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Samsung to plough $9 billion more into South Korea chip plant: Report

Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2015, 09:23

Samsung has said it will seek sustainable memory chip profit growth, suggesting that it will not initiate a price war.

South Korea`s economy perks up in first quarter

Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2015, 06:24

South Korea`s economy picked up momentum in the first quarter due to increased construction and consumer spending, the central bank said Thursday.

South Korea boosting Peru aviation industry: President

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 05:41

South Korea is working with Peru to further boost its aviation industry, South Korean president Park Geun-Hye said Tuesday in Lima while presenting a training aircraft co-produced by both countries.

S. Korea's jobless rate falls to 4% in March

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 08:30

The overall rate was down from the 4.6 percent registered in February -- the highest for five years -- but slightly up on the 3.9 percent figure from a year ago, according to state-run Statistics Korea. 

Ceragem to double its centres to 1,000 in next 2 years

Last Updated: Saturday, April 11, 2015, 08:52

Ceragem is present in 74 countries and caters around 1.1 million customers daily.

Samaung rolls out global sales of Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge

Last Updated: Friday, April 10, 2015, 10:07

Samsung rolled out its new smartphone in South Korea and 20 other countries on Friday in a bid to restore its role as market leader.

The $50 device that symbolises a shift in North Korea

Last Updated: Friday, March 27, 2015, 09:03

A $50 portable media player is providing many North Koreans a window to the outside world despite the government`s efforts to keep its people isolated - a symbol of change in one of the world`s most repressed societies.

POSCO's Finex plant to come to India

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 20:00

World's fourth largest steel firm Posco will shift its first Finex plant to India from Pohang in South Korea.

Australia signals approval of China-based AIIB; Japan divided

Last Updated: Friday, March 20, 2015, 17:16

Australia said on Friday there was a lot of merit in the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) while Japan`s finance minister signalled cautious approval of the institution that the United States has warned against.

China, Japan, S Korea to hold first FM talks in three years

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 16:54

China, Japan and South Korea will this week hold the first meeting of their foreign ministers for three years, Tokyo said Tuesday, the latest sign of a gradual thaw in East Asian relations.

With BMWs common in Gangnam, Koreans splurge on Bentleys, Maseratis

Last Updated: Monday, March 9, 2015, 10:22

Driving the sales of six-figure plus cars is a growing acceptance of conspicuous consumption in the conservative home of Hyundai Motor Co, where more younger, affluent Koreans are turning their backs on their parents` frugal ways.

China invites Japan to join AIIB

Last Updated: Friday, March 6, 2015, 12:51

China has invited Japan to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, a brainchild of the Communist nation for which 27 countries including India have signed up to be its founding members.