Shinsegae chair likely to head Asian arm of pro-Trump Rockbridge
Chung Yong-jin, chairman of South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Inc., is likely to head the Asian operations of the Rockbridge Network, a gro...
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...
LX Pantos acquires logistics center near Atlanta for $120 mn
LX Pantos Co., a logistics arm of LX International Corp., announced on Tuesday it has acquired a logistics center near Atlanta in Dalton, Georgia fo...
SK Telecom to secure stake in IonQ, forges quantum partnership
South Korea’s largest telecom company SK Telecom Co. will acquire about a 3% stake in IonQ Inc., the world’s first publicly traded quant...
Microsoft's quantum computing bet sparks controversy, again
In 2021, Microsoft Corp. faced significant scientific embarrassment when a landmark research paper it had sponsored was retracted.Published in the U...
Korea’s beauty retailer CJ Olive Young to open first US offline outlet
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, said on Tuesday it has set up a US business entity in Los Angeles to enhance its p...
Blackstone, Carlyle, MBK vying for CJ CheilJedang’s bio business
Blackstone, Carlyle Group and MBK Partners have joined the race to purchase the bio business of CJ CheilJedang Corp., the world’s largest prod...
Woori Bank to arrange $3.7 bn for Qatar desalination, power plant
South Korea's Woori Bank said on Tuesday it will arrange the Qatar Ras Abu Fontas desalination and power plant project, estimated to cost $3.7 billi...
Hanjin to open Mexico subsidiary
South Korea's Hanjin Transportation said on Friday it will establish a subsidiary in Mexico this year to expand its logistics market in Latin Americ...
Celltrion acquires Swiss pharmaceutical distributor iQone
South Korea's Celltrion Inc. said on Friday that it completed its acquisition of iQone Healthcare Switzerland, a Swiss pharmaceutical distributor, t...
SFH, where foreign firms build networks in Korea
It can be daunting to do business in a new city in a distant country. But foreign companies seeking to open businesses in South Korea’s capita...
LG Uplus tests energy efficiency tech for 6G network
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. said on Tuesday it tested the All-Photonic Transport Network, a key technology designed to reduce power consumpti...
Perigee, Quantum Aero to cooperate on military UAV
South Korea's small space launch vehicle startup Perigee Aerospace Inc. said on Friday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Quantum Ae...
Korea’s SK Networks partners with Malaysia’s Sunway on AI
South Korean trading company SK Networks Co. has joined forces with Malaysian conglomerate Sunway Group to work together on future growth sectors su...
SK Telecom upgrades 5G base stations with Samsung
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Monday that it partnered with Samsung Electronics Co. to apply artificial intelligence (AI)-based quality opt...
Samsung Display gets quantum dot ink recycling tech
South Korea's Samsung Display said on Monday it developed technology to recycle quantum dot (QD) ink, aiming to improve cost competitiveness in its ...
Naver D2SF accelerates investments in Silicon Valley startups
South Korea's online giant Naver Corp.'s startup nurturing organization D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) said on Friday it started to discover and invest i...
Superb AI, Cisco to strengthen AI network cooperation
South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) startup Superb AI said on Tuesday it was awarded Select Developer from the global network giant Cisco Syst...
SK Broadband to launch nationwide dedicated line service in S.Korea
South Korea's SK Broadband said on Thursday that it will establish a nationwide network using Internet Protocol-Multi Protocol Label Switching (IP-M...
Lotte Shopping to set up Singapore holding firm, eyes its IPO
Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea’s leading retail company, will transform its special purpose company (SPC) in Singapore into a holding firm to...
Naver Pay partners with GLN International
South Korea's Naver Pay announced on Wednesday that it partnered with Hana Bank’s global payment network subsidiary, GLN International, to lau...
KT succeeds 5G NTN satellite communication
South Korea's KT Corp. and its satellite subsidiary KT SAT said on Monday their integration of KOREASAT 6 with a terrestrial 5G network, utilizing...
SK Shieldus, Verizon form strategic partnership
South Korea's SK Shieldus Co. said on Wednesday that it entered a strategic partnership with the US-based telecom company Verizon.Under this partner...
Samsung clinches 1st supply deal with Vodafone Idea
Samsung Electronics Co. is set to supply $720 million worth of mobile network equipment to Vodafone Idea Ltd. in a contract that marks its first sup...
Lotte Energy, Isu Petasys to co-work on HVLP copper foil supply
South Korea's Lotte Energy Materials Corp. said on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) last Friday with Isu Petasys regardin...
KEPCO, Burns & McDonnell to cooperate on power grid projects
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the South Korean state-run utility company, said on Tuesday that it signed a cooperation agreement for the joint...
SK Networks' automotive division launches as SK SpeedMate
South Korea's SK Networks Co. completed a split-off of its automotive maintenance division, which has now launched as a new company named SK Speed...
Will Samsung take over Nokia’s mobile network assets?
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, has expressed interest in the mobile networks business of Nokia Oyj, a global telec...
BC Card, Uzbekistan to connect payment network
South Korea's BC Card said on Monday that it signed a contract with Uzbekistan's state-run payment operator National Interbank Processing Center (NI...
Samsung’s new 2 nm foundry process to cut chip size by 17%
A new contract chipmaking technology, dubbed the backside power delivery network (BSPDN), will reduce the size of a 2-nanometer chip by 17%, compare...
