Hanwha Systems to compete with LIG Nex1 for Korean version of Iron Dome

Hanwha Systems to compete with LIG Nex1 for Korean version of Iron Dome

Hanwha Systems Co. is preparing to muscle into a strategic stronghold of South Korea’s missile defense industry, challenging long-time rival L...

S.Korean game developer Krafton acquires Japan’s ADK for $517 million

S.Korean game developer Krafton acquires Japan’s ADK for $517 million

Krafton Inc., a major South Korean game publisher, has acquired Japan's leading advertising and animation group ADK for 75 billion yen ($517 million...

Korean e-commerce platforms’ growth cools; Naver Shopping sales down

Korean e-commerce platforms’ growth cools; Naver Shopping sales down

South Korea’s major e-commerce platforms, including Naver Shopping, are showing signs of slowing growth amid the rise of Chinese platform gian...

Mirae Asset’s TIGER Nasdaq 100 ETF crosses $2.8 bn in net assets

Mirae Asset’s TIGER Nasdaq 100 ETF crosses $2.8 bn in net assets

South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Tuesday that that its TIGER Nasdaq 100 ETF has become the second US-focused ETF listed in South...

BC Card, Uzbekistan to connect payment network

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...

BOK, Indonesia to cooperate on cross-border payments

BOK, Indonesia to cooperate on cross-border payments

The Bank of Korea (BoK) announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bank Indonesia (BI) for the bilateral cooperatio...

Hanwha Systems signs $867 million missile radar deal with Saudi Arabia

Hanwha Systems signs $867 million missile radar deal with Saudi Arabia

Hanwha Systems Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Tuesday it has clinched a $867 million deal to supply its advanced mobile multi-...

Lotte Mart renewed Hanoi Store as K-food special

Lotte Mart renewed Hanoi Store as K-food special

South Korea's Lotte Mart said on Thursday it renewed its Hanoi Center store into a grocery specialty outlet, catering to the growing demand for Kore...

Time to revive innovator spirit: LG Energy Solution CEO

Time to revive innovator spirit: LG Energy Solution CEO

South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., also the world’s No. 3, must accelerate innovation and prop up fundamentals to ...

S.Korean companies open K-food section at Amazon

S.Korean companies open K-food section at Amazon

South Korean small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will showcase Korean food (K-food) on Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce platform, the Mi...

Hanwha picked to develop KF-21’s unmanned escort plane radars

Hanwha picked to develop KF-21’s unmanned escort plane radars

Hanwha Systems Co., a South Korean aerospace and defense contractor, has been picked as a preferred developer by the state-run Korea Institute for D...

Dongbu Corp exceeds $730 bn in new orders

Dongbu Corp exceeds $730 bn in new orders

South Korea's Dongbu Corporation surpassed 1 trillion won ($727 million) in new orders this year by securing a 200 billion won ($145 million) railwa...

Hyundai Infracore, Doosan Bobcat agree to product cross-selling in US

Hyundai Infracore, Doosan Bobcat agree to product cross-selling in US

South Korea’s two leading construction machinery makers HD Hyundai Infracore Co. and Doosan Bobcat Inc. on Thursday agreed to the cross-sellin...

Hanwha wins fighter jet radar antenna deal from Leonardo

Hanwha wins fighter jet radar antenna deal from Leonardo

South Korean aerospace and defense contractor Hanwha Systems Co. is set to supply antennas for active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars to ...

LS Electric wins $23 mn order for Thai railway signal system

LS Electric wins $23 mn order for Thai railway signal system

South Korea's LS Electric Co. won a contract from the State Railway of Thailand to construct a railway signaling system for a 177 km section between...

CJ Logistics, Ninja Van to co-work for cross-border e-commerce

CJ Logistics, Ninja Van to co-work for cross-border e-commerce

South Korea's CJ Logistics announced on Thursday that it signed a customs clearance and delivery service contract with Singapore-based Ninja Van t...

NH Investment gets APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules

NH Investment gets APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules

South Korea's NH Investment & Securities announced Friday that it obtained the global personal information protection certification APEC Cross-B...

CJ CheilJedang opens online B2B section

CJ CheilJedang opens online B2B section

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. introduced a business-to-business (B2B) section CJ The Market for Biz on its e-commerce website CJ The ...

Academics say no scientific proof for LK-99 as superconductor

Academics say no scientific proof for LK-99 as superconductor

South Korean academics have concluded the material, dubbed “LK-99,” lacks scientific proof to be recognized as a room-temperature and am...

Home&Shopping opens exclusive section in Vietnam K-Market

Home&Shopping opens exclusive section in Vietnam K-Market

South Korea's Home&Shopping announced on Friday that it opened its exclusive section in the K-Market in Vietnam. The company aims to support the...

SK E&S to pursue cross-border CCS with Australia’s Santos

SK E&S to pursue cross-border CCS with Australia’s Santos

SK E&S, the clean energy affiliate of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has signed a deal on cross-border carbon capture and st...

Lotte Mart at Seoul Station redesigned to lure foreign shoppers

Lotte Mart at Seoul Station redesigned to lure foreign shoppers

South Korea’s Lotte Mart reopened its hypermarket at Seoul train station on Thursday following a four-month renovation to attract more foreign...

Alibaba launches express ships to S.Korea as orders surge

Alibaba launches express ships to S.Korea as orders surge

Alibaba.com, China’s largest online marketplace, launched an express cargo ship service between South Korea and China this week to meet a surg...

Hanwha Systems, Leonardo collaborate on developing AESA radar

Hanwha Systems, Leonardo collaborate on developing AESA radar

Hanwha Systems Co., a South Korean defense contractor, has joined forces with Leonardo SpA, a leading European defense company, to jointly develop a...

Hanwha Systems soon to install radar on S.Korea fighter jet

Hanwha Systems soon to install radar on S.Korea fighter jet

The active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar developed jointly by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and defense contractor Hanwha Sys...

Hyundai Steel launches online mall Hcore Store

Hyundai Steel launches online mall Hcore Store

South Korea's Hyundai Steel on Tuesday said it launched the e-commerce platform Hcore Store on a pilot basis to boost domestic sales of steel materi...

LIG Nex1 unveils AESA radar for FA-50 light fighter

LIG Nex1 unveils AESA radar for FA-50 light fighter

A South Korean aerospace manufacturer and defense company has unveiled a prototype of an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar mountable ...

Korea's Smilegate to launch PC-mobile cross-play game globally

Korea's Smilegate to launch PC-mobile cross-play game globally

Smilegate, a South Korean game developer and publisher, said on Friday that it will launch its new cross-play game "Wonderers: Eternal World" global...

SentBe, back from brink of collapse to play in major league

SentBe, back from brink of collapse to play in major league

SentBe, a South Korean fintech startup operating a personal international remittance app of the same name, is readying to play in the bigger global ...

Hanwha Systems tests AESA radar system for Korean fighter jet

Hanwha Systems tests AESA radar system for Korean fighter jet

Hanwha Systems Co., a South Korean defense and IT service company, said on Sunday that it had installed and tested its own radar system on a prototy...

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