Mercedes opens world’s 1st Maybach flagship center in Seoul

Mercedes opens world’s 1st Maybach flagship center in Seoul

Mercedes-Benz Group on Monday opened the world’s first Maybach Brand Center in Seoul, its largest-ever dealership dedicated to the ultra-luxur...

South Korea’s Rznomics inks $1.3 bn out-licensing deal with Eli Lilly

South Korea’s Rznomics inks $1.3 bn out-licensing deal with Eli Lilly

Rznomics Inc., a South Korean RNA therapeutics developer, has signed an agreement worth more than $1.3 billion with US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lill...

MBK Special Situations relinquishes Korean investment advisory license

MBK Special Situations relinquishes Korean investment advisory license

MBK Partners Special Situations (MBKP SS), which operates the Seoul-based private equity firm’s credit situations funds, has voluntarily relin...

Korea Investment Holdings’ MSCI ESG rating upgraded to A

Korea Investment Holdings’ MSCI ESG rating upgraded to A

Korea Investment Holdings Co. said on Thursday it was upgraded by three notches from B to A in the MSCI ESG rating this year.The MSCI ESG rating is ...

Baby Shark receives three Emmy nominations

Baby Shark receives three Emmy nominations

South Korea's The Pinkfong Company, popularly known for its "Baby Shark" character, said on Friday that "Baby Shark’s Big Movie" received thre...

Korean funds offer rescue financing for global offices

Korean funds offer rescue financing for global offices

South Korean institutional investors are offering rescue financing for overseas office buildings, which their local peers have yet to exit, as they ...

Rebellions, Pegatron to partner on AI Hardware

Rebellions, Pegatron to partner on AI Hardware

Rebellions, a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) chip design startup, said on Friday its strategic partnership with Taiwanese Design and Manu...

S.Korea provides financial education for foreigners in bank

S.Korea provides financial education for foreigners in bank

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) launched financial education for foreign residents at specialized bank branches for foreigners. T...

LG CNS launches PerfecTwin ERP edition in Japan

LG CNS launches PerfecTwin ERP edition in Japan

South Korea's LG CNS Co. said on Thursday it introduced its automated testing solution, PerfecTwin ERP (enterprise resource planning) edition, to th...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition: slimmest, lightest of its kind

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition: slimmest, lightest of its kind

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday it is unveiling the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition (SE) — the thinnest and lightest among the company&rs...

Korea Investment Management to list Global AI-based ASIC ETF

Korea Investment Management to list Global AI-based ASIC ETF

Korea Investment Management Co. said on Monday it will list the ACE Global AI ASIC exchange-traded fund (ETF) on October 22. The ETF will focus on ...

Naver Cloud launches AI meeting minutes service

Naver Cloud launches AI meeting minutes service

Naver Cloud, the cloud subsidiary of South Korean online giant Naver Corp., said on Friday the launch of Naver Works Clova Note, an AI-based enterpr...

Hyundai Motor celebrates 100 mn vehicles with special exhibition

Hyundai Motor celebrates 100 mn vehicles with special exhibition

Hyundai Motor Co. is celebrating the production of its 100 millionth vehicle with a month-long exhibition, "One Step Further," starting October 10 a...

Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival to be promoted as global event

Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival to be promoted as global event

The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism said that the Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival, recently chosen as a Korea Representativ...

KAI, Hanwha Systems to collaborate on special operations helicopter

KAI, Hanwha Systems to collaborate on special operations helicopter

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, said on Thursday it signed an exclusive memorandum o...

HD Hyundai seeks to acquire Leeyoung to prepare for shipbuilding boom

HD Hyundai seeks to acquire Leeyoung to prepare for shipbuilding boom

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. is seeking to acquire Leeyoung Industrial Machinery Co., a domestic shipbuilding equipment maker...

42Maru builds defense-specialized GenAI platform

42Maru builds defense-specialized GenAI platform

42Maru, South Korea's generative AI and language AI startup said on Friday that it was selected as the lead organization for the Defense Technolog...

Shinhan SOL Travel Cards' cumulative issuance reaches 1.2 mn

Shinhan SOL Travel Cards' cumulative issuance reaches 1.2 mn

South Korea's Shinhan Card said on Wednesday that the cumulative issuance of its travel-specialized card, the Shinhan SOL Travel Card (available in ...

Hankook Tire to develop AI-based tire pattern generation models

Hankook Tire to develop AI-based tire pattern generation models

Hankook & Company Co., the holding company of South Korea’s largest tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co., said on Friday that it s...

Naver D2SF invests in two N.American AI startups

Naver D2SF invests in two N.American AI startups

South Korea's online giant Naver Corp.'s startup nurturing organization D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) invested in two North American AI startups founded...

Hana Card's debit card overseas payment reaches 50%

Hana Card's debit card overseas payment reaches 50%

South Korea's Hana Card reported on Friday that its domestic market share in overseas debit card payments has reached nearly 50%.The number of sub...

Samsung, Ottogi unveil exclusive lifestyle TV goods

Samsung, Ottogi unveil exclusive lifestyle TV goods

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that it collaborated with the domestic food company Ottogi to release limited edition goods called Samsu...

LG CNS, Aeon to collaborate on EdTech in Japan

LG CNS, Aeon to collaborate on EdTech in Japan

South Korea's LG CNS announced on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aeon, an education company operating over 300 direct l...

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...

Amazon to back K-Beauty’s broader global reach

Amazon to back K-Beauty’s broader global reach

US e-commerce juggernaut Amazon.com Inc. will offer South Korean cosmetics producers one-stop support to enable them to reach millions of customers ...

SK Innovation-backed Marine Innovation looks to enter US green market

SK Innovation-backed Marine Innovation looks to enter US green market

Marine Innovation Co., a South Korean eco-friendly social venture company sponsored by the country’s top energy firm SK Innovation Co., is par...

LG CNS gets AWS Generative AI Competency

LG CNS gets AWS Generative AI Competency

LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of South Korea's LG Corp., announced on Wednesday that it achieved the AWS Generative AI Competency from ...

LG CNS unveils PerfecTwin ERP Edition in US

LG CNS unveils PerfecTwin ERP Edition in US

South Korea’s LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of LG Corp., announced on Wednesday that it unveiled its testing solution PerfecTwin ...

Facephi to supply ID verification solutions to Samsung Securities

Facephi to supply ID verification solutions to Samsung Securities

South Korea's Hancom Inc. announced on Monday that Facephi, a Spain-based AI biometric recognition company in which Hancom had recently acquired equ...

SeAH to invest $155.3 mn to build special alloy plant in US

SeAH to invest $155.3 mn to build special alloy plant in US

SeAH Group, South Korea’s major steel group said to be a steel supplier to SpaceX, is set to foray deeper into the US, the world’s bigge...

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