Leak exposes personal info of 39,000 Mirae Asset Securities customers, employees
The personal information of some 39,000 customers and employees has been leaked from Mirae Asset Securities Co., the securities firm said Saturday. Mirae Asset Securities, the country's leading broker...
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Mirae Asset says data breaches exposed customer, employee information
Mirae Asset Securities Co. said Saturday that it suffered cyberattacks that resulted in the leakage of account numbers some 3,800 customers and personal information of over 35,000 current, former empl...
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The new ASUS Zenbook 14 launches in Singapore with a choice of Intel or AMD processors
The Intel and AMD versions share most of their core specifications too, though their displays differ....
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California rejects billionaire tax proposal in win for executives, Newsom
California voters are rejecting a proposal to impose a wealth tax on billionaire residents, marking a major win for tech and business executives, who spent hundreds of millions against the measure, ac...
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DOST to showcase new agri-aqua technologies at 2026 NSTW
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will showcase three agricultural and aquaculture innovations at the 2026 National Science, Technology, and Innovation Week (NSTW) ...
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Tesla winding down Cybertruck production
Elon Musk announced Friday that Tesla will wind down production of its Cybertruck next year after years of poor sales for the electric truck. In a post on the social platform X, the Tesla CEO said Cyb...
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Fed's Williams says inflation too high, targets 2 percent
John Williams, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said Friday inflation remains too high amid multiple price shocks. "Inflation is absolutely too high. It's been too high for too ...
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Automatic noise-cancellation in calls debuts in the Philippines
In the past, having noise-cancellation features in your calls or while listening to music was always on the hardware side. Devices such as the Samsung Buds 4 Pro or Apple’s own AirPods would have hard...
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eGovPH superapp to include SSS services, digital ID
MANILA, Philippines – The Social Security System (SSS) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) signed a data-sharing agreement to bring the MySSS card and select member ...
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China’s AI chipmakers report first profits, but will the trend continue?
China’s pure-play artificial intelligence chipmakers crossed an important milestone in the third quarter as several firms swung into profit, but severe supply chain hurdles and soaring memory costs cl...
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Nvidia finalizes payment of $1 bil., acquires over 4% stake in Naver
Nvidia Corp. has finalized its payment of $1 billion of investments to Naver Corp. on Friday and acquired 4.13 percent of the portal operator's shares through a third-party rights offering. The South ...
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Temu says 91% of surveyed Korean sellers report business gains
Chinese e-commerce platform Temu said Friday that a survey it conducted found that 91 percent of Korean sellers reported improvements in their businesses after joining the online marketplace, includin...
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Samsung Biologics labor dispute drags on as union stages another strike
Samsung Biologics' unionized workers staged another strike Friday, as wage and collective bargaining negotiations between labor and management have dragged on for more than six months. With global riv...
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Lotte Chemical remains in red in Q3
Lotte Chemical Corp. on Friday reported its third-quarter net loss of 289.8 billion won ($213.6 million), remaining in the red compared with a year ago. The company, which makes advanced chemical prod...
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Hanwha Engine Q3 net profit down 61.7% to $8.6 mil.
Hanwha Engine on Friday reported its third-quarter net income of 11.6 billion won ($8.6 million), down 61.7 percent from a year earlier. The company, which is part of Korea's largest weapons producer ...
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4 decades on, Maestro charts new course in Italian elegance
Introduced in 1986, LF's premium menswear brand Maestro is one of Korea's longest-running menswear labels, having spent four decades adapting its styles and sizing to better suit Korean men's physique...
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Hankook Tire & Technology Q3 net income down 59.5% to $116.2 mil.
Hankook Tire & Technology on Friday reported its third-quarter net income of 157.9 billion won ($116.2 million), down a sharp 59.5 percent from a year earlier. The firm, one of the largest tire makers...
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Kia to invest $2.2 bil. in Gwangju to build PBV mobility ecosystem by 2029
Kia Corp. said Friday it will invest 3 trillion won ($2.2 billion) through 2029 in the southwestern city of Gwangju to establish an ecosystem for purpose-built vehicles (PBVs). The Korean automaker si...
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Nongshim takes Shin Ramyun food truck to northeastern India
Korean food company Nongshim is running a Shin Ramyun food truck in northeastern India to build its brand in a market of 1.4 billion people, the company said Friday. The truck started its tour Oct. 30...
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SK Biopharmaceuticals builds massive AI dataset to speed up drug discovery
SK Biopharmaceuticals, a Korean firm focused on developing original prescription drugs, has built a massive artificial intelligence (AI) dataset of more than 7 million chemical entries to streamline c...
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Doosan Corp. expands in China to boost supply of key materials for AI chips, smartphones
Doosan Corp., a major supplier of core materials for high-tech electronics, is expanding its manufacturing footprint in China to boost production of copper-clad laminates — essential components used i...
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TPG to take Lotte Rental private via tender offer
U.S. private equity firm Texas Pacific Group (TPG) will acquire the remaining shares in Korea's leading car rental company, Lotte Rental, through a tender offer by early next month, the company said F...
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Lam Research appoints Kim Tae-won as new Korea head
Lam Research said Friday it has appointed Kim Tae-won as the new regional vice president of Korea, succeeding Park Joon-hong, who has worked at the U.S. semiconductor equipment maker for nearly 25 yea...
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Palantir signs partnership with Korean footwear manufacturer
Few people who lace up a pair of Nike sneakers have heard of Changshin, but there is a good chance the Busan-based company made them. And before long, those shoes may carry Palantir's technology, too....
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Celebrity restauranteur Paik Jong-won suits up as delivery rider to promote new pizza
Celebrity restaurateur and entrepreneur Paik Jong-won traded his usual role as a restaurant executive for that of a delivery rider, personally bringing pizzas to customers to promote a new menu item f...
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U Mobile opens its 5G-Advanced sandbox to Cradle’s startups, but the cheques are not part of the deal
Malaysia’s second 5G operator wants startups to do something telcos across the region have struggled to make happen: build for its network before anyone has agreed to pay for the result. U Mobile said...
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Why Lumos thinks Singapore needs another affordable Android tablet brand
The homegrown projector brand is taking on the crowded tablet market with four models starting from S$139, including a new 12-inch Tablet Ultra....
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Ecosystem Roundup: SEA startups raised US$16.5B in 2026, but four months did most of it
Southeast Asia’s tech startups drew about US$16.55 billion between January and October 2026, according to Tracxn. October alone delivered US$3.68 billion across 14 rounds, 933.7% above October 2025. T...
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Celebrity restaurateur Paik Jong-won suits up as delivery rider to promote new pizza
Celebrity restaurateur and entrepreneur Paik Jong-won traded his usual role as a restaurant executive for that of a delivery rider, personally bringing pizzas to customers to promote a new menu item f...
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The business judgment gap: Why BUMN investment decisions need a different risk framework in Indonesia
Indonesia’s anti-corruption framework, codified in UU 31/1999 jo UU 20/2001, allows prosecutors to charge state-owned enterprise officials with corruption when their decisions are deemed to have cause...
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