Hyundai to build Santa Fe hybrid at Alabama plant ahead of schedule
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will manufacture a hybrid version of its signature SUV, the Santa Fe, in Alabama, earlier than p...
Hanmi’s anti-cancer drug Rolontis gets FDA approval; US sale via Spectrum
South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. said on Tuesday that Rolontis, an anti-cancer drug it has jointly developed with its US partner, has ob...
US chipmaking association chief stresses Chip 4 Alliance not about China
John Neuffer, president and CEO of the United States Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), visited South Korea earlier this week on the primary ...
Steelmaker Husteel's operating profit skyrockets 579% in first half
Shares of Husteel, the only public company within the golf course giant Shinan Group, have doubled in price in the last three months. Industry ...
Broadcom not to force S.Korean tech companies on deals
US chipmaker Broadcom Inc. has pledged to cease putting undue pressure on Samsung Electronics Co. and other South Korean tech companies to sign deal...
Polo shirts, classic sports fashion sees revival in Asia
Ralph Lauren Corp., the world-renowned fashion firm that features timeless design and a classic sporty style with its trademark Polo brand, is seein...
LG Elec unveils new NFT platform, aims to turn living room into art gallery
LG Electronics Inc. announced Monday it has launched its very own non-fungible token (NFT) platform, LG Art Lab. Now available in the United St...
Hyundai, Kia post record sales in the US, poised to overtake Toyota
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. saw their monthly car sales rise to record highs in the US where carmakers will soon be ineligible for state subsidi...
Korea resolution on US EV incentives passes parliament
South Korea’s lawmakers on Thursday passed a resolution to officially express its concerns over the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that remo...
SK Ecoplant bets on US battery recycling firm Ascend Elements
South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co., formerly SK Engineering & Construction Co., signed a stock purchase agreement (SPA) on Aug. 31 to invest $5...
Precision Biosensor enters Italy with chemical test kits
South Korea’s diagnostic devices supplier Precision Biosensor Inc. has signed an export contract with Italian medical device company Borden Ch...
Washington, Seoul to hold formal talks on US EV tax credit act
WASHINGTON D.C. – South Korea and the United States have agreed to launch formal negotiations over ways to address the negative impacts of the...
Hankook Tire to spend $1.6 bn on US plant expansion
Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, will invest $1.6 billion to more than double its output in the US, the world&...
LG Energy, Honda to form JV for EV battery production in the US
LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Monday that it reached an agreement with Honda Motor Co. to establish a joint venture company to produce lithiu...
Hyundai asks US state of Georgia for more incentives
Hyundai Motor Co. discussed additional incentives on its planned electric vehicle plant in Georgia with the US state's government as the leading Sou...
Samsung SDI to hasten US battery plant groundbreaking
Samsung SDI Co., the world's sixth-largest battery maker, is set to push forward the start of its plant construction in the US by two months in resp...
Corporate sponsors focus on luxury at Seoul's first Frieze Art Fair
With just three days before the world-renowned Frieze Art Fair launches its inaugural event in Seoul, corporate sponsors are duking it out to outs...
Shinhan Card ties up with FiscalNote for global data biz
Shinhan Card Co. has joined forces with US legal data and analytics company FiscalNote Holdings Inc. to expand its data business into the global mar...
Hyundai Elevator logs first quarterly loss since 1996
Hyundai Elevator Co., South Korea’s No. 1 elevator producer, swung to a quarterly operating loss for the first time since it was listed on the...
Hyundai’s Chung rolls up sleeves to counter US EV tax credit act
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun is off to the US to meet government officials and business leaders as the recently passed Inflation Reduct...
North Korea dismisses South Korea’s move to improve ties as ‘absurd dream’
SEOUL—South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol sought to shake up frothy inter-Korean ties on Monday with what he called an “audacious plan....
Hyundai IONIQ 6 logs record pre-orders in South Korea
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, announced on Tuesday that its first fully electric sedan IONIQ 6 is enjoying record pre-orders...
K-pop, Toyota’s platform for marketing in the US
LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Corp., the top global automaker, showcased its sports cars – the GR86 and the GR Supra – at the Los Angeles ...
SK Ecoplant to supply fuel cells to China’s top data center operator GDS
South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. has forged a partnership with China’s top data center developer and operator GDS to jointly enter the Sout...
Korea may file complaint with WTO against US' Inflation Reduction Act
The South Korean government is considering filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the US' new Inflation Reduction Act (IR...
Korea’s mounting trade deficit knocks won to 13-year low
South Korea’s won has hit the weakest level since the 2008-09 global financial crisis on a mounting trade deficit while growing concerns over ...
Korean chip exports to China rise thirteenfold in 21 years
China was South Korea’s top semiconductor buyer, purchasing 39.7% of overall Korean chip exports in 2021. The percentage increased 13 times ...
China's high entry barriers for Korean films, dramas
“Oh! My Gran” was the only South Korean movie to hit the big screen in China in the past year. It was also the first Korean film to be p...
Tesla sweeps local EV subsidies as Korean firms at disadvantage in US
Tesla Inc. and other US electric vehicle makers are enjoying strong sales in South Korea thanks to government subsidies while the revised US EV tax ...
GM Korea’s outlook gloomy without EV production
General Motors Co. is unlikely to produce electric vehicles in South Korea as it aims to maximize the benefit of the US government’s tax credi...
