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Business & Politics Seoul mulls joint review of Alaska LNG project with Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam

South Korea has proposed forming a consortium with Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam to jointly assess the feasibility of investing in the $45 billion Alask...

Corporate strategy Samsung seeks tech alliance with top US universities for robotics, AI, 6G

In an ambitious bid to shape the future of technology, Samsung Electronics Co. is launching a sweeping initiative to collaborate with elite North Am...

Energy Alaska governor seeks Korean partners for $44 bn LNG project

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy arrived in South Korea on Monday to hold a series of one-on-one meetings with top executives from Korean energy and st...

Business & Politics Trump says Korea interested in Alaska gas project; Korean firms skeptical

South Korea, Japan and other countries want to partner with the US in a $44 billion natural gas pipeline project in Alaska, President Donald Trump s...

Economy Political crisis ups downside risk to S.Korea’s economy: S&P, Moody’s

Global credit rating agencies are warning of looming downward pressure on South Korea’s sovereign credit rating about a month after Asia&rsquo...

Mergers & Acquisitions Yanolja launches NOL Universe after merging OTA platforms

SoftBank-backed Yanolja Co., South Korea’s top travel and accommodation booking platform operator, on Friday introduced a new platform called ...

Business & Politics Hyundai Motor Group to nurture young talent in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday that it held the inaugural ceremony for the first cohort of H-Jump School Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia, the...

Companies Samyang Roundsquare to recruit foreign interns

Samyang Roundsquare, the holding company of South Korea's Samyang Group, said on Friday that it recruits foreign interns with the potential for full...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha, Univ. of Surrey to team up for space business

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s major aerospace and defense system developer, announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understan...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD KSOE partners with University of Michigan to foster US ship engineers

South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) has joined hands with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (UM) a...

Mergers & Acquisitions Brokerage firm Hanyang Securities' 11.3% stake up for sale

South Korea’s Hanyang University Foundation has decided to sell 11.3% of common shares and all the preferred stocks it holds in brokerage arm ...

Airlines Air Premia, Alaska Airlines sign interline agreement

South Korea's Air Premia Inc. announced on Thursday that it partnered with Alaska Airlines, the fifth-largest US carrier, through an interline agr...

Metaverse LG Uplus, GIST to build metaverse campus

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday a business agreement with the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) to develop a uni...

Investment banking Korea Investment to expand CLO portfolio with Anchorage Capital

Korea Investment & Securities Co. will scale up its collateralized loan obligation (CLO) business with New York-based investment firm Anchorage ...

Electric vehicles Hyundai Motor, Kia to develop alternative to rare earth materials

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have partnered with South Korea's universities to secure materials for vehicle electrification components.Hyundai Mo...

Pension funds NPS corp governance committee taps SNU professor as member

A corporate governance committee of South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, has named a Seoul Na...

Metaverse LG Uplus unveils Yonsei Univ. Metaverse Campus

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that its university metaverse platform Uverse unveiled a dedicated metaverse campus called Meta Yo...

K-pop Universal Music acquires 10-year distribution rights to HYBE music

The world’s largest music company Universal Music Group (UMG) has struck an exclusive deal to distribute music from HYBE Co., the South Korean...

Electronics Samsung to release pianist Seong-Jin Cho’s 8K video

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release the worldwide famous pianist Seong-Jin Cho’s live performance video in 8K...

Food & Beverage Orion, VNUA to team up for potato production

South Korea’s confectionery and snack maker Orion Corp. announced on Friday that it signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Institut...

Research & Development KAIST, MIT jointly open Quantum Winter School

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Monday that it is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Techn...

Electronics LG Elec to open heat pump research laboratory in Alaska

LG Electronics Inc. plans to open LG Advanced Cold Climate Heat Pump Laboratory in Alaska, the US for the development of heating, ventilation, &...

Automobiles Hyundai partners with University of London for African market strategy

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Friday its plan to establish two research centers in conjunction with the University of London (UoL) to delve int...

Business & Politics Lotte's chemical units look for talent from US universities

Lotte Group's two chemical units in South Korea searched for talent in US universities.Lotte Chemical Corp. and Lotte Fine Chemical Co. organized ...

ESG Hyundai, Kia to launch solution for mobility impaired in Singapore

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are extending their Universal Mobility Project to Singapore with a new initiative aimed at aiding the ...

Bio & Pharma Moderna signs mRNA access deals with S.Korea's universities

The US biotech and pharmaceutical company Moderna on Friday announced signings of contracts with the academic-industry cooperation foundations of Ko...

Steel POSCO Holdings to strengthen collaboration with SNU

South Korea's POSCO Holdings Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for comprehensive industry-academia collaboration with Seoul National U...

Tech, Media & Telecom Webcash launches WeBill 365 in Cambodia

South Korea's Webcash Co. has launched its specialized billing solution "WeBill 365" in Cambodia."WeBill 365 maximizes convenience and efficiency fo...

Artificial intelligence KT to hold AI coding lectures at universities

South Korea’s KT Corp. is expanding operations of its artificial intelligence (AI) coding education platform AI Codiny.The company on Sunday s...

Electronics LG boosts accessibility to home appliances for disabled people

LG Electronics Inc. on September 1 will unveil its Universal Up Kit, which enhances accessibility to home appliances, at this year's IFA, Europe&rsq...