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...

Hyundai Motor beats Honda in US for the first time in its 35 years there

Hyundai Motor beats Honda in US for the first time in its 35 years there

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group beat Japanese rival Honda Motor Co. in the US last year, for the first time in its 35 years of...

Self-driving car stocks to lead auto sector shares in 2022

Self-driving car stocks to lead auto sector shares in 2022

Self-driving car-related shares failed to draw attention last year as investors focused on electric vehicles and the autonomous vehicle value chain ...

Hyundai’s Chung charts vision as top-tier eco-friendly auto brand

Hyundai’s Chung charts vision as top-tier eco-friendly auto brand

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group on Monday set out its vision to be a top-tier eco-friendly auto brand with its focus on electr...

Hyundai Investments buys office building in Brussels

Hyundai Investments buys office building in Brussels

South Korean asset manager Hyundai Investments Co., fully owned by Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co., has said it acquired a Brussels-based ...

Hyundai Heavy to showcase autonomous ship at CES 2022

Hyundai Heavy to showcase autonomous ship at CES 2022

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, the world’s largest shipbuilder, is set to showcase its latest and next-generation mobility technology related...

Samsung supplies self-driving, infotainment chips to global carmaker

Samsung supplies self-driving, infotainment chips to global carmaker

Samsung Electronics Co. is supplying advanced memory chips to an unidentified global automaker for use in its self-driving and infotainment systems....

Hyundai, Kia, Genesis sweep car of the year awards in 2021

Hyundai, Kia, Genesis sweep car of the year awards in 2021

Hyundai Motor Group’s major auto brands have won a record number of top global awards and industry accolades this year in recognition of its e...

LG Elec expands global auto electronics market share

LG Elec expands global auto electronics market share

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is raising its market share in the global automotive electronics industry with the company’s audio, vi...

Samsung’s mobile business renamed MX to highlight user experience

Samsung’s mobile business renamed MX to highlight user experience

Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday changed the name of its mobile communications business to MX, short for mobile experience, in line with its pursui...

End of No-Japanese boycott? Uniqlo Korea turns to black

End of No-Japanese boycott? Uniqlo Korea turns to black

Japanese companies operating in South Korea are making a comeback after being hit hard by a campaign that began in mid-2019 to boycott Japanese prod...

Samsung’s new auto chip mounted in Volkswagen’s infotainment system

Samsung’s new auto chip mounted in Volkswagen’s infotainment system

Samsung Electronics Co. is supplying one of its latest advanced chips to Volkswagen AG for the German carmaker’s in-vehicle infotainment syste...

CJ ENM buys Hollywood studio Endeavor Content for $775 mn

CJ ENM buys Hollywood studio Endeavor Content for $775 mn

CJ ENM Co., South Korea's entertainment powerhouse, has agreed to buy an 80% stake in the content unit of Endeavor Group Holdings for $775.3 million...

Hyundai, Kia stun LA auto show with SEVEN, EV9 concept cars

Hyundai, Kia stun LA auto show with SEVEN, EV9 concept cars

Hyundai Motor Co. and sister firm Kia Corp. on Thursday unveiled their latest concept sport utility vehicles at the Los Angeles Auto Show as the two...

BTS, TWICE to lead restart of K-pop global live concerts

BTS, TWICE to lead restart of K-pop global live concerts

K-pop artists such as BTS and TWICE are set to resume global live concerts – suspended by the global pandemic for about two years – as c...

Korean auto parts makers call for govt financial support

Korean auto parts makers call for govt financial support

Representatives of South Korean auto parts makers on Friday called on the government to increase their financial support of the sector, including ta...

Hyundai to set up UAM research center in LA next year

Hyundai to set up UAM research center in LA next year

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group is accelerating the urban air mobility (UAM) business with a plan to set up a research center for the sector...

Korea's major LPs to focus on core assets in US and Europe

Korea's major LPs to focus on core assets in US and Europe

The chief investment officers of 10 South Korean major limited partners (LPs), including pension funds, mutual aid associations and life insurance c...

Hyundai Motor to debut IONIQ 7 concept in November LA auto show

Hyundai Motor to debut IONIQ 7 concept in November LA auto show

Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday revealed teaser images of SEVEN, an all-electric SUV concept that would be the IONIQ 7, its first large-size SUV under...

Chips, auto, display stocks rebound as supply shortage eases

Chips, auto, display stocks rebound as supply shortage eases

Shares in South Korea’s chipmakers, automakers and display producers have begun to rebound on growing signs that the global supply shortage wi...

Netflix reports jump in users, calls Squid Game its most popular show ever

Netflix reports jump in users, calls Squid Game its most popular show ever

Netflix Inc. added 4.4 million memberships in the third quarter, more than the company had forecast, as viewers flocked to the streaming platform wi...

Netflix’s Squid Game slammed by Kim Jong-un’s propagandists as ‘beastly’

Netflix’s Squid Game slammed by Kim Jong-un’s propagandists as ‘beastly’

SEOUL—“Squid Game,” Netflix Inc.’s dystopian drama set in South Korea, is the top-watched show in more than 9...

Hanwha-invested OneWeb’s internet satellites launched into orbit

Hanwha-invested OneWeb’s internet satellites launched into orbit

A Soyuz rocket has launched 36 new internet satellites operated by London-based OneWeb, in which South Korea’s Hanwha Systems Co. has a stake,...

Plug-in hybrids a dying breed as carmakers favor battery EVs

Plug-in hybrids a dying breed as carmakers favor battery EVs

A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) was once touted as the next-generation automobile technology as such models carry the strengths of both a c...

North Korea puts on show of missile might as Kim Jong-un snubs US

North Korea puts on show of missile might as Kim Jong-un snubs US

North Korea put on one of its largest displays of missiles at an event at which dictator Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang couldn’t trust r...

Korean auto shares shine in gloomy stock market

Korean auto shares shine in gloomy stock market

South Korean car shares overcame slides in the country’s stock markets as the automotive chip shortage is showing some signs of easing.Global ...

S.Korea shows rare unease against US request for Samsung data

S.Korea shows rare unease against US request for Samsung data

The South Korean government has expressed open concern about the recent request by the US Department of Commerce for more information on the global ...

Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Has Already Inspired Thousands of Halloween Costumes

Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Has Already Inspired Thousands of Halloween Costumes

“Squid Game,” the South Korean dystopian thriller which debuted on Netflix on Sept. 17, is on track to be the platform’s...

Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Is the Dystopian Hit No One Wanted—Until Everyone Did

Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Is the Dystopian Hit No One Wanted—Until Everyone Did

SEOUL—South Korea’s dystopian drama “Squid Game” might become Netflix Inc.’s biggest hit ever. But for a dec...

Chip shortage slams Korean carmakers’ new car rollouts

Chip shortage slams Korean carmakers’ new car rollouts

The unprecedented global chip shortage is thwarting automakers’ plans to roll out new vehicles, with some popular models set to be delivered t...

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