Hana Asset launches ultra-low-fee Nasdaq 100 ETF
Hana Asset Management Co. will list the “1Q US Nasdaq 100 ETF” on Tuesday, an exchange-traded fund that tracks the Nasdaq 100 index with...
Bold food tech R&D fuels global rise of Korean cuisine
South Korea’s processed food exports are expected to reach 6 trillion won ($4.4 billion) this year after Korean food companies have aggressive...
LS Cable's patent victory over Taihan Electric signals further disputes
LS Cable & System Co. has gained the upper hand in its years-long patent dispute against Taihan Electric Wire Co. after a South Korean high pate...
Mirae Asset launches world’s 1st passive target-date ETF
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is set to introduce the world’s first passive target-date exchange-traded fund (ETF) this month to attract ...
Seoul Semiconductor wins patent lawsuit vs Signify
Seoul Semiconductor Co., the world’s No. 3 light emitting diode (LED) display maker, said on Thursday it has won a patent litigation case agai...
Korean duty-free shops post Q3 losses; no signs of recovery
The four major duty-free shop operators in South Korea on Thursday posted operating losses in the third quarter, marking the first quarter in almo...
S.Korea’s food delivery apps relish fresh boom in demand
South Korea’s online food delivery market is poised to hit record-high transactions in 2024 as lower fees triggered by Coupang Eats’ fre...
Huonslab strengthens HyDIFFUZE IP with completion of US, EU examination request under PCT application
South Korea’s Huonslab Co., a subsidiary of Huons Global Co. and a global leader in recombinant human hyaluronidase-based biologics Sub-Q deli...
Seoul Semiconductor wins no-wire LED patent case in Europe
South Korea’s Seoul Semiconductor Co. said on Wednesday it won a patent dispute against Taiwan's Everlight Electronics Co. after the European ...
LG Innotek ups automotive electronics patents for future mobility
South Korea’s electronics parts maker LG Innotek Co. actively increased patents related to its new growth driver automotive electronics while ...
Seoul Semiconductor overtakes Japan’s Nichia as top backlight LED maker
South Korea’s Seoul Semiconductor Co. has overtaken Japan’s Nichia Corp. as the world’s top backlight light-emitting diode (LED) d...
S.Korea, China's technology leak, anti-dumping disputes surge
South Korean companies are getting tough on anti-dumping and patent infringement cases as they feel threatened by the intensifying price competition...
Huonslab eyes speedy anticancer drug delivery with new patent
South Korean biotech Huons Global Co. said on Tuesday that its research and development unit Huonslab has issued a domestic patent claiming a techno...
Hyundai Mobis files 3,000 patents for future car techs over 3 years
Hyundai Mobis, the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, announced on Tuesday that it published the Sustainability Report 2024, which includ...
SK Hynix patents-owned Mimir IP files complaint against Micron
Mimir IP, a South Korea-based patent management company, has filed a complaint against Micron Technology Inc., claiming that the US chipmaker infrin...
US court dismisses suit against Samsung by ex-patent chief
A US court rejected a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. by a former intellectual property chief of the company and banned ...
LG Energy vows to get tough on battery patent infringement cases
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker in terms of sales after China’s CATL, said on Wednesday it will take s...
Toss Bank exceeds 10 mn customers
South Korea’s fintech platform Toss Bank saw that its subscribers surpassed 10 million. According to the company, it's been two years and...
Coupang to raise membership fees, 1st hike in over 2 years
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, said on Friday it will raise membership fees 58.1% to 7,890 won ($5.7) per month as i...
KB Kookmin Card launches card for overseas payments
KB Kookmin Card, a credit card unit of KB Financial Group, announced on Monday that it launched the WE:SH Travel credit card that offers benefits sp...
Samsung gains upper hand vs Netlist in $303 million patent dispute
Samsung Electronics Co. has taken the upper hand in its ongoing legal battle against Netlist Inc. over memory chip module patent infringement allega...
Samsung faces dubious suit every 5 days from US patent trolls
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is battling an increasing number of patent infringement litigation cases from US patent trolls, the ...
Seoul Semiconductor sues Amazon Europe for LED patent infringement
South Korea’s Seoul Semiconductor Co. said on Tuesday it had filed a complaint against multinational commerce giant Amazon with the European U...
Hyundai Mobis applies 1,200 future mobility patents in 2023
Hyundai Mobis has strengthened its competitiveness in future mobility by filing numerous patents in the electric and autonomous driving fields.The c...
LG Energy to invest in Li-metal battery developer Sion Power
Global lithium-ion battery major LG Energy Solution Ltd. will invest in Sion Power Corp., a US startup holding core patents in lithium-metal battery...
Why spend more on an IPO? No invitation to foreign banks
South Korea’s Viva Republica Inc. has recently invited a handful of domestic brokerage companies to give presentations to revive its IPO plan....
Toss Bank launches commission-free foreign exchange services
South Korea’s fintech platform Toss Bank said on Thursday it has launched commission-free foreign exchange services for the first time as a do...
Kobiolabs gets Chinese patent for obesity treatment strain
South Korean microbiome-based new drug development company Kobiolabs Co. announced on Wednesday that it has a patent for its obesity treatment strai...
S.Korea to probe Chinese batteries' alleged patent violations
South Korea will investigate alleged patent infringement by Chinese makers of smartphone batteries and high-nickel cathodes upon requests by LG Chem...
Kobiolabs gets US patent for oral obesity drug candidate
Kobiolabs Co., a South Korean microbiome-based new drug development company, announced on Wednesday that it has a patent for Roseburia intestinalis ...
