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Corporate investment LG Electronics breaks ground on $600 mn home appliance plant in India

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has broken ground on its third home appliance manufacturing plant in India with a $600 million investment to...

Corporate strategy Orion behind original Choco Pie to invest $580 million in new plants

Orion Corp., a South Korean confectionery and snack manufacturer, will inject 830 billion won ($580 million) over three years to expand snack manufa...

Tech, Media & Telecom Samsung, Google to unveil smart glasses next year in deeper AI alliance

Samsung Electronics Co. and Google LLC are strengthening their long-standing alliance as the artificial intelligence (AI) era redefines the balance ...

Electronics LG Electronics restarts home appliance plant in Russia

LG Electronics Inc. has resumed operations at its home appliance plant in Russia amid prospects of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, signaling...

Mergers & Acquisitions CHA Biotech seeks to resume healthcare unit IPO after affiliates’ merger

CHA Biotech Co., South Korea’s leading stem cell therapeutics developer, plans to resume an initial public offering of CHA Healthcare Co., a m...

Private equity EQT targets healthcare, technology, business service providers in Korea

EQT, the largest private equity firm in Europe, is setting its sights on healthcare, technology companies and business service providers in South Ko...

Bio & Pharma Partners Investment, GordonMD eye $150 mn biotech fund launch

South Korean venture capital firm Partners Investment said on Thursday it will raise up to 215.5 billion won ($150 million) in a biotech fund jointl...

Energy HD Hyundai Electric to invest $274 mn in transformer output ramp-ups

HD Hyundai Electric Co., a South Korean electric power equipment maker, plans to invest about half of its 2024 operating profit, estimated at 720 bi...

Korean startups Korea's No. 1 fitness app Planfit eyes bigger market beyond home in 2025

A new year has arrived, and with it come the New Year’s resolutions. However, if you are one of those who feel you've already failed to keep y...

Aerospace & Defense Boryung invests $10 million in Intuitive Machines

South Korea's Boryung Corp. said on Friday it bought $10.0 million in shares of US-based lunar lander company Intuitive Machines to expand its space...

Electronics LG Electronics rises to global prominence in HVAC segment, ranks fifth

LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, has emerged as one of the world’s top five players in the heating, ventilati...

Automobiles 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...

Electronics LG Elec launches modular home Smart Cottage

LG Electronics Inc. said on Wednesday it started selling its LG Smart Cottage, a compact, prefabricated modular home that utilizes its cutting-edge ...

Webtoons Instagram poised to crack Korean webcomics market

Big tech has begun its encroachment on the South Korean webcomics market, largely dominated by local players over the past two decades, fanning fear...

Electronics LG Elec named Lowe's 2024 vendor partner of year

LG Electronics Inc. said on Wednesday that it was named Lowe's 2024 Vendor Partners of the Year. Lowe's operates over 1,700 home improvement store...

Tech, Media & Telecom Samsung teams up with Ashley to expand SmartThings IoT service

SILICON VALLEY – South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is partnering with Ashley Home Stores Ltd., the US’ largest furniture s...

Electronics LG NOVA hosts Innovation Festival in US

LG Electronics Inc. 's North American Innovation Center (LG NOVA) said on Monday that it held an Innovation Festival last Wednesday and Thursday at ...

Companies Samsung develops health software development kit

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday introduced the Samsung Health Software Development Kit (SDK) Suite, aimed at helping developers and researchers ...

Future mobility Hyundai partners with Samsung to enhance connected vehicle technology

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group has joined forces with Samsung Electronics Co. to advance connected vehicle technology utilizing the tech gi...

Food & Beverage Lotte Home Shopping, Asahi to cooperate on health functional food biz

South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping signed an exclusive agreement with Japan's Asahi Group Foods to supply and sell health functional food ingredients...

Robotics Samsung’s Ballie, LG's Q9 AI robots steal the show at IFA 2024

BERLIN – Ballie, the artificial intelligence-powered companion robot developed by Samsung Electronics Co., has come a long way since the South...

Healthcare Hyundai Department to triple healthcare sales by 2030 with Nestle

Hyundai Department Store Group, a South Korean conglomerate controlling retail, fashion, healthcare and lifestyle businesses, aims to triple its hea...

Food & Beverage Nongshim to build export-only ramen factory in Korea

South Korea’s instant noodle giant Nongshim Co. will build a local plant dedicated to producing ramen — or ramyun, as the company spells...

Electronics LG Elec to unveil AI home hub ThinQ ON at IFA

LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it will unveil LG ThinQ ON, the home appliance industry's first AI home hub equipped with generative artif...

Mergers & Acquisitions Kakao to merge dk techin and Kakao Brain

South Korea's Kakao Corp. said on August 23 that its mobile solution development subsidiary dK Techin Corp. will merge with its AI technology affili...

E-commerce CJ ENM’s CJ Onstyle bets big on live commerce

CJ Onstyle, the at-home TV shopping and e-commerce brand of South Korea’s content and commerce powerhouse CJ ENM Co., will embark on mobile li...

Bio & Pharma 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...

Bio & Pharma CHA Healthcare incorporates Singapore's SMG as subsidiary

South Korea's CHA Healthcare Co., CHA Biotech's overseas medical business affiliate incorporated Singapore's SMG as a subsidiary. CHA Healthcare an...

Electronics Samsung's AI home appliances hit 1.5 mn units sold

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Thursday that its cumulative sales of AI-integrated home appliances have surpassed 1.5 million units as of July this...

Economy South Korea’s job growth rises in July led by elderly workers

South Korea’s job numbers grew in July, led by new hires among those in their 60s and older in one of the world's fastest-aging countries. The...