AI medical software company Lunit to open subsidiary in Europe

AI medical software company Lunit to open subsidiary in Europe

South Korea's Lunit, an artificial intelligence (AI) medical software company, on Friday said its board meeting held on the previous day decided to ...

Igaworks partners with Vietnam’s Clever Group to supply data platform

Igaworks partners with Vietnam’s Clever Group to supply data platform

South Korean big data platform company Igaworks said on Thursday it has signed a contract and strategic alliance deal with Vietnam’s largest m...

Hanwha Group buys HSD Engine for $175.9 million

Hanwha Group buys HSD Engine for $175.9 million

South Korea's Hanwha Group will acquire ship engine maker HSD Engine in a move to shore up its shipbuilding unit following the conglomerate's takeov...

Hanwha Solutions projects over $778 mn operating profit in 2023

Hanwha Solutions projects over $778 mn operating profit in 2023

Hanwha Solutions Corp. projects its operating profit for this year would exceed 1 trillion won ($778 million) on an anticipated solar energy boom in...

Ssangyong Motor gets certification for cyber security in Europe

Ssangyong Motor gets certification for cyber security in Europe

SsangYong Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it has received certification for its European cyber security management system (CSMS). This certific...

Hyundai Mobis ramps up patent development for future mobility tech

Hyundai Mobis ramps up patent development for future mobility tech

Hyundai Mobis, a South Korean auto parts maker and a key affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Thursday that it filed more than 3,000 patents la...

POSCO affiliates mull name changes to represent green push

POSCO affiliates mull name changes to represent green push

South Korean steel giant POSCO Group is considering changing the name of some of its affiliates in a move to rebrand them as sustainable materials a...

SM puts cash cows up for sale as conflict with founder heats up

SM puts cash cows up for sale as conflict with founder heats up

SM Entertainment Co., mired in conflict with its founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man, is seeking to sell its shares in three key arms, wor...

POSCO Int'l's pharmaceutical biz in Sudan attains No. 2 market ranking

POSCO Int'l's pharmaceutical biz in Sudan attains No. 2 market ranking

A pharmaceutical company in Sudan set up by South Korea's POSCO International to find business opportunities in and make social contributions to the...

Hyundai Motor units mull dropping 'Hyundai' from company names

Hyundai Motor units mull dropping 'Hyundai' from company names

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group is considering dropping the word “Hyundai” from the names of its subsidiaries such as auto parts...

SK Biopharm holds sales meeting for marketing Cenobamate in US

SK Biopharm holds sales meeting for marketing Cenobamate in US

On Wednesday, SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. announced that its US subsidiary, SK Life Sciences Inc., held a "National Sales Meeting" in San Diego. The p...

Samsung Elec launches motor HR development track with sci-tech school

Samsung Elec launches motor HR development track with sci-tech school

Samsung Electronics Co. and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) will jointly develop human resources to advance motor technology, the...

KAI expects 2023 sales to grow by a third, driven by fighter jets

KAI expects 2023 sales to grow by a third, driven by fighter jets

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, said on Wednesday it aims to achieve 3.83 trillion w...

KT Group signs MOUs with Mongolian firms to explore joint opportunities

KT Group signs MOUs with Mongolian firms to explore joint opportunities

South Korea's KT Group has signed multiple memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the Mongolian government and economic delegation to explore pote...

AMCHAM head James Kim joins Hyundai Mobis as outside director

AMCHAM head James Kim joins Hyundai Mobis as outside director

James Kim, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM), is joining South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co....

Vaxcell-Bio, Cellid sign MOU to build cancer immunotherapy platform

Vaxcell-Bio, Cellid sign MOU to build cancer immunotherapy platform

Vaxcell-Bio Therapeutics, a South Korean company specializing in anti-cancer immunotherapy, announced on Wednesday its partnership with Cellid Co. t...

S.Korea's Hyundai Genuine opens parts distribution center in Jakarta

S.Korea's Hyundai Genuine opens parts distribution center in Jakarta

Hyundai Construction Equipment Co., the machinery parts-making subsidiary of South Korea's Hyundai Genuine, on Wednesday said it recently opened a p...

Hyundai Transys bolsters ESG fair trade compliance program

Hyundai Transys bolsters ESG fair trade compliance program

Hyundai Transys, an auto parts unit of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it is enhancing its voluntary fair trade compliance program ...

Hyundai Steel co-hosts symposium on low-carbon construction materials

Hyundai Steel co-hosts symposium on low-carbon construction materials

Hyundai Steel has joined hands with the construction industry to increase the recycling of steel byproducts.On Tuesday, the steel maker organized a ...

Plain sailing for LS with record earnings under Chairman Koo’s leadership

Plain sailing for LS with record earnings under Chairman Koo’s leadership

LS Group’s plan to groom new growth engines from batteries to electric vehicles and semiconductors is set to gain impetus after South Korea&rs...

S.Korea's EcoPro boosts raw material plant for cathode materials

S.Korea's EcoPro boosts raw material plant for cathode materials

South Korea's EcoPro Co., a leading cathode supplier for global battery makers, is expanding its plant for raw materials used in secondary battery c...

Hyundai Green Food breaks $1.5 billion in sales for first time in 2022

Hyundai Green Food breaks $1.5 billion in sales for first time in 2022

Hyundai Green Food Co., an affiliate of Hyundai Department Store Group, saw its main business unit of food surpass 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) in ...

DSME, INPEX end $970 mn dispute over FPSO

DSME, INPEX end $970 mn dispute over FPSO

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) and INPEX Corp. have agreed to end a $970 million dispute less than a year since the damage ...

POSCO ties up with Aussie firm on US EV cell mineral project

POSCO ties up with Aussie firm on US EV cell mineral project

South Korea’s POSCO Group has joined hands with an Australian company to work on an electric vehicle battery material project in the US as it ...

Webtoon starring Netmarble's girl group MAVE coming soon

Webtoon starring Netmarble's girl group MAVE coming soon

Netmarble Corp. announced that the webtoon "MAVE: Another World," based on the virtual girl group, will be available on KakaoPage and Kakao Webtoon ...

Hyundai Elevator's open API sees rapid expansion of participants

Hyundai Elevator's open API sees rapid expansion of participants

Hyundai Elevator Group announced on Tuesday that its open API (application programming interface), which was launched in March last year, has seen r...

SK Plasma, Janssen Korea sign sales, distribution agreement

SK Plasma, Janssen Korea sign sales, distribution agreement

SK Plasma Co. Ltd., a South Korean company specializing in the production of plasma derivatives from human plasma, is expanding its product portfoli...

Hyundai Capital wins IAAI Award for pioneering AI application

Hyundai Capital wins IAAI Award for pioneering AI application

Hyundai Capital, the financial services arm of the Hyundai Motor Group, was honored with the Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Awar...

Hyundai Motor offers Bluelink free to new customers in US

Hyundai Motor offers Bluelink free to new customers in US

Hyundai Motor Co. in a world first is offering lifetime membership of its connected car care service Bluelink free to new customers in the US, judgi...

Lotte Fine Chemical transforms from ugly duckling to golden swan

Lotte Fine Chemical transforms from ugly duckling to golden swan

For Samsung Group, the fine chemicals business was an ugly duckling losing money while other affiliates, including Samsung Electronics Co., were flu...

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