No subsidy, no problem: Hyundai, Kia make top 10 US list for EV sales

No subsidy, no problem: Hyundai, Kia make top 10 US list for EV sales

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. in the first half of the year were among the top 10 in sales of battery electric vehicles (EVs) in the US despite re...

POSCO Future M spurs single-crystal cathode production

POSCO Future M spurs single-crystal cathode production

GWANGYANG – POSCO Future M Co., the battery materials unit under South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., is spurring production of singl...

Hyundai E&C beats Q2 profit estimates on strong foreign deals

Hyundai E&C beats Q2 profit estimates on strong foreign deals

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea’s leading builder, reported better-than-expected profit in the second quarter thanks t...

Wine bubble bursts in S.Korea as whisky frenzy grows

Wine bubble bursts in S.Korea as whisky frenzy grows

The South Korean fever for wine has cooled, with its imports down in the first half for a second straight year as the popularity of whisky among you...

Korean Air resumes flights from Busan to Japan after three-year suspension

Korean Air resumes flights from Busan to Japan after three-year suspension

Korean Air Lines Co., the largest airline and flag carrier of South Korea, said on Tuesday that it would resume its operations on the Busan-Fukuoka ...

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries gets early jump on green vessel market

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries gets early jump on green vessel market

South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. by late next year will develop mid-size engines for ammonia-powered ships using its own technology and...

POSCO Holdings posts operating profit of $790 million in Q1

POSCO Holdings posts operating profit of $790 million in Q1

South Korea's POSCO Holdings Inc. has returned to the level of 1 trillion won ($790.5 million) in quarterly operating profit after a year and sales ...

S.Korea files to revoke PCA ruling in favor of Elliott

S.Korea files to revoke PCA ruling in favor of Elliott

South Korea has decided to challenge an international arbitration tribunal’s decision a month ago ordering the Korean government to compensate...

Hyundai Santa Fe’s full makeover yields boxier look

Hyundai Santa Fe’s full makeover yields boxier look

Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday premiered a new look for its steady-selling SUV Santa Fe. The complete transformation — its first in five years &...

Samsung Heavy in $3.1 bn methanol-powered ship deal with Evergreen

Samsung Heavy in $3.1 bn methanol-powered ship deal with Evergreen

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a leading South Korean shipbuilder, has won a 3.96 trillion won ($3.13 billion) deal to build 16 methanol-powered cont...

Blackpink YouTube exceeds 90 mn subscribers

Blackpink YouTube exceeds 90 mn subscribers

K-pop girl group Blackpink's official YouTube channel subscribers surpassed 90 million on July 17 at 5:36 a.m., according to YG Entertainment Inc.Th...

SK Signet to supply over 1,000 ultra-fast chargers to US

SK Signet to supply over 1,000 ultra-fast chargers to US

South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) charger manufacturer SK Signet Inc. on Monday said it landed an order to supply at least 1,000 ultra-fast charge...

KKR Co-CEO Joe Bae meets NPS, KIC execs in S.Korea

KKR Co-CEO Joe Bae meets NPS, KIC execs in S.Korea

KKR Co. Co-Chief Executive Joseph Bae made a visit to South Korea last week to meet with senior managers of the country’s top limited partners...

Hyundai Motor’s UK sales highest in 5 years, driven by IONIQ 5

Hyundai Motor’s UK sales highest in 5 years, driven by IONIQ 5

Just a few years back, vehicles built by Hyundai Motor Co. were dismissed as second-class cars of poor quality in Europe, with one car magazine deri...

KIC up 8.3% in net value of stocks, debts in H1 2023

KIC up 8.3% in net value of stocks, debts in H1 2023

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) saw the net value of its traditional assets rise 8.25% in the first half of this year, backed by the strong perfo...

Kia vows to take 10% of Indian market after 1 million car output

Kia vows to take 10% of Indian market after 1 million car output

In celebration of producing 1 million cars from its Indian plant, Kia Corp. has vowed to command 10% of the Indian car market with more diverse mode...

Art luxury hotel reopened at Paradise City in Incheon

Art luxury hotel reopened at Paradise City in Incheon

The casino complex Paradise City in Incheon on Saturday will reopen Hotel Art Paradiso at its integrated resort on Yeongjong Island. Closed in July ...

American patent trolls target S.Korean companies

American patent trolls target S.Korean companies

Over 80% of American companies that sued South Korean companies for patent infringement last year were non-practicing entities (NPE), or “pate...

NPS commits $163 mn to Macquarie's sixth Korean buyout fund

NPS commits $163 mn to Macquarie's sixth Korean buyout fund

Macquarie Asset Management is aiming to close its sixth buyout fund in South Korea at a maximum of 1 trillion won ($775.6 million) by the first ha...

Shrinking youth jobs cast shadow over S.Korea’s labor market

Shrinking youth jobs cast shadow over S.Korea’s  labor market

Employment in South Korea extended its growth streak in June but its gains slowed for the third straight month, with youth jobs declining for eight ...

Retail investors test EcoPro’s upside as Korea’s GameStop

Retail investors test EcoPro’s upside as Korea’s GameStop

Shares of EcoPro Co., a South Korean battery materials maker, have skyrocketed this year, rising 848% year to date to break above the 1 million won ...

Samsung Elec denies rumor of Galaxy ads with Fifty Fifty

Samsung Elec denies rumor of Galaxy ads with Fifty Fifty

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest smartphone maker, has denied market rumors that K-pop rookie sensation Fifty Fifty will ap...

POSCO sharply lifts 2030 battery materials sales targets

POSCO sharply lifts 2030 battery materials sales targets

South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. on Tuesday sharply revised up its sales targets for rechargeable battery materials as it is aiming to join t...

S.Korea to launch K-Ricebelt project in Africa

S.Korea to launch K-Ricebelt project in Africa

South Korea has launched an official development assistance (ODA) project for a "K-Ricebelt" to produce rice for 30 million people every year in Afr...

Kia scouts ex-Stellantis executive Pierre-Martin Bos as PBV director

Kia scouts ex-Stellantis executive Pierre-Martin Bos as PBV director

Kia Corp. has brought a former Stellantis N.V.’s commercial vehicle specialist on board for its purpose-built vehicle (PBV) business in Europe...

S.Korea’s imports of LFP cathode reverses to growth after 8 years

S.Korea’s imports of LFP cathode reverses to growth after 8 years

South Korea's imports of cathode materials used to make lithium ferrophosphate (LFP) batteries in the first five months of this year rose for the fi...

Ad-tech unicorn Moloco’s endeavor to unlock potential continues

Ad-tech unicorn Moloco’s endeavor to unlock potential continues

SILICON VALLEY – Moloco Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ad-tech solution startup valued at more than $2 billion, is dreaming big to become a vers...

Hyundai Transys wins Red Dot Design Award

Hyundai Transys wins Red Dot Design Award

South Korean auto powertrain and seat maker Hyundai Transys announced on Monday that it has won the Winner prize at the "2023 Red Dot Design Award."...

Hyundai Motor breaks out of 3-year slump in China

Hyundai Motor breaks out of 3-year slump in China

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. has broken out of its slump in China, with its Chinese joint venture posting its first sales growth in four ye...

Korean startups feel bite of funding drought in H1

Korean startups feel bite of funding drought in H1

The drought in venture capital funding worsened in South Korea in the first half of this year, taking an especially heavy toll on platform and b...

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