SK Inc. in talks to sell Pharmteco’s US CDMO plant to Novo Nordisk

SK Inc. in talks to sell Pharmteco’s US CDMO plant to Novo Nordisk

SK Inc., the holding and investment company of SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, is negotiating to sell a major asset of it...

Hyundai Mobis files 3,000 patents for future car techs over 3 years

Hyundai Mobis files 3,000 patents for future car techs over 3 years

Hyundai Mobis, the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, announced on Tuesday that it published the Sustainability Report 2024, which includ...

KAI inks $1.4 bn supersonic fighter jet mass production deal

KAI inks $1.4 bn supersonic fighter jet mass production deal

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, said on Tuesday it signed a 2 trillion won ($1.4 bil...

HD Hyundai gets global ship cyber security certifications

HD Hyundai gets global ship cyber security certifications

South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. announced on Tuesday that it obtained Approval In Principle (AiP) for its ship cyber security technology from the world...

Hyundai Steel builds global sales network of low-carbon steel

Hyundai Steel builds global sales network of low-carbon steel

South Korea’s Hyundai Steel Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with European customers to sell low-ca...

LG Uplus launches generative AI ixi-GEN

LG Uplus launches generative AI ixi-GEN

South Korean major mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. officially launched its generative artificial intelligence model ixi-GEN on Tuesday, joining its bi...

Hanwha Life Financial Services gets A+ credit rating

Hanwha Life Financial Services gets A+ credit rating

South Korea's Hanwha Life Financial Services said on Tuesday it received an A+ (Stable) credit rating from Korea Ratings, becoming the first domes...

Doosan emerges as darling in Korea’s BBB bond market

Doosan emerges as darling in Korea’s BBB bond market

Doosan Co. is poised to raise up to 80 billion won ($58 million) in bond sales this week following its credit rating upgrade as the holding company ...

Samsung Electronics builds Red Hat-certified CXL infrastructure

Samsung Electronics builds Red Hat-certified CXL infrastructure

Samsung Electronics Co. has set up the industry’s first Compute Express Link (CXL) infrastructure, certified by Red Hat Inc., the world’...

S.Korea’s travel payment card market competition heats up

S.Korea’s travel payment card market competition heats up

Competition in the South Korean travel payment card market intensified as increasing overseas trips and cross-border shopping prompted credit card i...

Hyundai to transform Jeonju plant into hydrogen vehicle hub

Hyundai to transform Jeonju plant into hydrogen vehicle hub

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, will transform its commercial vehicle plant in the country into the manufacturing hub for its ...

Booming AI industry boosts chip packaging equipment makers

Booming AI industry boosts chip packaging equipment makers

Global chip packaging equipment manufacturers are enjoying surging demand and skyrocketing share prices thanks to the rapid growth of the artificial...

Korean seafood giant Sajo acquires Foodist for $181 million

Korean seafood giant Sajo acquires Foodist for $181 million

Sajo Group, a South Korean seafood and fisheries conglomerate, has acquired Foodist Co., a domestic food ingredient and catering service provider, f...

LG Display bets big on Tandem OLED in AI computing era

LG Display bets big on Tandem OLED in AI computing era

LG Display Co., the world’s top organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV panel maker, is raising the stakes in Tandem OLED technology to stay ah...

E-Mart24 opens first store in Cambodia

E-Mart24 opens first store in Cambodia

South Korea's convenience store chain E-Mart24 Inc. announced on Sunday that it opened its first store in Boeung Keng Kang, a bustling district of P...

LG Innotek eyes $1.4 bn in automotive sensor sales by 2030

LG Innotek eyes $1.4 bn in automotive sensor sales by 2030

LG Innotek Co., South Korea’s leading mobile camera module maker, is upping the ante to lead the automotive sensing market with high-performan...

Hyundai Glovis enters LNG transport business with Woodside Scarlet Ibis

Hyundai Glovis enters LNG transport business with Woodside Scarlet Ibis

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is entering the liquefied natural gas transportation business wit...

K-Sure to support Korean firms' participation in Vietnam's gas project

K-Sure to support Korean firms' participation in Vietnam's gas project

Korea Trade Insurance Corp. (K-Sure) announced that it will leverage medium- and long-term financial support to assist domestic companies in partici...

Hanwha acquires $100 million Philly Shipyard for US market debut

Hanwha acquires $100 million Philly Shipyard for US market debut

South Korean chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha has signed a $100 million deal to acquire a 100% stake in Philly Shipyard Inc., becoming the f...

SK asks KDB for further funding before drastic restructuring

SK asks KDB for further funding before drastic restructuring

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest business group in terms of total assets, has asked the country’s state-run Korea Development Bank...

Affirma Capital seeks to sell entire stake in both SeAH FS, S&G Holdings

Affirma Capital seeks to sell entire stake in both SeAH FS, S&G Holdings

Affirma Capital, a Singapore-based buyout private equity firm, is seeking to sell its entire stake in both South Korean steel tube maker SeAH FS and...

Hyundai Motor debuts 2025 Avante with improved cluster space use

Hyundai Motor debuts 2025 Avante with improved cluster space use

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it has launched the updated model of the compact sedan, 2025 Avante, and has begun full-scale sales.Sin...

HD Hyundai Infracore secures order for 39 excavators in Turkiye

HD Hyundai Infracore secures order for 39 excavators in Turkiye

South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. announced on Thursday that it has recently secured an order for 39 large excavators under its Develon brand f...

Hyundai E&C to build S.Korea's first nuclear-linked hydrogen plant

Hyundai E&C to build S.Korea's first nuclear-linked hydrogen plant

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) will lead a consortium to build the nation's first hydrogen production fa...

SK Innovation looks to merge with SK E&S for organic growth

SK Innovation looks to merge with SK E&S for organic growth

SK Innovation Co., the parent of South Korea’s largest oil refiner SK Energy Co. and battery maker SK On Co., is looking to merge with energy ...

Hanwha Aerospace closes in on Romania’s howitzer deal

Hanwha Aerospace closes in on Romania’s howitzer deal

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s major aerospace and defense system developer, is highly expected to bag a $920 million contract to supply ...

S.Korea's Handsome opens global flagship store System Paris

S.Korea's Handsome opens global flagship store System Paris

South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will open its first global flagship store System and System Homme Paris i...

Hyundai Rotem unveils 4th-gen unmanned military vehicle, HR-Sherpa

Hyundai Rotem unveils 4th-gen unmanned military vehicle, HR-Sherpa

South Korea's Hyundai Rotem Co. unveiled the 4th generation HR-Sherpa, a multipurpose unmanned vehicle designed for military operations.The latest H...

South Korea climbs to 20th on IMD national competitiveness list

South Korea climbs to 20th on IMD national competitiveness list

South Korea’s national competitiveness ranking climbed eight notches to its highest-ever 20th thanks to a leap in the country’s business...

Catering firm Ourhome taps founding family’s eldest daughter as CEO

Catering firm Ourhome taps founding family’s eldest daughter as CEO

The eldest daughter of catering service provider Ourhome Ltd.’s founding family, Koo Mi-hyun, was on Tuesday appointed chief executive of the ...

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