Hyundai Mobis pushes into robotics for edge in humanoid era

Hyundai Mobis pushes into robotics for edge in humanoid era

Hyundai Mobis Co., the auto parts arm of Hyundai Motor Group, will expand into robotics and automotive semiconductors in a bid to secure new growth ...

Hyundai Motor Group launchs 1st EV-only production lines in Europe

Hyundai Motor Group launchs 1st EV-only production lines in Europe

Kia Corp. on Aug 20 launched production of the compact electric sedan EV4 at its plant in Žilina, Slovakia. The EV4 represents Kia's first Europe-bu...

Korea Inc pledges $150 bn US investment; KAL buys new planes, Samsung, Hyundai Motor vow extra spending

Korea Inc pledges $150 bn US investment; KAL buys new planes, Samsung, Hyundai Motor vow extra spending

WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korea’s biggest conglomerates have committed $150 billion in fresh investment in the US in a sweeping package t...

Bill Gates strengthens ties with Samsung, SK, HD Hyundai on energy, biotech, philanthropy projects

Bill Gates strengthens ties with Samsung, SK, HD Hyundai on energy, biotech, philanthropy projects

Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder-turned-philanthropist, has stepped up his engagement with South Korea’s corporate titans, meeting the hea...

Hyundai Motor to up ante in US with full hybrid lineup in 2026

Hyundai Motor to up ante in US with full hybrid lineup in 2026

Hyundai Motor Group plans to expand hybrid offerings across its entire US lineup to cushion profitability from US tariff fallout while hoping to nar...

Hahn & Co. taps TKG Taekwang as preferred bidder for Solmics

Hahn & Co. taps TKG Taekwang as preferred bidder for Solmics

Hahn & Co., South Korea’s leading private equity firm, has named TKG Taekwang Co., a domestic footwear manufacturer, as the preferred buye...

Hyundai overtakes Volkswagen as world’s 2nd most profitable carmaker

Hyundai overtakes Volkswagen as world’s 2nd most profitable carmaker

Hyundai Motor Group overtook Volkswagen Group as the world’s second most profitable carmaker in the first half, indicating the leading South K...

Hyundai, GM to co-develop five brand new vehicles, seek joint sourcing

 Hyundai, GM to co-develop five brand new vehicles, seek joint sourcing

Hyundai Motor Co. and General Motors Co. will jointly develop five brand new vehicles and source materials and car components, the two companies sai...

Korea Investment & Securities, Muzinich & Co. explore strategic partnership on global credit portfolio

Korea Investment & Securities, Muzinich & Co. explore strategic partnership on global credit portfolio

Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), the brokerage unit of Korea Investment Holding Co., is exploring a strategic partnership with US privat...

Hyundai Mobis defies tariff headwinds with 37% jump in Q2 profit

Hyundai Mobis defies tariff headwinds with 37% jump in Q2 profit

South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. posted a 36.8% year-on-year rise in second-quarter operating profit, buoyed by a strategi...

US tariffs dent Hyundai Motor's Q2 earnings despite solid sales

US tariffs dent Hyundai Motor's Q2 earnings despite solid sales

Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday reported its first double-digit profit fall in five years in the second quarter despite posting record second-quarter ...

Hyundai Motor’s high-stakes gambit in US: Cut vehicle prices as rivals hike theirs

Hyundai Motor’s high-stakes gambit in US: Cut vehicle prices as rivals hike theirs

As global automakers raise prices in the US market to respond to new Washington import tariffs, South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group is taking th...

Hahn & Co. to award bonus shares to Namyang staff, retires $7.1 mn in shares

Hahn & Co. to award bonus shares to Namyang staff, retires $7.1 mn in shares

Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co. will award employees of Namyang Dairy Products Co., a South Korean dairy product producer, 1.6 billio...

Shinsegae chair likely to head Asian arm of pro-Trump Rockbridge

Shinsegae chair likely to head Asian arm of pro-Trump Rockbridge

Chung Yong-jin, chairman of South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Inc., is likely to head the Asian operations of the Rockbridge Network, a gro...

Hyundai Motor-backed Motional names AI veteran Laura Major as CEO

Hyundai Motor-backed Motional names AI veteran Laura Major as CEO

Motional Inc., the autonomous driving joint venture backed by Hyundai Motor Group, has appointed Laura Major, an artificial intelligence and robotic...

Invesco, SK D&D likely to buy co-living building in Seoul

Invesco, SK D&D likely to buy co-living building in Seoul

A consortium between US asset management firm Invesco and the real estate investment arm of SK D&D Co. has been named the preferred buyer of Nou...

Hyundai Motor Group dominates US Best Cars for Teens awards

Hyundai Motor Group dominates US Best Cars for Teens awards

Hyundai Motor Group has claimed seven out of 12 categories in US News & World Report’s Best Cars for Teens for 2025 awards, marking its fo...

HD Hyundai Group joins S.Korea’s 100 trillion won market cap club

HD Hyundai Group joins S.Korea’s 100 trillion won market cap club

South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate HD Hyundai Group has joined South Korea’s elite club of conglomerates with a market capitalization exce...

LG CNS, Cohere co-develop Korean-specific agentic AI

LG CNS, Cohere co-develop Korean-specific agentic AI

LG CNS Co., the information technology services arm of South Korea’s LG Group, has unveiled a lightweight Korean-specific large language model...

Bid heats up for IGIS-owned co-living building in Seoul

Bid heats up for IGIS-owned co-living building in Seoul

An auction for a co-living building, owned by South Korea’s top real estate asset management firm IGIS Asset Management Co., in the hip Hongda...

Hyundai Motor, PIF break ground on Saudi Arabia plant

Hyundai Motor, PIF break ground on Saudi Arabia plant

Hyundai Motor Co. has joined forces with the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, to build its first manufactur...

Hyundai Motor posts solid Q1; rough road ahead on Trump's auto tariffs

Hyundai Motor posts solid Q1; rough road ahead on Trump's auto tariffs

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. defied mounting global trade headwinds and a fresh round of US import tariffs to deliver record ...

Hyundai to launch 42 new cars to cope with Trump tariffs, EV slowdown

Hyundai to launch 42 new cars to cope with Trump tariffs, EV slowdown

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, plans to unveil 42 new models, including hybrids of existing cars, next year to cope...

Doosan enters race to acquire SK Siltron in strategic semiconductor push

Doosan enters race to acquire SK Siltron in strategic semiconductor push

South Korea’s Doosan Group has entered the bidding war for SK Siltron Co., the world’s third-largest manufacturer of semiconductor wafer...

Ex-US Congressman Drew Ferguson to head Hyundai's Washington office

Ex-US Congressman Drew Ferguson to head Hyundai's Washington office

Hyundai Motor Group has appointed former Republican Congressman Drew Ferguson as head of its Washington office, a strategic move designed to bolster...

Geopolitics rewrite investment playbook – and that’s an opportunity: KKR

Geopolitics rewrite investment playbook – and that’s an opportunity: KKR

In an era of escalating geopolitical uncertainty, the head of one of the world’s largest private equity firms sees opportunity – not ret...

SK Group in talks with Hahn & Co. to sell SK Siltron

SK Group in talks with Hahn & Co. to sell SK Siltron

SK Inc., the holding company of SK Group, is in talks with Hahn & Co., a South Korean buyout firm, to sell SK Siltron Co., the country’s s...

Hyundai Motor launches global talent recruitment program

Hyundai Motor launches global talent recruitment program

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has launched a global talent recruitment program, beginning April 1 via its official hiring webs...

Hahn & Co. acquires SK Specialty for $1.8 billion

Hahn & Co. acquires SK Specialty for $1.8 billion

Hahn & Co., South Korea’s largest private equity firm, has finalized the acquisition of SK Specialty Co., the world’s leading produc...

Hyundai Steel picks Donaldsonville as $5.8 bn US plant site, seeks investors

Hyundai Steel picks Donaldsonville as $5.8 bn US plant site, seeks investors

South Korea’s Hyundai Steel Co. has chosen Donaldsonville, Louisiana, as the location for its $5.8 billion US steel mill, marking a major stra...

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