Davos Forum

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD KSOE wins $2.6 bn order for 12 container ships

South Korea’s largest shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) said on Thursday it got 3.716 trillion won ...

Business & Politics Latvian President Rinkēvičs seeks closer ties with S.Korea in bio, defense

Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, who is on a four-day working trip to South Korea, said on Friday he hopes for deeper cooperation between the two...

Future mobility South Korea to designate Jeju as flying taxi pilot service zone

South Korea will designate its resort island Jeju a test operation zone for flying taxis as part of the country’s national urban air mobility ...

Asset management KIS hosts 2024 Stifel Research Forum in Seoul

Korea Investment & Securities announced on Tuesday that it hosted analysts from Stifel Financial Corp. at its headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, fo...

KOREA Investment Week Korea's investment forum KIW 2024 kicks off September 9

South Korea’s largest investment forum Korea Investment Week 2024 (KIW 2024) will kick off next month in Seoul, drawing around 150 leaders fro...

Batteries SK Innovation to host Global Forum in US

South Korea's SK Innovation Co. announced on Wednesday that it will host the “SK Innovation Global Forum” on July 13 in San Jose, Califo...

Leadership & Management Kyobo Life CEO’s ethical management earns global recognition

Kyobo Life Insurance Co.'s Chairman Shin Chang-jae is internationally recognized for setting the global standard for ethical management after two de...

Automobiles Hyundai Motor to invest $845 million to expand India’s Talegaon plant

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will invest 70 billion Indian rupees ($845 million) to expand and upgrade its Indian car manufac...

Tech, Media & Telecom Samsung Electronics hosts AI Forum 2023

Samsung Electronics Co. held on Tuesday the Samsung AI Forum 2023 with the theme of "Super AI for a Better Tomorrow" at the Suwon Convention Center ...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha Ocean to join Canadian patrol submarine project

South Korea's shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. secured a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with four Canadian submarine tech firms at Deep Blue Forum 20...

ASK 2023 Alternative investment forum ASK 2023 to begin Oct. 25 in Seoul

Major institutional investors in South Korea and global asset managers will share their views on the world economy and asset allocation strategies a...

Korean chipmakers HBM chips key theme for Samsung Nov investors forum

Samsung Electronics Co. will hold an investors forum in Hong Kong in November, where it is expected to share details about the development of high b...

Corporate strategy SK Group to pursue employee-led ‘deep change’

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, has been dedicated to its “Deep Change” initiative since Group Chairman Chey ...

KOREA Investment Week S.Korea's largest investment forum to begin Sept. 11

South Korea’s largest investment conference will be held in Seoul Sept. 11-15 with around 100 chief executives from global financial services ...

Tech, Media & Telecom Blind recognized as one of Time100 Most Influential Companies 2023

Blind, the renowned online forum for verified but anonymous professionals, has been included on the esteemed Time100 Most Influential Companies list...

Electronics SK Group to host global forum in Silicon Valley

The top executives of South Korea's SK Innovation Co. and SK Hynix Inc. will discuss future growth strategies with outstanding global talent in Sili...

Korean chipmakers Samsung takes on TSMC with strengthened chip design IPs

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, aims to drastically expand its chip design intellectual property (IP) partnersh...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha aims to develop unmanned fighter jet engine within decade

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s answer to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, aims to develop engines for unmanned aircraft within the next decade t...

ASK 2023 Alternative investment forum ASK 2023 to kick off May 17 in Seoul

South Korean institutional investors, including the world’s third-largest pension fund National Pension Service (NPS), and global asset manage...

Business & Politics S.Korea to strengthen cooperation with Portugal in renewable energy

South Korea’s the Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Lee Chang-yang participated on Wednesday in The Korean-Portuguese Business Forum at the ...

Korean chipmakers Samsung, SK seek dialogue with China at Boao Forum

BEIJING – The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is expected to serve as a venue for the world’s two largest memory chipmakers -- Samsung Electro...

Korean chipmakers Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee walks on tightrope in US, China investments

BEIJING – Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee plans to attend the China Development Forum later this month for the first time as the South Korean ...

Supply chain S.Korea, Mongolia discuss stabilization of mineral supply chains

The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and  Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul on Tuesday held a business forum o...

Electronics LG Elec's Tennessee plant named Lighthouse Factory by WEF

LG Electronics Inc.'s home appliance factory in Tennessee, the US, has been selected as a "Lighthouse Factory" by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for...

Leadership & Management LG Chem CEO named to head industrial body of World Economic Forum

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. on Sunday said its CEO and Vice Chairman Shin Hak-cheol on Thursday will be named chair of the Chemical and Advanced Mate...

Tech, Media & Telecom Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee flies to Vietnam for global business

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee embarked on a business trip to Vietnam on Wednesday to attend an opening ceremony for a research and dev...

Automobiles Hyundai Motor signs MOU with OECD's International Transport Forum

Hyundai Motor Co. joined hands with the International Transport Forum under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to strengthen ...

Tech, Media & Telecom Microsoft CEO Nadella to speak at developers' forum in Seoul

Microsoft Korea said on Tuesday that it will host Microsoft Ignite Spotlight on Korea, an annual conference for developers and IT professionals, on ...

Banking & Finance Korean American women leaders in finance stress finding joy in work

NEW YORK – One by one, impeccably dressed Korean American women flocked into the Anchorage Capital Group’s headquarters in New York City...

Artificial intelligence Experts define goal of AI tech development as cooperation with humans

Renowned artificial intelligence (AI) scholar Masashi Sugiyama said his research goal is to develop AI that can work and learn alongside people.Su...