With waning MZ interest, is heyday over for S.Korea’s golf apparel market?
South Korea’s once-dominant golf apparel market, the largest in the world at its peak, is rapidly losing steam, as sales tumble and brands scr...
Centroid to divest control of TaylorMade as exit strategy, drops IPO plan
Centroid Investment Partners, a South Korean private equity firm, has confirmed plans to divest its controlling stake in US sports equipment manufac...
Samsung Display picked as sole OLED screen supplier for foldable iPhone
Samsung Display Co., the display-making unit under Samsung Electronics Co., will exclusively supply organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for...
JPMorgan, Jefferies picked to manage TaylorMade Golf sale
Centroid Investment Partners, a Seoul-based private equity firm, has selected JPMorgan and Jefferies as lead managers for the sale of TaylorMade Gol...
LG Display unveils industry’s brightest OLED panel for AI TVs
LG Display Co., the world’s top organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, on Thursday unveiled a fourth-generation screen optimized for...
Korean indie fashion brands spread wings to Japan, China
Matin Kim, a rising designer brand in South Korea, will open its first offline store in Japan in the first half of next year, joining other Korean i...
KakaoTalk to adopt full-screen ads as sales, profit growth stunted
Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant messenger and chat app KakaoTalk, is set to introduce full-screen advertisements on the ch...
Volpara to supply cancer diagnostics SW to Intermountain Health
Lunit, a South Korean cancer diagnostics AI company, announced on Wednesday that its subsidiary Volpara Health, a New Zealand-based AI software deve...
Rebound in large OLED TV demand bodes well for LG Display, Samsung
In the flat panel market, South Korea’s two display makers – LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. – have been bleeding for years...
Lunit to supply AI cancer diagnostics to Qatar
Lunit Inc., a South Korean cancer diagnostics AI company, announced on Monday that it will provide its AI breast cancer screening solution Lunit Ins...
Japan golf courses, Korean investors’ new target assets
South Korean investors are eyeing Japan’s golf resorts to buy amid the weak yen, rising demand for golf courses in Japan, and relatively low p...
Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its TV The Frame was selected as the first official display for the world's largest art fair Art B...
LG screens World Environment Day campaign in New York, London
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it has screend the World Environment Day (June 5) campaign video on its outdoor billboards in New York'...
Korea's golf apparel market shrinks as golf boom fizzles
The heyday of South Korea’s golf apparel market seems to be over with the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Millennials and Generation Z, who had ...
Golf equipment maker Taylormade to refinance $222 mn of debt
One of the South Korean owners of Taylormade Golf Co., a leading global golf equipment maker, is set to refinance its 300 billion won ($221.7 millio...
Samsung Display surrenders foldable screen throne to BOE
Chinese smartphone manufacturers’ aggressive push for foldable models has threatened the dominance of Samsung Electronics Co., the world&rsquo...
LG releases StanbyME speaker in global market
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that it released its portable StanbyME speaker in the global market. The StanbyME speaker is dedicated to ...
New iPad Pro to feature Samsung, LG OLED screens
South Korea’s two leading display makers Samsung Display Co. and LG Display Co. are said to have been chosen by Apple Inc. to supply all the 8.5...
Samsung unveils next-gen signage platform for B2B push
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top TV maker by sales, on Monday launched a next-generation signage operations platform to boost its pres...
LG Elec to supply robot CLOi to SE Asian golf courses
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that it signed a contract with the domestic golf service platform Smartscore to supply i...
NPS chief questions fairness in POSCO’s CEO selection process
POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO, has come under fire for its opaqueness in choosing a new leader a...
LG unveils UltraGear gaming monitor 2024
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it unveiled the 2024 model of the UltraGear gaming monitor, optimized for resolution and refresh r...
Hyundai Mobis unveils world’s first QL display for vehicles
South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Thursday it has developed an innovative premium display for vehicles – the ...
S.Korean webcomics inspire foreign screen adaptations
South Korea’s digital comics are reaching beyond borders with a boom of their adaptations into foreign movies and TV series thanks to glo...
Doctornow signs business agreement with Spain’s Mediktor
South Korea's medical care startup Doctornow Inc. announced on Wednesday it signed a strategic business agreement with global artificial intelligenc...
Kolon set to host Aramco Team Series golf event in Korea
South Korea’s Kolon Group said on Thursday it has signed a non-binding agreement with Golf Saudi, a unit of Saudi Golf Federation, to jointly ...
Samsung, LG waging fierce war in OLED screen panels
South Korea’s Samsung Display and LG Display Co. are locked in a fierce war for supremacy in manufacturing OLED panels for monitors amid boomi...
LG Electronics unveils new gaming monitor tailored for LoL
LG Electronics Inc. 's new LG UltraGear gaming monitor is optimized for both performance and design and customized for the world-famous multiplayer ...
LG Display steps up efforts in foldable laptop screen market foray
South Korea’s LG Display Co. is accelerating its foray into the market of foldable organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for laptops wi...
Samsung releases The Wall for virtual production in Europe
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that it unveiled "The Wall for Virtual Production" at IBC 2023, the world's largest trade fair for elect...
