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Hyundai Motor invests the most in promising startups: report

Jul 1, 2020

South Korea’s 500 largest companies by assets have expanded their investments in startups with high technologies since 2015, latest data showed Wednesday. Local corporate tracker CEOScore said their...
S. Korea aims to foster 1,000 hydrogen-related firms by 2040

Jul 1, 2020

SEJONG, July 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Wednesday it will foster 1,000 businesses in the hydrogen industry over the next 20 years in its latest push to nurture a hydrogen-based ecosystem and rela...
Huons first Korean firm to export KF94 masks to Washington

Jun 30, 2020

Huons Global said Tuesday that it will be the first South Korean firm to supply high-filtration masks to the state of Washington in the US. “This deal shows that Huons’ epidemic prevention products ...
Merck starts next-gen semiconductor materials center in Korea

Jun 30, 2020

“Korea is an important innovation and production hub for Merck. We have invested more than 35 billion won ($29 million) to complete this technology center and expand our capabilities,” said Anand Nam...
Domestic contracts rescue Korean defense firms from pandemic

Jun 30, 2020

Hyundai Rotem, the rolling stock and arms manufacturing unit of Hyundai Motor Group, is another defense firm that has given a financial breathing room from DAPA. According to Hyundai Rotem, it signe...
[Best Brand] Samdo Environment’s plasma-generating tech keeps livestock farm clean

Jun 30, 2020

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY SAMDO ENVIRONMENT Samdo Environment is a South Korean company that has developed plasma-generating machines designed to get rid of stenches at livestock farms and the risk ...
Hugel expects to launch Letybo in $1b European market by 2021

Jun 30, 2020

Austrian aesthetic pharma Croma will distribute the wrinkle-smoothening botulinum toxin
Samsung to skip Europe's largest consumer electronics show on virus woes

Jun 30, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest smartphone and TV vendor, has decided not to participate in Europe's largest consumer electronics fair due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the company ...
Chunlab launches health care services centering on feces analyzation

Jun 30, 2020

‘Personalized care for gut health leads to prevention of bigger illnesses’
[Best Brand] KNJ BIO combines oriental and western medicine

Jun 30, 2020

HEALTH FUNCTIONAL FOOD KNJ BIO Kim Nam Ju Bio is a functional health food maker whose roots are in both Asian herbs and modernized Western medicine. With “scientification of Oriental herbs” as the...
5G availability in S. Korea at just 15%: report

Jun 30, 2020

South Korean smartphone users' connection to 5G network services is far lower than expected, with 5G users only able to use the fastest network 15 percent of the time, a report showed Tuesday. South...
[Best Brand] Geumsan Black Ginseng Specialty goes global

Jun 30, 2020

HEALTH FOOD GEUMSAN BLACK GINSENG SPECIALTY When Geumsan Black Ginseng Specialty started out in 2012, it only had two employees. However, despite its humble beginnings, the headcount now stands at ...
[Best Brand] Hyundai E&C‘s brand marketing of Hillstate apartment, keeps it stay afloat

Jun 30, 2020

CONSTRUCTION HILLSTATE (HYUNDAI E&C) Hyundai Engineering & Construction, the construction company of South Korea‘s top apartment brand Hillstate, steps ahead to take the residential experience and ...
[Best Brand] Pampers appeals to parents with quality, consumer campaigns

Jun 30, 2020

CONSUMER GOODS PAMPERS (P&G) Consumer goods manufacturer Proctor & Gamble’s baby and toddler brand Pampers has been the most preferred diaper brand among mothers in 130 countries for decades. Pamp...
ECCK appoints Schenker Korea CEO Dirk Lukat as new chairperson

Jun 30, 2020

The European Chamber of Commerce in Korea has appointed Dirk Lukat, CEO of Schenker Korea, as the new chairperson, the organization said Tuesday. Lukat is a German citizen and has been the CEO of Sc...