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Bio & Pharma Celltrion unveils cancer medicine to expand new drug pipelines

South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer Celltrion Inc. on Sunday unveiled an anticancer medicine to expand new pipelines and accelerat...

Automobiles Kia to ramp up Seltos output to meet high global demand

Kia Corp. will expand production of its compact sport utility vehicle, the Seltos, after selling 310,000 units of the model across the globe, making...

Bio & Pharma Chong Kun Dang to build new plant for foray into biologics market

Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp. is discussing building a research center and a plant in Siheung, about 30 kilometers southwest of Seoul, with th...

Automobiles China's BYD enters S.Korean EV market

China’s electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD Co. officially debuts in the South Korean passenger car market on January 16. BYD's first-selling...

Entertainment TVing beefs up sports content, narrowing gap with Netflix

TVing, a South Korean over-the-top (OTT) platform, is beefing up its live sports programming and TV series featuring baseball players to catch up to...

Tech, Media & Telecom Naver Band surpasses 6 mn MAU in US

South Korea’s Naver Corp. said on Friday its group-based social media platform Band reached 6.04 million monthly active users (MAU) in the Uni...

Automobiles Genesis unveils GV80 Black, GV80 Coupe Black

Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis on Friday unveiled its large-size sport utility vehicles (SUVs) the Genesis GV80 and GV80 Coupe Black mode...

Bio & Pharma Yuhan’s lung cancer drug clears FDA hurdle for global debut

A new lung cancer treatment developed by South Korea’s Yuhan Corp. has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a co...

Retail 7-Eleven ratchets up sports marketing to take on GS25, CU

7-Eleven, the third-largest convenience store chain in South Korea, is challenging its bigger rivals GS25 and CU, attracting customers with Hello Ki...

Korean food CJ Group to hold K-festa in Vietnam

South Korea's CJ Group announced on Thursday that it will hold a "CJ K-festa" in Vietnam from Aug. 10 to Sept. 1, focusing on food, sports and movie...

Companies Samsung, Ottogi unveil exclusive lifestyle TV goods

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that it collaborated with the domestic food company Ottogi to release limited edition goods called Samsu...

Automobiles Kumho Tire holds Latin American dealer convention

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Friday that it held the Kumho Dealer Convention event from July 20 to 22 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, inviting ab...

Fiber & Textile SK Geo Centric produces sustainable synthetic fiber

South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. will collaborate with global companies in the petrochemical, textile, and apparel sectors from Japan, Finland...

Electric vehicles US, China to serve as Kia’s key offshore EV production bases

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest carmaker after its sibling Hyundai Motor Co., has upped the stakes in China and the US to bolster its ...

Korean food CJ's Bibigo bolsters sports marketing with PGA tours sponsorship

Scottie Scheffler, a top-ranked American professional golfer, gave a shoutout to food served by CJ CheilJedang Corp. during The CJ Cup golf tourname...

Healthcare Korea’s booming medical tourism: Skin care, plastic surgery in demand

The number of foreign patients visiting South Korea for medical tourism hit a record high last year, driven by those who traveled to Korea for skin ...

Fiber & Textile S.Korea's Andar strengthens tech alliance with LYCRA Company

The athletic-leisure brand Andar Co. announced on Friday that it will strengthen its technological alliance with the LYCRA Company, the world's larg...

Artificial intelligence Samsung to launch its 1st Galaxy Ring in H2 2024

Samsung Electronics Co. will launch its first Galaxy Ring in the second half of this year as the South Korean tech giant is finalizing research and ...

Bio & Pharma Daewoong gets stem cell facility license in Indonesia

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Tuesday that its subsidiary Daewoong Biologics Indonesia has obtained a stem cell Lab Operational...

Korean games China to stop broadcast of S.Korean LoL league

China will stop the official broadcast of League of Legends (LoL) Champions Korea (LCK), according to the South Korean game industry. “There w...

Mergers & Acquisitions Celltrion to sell portfolio of Takeda drugs to CBC Group

South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. will divest of a portfolio of Takeda Pharmaceutical's prescription medicines sold in Asia to CBC Group, a Singapo...

Fashion Hyungji Elite selected as official partner of FC Barcelona

South Korea’s school and corporate uniform company Hyungji Elite announced on Monday that it was selected as the official partner of FC Barc...

Bio & Pharma Samsung Bioepis gets FDA OK for its interchangeable biosimilar

Byooviz, a biosimilar of the macular degeneration treatment Lucentis and made by South Korea’s Samsung Bioepis, has received official design...

Bio & Pharma Hanmi Pharma’s Phase 3 trials for anti-obesity medicine approved

South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. on Monday said the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved Phase 3 clinical trials for the company&...

Bio & Pharma Daewoong Pharma's GER drug gets product OK from Mexico

South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical on Wednesday said its gastroesophageal reflux (GER) disease drug Fexuclue (active ingredient fexuprazan ...

Korean food Gluten-free Korean snack, pea soy sauce lure European gourmets

COLOGNE, Germany – The traditional Korean snack yakgwa and a soy-like sauce made with peas were named innovative foods of the year at the worl...

Tech, Media & Telecom Samsung, Japan's KDDI co-work for 5G network slicing tech

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a business agreement with Japanese mobile communications company KDDI to jointly d...

Bio & Pharma Genome & Co.’s bile duct cancer drug candidate enters Phase 2 trials

Genome & Company, a South Korean developer of microbiome-based drugs, on Tuesday said its GEN-001, a leading immunotherapy drug candidate for bi...

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...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion’s Vegzelma listed on prescription of 10 private US insurers

South Korea’s Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Wednesday that it has signed contracts with 10 insurance providers in the US to boost the ...