Doosan Robotics, Bobcat ordered to clarify merger deal

Doosan Robotics, Bobcat ordered to clarify merger deal

South Korean regulators have ordered Doosan Robotics Inc. to amend the securities prospectus it submitted last week for its merger with Doosan Bobca...

LG Electronics’ new HVAC center in Europe to fight extreme temperatures

LG Electronics’ new HVAC center in Europe to fight extreme temperatures

LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, said on Monday it has set up a research center in Germany to help develop advanced...

GS Global launches BYD's T4K electric refrigerator truck

GS Global launches BYD's T4K electric refrigerator truck

South Korea's general trading company GS Global Corp. announced on Monday that it will launch BYD Company Ltd.'s 1-ton electric truck, the T4K Refri...

LG Energy, ADI tie up for fast-charging EV battery technologies

LG Energy, ADI tie up for fast-charging EV battery technologies

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 3 electric vehicle battery maker, joined hands with US chipmaker Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) on advance...

SK Hynix: More room for share price rise after bull run

SK Hynix: More room for share price rise after bull run

SK Hynix Inc.'s market value broke through the roof to top 150 trillion won ($110 billion) on Monday, becoming the second stock in South Korea to re...

Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that its TV The Frame was selected as the official display for the world's largest art exhibition Art Ba...

LG Electronics to upgrade your bathroom with high-tech appliances

LG Electronics to upgrade your bathroom with high-tech appliances

LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, on Friday said it is set to showcase new products for bathrooms for the first time, ma...

South Korea’s luxury hotels bask in return of tourists post-pandemic

South Korea’s luxury hotels bask in return of tourists post-pandemic

South Korea’s luxury hotels are enjoying the return of tourists following years of COVID-19 restrictions, which significantly hurt their sales...

LG unveils new air conditioner with AI smart care

LG unveils new air conditioner with AI smart care

LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday announced that it released 2024 LG Whisen Objet Collection Tower air conditioner, which features an artificial intel...

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...

Carmakers to expand affordable EV, hybrid lineups in Korea

Carmakers to expand affordable EV, hybrid lineups in Korea

Carmakers in South Korea are slated to unveil new electric vehicle models at cheaper prices next year to revive the sputtering EV market and also ro...

Doosan unveils hydrogen fuel cell systems for buildings

Doosan unveils hydrogen fuel cell systems for buildings

South Korea's Doosan Corp. on Friday announced the development of hydrogen polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (H2-PEMFC) systems for buildings a...

LG Elec to open heat pump research laboratory in Alaska

LG Elec to open heat pump research laboratory in Alaska

LG Electronics Inc. plans to open LG Advanced Cold Climate Heat Pump Laboratory in Alaska, the US for the development of heating, ventilation, &...

MXene: Korean investors’ next target after superconductor craze fizzles

MXene: Korean investors’ next target after superconductor craze fizzles

Speculative investors in South Korea have started to amass shares related to Mxene, touted as a next-generation material, after dumping a large numb...

Doosan Enerbility to produce aviation gas turbine with ADD

Doosan Enerbility to produce aviation gas turbine with ADD

South Korea’s power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. announced on Monday that it signed a contract with the Agency for Defense Development ...

Korea's superconductor stocks plunge on Nature report

Korea's superconductor stocks plunge on Nature report

South Korean research team’s LK-99, behind the online sensation following its claim of room-temperature superconductor over the past four week...

LG Electronics cuts H1 costs by $1.6 billion on stable supply chain

LG Electronics cuts H1 costs by $1.6 billion on stable supply chain

LG Electronics Inc. has slashed raw material and transportation costs by 2.12 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in the first half thanks to a stable sup...

Korea's new superconductor will be verified: research team

Korea's new superconductor will be verified: research team

Global scientists will be able to replicate South Korean researchers’ recent findings of room-temperature superconductor in around a month, de...

S.Korean academics to verify truth of room-temperature superconductor

S.Korean academics to verify truth of room-temperature superconductor

The Korean Society of Superconductivity and Cryogenics has recently established a verification committee composed of experts in response to the ongo...

Lemonex signs MOU with WHO mRNA vaccines tech hub

Lemonex signs MOU with WHO mRNA vaccines tech hub

South Korea's gene therapeutics developer Lemonex announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the World Health ...

Profit matters for survival of startups amid investment drought

Profit matters for survival of startups amid investment drought

As venture capitalists tighten their purse strings amid looming recession fears, only startups with killer products that generate profits are well-p...

Stay-in-hotel trend for the holidays revs up luxury hotels

Stay-in-hotel trend for the  holidays revs up luxury hotels

Luxury hotels in South Korea are enjoying the emerging trend of Koreans choosing relaxing vacations at hotels, rather than taking holidays overseas....

S.Korea fines Tesla $2.2 mn for alleged false advertising

S.Korea fines Tesla $2.2 mn for alleged false advertising

South Korea’s antitrust body has decided to impose a fine of 2.9 billion won ($2.2 million) on Tesla Inc., the world’s top electric vehi...

CJ CheilJedang launches new Bibigo kimchi in Europe

CJ CheilJedang launches new Bibigo kimchi in Europe

Korea's leading food processing company CJ CheilJedang said on Monday that it has launched Bibigo sliced kimchi for export in Europe, which can be s...

Corporate restructure inevitable at Smilegate as founder faces divorce

Corporate restructure inevitable at Smilegate as founder faces divorce

South Korea's fifth-richest man Kwon Hyuk-bin and his wife Lee Hwa-jin appear to be headed for divorce, according to industry insiders on Monday.&nb...

Hotel Shilla's biz hotel to post record guest room sales

Hotel Shilla's biz hotel to post record guest room sales

When Hotel Shilla Co. CEO and Samsung Group heiress Lee Boo-jin said in a shareholders’ meeting in March that the Korean hotel company will br...

Medipost to expand CDMO business with 10 new clean rooms in Korea

Medipost to expand CDMO business with 10 new clean rooms in Korea

Medipost Co, a South Korean biotechnology company, is expanding its cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO)...

LG Elec unveils new NFT platform, aims to turn living room into art gallery

LG Elec unveils new NFT platform, aims to turn living room into art gallery

LG Electronics Inc. announced Monday it has launched its very own non-fungible token (NFT) platform, LG Art Lab. Now available in the United St...

Foreign stock buying on weaker won: Bucking the trend?

Foreign stock buying on weaker won: Bucking the trend?

When a country’s currency weakens, foreign investors flee the local markets as a softer foreign-exchange rate usually means fragile economic f...

POSCO closer to supplying steel for LNG tanks to ExxonMobil

POSCO closer to supplying steel for LNG tanks to ExxonMobil

POSCO, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, took a step forward to supply global energy major ExxonMobil with steel for liquefied natural gas...

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