KAI signs $3 bn fighter jet export contract with Poland

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s military aircraft manufacturer, has inked a formal deal worth $3 billion to export light ...

Ford CEO heads to Korea to discuss EV tax credit with LG Energy, SK On

Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Jim Parley will visit South Korea early next week to meet with chief executives of its battery suppliers LG Energy So...

Korea lags peer nations in robot industry

South Korea’s competitiveness in the robot industry is among the world’s lowest even though the country is one of the largest buyers of ...

South Korea bans L&F from building a battery material plant in US

The South Korean government has banned L&F Co., a battery materials maker, from building a new plant in the US amid a controversy over the Infla...

Tumbling Korean won increases corporate debt burden

The South Korean won extended its losses to hit its weakest level since the 2008-09 global financial crisis on Wednesday, pressured by higher-than-e...

EV materials maker EcoPro tops the buy list of Korean stocks

Shares in EcoPro BM Co., a cathode material maker used in electric vehicle batteries, topped the list of South Korean stocks, for which an increased...

SK allots 40% of local spending to non-capital areas

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate after Samsung, will funnel 67 trillion won ($48 billion), or about 40% of its 2022-2026 do...

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...

LG Group revs up EV charging businesses to lead burgeoning sector

LG Group affiliates, notably LG Electronics Inc. and LG Uplus Corp., are entering the electric vehicle (EV) charging business in full force. In...

Typhoon Hinnamnor shuts all POSCO furnaces for 1st time in 49 years

POHANG, North Gyeongsang Province – POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s steel giant, said on Wednesday it has shut...

Korea may limit NPS power on shareholder derivative suits

South Korea may keep the National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest such fund, from increasing its power for shareholder deriva...

LG Uplus' K-pop idol platform goes global via smart TVs

Fans of K-pop idols such as boyband sensation BTS and girl group Blackpink will be able to enjoy their live performances through smart TVs at home a...

Hyundai Mobis to debut Detroit Auto Show with advanced EV technology

South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. will showcase its latest electric vehicle-related technology at this year’s North A...

Korea PE firms to buy FCCL maker NexFlex at $463 mn

South Korean private equity firms are set to take over NexFlex Co., the country’s largest manufacturer of flexible copper-clad laminates (FCCL...

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...

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...

LG Chem to build carbon nanotube Plant 4 for EV batteries

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s chemicals giant, is set to build the world’s largest single-line carbon nanotube (CNT) manufacturing plant i...

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...

Only 1% of car parts makers in S.Korea feel ready for transition to EVs

The automotive industry around the globe is rapidly transitioning from the manufacturing sector to the digital arena. That is, from an internal...

Hyundai, Hanwha ink $5.8 bn defense deals with Poland

South Korea’s defense makers Hyundai Rotem Co. and Hanwha Defense signed formal contracts worth $5.8 billion to export battle tanks and self-p...

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...

POSCO builds EV battery recycling plant in Poland

South Korea’s POSCO Holdings has built a rechargeable battery recycling plant in Poland, in line with Europe’s tougher regulations on ba...

Demand for Samsung foldables keeps smartphone parts makers busy

Smartphone parts suppliers to Samsung Electronics Co. are running their plants at full capacity as the South Korean tech giant’s latest fold...

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...

Korea targets Tesla, imported EVs with new subsidy policy

South Korea is planning to set up a new subsidy policy for electric vehicle purchases, which will be commensurate to the EV makers’ after-sale...

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...

Hyundai Motor, LG Energy secure $710 mn for battery JV in Indonesia

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. have secured $710 million from financial institutions overseas to ...