NCSoft has achieved the highest possible AAA rating in the 2026 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) assessment conducted by global index provider MSCI, marking a significant milestone in the company’s sustainability efforts.The company had maintained an AA rating—the highest among Korean gam

South Korea is stepping up efforts to help its pharmaceutical and biotech companies enter Southeast Asia’s public procurement market, using Singapore as a regional gateway. The move comes as Korean drug exports have gained scale and policymakers look beyond conventional export growth towards regulat

The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence across enterprises is exposing a more fundamental constraint: the difficulty of converting investment into measurable outcomes. As deployment widens, attention is shifting away from model sophistication towards the underlying data structures and operatio

Schaumburg, IL, USA —Organizations are accelerating their use of artificial intelligence, but many remain unprepared to manage the risks that accompany it. Early findings from the 2026 AI Pulse Poll suggest that governance, oversight, and incident response capabilities are not keeping pace with depl

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has demonstrated its global competitiveness by showcasing advanced nuclear technologies at one of the world’s largest conferences on radioactive waste management.KHNP participated in the WM 2026 Symposium, held in Phoenix, Arizona, from March 8 to 12, where it intr

Woori Bank announced on March 23 that its mobile financial platform, Woori WON Banking, has won awards in both the Branding & Communication Design and App/Software categories at the prestigious 2026 iF Design Award.Organized by Germany’s International Forum Design, the iF Design Award is one of the

WASHINGTON, March 19 — The United States and Japan said they had made progress on the first round of projects under their U.S.-Japan Strategic Investment framework and announced a second batch focused on nuclear power and natural gas infrastructure.The joint announcement followed a summit meeting in

Hanwha Aerospace hosted a high-level strategic roundtable at its Seoul headquarters, welcoming a senior delegation from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) led by Director-General and Chief Executive Dr. Bastian Giegerich. The visit marked the first time IISS leadership has visi

Samsung Heavy Industries has secured a new order for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier from an Oceania-based shipowner, further strengthening its orderbook for the year.The company announced on March 20 that it has signed a contract worth KRW 377.9 billion (approximately $280 million) to build o

SAN FRANCISCO — Multiply, a startup seeking to reshape B2B advertising through AI-driven campaign management, said it had raised $9.5m as it launched a platform that uses internal company data to refine digital ads continuously. The announcement was made on March 18.The company is betting that busin

S-OIL has officially launched its integrated IT outsourcing (ITO) initiative in partnership with Samsung SDS, marking a significant step in its digital transformation strategy.The company announced on March 17 that it held a kickoff event to mark the start of the integrated ITO project and to celebr

ARMONK, N.Y.ㅡArtificial intelligence in large companies is moving into a less glamorous phase. The question is no longer simply whether a model works, but whether businesses can connect data, compute, governance and compliance tightly enough to use AI inside real operations rather than isolated tria

Kyungdong Navien has won three Winner awards at the iF Design Award 2026 for its user interface (UI) design for the “Sleep Mat All-Season Air/Pro” and its integrated heating and cooling temperature controller, the Thermostat.The iF Design Award is considered one of the world’s top three design compe

AI infrastructure provider Nebius is expanding its presence in Asia-Pacific, naming a new regional head as it targets markets including Singapore, South Korea, Japan, and India.Nasdaq-listed AI infrastructure company Nebius, headquartered in Amsterdam, recently announced that it is expanding its ope

SAN FRANCISCO —Tencent Cloud used this week’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to outline a broader push into artificial-intelligence tools for the games industry, covering player communication, security systems and development workflows.The announcement on March 12 reflects a wider shift

Taihan Cable & Solution is strengthening its global power infrastructure strategy by building a new extra-high voltage (EHV) power cable production facility in Vietnam.The company announced on March 12 that its Vietnamese manufacturing subsidiary, Taihan Cable Vina, has begun construction of a 400kV

BlueVisor Systems has been selected as a supplier for South Korea’s 2026 AI Voucher Support Program and has begun recruiting demand-side organizations seeking to introduce AI-based hiring and workflow automation solutions.The company announced on March 11 that it had been chosen as a supplier for th

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 9, 2026 — MIPS, a GlobalFoundries company, and Green Hills Software announced a collaboration to develop a Safety Software Development Kit (Safety SDK) for products based on MIPS RISC-V microcontrollers. The companies said the toolkit is intended to support functional safety

Brooklyn, New York, March 9, 2026 — Mega announced that it has secured $11.5 million in Series A funding to scale what it describes as a full-service AI growth platform for SMBs. The company said the platform is intended to replace parts of the traditional agency model by combining automation, softw

Celltrion is strengthening its market presence across Asia by expanding prescriptions of key biosimilar products through its direct sales strategy.The company said it has been securing tenders and implementing localized marketing strategies in major Asian markets including Malaysia, Singapore, Thail