy German vaccine maker IDT Biologika for $244 mn

South Korea’s vaccine developer SK Bioscience Co. will acquire a controlling stake in the world’s top 10 vaccine firm IDT Biologika GmbH...

Samsung Bespoke refrigerator sells 3 mn units in five years

Samsung Bespoke refrigerator sells 3 mn units in five years

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that the cumulative sales of its Bespoke refrigerator in the South Korean market have surpassed 3 milli...

Kolmar Korea develops AI tech for diagnosing alopecia

Kolmar Korea develops AI tech for diagnosing alopecia

Kolmar Korea, a supplier to global cosmetics brands such as Estee Lauder, announced on Tuesday that it developed artificial intelligence (AI) techno...

EuBiologics gets WHO certification for cholera vaccine facility

EuBiologics gets WHO certification for cholera vaccine facility

South Korea's EuBiologics Co. announced on Friday that the vaccine bulk production facility at its Chuncheon Plant No. 2 for the oral cholera vacc...

SK D&D, Habyt to cooperate for residential business

SK D&D, Habyt to cooperate for residential business

SK D&D Co., a real estate unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the...

Hyundai Mobis releases button-type card smart key

Hyundai Mobis releases button-type card smart key

South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis, the world’s sixth-largest auto parts supplier, announced on Thursday that it released a thin car smart key ...

Kia releases 2024 model year of K9

Kia releases 2024 model year of K9

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, released its flagship sedan K9’s model year The 2024 K9 on Tuesday. Kia has enhanced the ext...

SK Bioscience exports Sky Cellflu to Thailand

SK Bioscience exports Sky Cellflu to Thailand

South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. announced on Thursday that it has shipped about 440,000 doses (for single-dose administration) of its cell-cultured ...

LG Energy to produce 4680 batteries in August for Tesla, others: CEO

LG Energy to produce 4680 batteries in August for Tesla, others: CEO

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest battery maker, plans to begin mass production of larger format cylindrical cells used by Te...

SK On to develop large-size cylindrical battery with 4680 form factor

SK On to develop large-size cylindrical battery with 4680 form factor

SK On Co., an affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, will work on the development of a large-size cylindrical battery with the 4680 form factor ...

LG Energy Solution Vertech wins 10GWh ESS projects in the US

LG Energy Solution Vertech wins 10GWh ESS projects in the US

LG Energy Solution Vertech Inc., a Texas-based energy storage system (ESS) supplier, has secured a combined 10-gigawatt hours (GWh) of grid-scale ba...

LG, Saint-Gobain Sekurit to unveil transparent antennas at CES 2024

LG, Saint-Gobain Sekurit to unveil transparent antennas at CES 2024

LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, is set to showcase its transparent antennas for vehicles developed with French glass m...

SK Bioscience start to deliver Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

SK Bioscience start to deliver Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. announced on Tuesday that it started to deliver the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine against XBB.1.5 variant.According to No...

SK Bioscience applies Phase 3 trials in US for pneumococcal vaccine

SK Bioscience applies Phase 3 trials in US for pneumococcal vaccine

South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. announced on Monday that it submitted the Investigational New Drug (IND) application for the Phase 3 clinical trial ...

Korea to invest $200 mn in new drugs, vaccines by 2028

Korea to invest $200 mn in new drugs, vaccines by 2028

South Korea’s health ministry will allocate 261.6 billion won ($200.2 million) for two funds over the next four years to boost private sector ...

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