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...

SM Group to buy HMM but not for over $3.5 bn: SM Chair Woo

SM Group to buy HMM but not for over $3.5 bn: SM Chair Woo

SM Group has enough financial ammunition to buy the country’s No. 1 container shipping line HMM Co. but would not join the bid for the latter&...

Lotte Group's Shin stresses unlearning as key to innovation

Lotte Group's Shin stresses unlearning as key to innovation

Disregarding existing ways and being open to new opportunities are challenging in South Korea’s large conglomerates, where a strict corporate ...

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...

Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer

Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer

Match Group Inc., operating online dating and chat platforms like Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid in some 40 languages, has appointed its subsidiary Hyper...

SK Group chair sees semiconductor rebound in 6 mths to 1 yr

SK Group chair sees semiconductor rebound in 6 mths to 1 yr

The semiconductor industry may be at the bottom of its cycle and is likely to turn around in six months to one year, in tandem with an expected econ...

SK Telecom, Hana Financial Group jointly nurture AI startups

SK Telecom, Hana Financial Group jointly nurture AI startups

SK Telecom Co. and Hana Financial Group are strengthening their collaboration in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). They are jointly fosteri...

SM Entertainment founder invests in Chinese drone maker

SM Entertainment founder invests in Chinese drone maker

Lee Soo-man, founder and former executive producer of South Korea's SM Entertainment Co., has reportedly made a huge investment in the Chinese self-...

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...

KHNP participates in Australian green cement project

KHNP participates in Australian green cement project

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) will participate in the South Australia green cement transition project, which aims to produce green hydr...

Genesis rewrites Hyundai story, shedding Honda copycat image

Genesis rewrites Hyundai story, shedding Honda copycat image

Once dismissed as a Honda copycat, Hyundai Motor Co. is poised to pass yet antother milestone, with its luxury brand Genesis on track to top 1 milli...

KB Financial pursues glocalization in Southeast Asia

KB Financial pursues glocalization in Southeast Asia

KB Financial Group Chairman and Chief Executive Yoon Jong-kyoo brought up “glocalization” as a key strategy for its global expansion at ...

SGC Group slapped with over $7.7 mn fine for unfair internal trade

SGC Group slapped with over $7.7 mn fine for unfair internal trade

The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed a fine of more than 10 billion won ($7.7 million) on SGC Group companies for unfair internal transaction...

Samyang Foods Group rebrands as Samyang Roundsquare

Samyang Foods Group rebrands as Samyang Roundsquare

South Korea's food-oriented Samyang Foods Group said on Monday it rebranded the group and the holding company Samyang Naturals Co.'s name as Samyang...

LG Group seeks new partners in Silicon Valley’s startup scene

LG Group seeks new partners in Silicon Valley’s startup scene

South Korea’s LG Group seeks new partnerships with global ventures to strengthen its new growth engines, such as batteries, biopharmaceuticals...

S.Korean oil refiner GS Caltex accelerates advance into cosmetics biz

S.Korean oil refiner GS Caltex accelerates advance into cosmetics biz

GS Caltex Corp., South Korea’s second-largest oil refiner, is expediting its advance into the cosmetics industry as part of its green transfor...

HD Hyundai Infracore targets eco-friendly equipment market

HD Hyundai Infracore targets eco-friendly equipment market

HD Hyundai Infracore Co., a construction equipment unit of South Korea’s HD Hyundai Group, is set to make inroads into the eco-friendly sector...

SK supports memorial monument honoring Korean War figures

 SK supports memorial monument honoring Korean War figures

South Korea's SK Group announced on Thursday its support for the construction of a memorial monument honoring the late Colonel William E. Weber and ...

SK Group to host global forum in Silicon Valley

SK Group to host global forum in Silicon Valley

The top executives of South Korea's SK Innovation Co. and SK Hynix Inc. will discuss future growth strategies with outstanding global talent in Sili...

POSCO targets robotic automation solutions for new growth

POSCO targets robotic automation solutions for new growth

SEONGNAM, Gyeonggi Province -- POSCO DX Co., the IT services subsidiary of South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO Group, aims to enter the rob...

Hyundai Group chief calls on PE firm help to defend against Schindler

Hyundai Group chief calls on PE firm help to defend against Schindler

South Korea’s conglomerate Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun is seeking money from a local private equity firm to defend the management ...

Hanwha Ocean's hiring shows shipbuilding's competition for talent

Hanwha Ocean's hiring shows shipbuilding's competition for talent

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co., formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), is showing the intense hiring battle in shipbuildi...

LG Group to launch global strategy center in July

LG Group to launch global strategy center in July

LG Group will reportedly launch next month a global strategy center to analyze business trends abroad and devise responses.Industry sources on Sunda...

Hyundai's journey from the Pony to world's No.3 carmaker

Hyundai's journey from the Pony to world's No.3 carmaker

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. will open its first retrospective exhibition this week, chronicling its 50-year-long journey from its start as...

South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator applies AI to boost customer convenience

South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator applies AI to boost customer convenience

"Miri is a leading example of digital transformation in the elevator sector that raises a notch service speed and customer convenience. Let’s ...

S.Korea's Mirae Asset, Hana Financial Group form security token tie-up

S.Korea's Mirae Asset, Hana Financial Group form security token tie-up

South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities on Thursday said it signed an agreement with Hana Financial Group on the security token consortium Next Finance...

POSCO Group, SKC to jointly develop lithium metal cathode material

POSCO Group, SKC to jointly develop lithium metal cathode material

South Korea’s POSCO Group and SKC will jointly develop a dream lithium metal cathode material for commercialization by 2026 under a strategy t...

DB Group, T&T Group sign agreement for business corporation

DB Group, T&T Group sign agreement for business corporation

DB Group, South Korea's conglomerate, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for business collaboration with Vi...

Doosan Group to show hydrogen turbine model in Busan

Doosan Group to show hydrogen turbine model in Busan

Doosan Group companies including Doosan Enerbility Co., Doosan Fuel Cell and Doosan Fuel Cell Power will participate in the upcoming "World Climate ...

Fifty Fifty longest K-pop girl group to stay on Billboard Hot 100

Fifty Fifty longest K-pop girl group to stay on Billboard Hot 100

Fifty Fifty has stayed on the US Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks, setting a new record for the longest stay by a K-pop girl group.Accor...

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