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Shipping & Shipbuilding With domestic dockyards fully booked, Korean shipbuilders turn overseas

As order books swell amid green shipping mandates, LNG demand and military naval modernization, South Korean shipbuilders are extending their global...

Stocks China stock funds outperform US funds in South Korea

Chinese stocks are attracting South Korean investors looking beyond Wall Street amid the downturn in US Big Tech stocks.South Korea’s equity f...

Shareholder activism Dalton Investments raises stake in cosmetics ODM Kolmar

Dalton Investments Inc., a US-based activist fund, has secured a 5.02% stake in South Korea’s Kolmar Holdings Co., stoking speculation the wor...

Culture & Trends Nobel laureate Han Kang craze revives Korean book market

South Koreans are flocking to bookstores to snap up 2024 Nobel laureate Hang Kang’s novels, making her books — and even those of her nov...

Automobiles Hyundai IONIQ 6 named best EV by Kelley Blue Book

Hyundai Motor Co.'s electric sedan IONIQ 6 has been named the best electric vehicle (EV) by Kelley Blue Book, the US vehicle valuation and automotiv...

Earnings KT posts Q2 profit drops on pay raises, bonus payments

KT Corp., South Korea’s No. 1 telecom service provider, on Friday reported a 14.3% drop in second-quarter operating profit despite steady reve...

Energy KOGAS executes first simultaneous LNG bunkering in Korea

South Korea's state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) said on Friday that its subsidiary, Korea LNG Bunkering, successfully carried out the country’...

Tech, Media & Telecom Millie Seojae introduces AI book reader

Millie Seojae, the e-book platform subsidiary of South Korea's KT Corp., announced on Thursday that it introduced an AI text-to-speech (TTS) feature...

Future mobility Naver Whale features in Renault Korea vehicles

South Korea’s homegrown web browser Whale, developed by Naver Corp., will be installed in Renault Korea cars. Naver Cloud announced on Friday...

Aerospace & Defense Perigee, SSC to cooperate on space launch vehicle

South Korea's small space launch vehicle startup Perigee Aerospace Inc. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with the Swedish Space Corporation ...

Korean chipmakers SK Hynix’s HBM chip orders fully booked; 12-layer HBM3E in Q3: CEO

ICHEON, Gyeonggi Province – SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Thursday i...

Travel & Leisure South Korea’s luxury hotels bask in return of tourists post-pandemic

South Korea’s luxury hotels are enjoying the return of tourists following years of COVID-19 restrictions, which significantly hurt their sales...

Aerospace & Defense Perigee, Philippines gov’t to recycle small launch vehicle

South Korea's Perigee Aerospace Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has discussed collaboration with the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) for the laun...

Tech, Media & Telecom Naver Whalebook supply volume triples in 2023

South Korea's Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Naver Corp., announced on Friday that the distribution volume of Whalebook has tripled compa...

Tech, Media & Telecom Naver to launch global version of Whale browser in Q1 2024

Naver Cloud, the infrastructure subsidiary of South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp., plans to launch a global version of its Whale browser in...

Tech, Media & Telecom Naver Cloud to offer edutech service in Mongolia

South Korea's Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Naver Corp., announced on Tuesday it will participate in the Digital Classroom Project of Mong...

Artificial intelligence 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...

Travel & Leisure MyRealTrip launches restaurant reservation service in Japan

South Korea's travel app MyRealTrip announced that it partnered with the Japanese accommodation and restaurant reservation platform Ikyu, becoming t...

Culture & Trends BTS’ Beyond the Story tops NYT bestseller list

BTS' first official book "Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS", published in celebration of 10th Anniversary, topped the New York Times bestse...

Travel & Leisure Seoul is fourth most searched global city for summer travel: survey

The South Korean capital of Seoul is surging in global popularity as a summer travel destination amid the first peak summer season since COVID-19 we...

Beauty & Cosmetics S.Korea’s Handsome releases brand book with Assouline

South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp., a division of Hyundai Department Store Group, said on Thursday that it has partnered with Assouline, on...

Travel & Leisure Yanolja teams up with SE Asia's largest travel platform

South Korea's tourism platform unicorn Yanolja announced on Monday that it will expand its overseas travel services by linking with Traveloka, a ren...

K-pop BTS’ memoir of past decade to be published in July

A book describing the K-pop boy band BTS’ 10 years of history will be published in July.According to the New York Times and the Guardian, the ...

Korean games DevSisters starts pre-booking Cookie Run: Kingdom in China

South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp. announced on Friday that its globally popular mobile game "Cookie Run: Kingdom" has opened pre-registra...

Korean games Nexon Games’ Blue Archive surpasses 1 million pre-registrants in China

South Korea’s Nexon Games Co. on Wednesday said the number of pre-registrants for its strategy role-playing game Blue Archive exceeded one mil...

Artificial intelligence S.Korea plans to make digital platform gov't based on large-scale AI

South Korean government is pursuing various measures to nurture talent as a way to secure national competitiveness in the AI industry as represented...

Electronics Samsung's laptop Galaxy Book 3 sees 250% sales growth from predecessor's

Samsung Electronics Co.’s premium laptop PC series Galaxy Book 3 is a global hit since its release last monthIts reception has grown so high t...

Artificial intelligence Korea’s first ChatGPT-authored, AI-proofread book due this week

ChatGPT has been around for nearly three months and is causing untold chaos across industries and academia.Now, the artificial intelligence chatbot,...

Electronics Samsung’s Galaxy Book3 series to take on Apple’s MacBook

In today’s connected world, the ultimate gadget consumers want brings together everything they need at any time, without hassle.Samsung Electr...

Travel & Leisure Stay-in-hotel trend for the holidays revs up luxury hotels

Luxury hotels in South Korea are enjoying the emerging trend of Koreans choosing relaxing vacations at hotels, rather than taking holidays overseas....