Light: Science

Real estate Warburg Pincus-Wide Creek Asset JV picks up 2nd Korean logistics asset

US private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC and South Korean real estate manager Wide Creek Asset Management Co. are building a logistics center for l...

Machinery Hyundai Rotem delivers driverless metro cars to Taiwan

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean rolling stock and defense equipment maker, said on Friday it held a ceremony to mark the arrival of the first ba...

Culture & Trends Seoul to light up Myeong-dong with LEDs like Times Square

Seoul will light up Myeong-dong, a bustling area with office workers and shoppers in the heart of the city, with 16 large outdoor digital billboards...

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 ...

Tech, Media & Telecom SK Telecom, KT win at Leading Lights Awards

SK Telecom Co. and KT Corp. received the Leading Lights Awards 2024. SK Telecom and KT were named winners of Outstanding Use Case: AI/Machine L...

Automobiles Kia releases 2025 Sorento

South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. said on Monday that it released The 2025 Sorento, an updated version of its best-selling mid-...

Machinery Woojin selected as preferred bidder for Inglewood light rail project

Woojin Industrial Systems Co., a South Korean railway vehicle manufacturer, said on Friday that it has been selected as the preferred bidder for the...

Automobiles Hyundai Mobis lighting system wins triple crown of design awards

South Korea's auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis announced on Sunday that its Active Aero Lighting System (AALS) has received awards at the world's thre...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Hanwha Ocean to cut CO2 emissions from ships with smart lighting

Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea's third-largest shipbuilder, said on Friday it has won an approval in-principle (AIP) certificate from Korean Register...

The KED View Don’t dwell on Korea discount; light up visibility on global stage

To the world, South Korea is well known as home to the world’s top two memory chipmakers, Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., but it is...

Bio & Pharma Samsung Life Science invests in US biotech firm Latus Bio

Samsung Life Science Fund, managed by Samsung Group’s venture investment arm, has invested in US biotechnology firm Latus Bio Inc. during the ...

Automobiles Kia unveils teaser images for The New EV6

Kia Corp., the second-largest automaker in South Korea, is introducing an improved model of its first-ever all-electric sports utility vehicle (SUV)...

Electronics Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that its TV The Frame was selected as the official display for the world's largest art exhibition Art Ba...

Corporate governance Hanmi Science-OCI merger may gain traction with NPS' support

The merger of South Korea’s pharmaceutical holding firm Hanmi Science Co. and chemicals giant OCI Holdings Co. is likely to gain momentum as N...

Insurance KIDI to build insurance infrastructure in Vietnam

The Korea Insurance Development Institute (KIDI) announced on Friday that it signed a business agreement with the Vietnam Insurance Development Inst...

Bio & Pharma Samsung invests in BrickBio in US

Samsung Group announced on Tuesday that its Life Science Fund has invested in the US-based antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) and gene therapy technol...

Automobiles IL Science enters UK silicon lens market

South Korea's IL Science Co. said on Monday that it signed a contract with the US-based automotive electronics company Polymer Optics to supply an i...

Automobiles ZKW wins DVN Lighting Star Award

ZKW, an Austria-based lighting systems subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., recently was presented with the Lighting Star Award for Best front lightin...

Bio & Pharma Samsung targets gene therapy sector through US investments

Samsung Group is targeting the gene therapy business through investments in US biotechnology companies as the leading South Korean conglomerate is s...

Aerospace & Defense KAI sees record-high earings in 2023

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, posted record revenue last year, boosted by the ex...

Automobiles Hyundai Mobis unveils human-centric lighting tech for cars

Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, has introduced a system that changes car interior lights depending on a driver&...

Bio & Pharma Samsung eyes biotech investments via Flagship Pioneering

Samsung C&T Corp., Samsung Biologics Co. and Samsung Bioepis Co. will ramp up investments in US biotechnology startups in collaboration with Fla...

Korean innovators at CES 2024 Samsung to unveil new Odyssey gaming monitors at CES

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it will unveil new Odyssey OLED gaming monitors at CES 2024, the world's largest IT and consum...

Aerospace & Defense KAI secures $1.1 bn deal to mass-produce light-armed helicopters

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the sole military aircraft manufacturer in the country, announced on Wednesday that it has signed a contract ...

Bio & Pharma Samsung Engineering secures $349 mn bio plant deal

South Korea's Samsung Engineering secured a deal for the Songdo Bio Raw Material Plant construction project from the global life sciences and labora...

Bio & Pharma NKMax to perform first tests on dementia cell therapy in US

NKMax Co., South Korea's largest developer of natural killer (NK) cell therapies, will conduct its first clinical trials in the US for its candidate...

Earnings Samsung Electronics’ narrowed Q3 chip losses fuel more bullish outlook

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips, smartphones and TVs, said on Wednesday it likely posted a 78% drop in it...

Bio & Pharma Pharmgen Science exports neomcell products directly to Vietnam

South Korea's Pharmgen Science announced on Wednesday that it has initiated shipments for its healthcare brand "neomcell" for the first direct expor...

Bio & Pharma Hanmi Science joins race to develop Wegovy competitor

Hanmi Science Co., the holding company of South Korea’s pharmaceutical giant Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co., has joined the global race to develop t...

Bio & Pharma KAIST discovers diabetes treatment using light

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Wednesday that they have discovered a method to treat diabetes by insert...