Hyundai Card issues $193 mn Korean green bonds

Hyundai Card issues $193 mn Korean green bonds

South Korea's Hyundai Card announced on Friday that it has issued a green bond worth 250 billion won ($193 million), becoming the first company in t...

BlackRock buys $860 mn stake in S.Korean gas supplier

BlackRock buys $860 mn stake in S.Korean gas supplier

Global asset manager BlackRock has bought a 30% stake in South Korea’s industrial gas supplier AirFirst Co. for 1.11 trillion won ($860 millio...

Hyundai Mobis exceeds $770 bn in R&D investment in 2023

Hyundai Mobis exceeds $770 bn in R&D investment in 2023

South Korea's car parts maker Hyundai Mobis is turning into a software-oriented mobility company by investing over 1 trillion won ($772.3 million)...

Korean battery maker SK On attracts $400 mn from Hillhouse

Korean battery maker SK On attracts $400 mn from Hillhouse

South Korean battery maker SK On Co. has secured $400 million from Hillhouse, a Singapore-headquartered asset management firm, investment banking so...

Samsung top in world smartphone market in Q1, beating Apple

Samsung top in world smartphone market in Q1, beating Apple

Samsung Electronics Co. regained the top spot in the smartphone market, surpassing Apple in the first quarter of 2023. This outcome was driven by th...

POSCO Int'l to supply nearly 7 mn motor cores to Hyundai Motor

POSCO Int'l to supply nearly 7 mn motor cores to Hyundai Motor

South Korea's largest trading company POSCO International on Thursday said its affiliate POSCO Mobility Solution will supply motor cores to Hyundai ...

Craft brewery startups poised to revolutionize brew scene in South Korea

Craft brewery startups poised to revolutionize brew scene in South Korea

Craft beers and highballs from emerging breweries and distilleries are poised to disturb the South Korean alcoholic beverage market dominated by gia...

Glonet: A case of Korea's logistics David vs Japan’s shipping Goliath

Glonet: A case of Korea's logistics David vs Japan’s shipping Goliath

TOKYO – Glonet Co. is a novice logistics company hardly known in Japan’s time-honored shipping industry.The small South Korean shipping ...

Hyundai, SK battery JV may receive up to $700 mn in US grants

Hyundai, SK battery JV may receive up to $700 mn in US grants

Hyundai Motor Co. and SK On Co. could receive up to $700 million in US tax breaks and grants for their electric vehicle battery plant under construc...

LG Electronics eyes premium market in Saudi Arabia, India

LG Electronics eyes premium market in Saudi Arabia, India

LG Electronics Inc. will seek out new business opportunities as a premium brand in Saudi Arabia for the oil-rich kingdom’s $500 billion Neom m...

Hyundai to supply 1,300 hydrogen buses in Seoul by 2026

Hyundai to supply 1,300 hydrogen buses in Seoul by 2026

Hyundai Motor Co., along with South Korean Ministry of Environment, the Seoul Metropolitan Government, SK E&S and Tmap Mobility, signed a memora...

CAPA: Dong-A ENG Co.

CAPA: Dong-A ENG Co.

Key facts:- Industry: Mass-production mold design and manufacturing/machinery manufacturing- Mainstay products/services: Automotive interior molds, GM...

LG Energy, Novonix join hands for US EV battery material

LG Energy, Novonix join hands for US EV battery material

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle battery maker, has teamed up with Novonix Ltd., an Australian cell ingredi...

Investment in battery raw materials raises sodium hydroxide prices

Investment in battery raw materials raises sodium hydroxide prices

The price of sodium hydroxide or caustic soda, an essential component in the smelting of raw materials for producing batteries, is rising because So...

Korean Air says it can conclude Asiana takeover via big concessions

Korean Air says it can conclude Asiana takeover via big concessions

The head of Korean Air Lines Co. has expressed confidence over the airliner's proposed acquisition of Asiana Airlines, saying, "We will make it happ...

Doosan Bobcat invests in US-based agtech company

Doosan Bobcat invests in US-based agtech company

Doosan Bobcat, the construction and agricultural machine making affiliate of South Korea’s Doosan Group, has announced on Wednesday a str...

SK set to produce faster EV chargers than Tesla in US

SK set to produce faster EV chargers than Tesla in US

DALLAS, TEXAS - South Korea’s SK Signet Inc. is poised to produce electric vehicle chargers with the fastest charging speed in the US, targeti...

Dong-A Eng Co.

Dong-A Eng Co.

Key facts Main Business Industrial mold design and manufacturing / machinery manufacturing212.1 Millions USE(Automated Optical Inspection; AOI...

Hyundai Mobis to expand vehicle module facility in S.Korea

Hyundai Mobis to expand vehicle module facility in S.Korea

South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis Co. will build its third automotive module plant in Ulsan, South Korea, where its parent Hyundai Motor Group opera...

Korean investors’ risky bet: Buy inverse ETFs as Kospi heads higher

Korean investors’ risky bet: Buy inverse ETFs as Kospi heads higher

 Among the most cited stock market sayings by experts and laymen alike are “buy the dips” or “sell on news” – tim...

S.Korean beauty brands lean toward social media stars

S.Korean beauty brands lean toward social media stars

AmorePacific Corp.'s new brand launch in February with top South Korean social media influencer Lee Sa-bae created a sensation in the domestic cosme...

Korean LCC Air Premia to spur growth through IPO, more aircraft

Korean LCC Air Premia to spur growth through IPO, more aircraft

Air Premia Inc., a South Korean low-cost carrier (LCC) that was established in 2017 and started flight operations last July, is gearing for fast gro...

POSCO launches first product from its low-carbon Greenate brand

POSCO launches first product from its low-carbon Greenate brand

South Korea's top steelmaker POSCO on Sunday launched the first product from its low-carbon brand Greenate.Greenate features distribution-type produ...

Korean startups opt for Konex, loans for survival during IPO winter

Korean startups opt for Konex, loans for survival during IPO winter

South Korea's anemic initial public offering market has forced the country’s startups to become more creative in raising funds as they shift t...

SKIET signs deal to supply secondary battery separators to N.America

SKIET signs deal to supply secondary battery separators to N.America

SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), an SK Innovation-affiliated manufacturer of secondary battery separators, is set to move into the North American marke...

Korean carmakers' May sales grow for 9th straight month

Korean carmakers' May sales grow for 9th straight month

South Korean carmakers marked sales growth for nine consecutive months as of end-May with the easing of the global semiconductor shortage and rising...

Optimism and hope for South Koreans

Optimism and hope for South Koreans

I sometimes receive emails from Koreans asking why I don’t consider some of the more troubling social issues their country faces when I am pla...

LG Energy to expand smart factory systems to N.America JVs

LG Energy to expand smart factory systems to N.America JVs

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. will introduce smart manufacturing systems to all its joint venture battery plants under construction in...

S.Korea opens logistics center at Surabaya port, Indonesia

S.Korea opens logistics center at Surabaya port, Indonesia

South Korea said it opened a logistics center at a port in Surabaya, Indonesia, to support exports to Southeast Asia’s top economy.The Ministr...

POSCO to comply with IRA rules to access battery tax breaks: chairman

POSCO to comply with IRA rules to access battery tax breaks: chairman

NEW YORK – POSCO Group, which owns South Korea’s largest steelmaker, has been striving to transform into a low-carbon conglomerate by sh...

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