Korea's biggest fund to invest $5.8 million in overseas VCs

Korea's biggest fund to invest $5.8 million in overseas VCs

Korea Venture Investment Corp. plans to invest $58.2 million or about 69 billion won in 10 funds around the globe. The government-backed fund o...

Hankook Tire buys Canada's self-driving sensor maker

Hankook Tire buys Canada's self-driving sensor maker

South Korea's Hankook Tire Group has acquired a majority stake worth 204.5 billion won ($173 million) in Canada's Preciseley Microtechnology Corp., ...

Hankook Tire, YASE unveil shoes made of recycled tires

Hankook Tire, YASE unveil shoes made of recycled tires

Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s largest tire maker, said on Tuesday it is collaborating with local leather shoe brand YASE to...

LG Group to put facility management unit of S&I Corp. up for sale

LG Group to put facility management unit of S&I Corp. up for sale

South Korea’s LG Group will put the facility management division of its affiliate S&I Corp. up for sale amid talk that a sale of the unit ...

CJ Bibigo challenges kimchi leadership in Korea

CJ Bibigo challenges kimchi leadership in Korea

CJ Cheiljedang Corp. may overtake Daesang Corp.’s leadership in Korea’s packaged kimchi market for the first time in history. According ...

Surging global used car demand brightens Hankook Tire outlook

Surging global used car demand brightens Hankook Tire outlook

The global tire industry is enjoying a boom driven by fast-growing used car demand in the world. Hankook Tire & Technology is seen as a key bene...

Hankook Tire to equip Volkswagen ID.4 with EV tires

Hankook Tire to equip Volkswagen ID.4 with EV tires

South Korea’s top tire manufacturer Hankook Tire & Technology has again widened its client pool of electric vehicles (EVs). The company sa...

Hyundai Rotem wins $296.5 mn electric train deal from Tanzania

Hyundai Rotem wins $296.5 mn electric train deal from Tanzania

Hyundai Rotem won a $296.5 million electric train deal from Tanzania as the South Korean railway system maker aims to expand business in Africa.Hyun...

KakaoBank’s $2.3 bn IPO set to alter Korea’s banking landscape

KakaoBank’s $2.3 bn IPO set to alter Korea’s banking landscape

KakaoBank Corp., the mobile banking unit of online messaging app giant Kakao Corp., is looking to raise as much as 2.55 trillion won ($2.26 billion)...

US anti-dumping duties add to Korean tire makers' woes

US anti-dumping duties add to Korean tire makers' woes

The US trade body’s approval of anti-dumping tariffs on tire imports from South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand is adding to the woes of Korea&rsqu...

Tennessee mayors oppose ITC’s anti-dumping duties on Hankook Tire

 Tennessee mayors oppose ITC’s anti-dumping duties on Hankook Tire

Politicians in the US state of Tennessee are urging the International Trade Commission (ITC) to avoid hurting the operations of Hankook Tire & T...

Heavy cost pressure set to drive up car prices

Heavy cost pressure set to drive up car prices

South Korea’s automakers are facing a drastic increase in manufacturing costs. Raw material prices are soaring and the global chip shortage re...

Korea’s major tire makers to raise prices as rubber supply tightens

Korea’s major tire makers to raise prices as rubber supply tightens

South Korea’s three leading tire makers are set to raise prices of commercial and passenger vehicle tires on growing demand from automakers an...

LG Corp shares surge ahead of relisting after LX Holdings split-off

LG Corp shares surge ahead of relisting after LX Holdings split-off

Shares of LG Corp. are significantly outperforming the broader market on expectations the company will be fairly valued when it’s relisted on ...

Hankook Tire to sell stake in Hanon Systems, eyes $900 mn gains

Hankook Tire to sell stake in Hanon Systems, eyes $900 mn gains

South Korea’s Hankook Tire & Technology Co. plans to divest of its 19.5% stake in Hanon Systems Corp., an auto parts maker, in a move that...

Hankook Tire poised to supply for Tesla’s EV trucks

Hankook Tire poised to supply for Tesla’s EV trucks

South Korea’s three leading tire makers are seeking a greater share of the global electric vehicle (EV)-only tire market, which is expected to g...

Hyundai Corp to rival China's CRCC in bid for $18 bn Ukrainian infra deal

Hyundai Corp to rival China's CRCC in bid for $18 bn Ukrainian infra deal

South Korea’s trading company Hyundai Corporation will face China’s Railway Construction Corporate (CRCC) in a bid to secure an $18 billio...

Lotte Corp's corporate bond issue raises staggering $665 mn in demand

Lotte Corp's corporate bond issue raises staggering $665 mn in demand

South Korean conglomerate Lotte Corporation saw overwhelming demand of 790 billion won ($665 million) from institutional investors on the issuing of c...

Lotte Corp to include ESG bonds in $126.5 mn corporate bond offering in September

Lotte Corp to include ESG bonds in $126.5 mn corporate bond offering in September

Lotte Corporation is set to become the first South Korean holding company to issue environmental, social, and governance (ESG) bonds, according to inv...

Hyundai, Hankook Tire may rebuild relations with new test-driving center

Hyundai, Hankook Tire may rebuild relations with new test-driving center

Hyundai Motor Group has reached a tentative agreement to build the country’s biggest test-driving center at a new tire testing facility of Hanko...

Ex-deputy finance minister named as Korea Investment Corp’s CEO

Ex-deputy finance minister named as Korea Investment Corp’s CEO

Heenam Choi, an executive director of the International Monetary Fund and former South Korean deputy finance minister, was appointed as chief executiv...

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