CJ integrates AI infrastructure and data to launch CJ AI center

CJ integrates AI infrastructure and data to launch CJ AI center

CJ Corp. launched an artificial intelligence center Wednesday, which it hopes will lead the conglomerate's digital innovation. The new CJ AI Cente...

Hyundai Motor expands partnership with quantum computing firm IonQ

 Hyundai Motor expands partnership with quantum computing firm IonQ

IonQ and Hyundai Motor Co. announced a new project on Wednesday designed to apply quantum machine learning to image classification and 3D object det...

Samsung Elec's ex-M&A head to extend clout in Samsung Group

Samsung Elec's ex-M&A head to extend clout in Samsung Group

Ahn Joonghyun, who led Samsung Electronics Co.'s high-profile M&A deals for nearly nine years, was promoted to a president-level position to hea...

Hyundai Motor enters metaverse sphere in tie-up with Meta Kongz

Hyundai Motor enters metaverse sphere in tie-up with Meta Kongz

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has announced its foray into the non-fungible token market in partnership with Meta Kongz, an NF...

One Store refiles IPO application, changing peer group list

One Store refiles IPO application, changing peer group list

One Store Co., investment firm SK Square Co.'s homegrown app store, is gearing up for an initial public offering to be held in May. The local app st...

LG Energy-led group to set up $9 bn Indonesia battery value chain

LG Energy-led group to set up $9 bn Indonesia battery value chain

A consortium led by LG Energy Solution Ltd., the global No. 2 electric vehicle battery maker, will invest $9 billion in a battery value chain in Ind...

Hilton Seoul to transform into UAM landing area

Hilton Seoul to transform into UAM landing area

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) plans to build the country's first landing area for urban air mobility (U...

Korea shipbuilders shine in cloudy stock market on strong orders

Korea shipbuilders shine in cloudy stock market on strong orders

South Korean shipbuilders’ shares stood high in the subdued local stock market as strong order books stoked predictions of earnings improvemen...

IONIQ 5 emerges as EV game changer with industry accolades

IONIQ 5 emerges as EV game changer with industry accolades

NEW YORK – Hyundai Motor Co.'s all-electric IONIQ 5 crossover has been named the World Car of the Year following a series of recent indus...

LS Group may raise stake in LS-Nikko Copper to 90%

LS Group may raise stake in LS-Nikko Copper to 90%

South Korea's LS Group is considering buying an additional stake in LS-Nikko Copper Inc. to boost its stake in the world’s second-largest elec...

Hyundai to build EVs at US plant; Electrified GV70 to roll out in Dec.

Hyundai to build EVs at US plant; Electrified GV70 to roll out in Dec.

NEW YORK – Hyundai Motor Co. is spending $300 million to add an electric vehicle production line to its manufacturing plant in Alabama as the ...

Hyundai’s Chung named auto industry Visionary of the Year

Hyundai’s Chung named auto industry Visionary of the Year

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun was named the automobile industry's Visionary of the Year by Newsweek, which credited him for driving tran...

Hyundai to tackle EV rivals head on at New York auto show

Hyundai to tackle EV rivals head on at New York auto show

NEW YORK – Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. are set to fully unveil their redesigned vehicles at the upcoming New York Auto Show ...

Hyundai Motor unveils new EV charging platform to take on Tesla

Hyundai Motor unveils new EV charging platform to take on Tesla

Hyundai Motor Co. on Monday unveiled a new electric vehicle charging service platform as the top South Korean automaker takes on global rival Tesla ...

Samsung Group hires governance expert for unprecedented reorganization

Samsung Group hires governance expert for unprecedented reorganization

Samsung Electronics Co. has hired a 20-year governance veteran for its much-awaited corporate governance restructuring, according to those familia...

Ssangyong Motor sale likely a duel between KG Group, Ssangbangwool

Ssangyong Motor sale likely a duel between KG Group, Ssangbangwool

The sale of troubled sport utility vehicle maker Ssangyong Motor Co. is likely to be a duel between chemicals conglomerate KG Group and SBW Group, a...

Dongwon Industries becomes new holding firm of seafood conglomerate

Dongwon Industries becomes new holding firm of seafood conglomerate

Dongwon Group, South Korea’s leading seafood and logistics conglomerate, will undergo corporate restructuring with Dongwon Industries Co. emer...

KG Group, Cactus PE to join race for Ssangyong Motor

KG Group, Cactus PE to join race for Ssangyong Motor

South Korea’s KG Group, a chemicals conglomerate, and Cactus Private Equity, are joining the race for Ssangyong Motor Co., up for sale again n...

Hyundai Motor, Kia rank fifth in global electric vehicle sales

Hyundai Motor, Kia rank fifth in global electric vehicle sales

South Korea’s two largest automakers, Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., ranked fifth in terms of electric vehicle sales, which posted triple-di...

Philippines LCS Group buys Korea’s special purpose vessel maker

Philippines LCS Group buys Korea’s special purpose vessel maker

The Philippines’ LCS Group of Companies bought a South Korean special purpose vessel maker as it aims to supply defense products to the Southe...

Hyundai, Kia outperform competitors in US in Q1

Hyundai, Kia outperform competitors in US in Q1

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., automaking units of Hyundai Motor Group, logged a smaller decline in US car sales than their global competitors in ...

Two SK Group arms unveil lower-than-expected IPO guidance

Two SK Group arms unveil lower-than-expected IPO guidance

SK Shieldus Co. and One Store Co., two units of South Korea's SK Square Co., submitted their initial public offering applications on Thursday to rai...

Hyundai Motor shares set to rebound after hitting trough

Hyundai Motor shares set to rebound after hitting trough

South Korean top automaker Hyundai Motor Co.'s shares are poised for a rebound. On March 30, the stock rose by 2.55% to 181,000 won ($149.46), 11.73...

Hyundai E&C, Holtec sign nuclear power plant decommissioning deal

Hyundai E&C, Holtec sign nuclear power plant decommissioning deal

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. is tapping into the US nuclear power plant dismantlement market by expanding its partnership with Holtec ...

SK Lubricants invests $25 mn in US liquid immersion cooling firm

SK Lubricants invests $25 mn in US liquid immersion cooling firm

SK Lubricants Co., the world’s largest lube base oil supplier, invested $25 million in a US liquid immersion cooling solutions provider for da...

NongHyup Life to issue $493 mn in subordinated bonds

NongHyup Life to issue $493 mn in subordinated bonds

NongHyup Life Insurance Co. of South Korea is slated to issue 10-year-maturity subordinated bonds worth 600 billion won ($492.6 million) on March 31...

HD Hyundai files complaint against EU's veto of DSME merger

HD Hyundai files complaint against EU's veto of DSME merger

HD Hyundai, formerly known as Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co., has filed a complaint against the European Commission, the executive body of th...

KTB rebrands with name change as Daol Financial Group

KTB rebrands with name change as Daol Financial Group

Daol Financial Group of South Korea, formerly known as KTB Financial Group, announced on March 25 the change in the company's name. Daol, a Korean w...

Lotte Group’s confectionery and food shares jump 5% on merger news

Lotte Group’s confectionery and food shares jump 5% on merger news

Shares of both Lotte Confectionery and Lotte Food rose more than 5% Thursday on expectations of synergy effects from their upcoming merger. A d...

SK E&S buys EverCharge to enter US EV charging market

SK E&S buys EverCharge to enter US EV charging market

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. acquired US electric vehicle charging solution provider EverCharge Inc. to start the business in the world’...

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