Korean shipbuilders look to benefit from U.S. port fees on Chinese vessels
The United States has decided to impose port fees on Chinese shipping companies and vessels built in China, raising concerns within shipping industry over a potential downturn. While South Korean ship...
Lee In-ah, Kim Seo-young
Korean shipbuilders look to benefit from U.S. port fees on Chinese vessels
CJ CheilJedang secures U.S. design patent for Bibigo dumplings
CJ CheilJedang’s Bibigo dumplings have been granted a design patent in the United States, the company said on Apr. 17. According to the company, the p...
 
7h ago
|Kim Yun-ju, Lee Jung-soo
K-content fuels global Korean learning boom, surpassing Chinese on Duolingo
Duolingo, the world’s largest language learning platform, now ranks Korean as the seventh most-studied language on its app, surpassing Chinese. The se...
 
7h ago
|Ahn Sang-hyun, Kim Mi-geon
A reactor deal flips the script on US-Korea nuclear ties
When South Korea introduced its first research reactor in 1959, it did so with the backing of the United States, then the undisputed leader of global ...
 
12h ago
|Park Ji-min, Park Su-hyeon
South Korean consortium secures $10 m U.S. research reactor design deal
The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute and Hyundai Engineering Co. have secured a contract to design the largest university-operated research reac...
2025.04.17(Thu)
|Lee Jong-hyun, Kim Mi-geon
Kia EV3 wins 2025 World Car of the Year in New York
Kia’s all-electric EV3 SUV has been named this year’s World Car of the Year at the 2025 World Car Awards, the carmaker said on April 16. This marks th...
2025.04.17(Thu)
|Lee Young-kwan, Kim Seo-young
Tesla Korea faces backlash over limited options in new Model Y launch
Tesla Korea is under fire from consumers after informing buyers that some options for its limited-edition Model Y Launch Series would be unavailable, ...
2025.04.17(Thu)
|Kwon Yoo-jeong, Park Su-hyeon
S. Korean chipmakers face uncertainty as U.S. blocks Nvidia exports to China
South Korea’s semiconductor industry faces mounting uncertainty as the U.S. ramps up restrictions on AI chip exports to China. U.S. President Donald T...
2025.04.17(Thu)
|Oh Ro-ra (Silicon Valley), Yoo Ji-han, Kim Seo-young
Buldak fuels Samyang Foods' market cap to record 7 trillion won
Shares of South Korean instant noodle maker Samyang Foods hit a record market capitalization of 7.02 trillion won ($5.11 billion) on April 16, surpass...
2025.04.17(Thu)
|Seok Nam-jun, Park Su-hyeon
Widening AI Gap: Naver and Kakao retreat as U.S. rivals invest big
While U.S. tech giants poured record sums into artificial intelligence infrastructure last year, South Korea’s Naver and Kakao pulled back on their in...
2025.04.16(Wed)
|Jung Doo-yong, Lee Jung-soo
Samsung Electro-Mechanics to supply MLCCs to BYD
Samsung Electro-Mechanics is reportedly set to supply a large volume of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) to Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker B...
2025.04.16(Wed)
|Kim Nam-hee, Kim Mi-geon
Exclusive: Samsung achieves 40%+ test yields with 4nm logic die
Samsung Electronics’ foundry unit has stabilized test yields for the logic die powering next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) chips. The milest...
2025.04.16(Wed)
|Chun Byung-soo, Park Su-hyeon
Hanwha Aerospace to establish joint venture in Poland to counter 'Buy European' policies
Hanwha Aerospace is stepping up efforts to localize operations in Europe by establishing a joint venture in Poland, in a move seen as a direct respons...
2025.04.16(Wed)
|Park Soon-chan, Kim Mi-geon
Budget fashion boom reshapes South Korea's apparel market
Fashion brands offering affordable, functional clothing are gaining momentum in South Korea, reshaping the country’s apparel market and challenging lo...
2025.04.16(Wed)
|Kim Yun-ju, Kim Mi-geon
Hyundai to turn landfill waste into hydrogen in Indonesia
Hyundai Motor Group will introduce a waste-to-hydrogen (W2H) solution that generates hydrogen from organic waste, such as livestock manure, in Indones...
2025.04.15(Tue)
|Lee Young-kwan, Kim Seo-young
S. Korea weighs Google's request for detailed map data amid industry backlash
Google has once again asked the South Korean government for approval to export high-precision mapping data after a nine-year hiatus, reigniting debate...
2025.04.15(Tue)
|Lee Jae-eun, Kim Seo-young