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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...

Stocks Meritz leaps to No. 2 financial holding firm in South Korea

Meritz Financial Group Inc., once a medium-sized financial service firm in South Korea, has become the second-most valuable publicly traded financia...

Korean games NCSOFT invests in Swedish game startup Moon Rover Games

NCSOFT Corp., a South Korean game developer, said on Tuesday it has made an early stage investment of $3.5 million in Swedish game startup Moon Rove...

Private equity MBK names two partners as vice chairman, vice president

MBK Partners said on Wednesday it has named Moon Joo Ho, partner and head of South Korea for special situations, as the North Asia-focused private e...

Aerospace & Defense S.Korea to put self-developed lander on moon by 2032

South Korea plans to put its first lunar lander on the moon by 2032.  In a meeting of the National R&D Project Evaluation Advisory Commit...

Aerospace & Defense S.Korea-US to deepen aerospace ties through NASA's Artemis

South Korea and the US are set to deepen their partnership in the aerospace sector through the Artemis program, a human and robotic Moon exploration...

Aerospace & Defense S.Korea's lunar orbiter Danuri captures back side of the moon

South Korea's first lunar orbiter Danuri has released photos of the moon's far side. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) announced on Wedn...

Electronics Samsung denies claim of fake moon photo by premium smartphone model

Samsung Electronics Co. has denied that a photo of the moon in the night sky taken by its premium smartphone Galaxy S23 Ultra is fake, saying as soo...

Bio & Pharma Phase 3 clinical plan for SK Bioscience's booster shot approved in Colombia

SK Bioscience Co., a leading South Korean vaccine and biotech company, announced on Monday that its phase 3 clinical trial plan for a heterogeneous ...

Entertainment Golfzon takes part in PGA Merchandise Show in Florida

South Korea's indoor golf simulator maker Golfzon Co. said Wednesday that it would participate in the 2023 PGA Merchandise Show to be held in Orland...

Aerospace & Defense Korea’s 1st moon probe Danuri enters lunar orbit; world’s 7th mission

South Korea on Wednesday became the world’s seventh country to send a lunar orbiter to the moon, joining other advanced countries in a heated ...

Aerospace & Defense S.Korea’s first mission to the Moon, Danuri, enters transfer orbit

South Korea’s first lunar orbiter, Danuri, has been launched onto a ballistic lunar transfer orbit as planned, the country’s science min...

Travel & Leisure Moon boats light up the birthplace of Korean Confucianism

Riding a crescent moon-shaped boat that changes colors is a must-do experience in the small South Korean city of Andong, 190 km southeast of Seoul.T...

Aerospace & Defense The lunar economy is here – Airbus Vice President Jaffart 

Global aerospace juggernaut Airbus SE says we have already entered the lunar economy and the company is looking forward to soon collaborating on lun...

IPOs Market Kurly's sales surge 49% on-year in Q1

South Korea’s Kurly Inc., the operator of grocery delivery platform Market Kurly, achieved 641.7 billion won ($511.6 million) in gross merch...

Real estate Korean housing prices soar to $5 tn in Moon admin with record growth

South Korean house prices have risen more during the President Moon Jae-in administration than any other as the current government has focused more ...

Energy GS Energy to create renewable JV with Spain’s Iberdrola

South Korea’s leading oil and gas company GS Energy Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Holdings, and Spain’s largest utility company...

Earnings Samsung SDI Q1 sales at all-time high, says VW’s battery move long shot

Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers, saw its first-quarter revenue profit jump on solid demand with its ...

Earnings Samsung SDI Q1 sales at all-time high, says VW’s battery move long shot

Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers, saw its first-quarter revenue profit jump on solid demand with its ...