Korea’s Hanwha Ocean sends USNS Wally Schirra back to theater after MRO

A 210-meter, 40,000-ton US Navy vessel, heavily corroded and weathered from years of service, was pulled into Hanwha Ocean Co.'s shipyard in Ge...

HD Hyundai, TerraPower to commercialize next-gen SMR

South Korea’s largest shipbuilder, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., is deepening its partnership with TerraPower LLC, the US nuclear venture f...

Hyundai Motor to build fuel cell plant in South Korea

Hyundai Motor Co. will build a local fuel cell plant in South Korea, accelerating its bid to create an entire hydrogen fuel cell value chain in line...

HD Hyundai to invest $206 mn to develop SMR ship

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE), an intermediary shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Co., will invest up to 30...

HD Hyundai, Palantir chiefs discuss AI shipyard, defense technology

Chung Kisun, executive vice chairman of the world’s largest shipbuilder HD Hyundai Co., has met with Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies I...

Hyundai, Avride join hands to develop autonomous robotaxis

Hyundai Motor Co. has agreed to partner with Avride, an autonomous driving technology startup, to develop driverless robotaxis based on all-electric...

Hyundai, Kia ready to ramp up EV output in Europe, US

South Korea’s top two automakers Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are expected to ramp up electric vehicle production in Europe and the US to b...

Hyundai Motor spins off 4 in-house startups in energy, AI, mobility

South Korea’s auto behemoth Hyundai Motor Group has spun off its four in-house startups with innovative technologies in mobility, automation a...

Korea, US to expand cooperation in shipbuilding sector

WASHINGTON -- South Korea and the US plan to set up a working group to expand their cooperation in the shipbuilding industry from warships to commer...

Hyundai CEO Muñoz named MotorTrend Person of the Year

South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer José Muñoz was picked as the most powerful figure in the in...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth eyes March visit to Seoul

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is arranging a visit to South Korea next month to inspect shipyards and discuss cooperation on naval vessel constr...

Hyundai Rotem inks $1.5 bn Morocco train supply deal

South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem Co. said on Wednesday it has won a 2.2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) train order from Morocco, the biggest single de...

HD Hyundai, Hanwha Ocean to jointly bid for high-stakes warship deals

South Korea’s two warship builders – HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co. – have agreed to join forces to pur...

Hyundai, Samsung deepen ties to win humanoid race

South Korea’s household technology and automotive names Samsung and Hyundai have reinforced their alliance to capture the global humanoid robo...

Hyundai Motor sets up AI research arm CoMo China

Hyundai Motor Co. in December established CoMo China in Shanghai to spearhead artificial intelligence research and development in its push for softw...

KKR recoups $206 mn in block sale of HD Hyundai Marine shares

Global private equity firm KKR & Co. Inc. has succeeded in cashing out of its stake in HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co. for 295 billion won ($206 ...

Hyundai Motor taps ex-CPPIB private equity head Suyi Kim for board role

Hyundai Motor Co. has tapped Suyi Kim, former private equity head of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Benjamin Tan, an ex-portfo...

Korean shipbuilders to benefit from rising LNG, oil tanker demand

South Korean shipbuilders are expected to benefit from a potential surge in demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil carriers as US Pres...

Hyundai Motor launches future strategy division overseeing M&As

Hyundai Motor Group has created a future business strategy division that serves as a control tower for the automotive group’s expansion into n...

HD Korea Shipbuilding premieres nuclear-powered ship design

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE), the parent of the world’s largest shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.,...

HD Hyundai, Hanwha to tap into $242 billion US Navy warship market

South Korea’s two warship builders – HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co., – are set to ride tailwinds in their bi...

Microsoft CEO Nadella seeks AI alliance with Hyundai, POSCO, Shinhan, KT

Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Satya Nadella is seeking to forge an artificial intelligence alliance with major South Korean companies...

Hanwha Aerospace ups stake in Hanwha Ocean in $900 mn block deal

Hanwha Aerospace Co. will acquire an additional 1.3 trillion won ($900 million) worth of shares in Hanwha Ocean Co. from its sister companies throug...

HD KSOE bags $371 mn LNG bunker ship order

The outlook for South Korean shipbuilders’ liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering ship construction looks bright as the global LNG-powered ship...

HD Hyundai in talks to buy back Korean ship parts maker

HD Hyundai Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is in talks with a private equity firm to buy back a South Korean ship parts manufactu...

HD Hyundai Marine sets sights on LNG vessel retrofitting in Trump era

While the global shipbuilding industry was reeling from the economic slowdown in recent years, South Korea’s HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., a...

Hyundai, Kia enjoy record January US sales on eco-friendly cars

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. saw their US sales in January rise to record highs thanks to the gro...

Hyundai Motor logs record sales for two straight years on SUVs, hybrids

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday posted its largest-ever sales for a second consecutive year, driven by robust sales ...

HD KSOE wins $2.6 bn order for 12 container ships

South Korea’s largest shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) said on Thursday it got 3.716 trillion won ...

Hyundai Steel sells over 1 mn tons of auto steel to non-captive customers

Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea’s second-largest steelmaker, sold more than 1 million tons of automotive steel sheets to overseas automakers ot...