Tokio Marine seeks to sell SE Asia units to S.Korean companies

Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. is seeking to sell its units in Southeast Asia for $1 billion to major South Korean companies looking fo...

Cruise ship from China to visit S.Korea's Jeju Island on Aug. 31

Reservations for cruise ships visiting South Korea's Jeju Island are flooding in amid China's resumption of all group tours to its neighboring cou...

Hanwha Group gears up for foray into aviation industry

South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group is preparing a bid for domestic low-cost carrier (LCC) Fly Gangwon under court pr...

SK Hynix ships DRAM with world’s largest capacity to Oppo

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, supplied DRAM chips with the industry’s largest capacity for mobile devices ...

Hanwha, Shell join S.Korea-Malaysia carbon capture project

Korea National Oil Corp., Hanwha Corp., Air Liquide Korea and Shell have become the latest entities to join the Shepherd CCS project, a major cross-...

MSCI Korea Index adds EcoPro, Hanwha Ocean, drops Emart

Four stocks, including EcoPro Co., have been added to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Korea Index, and two have been removed.MSCI, a...

POSCO changes brand slogan for first time in 23 years

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding firm of South Korea’s largest steelmaker, on Wednesday announced a new brand slogan, “Green Tomorrow, w...

Hyundai Glovis to secure additional 12 car transport vessels by 2025

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to secure an additional 12 vehicle transport vessels by 202...

S.Korean transformers invade US market on surging demand

South Korea’s heavy electrical equipment makers are expanding their presence in the US, the world’s second-largest electricity consumer,...

CJ Logistics teams up with world’s No. 7 shipping company ONE

South Korea's largest parcel delivery service CJ Logistics on Thursday said it signed a strategic partnership deal with Japan’s Ocean Network ...

Hanwha Aerospace ventures into eco-friendly ship market

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. announced on Thursday that it has completed the development of a megawatt-hour (MWh) energy storage system (ESS)....

Korea's SM buys shipping line HMM shares ahead of bidding

South Korea’s SM Group has increased its ownership in HMM Co., the country’s top container shipping line. The 30th-largest conglomerate ...

Kia America’s new normal: Record car sales month after month

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, has been dismissed as the weaker sibling or smaller sister firm of Hyundai Motor Co., the c...

Samsung’s Bespoke Jet AI sweeps global acclaim

Bespoke Jet AI, the cordless stick vacuum cleaner of Samsung Electronics Co., continues to receive international recognition for its superior techno...

Hanwha to turn Seoul landmark into modern art hub

Standing 249 meters (817 feet) high, 63 SQUARE, well known as the 63 Building to older generations, was once the tallest building in Seoul until it ...

Hanwha Aerospace, KAIST to jointly develop off-road self-driving techs

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have launched a joint project to develop off-r...

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 ...

Hanwha poised to secure Australian armored vehicle deal

Hanwha Aerospace Co. has taken a step closer to clinching an Australian armored vehicle supply contract as the government chose the South Korean def...

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...

ISTE to develop eco-friendly hydrogen with British company

An innovative South Korean small business has secured technology to simultaneously produce eco-friendly hydrogen and cathode materials for secondary...

Hanwha Aerospace to develop fighter jet engine materials

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. is set to develop fighter jet engine materials able to resist flames of more than 1,500 degrees Celsius, wh...

Nearly all HMM ships meet int'l CO2 rules

South Korea’s No. 1 container transportation and shipping service HMM Co., Ltd on Monday said the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), which meas...

Alibaba launches express ships to S.Korea as orders surge

Alibaba.com, China’s largest online marketplace, launched an express cargo ship service between South Korea and China this week to meet a surg...

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&...

Hanwha Q Cells pursues next-gen energy solutions other than solar

Lee Koo-yung, CEO of the solar power unit Qcells Division (Hanwha Q Cells) of South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp., on Monday said, "We will go beyo...

EcoPro, Hanwha Ocean, JYP among top MSCI inclusion candidates

EcoPro Co., Hanwha Ocean Co., JYP Entertainment Corp. and Kumyang Co. are the top candidates for inclusion in the MSCI Korea Index when the global s...

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...

S.Korea’s car exports hit H1 record high on brisk EV sales

South Korea’s automobile export value in the first six months of this year hit the highest-ever $35.7 billion for a half-year period, mainly d...

Korea Zinc ties up with SK, Hanwha for Aussie green ammonia

Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, has joined hands with SK Gas Ltd. and Hanwha Impact Corp. for the green ammonia bu...

Secondhand LNG carrier prices hit record high; prospects rosy

Prices of secondhand liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers are flying high, close to new LNG ship prices, amid tighter environmental regulations and ...