Hyundai, Kia to join global small EV war with new models

Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, will aim at the world’s affordable small electric vehicle segments with new models as ...

FuriosaAI speeds up development of next-gen AI chip with Hugging Face  

FuriosaAI Inc., South Korea’s fabless chip designer, has teamed up with Hugging Face Inc., a New York-based AI company boasting a massive tran...

Kia participates in IDEX 2023, largest defense exhibition in MENA

On Monday, Kia Corp. announced its participation in IDEX 2023, a defense industry trade show being held at the National Exhibition Center in Abu Dha...

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's IONIQ 5 named Best Electric Vehicle of 2023 in US

Cars.com, a US automobile evaluation website, named the Hyundai Motor Co.'s IONIQ 5 as the Best Electric Vehicle of 2023 on Tuesday. According to Hy...

Kia sponsors LoL e-sport world tourney for 5th straight year

For the fifth straight year, Kia Corp. is a sponsor at the e-sport tournament League of Legends (LoL) European Championship (LEC).The tournament has...

Hyundai, Kia post record-high Jan. sales figures in US

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. posted the highest sales record in the US market in January. Hyundai Motor America said on Wednesday that it sold 52...

Kia launches 2024 Niro model with enhanced features

Kia Corp. announced on Wednesday the launch of the 2024 Niro, a compact crossover SUV hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) models, which will be availab...

Hyundai, Kia cars selected Best Imported Cars in Germany

Hyundai Motor Group was recognized for its overwhelming quality in Germany, which is widely considered the home of automobiles.Hyundai Motor Group s...

Hyundai, Kia make up 11.3% of UK's new car registrations in 2022

South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Group accounted for 11.3% of the new car registrations in the UK last year, according to a report that the Socie...

Hyundai, Kia vow to crack Japan-dominated SE Asian market with EVs

For more than four decades, Japanese automakers, led by Toyota Motor Corp., have reigned as undisputed champions in the Southeast Asian auto marke...

Kia Sportage selected Family SUV of Year by UK auto journal

Kia Corp. said on Friday that its sport utility vehicle (SUV) Sportage has been named Family SUV of the Year by the British automotive magazine What...

Hyundai's four models selected among Car & Driver's best 10 Trucks & SUVs

Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday that Hyundai IONIQ5, Kia EV6, Kia Telluride, and Genesis GV70 were selected as the 2023 Best 10 Trucks & S...

Kia to break ground on new Korean EV plant in March

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is set to break ground in March on a domestic factory to produce electric purpose-built vehicles (PB...

Kia's Carens selected as Car of Year in India

Kia Corp. won the "Car of the Year in India" for the first time in three years and five months after entering the Indian auto market.Kia said Sunday...

SK Inc. eyes significant growth in bio business from 2024

SAN FRANCISCO – SK Inc.,  the investment and holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, expects significant growth in its biopharma...

Hyundai’s Chung Euisun named MotorTrend’s Person of the Year

Chung Euisun, chairman of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, has been named Person of the Year by MotorTrend, topping the prestigious US autom...

Kia EV6 named SUV of the year in North America

The Kia EV6 is this year's North American Utility Vehicle of the Year of the North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year Awards (NACTO...

Powertrain maker Hyundai Transys set to post record-high 2022 revenue

Hyundai Transys Co., a Hyundai Motor Group unit that makes powertrains and seats, said on Wednesday that it is estimated to have achieved record-hig...

Hanwha to build largest US solar energy hub for $2.5 bn

South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. said on Wednesday that it will invest 3.2 trillion won ($2.5 billion) to build the largest solar energy p...

11 Hyundai Motor Group products receive US' Good Design Awards

Hyundai Motor Group on Wednesday said 11 of its products won honors at this year's Good Design Awards of the US.The honors are jointly selected by t...

Hyundai, Kia post record sales in India; to build IONIQ 5 locally

South Korea’s two leading automakers – Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. – are solidifying their presence in India, a fast-growing A...

Kia extends official sponsorship of Australian Open until 2028

Kia Corp. said that it would extend its sponsorship of the Australian Open, one of the world's four major tennis tournaments, until 2028.   ...

Cosmax shows off advanced beauty tech at CES with Seoul Nat'l Univ.

Cosmax, a cosmetics original design manufacturer (ODM) of South Korea, said on Tuesday that it unveiled the beauty technology developed jointly ...

Lotte showcases metaverse shopping pavilion at CES 2023

Sitting on a chair, people with head-mounted displays enter a virtual world where they can choose their preferred avatars.Through these avatars, the...

Global VCs urge S.Korea to train lawyers on int'l contracts

Brad McManus, investment director of the Silicon Valley-based venture capital (VC) fund Applied Ventures LLC, said his company will discuss investme...

With SmartThings Station, Samsung wants a more connected world

LAS VEGAS, NV – Imagine there’s a single easiest way to manage a myriad of devices simultaneously.Imagine all the people, connected live...

Hyundai, Kia beat Honda to rank 5th in US market

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. kept their fifth place in sales in the US market for the second consecutive year. Despite production setbacks due to...

Golfzon to showcase portable golf simulator at CES 2023

Golfzon Co., a global indoor golf equipment maker, will participate in CES 2023 in Las Vegas to showcase its "Wave Play" product line, which targets...

Hyundai Motor Group to make debuts of innovative startups at CES

Hyundai Motor Group's open innovation platform Zero1ne will showcase innovative technologies from ten South Korean startups at CES 2023, the world's...