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Earnings KakaoBank posts record Q1 profit, eyes Thai expansion after Indonesia

KakaoBank Corp., a leading South Korean internet-only bank, posted its highest quarterly profit in the first quarter, defying a drop in interest inc...

Food & Beverage India: Tantalizing frontier for K-food’s global ambitions beyond China

South Korea’s processed food exports to India have surged to a record 6 trillion won ($4.1 billion), marking a significant milestone in the gr...

Corporate strategy Orion behind original Choco Pie to invest $580 million in new plants

Orion Corp., a South Korean confectionery and snack manufacturer, will inject 830 billion won ($580 million) over three years to expand snack manufa...

Artificial intelligence KT rolls out Thai-tailored large language model

South Korean telecom service provider KT Corp. has built a large language model (LLM) platform tailored for the Thai market in collaboration with Ja...

Food & Beverage Orion seeks M&As, facility expansion with dividends from China, Vietnam

Orion Holdings Corp., a leading South Korean confectionery and snack maker, has been active in overseas markets for decades, particularly in China a...

Beauty & Cosmetics Amorepacific's Hera enters Thai market

South Korea's Amorepacific Corp. announced on Thursday that its premium color cosmetics brand Hera opened its first store on August 8 at Central Chi...

Aerospace & Defense KAI, TAI ink deal to boost T-50TH support

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Thai Aviation Industries (TAI), Thailand's state-owned aircraf...

Food & Beverage Orion to collaborate with Vietnam on potato seed

South Korea’s Orion Corp. announced on Monday that it is strengthening its collaboration with the Institute of Agro-Biology, the Vietnam Natio...

Energy Doosan Enerbility to introduce carbon reduction tech at Thai power plant

South Korea's Doosan Enerbility Co. plans to introduce carbon reduction technologies, including ammonia co-firing and carbon capture, utilization an...

Beauty & Cosmetics Amorepacific's Aestura to enter Thai market

South Korean beauty and cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. announced on Monday that its derma cosmetic brand Aestura will enter Thailand.Aestura joi...

Machinery LS Electric wins $23 mn order for Thai railway signal system

South Korea's LS Electric Co. won a contract from the State Railway of Thailand to construct a railway signaling system for a 177 km section between...

Food & Beverage Pepero enters Thailand’s King Power Duty Free

South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Friday that its thin chocolate-coated cookie sticks Pepero and no-sugar ice cream Zero entered King Po...

Food & Beverage Korea’s Orion to ship bottled water to China to challenge Evian

Orion Holdings Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s confectionary and snack maker Orion Corp., is set to export bottled water to China,...

Chemical Industry OCI to supply $700 mn polysilicon to Trina Solar

South Korea's OCI Holdings Co. announced on Monday that its Malaysian subsidiary OCIM Sdn Bhd signed a long term supply agreement for solar-grade po...

Retail Hyundai Dept. Store, Siam Piwat to collaborate for K-content

South Korea’s Hyundai Department Store Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a business agreement with Thailand’s retail giant Siam ...

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...

Mergers & Acquisitions Orion to buy control of biotech startup LegoChem for $415 mn

South Korea’s snack and confectionery maker Orion Group has agreed to buy a controlling stake in LegoChem Biosciences Inc., a Korean biotech s...

Food & Beverage Fried chicken chain bhc to enter Thailand in 2024

South Korea’s No. 2 fried chicken brand bhc Group announced on Thursday that it signed a master franchise agreement with Thailand’s Me...

Food & Beverage Nongshim to launch Shin Ramyun Tomyum in Thailand

South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. announced on Wednesday that it will launch the first global collaboration products of its flagship...

Bio & Pharma Naver-invested ichrogene enters Thai market

South Korea's digital healthcare startup ichrogene, with investment from Naver D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), entered into Thai market. Naver Corp....

Retail Lotte Home Shopping, Thai TACC in Bellygom character licensing deal

Lotte Home Shopping Inc. has signed a character licensing agreement with Thailand’s TAC Consumer Public Co. (TACC), a lifestyle product and be...

Artificial intelligence KT ties up with Thai company for SE Asia hyperscale AI

KT Corp., South Korea’s No.2 mobile carrier, is set to foray into the large language model (LLM) sector in Southeast Asia amid the country's s...

Food & Beverage HiteJinro to build first overseas soju plant in Vietnam

South Korea's leading soju maker HiteJinro Co. on Monday unveiled its plan to build a plant in Vietnam. HiteJinro Singapore confirmed a lease a...

Food & Beverage Snack maker Orion earns dividends from Vietnam for 1st time

South Korea’s confectionery and snack manufacturer Orion Corp. collected dividends from its Vietnamese unit for the first time as the company ...

Bio & Pharma Korean C&R Research to set up US, Thai units for global biz

C&R Research Inc., South Korea’s top contract research organization (CRO), plans to establish units in the US and Thailand this year while...

Food & Beverage S.Korea to deliver food safety management skill to Thai, Malaysian officials

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of South Korea announced on Friday that it will conduct an invited training program for food safety officials f...

Food & Beverage Orion teams up with Dutch Mill to tap Vietnamese dairy market

South Korea's Orion Corp. announced on Tuesday its strategic collaboration with Thailand's dairy behemoth, Dutch Mill Co., marking its ambitious ent...

Bio & Pharma SK Bioscience, Thai’s GPO to jointly boost vaccine infrastructure

SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MO...

Webtoons Naver Webtoon promotes K-ramen in Bangkok via pop-up store

South Korea's Naver Webtoon, along with major domestic players in the food industry, on Tuesday said it joined in Bangkok, Thailand, Boggle Boggle K...

Aerospace & Defense Korean Air delivers AH-6 helicopter fuselage to Boeing

Korean Air Lines Co. announced on Monday that it has delivered the initial production units of AH-6 helicopter fuselages for the AH-6 project awarde...