LS moves closer to role as Hanjin KAL’s white knight vs Hoban

LS moves closer to role as Hanjin KAL’s white knight vs Hoban

Hanjin KAL Corp., the largest shareholder of Korean Air Lines Co., is strengthening its alliance with LS Group, the parent of LS Cable & System ...

Trump Jr. meets Korean business chiefs in back-to-back sessions

Trump Jr. meets Korean business chiefs in back-to-back sessions

Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of US President Donald Trump, spent his one-and-a-half-day visit to South Korea in back-to-back private meetings wi...

Korean paper makers to file anti-dumping complaint vs Japanese rivals

Korean paper makers to file anti-dumping complaint vs Japanese rivals

South Korean corrugated cardboard sheet makers such as Asia Paper Manufacturing Co. have decided to file an anti-dumping complaint against Japanese ...

STX to export $60 mn wheeled armored vehicles to Peru

STX to export $60 mn wheeled armored vehicles to Peru

STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, said on Monday it signed a contract with  Fábrica de Armas y Municiones del Ejé...

S.Korean investors' US stock holdings surpass $100 bn

S.Korean investors' US stock holdings surpass $100 bn

The US stock holdings of South Korean individual investors surpassed $100 billion for the first time, driven by a sustained rally in the US markets ...

Hyundai Motor designs the future of mobility in Irvine studio

Hyundai Motor designs the future of mobility in Irvine studio

IRVINE, Calif. -- White sneakers, gray nail polish, pink goggles and orange remote controls are not something visitors expect to see in car design s...

Allies fret over Trump presidency as authoritarian axis challenges US-led order

Allies fret over Trump presidency as authoritarian axis challenges US-led order

Donald Trump is returning to the White House as the world is embroiled in two widening regional wars, America’s rivals are coalescing into a new...

MBK’s Korea Zinc bid aimed at corporate governance, shareholder value

MBK’s Korea Zinc bid aimed at corporate governance, shareholder value

MBK Partners’ takeover bid for Korea Zinc Inc. aims to improve corporate governance and shareholder value at the world’s largest lead an...

MBK’s Korea Zinc takeover attempt to spur search for white knights

MBK’s Korea Zinc takeover attempt to spur search for white knights

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd.’s attempt to take control of Korea Zinc Inc. and the country’s plan to require ...

LG Uplus publishes white paper on 6G services

LG Uplus publishes white paper on 6G services

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Wednesday the release of its "6G White Paper: Non-Terrestrial Networks," which explores the future direction of...

LG Uplus to support AI startup creation

LG Uplus to support AI startup creation

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Wednesday that it launched the startup support program Shift, which aims to discover and nurture startups, incl...

Liner launches beta service for Academic Mode AI Search

Liner launches beta service for Academic Mode AI Search

South Korea's generative AI startup Liner announced on Thursday that it launched a beta service of Academic Mode AI Search, which provides answers b...

LX Hausys Benif receives EPD certification

LX Hausys Benif receives EPD certification

South Korea's LX Hausys Co. announced on Thursday that its interior film product Benif obtained the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certific...

LG Energy Solution to discover startups in battery sector

LG Energy Solution to discover startups in battery sector

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Monday that it will host Battery Challenge 2024, an open innovation program to discover startup...

Rebellions, SqueezeBits to co-work on AI model compression

Rebellions, SqueezeBits to co-work on AI model compression

South Korea’s fabless AI chip startup Rebellions Inc. and AI model compression startup SqueezeBits announced on Wednesday that they partnered ...

CJ CheilJedang's K-style rice gains popularity in N.America

CJ CheilJedang's K-style rice gains popularity in N.America

South Korea’s CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Tuesday that its sales of the flagship brand Bibigo’s Cooked Sticky White Rice in North Ameri...

Sindoh to tap ex-STIC Investments exec Seo as CEO, spur M&As

Sindoh to tap ex-STIC Investments exec Seo as CEO, spur M&As

Sindoh Co., a leading manufacturer of multi-functional printers in South Korea, is set to tap an investment banking expert as its chief executive. W...

Genesis partners with racing legend Jackie Ickx

Genesis partners with racing legend Jackie Ickx

Hyundai Motor Co. 's premium brand Genesis announced on Thursday that the worldwide racing legend Jacky Ickx will join its official Brand Partner. ...

LG Uplus introduces eco-friendly packaging materials

LG Uplus introduces eco-friendly packaging materials

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Monday that it has introduced eco-friendly packaging materials for its network equipment to reduce carbon ...

Krafton to introduce AI characters in PUBG

Krafton to introduce AI characters in PUBG

South Korea's game developing and publishing giant Krafton Inc. plans to introduce virtual characters using generative AI in the first-person shoote...

CJ CheilJedang develops microwave-safe coated paper with PHA

CJ CheilJedang develops microwave-safe coated paper with PHA

South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Monday that it developed a compostable coated paper technology using the biodegradable b...

S.Korea’s petrochemical, steel firms open online shopping malls

S.Korea’s petrochemical, steel firms open online shopping malls

South Korea’s petrochemical and steel companies, which mainly engage in business-to-business transactions, are opening or running a string o...

HD Hyundai Oilbank changing into eco-friendly energy entity

HD Hyundai Oilbank changing into eco-friendly energy entity

South Korea's HD Hyundai Oilbank is transforming from a petroleum and oil refinery company into an eco-friendly energy entity through diversificatio...

Doosan Enerbility, KWP to advance power generation tech

Doosan Enerbility, KWP to advance power generation tech

South Korea's heavy industrial company Doosan Enerbility Co. and the government-owned Korea Western Power Co. (KWP) will jointly streamline domestic...

Poland kicks off approval process to import S.Korean reactors

Poland kicks off approval process to import S.Korean reactors

Poland has started an approval process to build a nuclear power plant consisting of South Korean reactors, according to foreign media reports, despi...

LG CNS to develop AI digital textbook with Mirae N

LG CNS to develop AI digital textbook with Mirae N

South Korea's largest cloud computing service provider LG CNS Co. on Wednesday signed an agreement with Mirae N, an educational content provider, on...

Hanwha Aerospace, KAIST to jointly develop off-road self-driving techs

Hanwha Aerospace, KAIST to jointly develop off-road self-driving techs

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have launched a joint project to develop off-r...

First S.Korean elected chairman of global shipbuilding committee

First S.Korean elected chairman of global shipbuilding committee

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) announced on Tuesday that their technical advisor, Shin Jong Gye, has been elected as the...

KAI opens office in Polish Air Force base

KAI opens office in Polish Air Force base

South Korea's leading aerospace manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced that it opened its sixth overseas base on Wednesday at the 2...

Coupang taps former Trump aide for political relations

Coupang taps former Trump aide for political relations

South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. hired a top aide of former US President Donald Trump to expand its political network in Washington and se...

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