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4 days ago | 
kedglobal.com | Sookyung Seo
Medicube, the beauty-tech brand under South Korea’s fast-growing beauty company APR Co., will sell its products through both online and offline stores of Ulta Beauty, the largest beauty retailer in the US, marking one of the most extensive US retail entries for a Korean skincare label. Starting in August, 22 Medicube products, including skincare items and beauty devices, will be available both online and in all of Ulta’s 1,400-plus stores across the US.
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1 week ago | 
kedglobal.com | Sookyung Seo
South Korea has officially requested that the US take a distinct approach in its ongoing probe into foreign semiconductor technology and related downstream products, the country’s trade ministry announced on Wednesday. Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said it submitted its official written opinion on Tuesday to the US administration in response to the US Commerce Department’s national security investigation into imports of semiconductor technology.
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1 week ago | 
kedglobal.com | Sookyung Seo
As Korean beauty products continue to captivate global consumers, Seoul-based five cosmetics and wellness companies are gearing up for a deeper penetration into the worldwide market with the backing of South Korea’s capital city government.
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1 month ago | 
kedglobal.com | Sookyung Seo
Spot, a quadruped robot developed by Boston Dynamics Inc., will aid defense and safety agencies in Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia to ensure public safety, expanding its presence across the globe and sectors.
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1 month ago | 
kedglobal.com | Sookyung Seo
POSCO Group, South Korea’s steelmaking giant, will further bolster its competitiveness in the global steel market and energy value chains through tighter partnerships with international peers, its chairman said during his three-day visit to Australia.
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1 month ago | 
kedglobal.com | Sookyung Seo |In-Soo Nam
South Korea’s Constitutional Court permanently removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, making him the country’s second president in Korean history to leave office through impeachment. Eight justices of the Constitutional Court unanimously voted to unseat Yoon for violating "the constitutional order” in his declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, Acting Chief Justice Moon Hyung-bae said in a ruling nationally televised live.
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1 month ago | 
kedglobal.com | Sookyung Seo |In-Soo Nam
South Korea’s Constitutional Court permanently removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, making him the country’s second president in Korean history to leave office through impeachment. Eight justices of the Constitutional Court unanimously decided to unseat Mr. Yoon for violating "the constitutional order” in his declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, Acting Chief Justice Moon Hyung-bae said in a ruling nationally televised live.
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1 month ago | 
kedglobal.com | Sookyung Seo
It is time to shift focus toward non-US markets after years of stellar performance of US assets driven by the robust world’s No. 1 economy, said Principal Asset Management’s chief executive, adding that digital real estate remains attractive amid the ongoing artificial intelligence boom. “All the attention has been on the US economy and how the US economy was continuing to do.
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1 month ago | 
kedglobal.com | Sookyung Seo
DB GlobalChip Co., the chip design subsidiary of South Korea’s chip foundry company DB HiTek Co., has begun mass-producing of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display driver ICs (DDIs) for smartphones, expanding its presence in the OLED DDI market, the company announced on Wednesday.
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1 month ago | 
kedglobal.com | Sookyung Seo
Hahn & Co., South Korea’s largest private equity firm, has finalized the acquisition of SK Specialty Co., the world’s leading producer of specialty gases used in semiconductor and advanced display manufacturing, in a deal valued at 2.6 trillion won ($1.77 billion), the company announced on Monday. Following the deal, the Seoul-based buyout firm controls an 85% stake in SK Specialty, while SK Group holds the remaining 15% stake, according to a company news release.
