Hyundai, Kia firm up ranking as world's 3rd; first-half profits improve

Hyundai, Kia firm up ranking as world's 3rd; first-half profits improve

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group solidified its position as the world’s third-largest carmaker with improved profit margi...

S.Korea's top four accounting firms to cut hiring 30%

S.Korea's top four accounting firms to cut hiring 30%

South Korea's top four accounting firms -- Samil PwC, Samjong KPMG, Deloitte Anjin and EY Hanyoung -- are expected to cut hiring this year more than...

Volvo tops S.Koreans’ favorite foreign car survey list for service

Volvo tops S.Koreans’ favorite foreign car survey list for service

Sweden's Volvo offers the best after-sales service among imported automobile dealers in South Korea, while locals drivers are disappointed by the cu...

LG Electronics reduces 220,000 tons of CO2 emissions in 2022

LG Electronics reduces 220,000 tons of CO2 emissions in 2022

LG Electronics Inc. reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 220,000 tons compared to the previous year at both domestic and overseas facilities. The...

N.Korea's GNI lower than S.Korea's minimum monthly wage in 2022

N.Korea's GNI lower than S.Korea's minimum monthly wage in 2022

It is estimated that North Korea's economic growth rate recorded -0.2% last year. This marks the third consecutive year of negative growth since the...

Samsung pins high hopes on new Galaxy Z foldables

Samsung pins high hopes on new Galaxy Z foldables

Foldable phones will likely account for one-third of Samsung Electronics Co.'s domestic sales of its flagship Galaxy smartphone series this year, le...

Hanwha Group puts savings bank on market, a clear succession path

Hanwha Group puts savings bank on market, a clear succession path

Hanwha Group, South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate, has put its non-core financial unit Hanwha Savings Bank up for sale, in a move ...

Doosan to enter EV sector with battery recycling business

Doosan to enter EV sector with battery recycling business

South Korea’s major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. plans to set up a battery recycling subsidiary, targeting the sector expecting r...

Boryung Pharma's sales surpass $311 mn in H1 2023

Boryung Pharma's sales surpass $311 mn in H1 2023

South Korea’s Boryung Corp. has alleviated the fear of falling behind in its sector expressed by its third-generation chairman Jay Kim Jung-Gy...

Kia revises up 2023 OP target after record Q2 earnings, to expedite EV push  

Kia revises up 2023 OP target after record Q2 earnings, to expedite EV push  

Kia Corp. has revised upwards its operating profit target for this year to up to 12 trillion won ($9.4 billion) after reporting its best-ever quarte...

Macquarie seeks to sell off Korea’s tank terminal operator

Macquarie seeks to sell off Korea’s tank terminal operator

Macquarie Korea Asset Management seeks to sell off a Korea tank terminal operator six years after the acquisition, at around 400 billion won ($314.8...

Hyundai Steel extends profit streak in Q2 on brisk auto steel sales

Hyundai Steel extends profit streak in Q2 on brisk auto steel sales

Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea’s second-largest steelmaker, plans to ramp up automotive and eco-friendly steel production after posting an ope...

KEPCO KPS signs O&M extension agreement for Uruguay power plant

KEPCO KPS signs O&M extension agreement for Uruguay power plant

South Korea’s KEPCO KPS signed an extension agreement with the Uruguayan Electricity Authority (UTE) on Wednesday for the operation and mainte...

Lotte's virtual human Lucy to debut in Thailand

Lotte's virtual human Lucy to debut in Thailand

South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping unveiled a plan on Wednesday to introduce its virtual influencer, Lucy, to Southeast Asia's burgeoning live commer...

Hyundai launches high-performance brand New Avante N

Hyundai launches high-performance brand New Avante N

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. on Wednesday unveiled the latest version of its high-performance N brand's flagship model, the "New Avante N".The hi...

Hyundai, Kia, Toyota unveil new SUVs in head-to-head showdown

Hyundai, Kia, Toyota unveil new SUVs in head-to-head showdown

South Korea’s two largest automakers – Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. – are set to compete head-to-head with Japan’s top ca...

First S.Korean elected chairman of global shipbuilding committee

First S.Korean elected chairman of global shipbuilding committee

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) announced on Tuesday that their technical advisor, Shin Jong Gye, has been elected as the...

LG Energy Solution expands cobalt supply deal with Canada’s Electra

LG Energy Solution expands cobalt supply deal with Canada’s Electra

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has signed a long-term contract to receive additional refined cobalt from Electra Battery Materials Corp. in Canada, in a mo...

Kia unveils The New Sorento's design

Kia unveils The New Sorento's design

Kia Corp. unveiled "The New Sorento," the latest model of their mid-sized sports utility vehicle (SUV) on Tuesday. The redesigned SUV reflects Kia's...

POSCO affiliates’ shares surge; market cap rises threefold in 5 years

POSCO affiliates’ shares surge; market cap rises threefold in 5 years

Shares of POSCO Group affiliates are flying high with the steelmaker rapidly transforming into a battery materials manufacturer, riding the industry...

Korea’s outbound travelers spend 20% more on-year in H1: BC Card

Korea’s outbound travelers spend 20% more on-year in H1: BC Card

South Korea’s outbound travelers spent 19.8% more in the first half of this year compared with a year ago amid a revival in overseas tourism, ...

Kia Sportage celebrates milestone of 7 mn sales in 30 years

Kia Sportage celebrates milestone of 7 mn sales in 30 years

Kia Sportage has sold more than 7 million units since its launch three decades ago, celebrating the milestone with a special edition of its fifth-ge...

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...

Kakao Piccoma tops in Japanese app market sales in H1 2023

Kakao Piccoma tops in Japanese app market sales in H1 2023

Kakao Piccoma, a Japanese subsidiary of Kakao Japan Corp. and the global leading webtoon platform achieved the top position in the first half of 202...

Naver to unveil AI chatbot Cue: in September 2023

Naver to unveil AI chatbot Cue: in September 2023

South Korea's web portal giant Naver Corp. on Friday announced the lineup and release schedule of services using its hyperscale artificial intellige...

Hyundai Motor to advance future mobility with nanotechnology

Hyundai Motor to advance future mobility with nanotechnology

Hyundai Motor Group, which seeks to pivot from a fast follower to a game changer in the global auto sector, has unveiled advanced materials technolo...

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 ...

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