Hyundai Motor launches robotaxi service in upscale Gangnam district

Hyundai Motor launches robotaxi service in upscale Gangnam district

City governments, automakers, and tech giants are leading the adoption of robotaxis in major cities throughout South Korea.  The Ministry of L...

POSCO wins shareholder support to launch holding firm

POSCO wins shareholder support to launch holding firm

South Korea's POSCO Co. will transform into a holding company structure on Mar. 2, after its plan to split itself into a holding firm and a steelmak...

Hyundai Engineering drops IPO plan on stock market weakness

Hyundai Engineering drops IPO plan on stock market weakness

Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, dropped a listing plan to raise up ...

German urban logistics and light industrial assets promising, DLE says

German urban logistics and light industrial assets promising, DLE says

The pandemic has brought logistical real estate and infrastructure into the spotlight driven by long-term underlying e-commerce trends. It is advant...

HDC Hyundai eyes over $800 mn in loans after fatal accident

HDC Hyundai eyes over $800 mn in loans after fatal accident

South Korea's HDC Hyundai Development Co. plans to raise more than 1 trillion won ($832 million) in funding backed by its real estate holdings as th...

Hyundai Rotem to mass produce hydrogen extractors

Hyundai Rotem to mass produce hydrogen extractors

South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem is set to start in February mass production of hydrogen extractors that derive hydrogen from natural gas as it aim...

Hyosung's operaing profit reaches record $2 bn last year

Hyosung's operaing profit reaches record $2 bn last year

Hyosung Group’s annual operating profit exceeded two trillion won ($1.9 billion) for the first time since the company was founded in 1966.Loca...

Hyundai Engineering CEO: To spend $1.3 bn on green projects with IPO

Hyundai Engineering CEO: To spend $1.3 bn on green projects with IPO

Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to spend as much as 1.5 trill...

Hyundai Motor vows $7.7 billion investment after record 2021 revenue

Hyundai Motor vows $7.7 billion investment after record 2021 revenue

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Tuesday it will spend a record 9.2 trillion won ($7.7 billion) this year to ramp up facilities for electric cars and other...

NPS approves POSCO's split into holding firm, steelmaker unit

NPS approves POSCO's split into holding firm, steelmaker unit

The National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea, the largest shareholder of POSCO Co., has given its nod to the steelmaking giant’s plan to spli...

Hyundai, Kia lead rivals in 2022 US best car awards

Hyundai, Kia lead rivals in 2022 US best car awards

Hyundai Motor Group’s major auto brands have won a record number of best car awards by the U.S. News & World Report in recognition of thei...

Lotte acquires Ministop Korea for $260 mn from Aeon

Lotte acquires Ministop Korea for $260 mn from Aeon

South Korea's Lotte Group has agreed to acquire a 100% stake in Ministop Korea for 313.4 billion won ($263 million), the country's fifth-largest con...

Hyundai Samho Heavy says no delay to 2022 IPO

Hyundai Samho Heavy says no delay to 2022 IPO

South Korea's Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. this week reaffirmed its plan to go public by the end of this year, as agreed with its pre-IPO inve...

Proxy advisors recommend NPS vote for POSCO split-off

Proxy advisors recommend NPS vote for POSCO split-off

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the largest shareholder of POSCO Co., was recommended by all its four proxy advisors to vote for the s...

Hanmi, other chip machine makers to benefit from TSMC capex hike

Hanmi, other chip machine makers to benefit from TSMC capex hike

Hanmi Semiconductor Co., a chip equipment supplier to global foundry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), has posted record profit ...

Doosan to build Saudi Arabia's largest steel casting plant

Doosan to build Saudi Arabia's largest steel casting plant

Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co., South Korea's power plant components supplier, signed a preliminary agreement on Wednesday to build Sa...

Hyundai to offer auto finance in France to boost Europe vehicle sales

Hyundai to offer auto finance in France to boost Europe vehicle sales

Hyundai Capital Services Inc., a financial services subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, and CGI Finance, a unit of Societe Generale Group, have launc...

Hyundai Engineering’s new business keywords: Hydrogen, mini reactors

Hyundai Engineering’s new business keywords: Hydrogen, mini reactors

Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is reorganizing its business struct...

Hana jointly acquires Boston-based multifamily for $262 mn

Hana jointly acquires Boston-based multifamily for $262 mn

 Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. and a US asset manager acquired a tower of luxury multifamily housing assets in Seaport Boulevard, Bost...

Collapsed merger’s silver lining: More cash for Hyundai Heavy

Collapsed merger’s silver lining: More cash for Hyundai Heavy

The European Commission’s rejection of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.'s proposed merger with crosstown rival Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine En...

DoubleU invests $1.5 million in Epic Games

DoubleU invests $1.5 million in Epic Games

South Korea’s DoubleU Games Co. announced Friday that its subsidiary DoubleDown Interactive LLC invested $1.5 million in North Carolina-base...

Hyundai Heavy, DSME merger falls through on EU veto

Hyundai Heavy, DSME merger falls through on EU veto

The European Commission on Thursday vetoed the combination of the world’s two largest shipbuilders Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Daewoo Shi...

Hyundai Motor aims to triple Genesis G90 sales by 2023

Hyundai Motor aims to triple Genesis G90 sales by 2023

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday it aims to triple the global sale of the Genesis G90 over the next couple of years by launching the flagship luxu...

Motional to begin robotaxi dispatch next year

Motional to begin robotaxi dispatch next year

US-based autonomous vehicle company Motional Inc. announced its plans for the commercialization of driverless cars based on the all-electric Hyundai...

Baillie Gifford, Allianz increase holdings in 3D tech firm Koh Young

Baillie Gifford, Allianz increase holdings in 3D tech firm Koh Young

Global asset managers are increasing shareholdings in Koh Young Technology Inc., Korea’s leading 3D image measurement tech firm listed ...

POSCO logs record profit on steel supercycle in 2021

POSCO logs record profit on steel supercycle in 2021

POSCO Co., the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, reported record earnings in 2021, adding to the bullish outlook, as China sustained a policy ...

Coupang to shake up Korea’s logistics industry landscape

Coupang to shake up Korea’s logistics industry landscape

South Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. is looking to tap into the country’s logistics industry, shaking up the sector, while market...

WeMade under fire for massive clandestine WEMIX cryptocurrency sale

WeMade under fire for massive clandestine WEMIX cryptocurrency sale

WeMade Co., a South Korean video game developer, has come under criticism for the massive unnoticed selling of its cryptocurrency WEMIX, allegedly i...

Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant: World’s second most productive

Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant: World’s second most productive

Hyundai Motor Co.'s US manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Alabama is the world’s second most productive assembly plant, contributing to the So...

Hyundai E&C to inject $343 mn in Hilton Seoul redevelopment

Hyundai E&C to inject $343 mn in Hilton Seoul redevelopment

  Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), a construction giant under Hyundai Motor Company, will invest 409.9 billion wo...

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