Hyundai narrows Level 3 self-driving tech gap with Tesla to one year

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has narrowed its technology gap in Level 3 self-driving vehicles with Tesla Inc. to one year, mo...

Hyundai, Ultra Safe Nuclear sign micro reactor procurement agreement

Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction arm of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Friday that it signed a framework agreement...

Hyundai, Hanwha ink $5.8 bn defense deals with Poland

South Korea’s defense makers Hyundai Rotem Co. and Hanwha Defense signed formal contracts worth $5.8 billion to export battle tanks and self-p...

Hyundai’s Genesis ranks top in J.D. Power’s innovative tech study

Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis has been recognized by industry analysts for its excellence in innovative technology and consumer experi...

SK Group reworks 'financial story' action plans

Chief executives of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group are overhauling their action plans to implement the “financial story&rdquo...

Hyundai Elevator logs first quarterly loss since 1996

Hyundai Elevator Co., South Korea’s No. 1 elevator producer, swung to a quarterly operating loss for the first time since it was listed on the...

Hyundai’s Chung rolls up sleeves to counter US EV tax credit act

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun is off to the US to meet government officials and business leaders as the recently passed Inflation Reduct...

Hyundai Motor Group to invest in fabless startup BOS Semiconductors 

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Wednesday that it will invest in Seongnam-based fabless startup BOS Semiconductors, which designs system-on-chip (S...

SoftBank Son's youngest brother poised to buy Korean VC arm

Taizo Son, the youngest brother of SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son, is poised to buy the group's South Korean venture capital arm for around 200 bil...

Hyosung showcases world’s first bio spandex at Seoul textile exhibition

Hyosung TNC Corp., a South Korean textile and yarn maker, is showcasing the world’s first commercialized plant-based spandex at an internation...

Hyundai IONIQ 6 logs record pre-orders in South Korea

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, announced on Tuesday that its first fully electric sedan IONIQ 6 is enjoying record pre-orders...

SK Ecoplant to supply fuel cells to China’s top data center operator GDS

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. has forged a partnership with China’s top data center developer and operator GDS to jointly enter the Sout...

Hyundai Motor, LG Energy secure $710 mn for battery JV in Indonesia

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. have secured $710 million from financial institutions overseas to ...

Hyundai IONIQ 5: Car and Driver’s EV of the Year

Hyundai Motor Co.'s all-electric IONIQ 5 crossover has won another industry accolade in the US, gathering momentum to expand its market share in the...

Halla Group to change corporate name to HL Group

South Korea’s Halla Group is changing its corporate name to HL Group as the construction-to-auto parts conglomerate celebrates the 60th annive...

Hyundai Motor to redirect its TaaS, AI functions to self-driving arm 42dot 

Hyundai Motor Group will redirect the core functions of its Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS) division and AIRS Company to its recently acquired se...

Samsung Group CEOs drum up support for Busan Expo 2030

Samsung Group affiliates’ CEOs are working to bring the World Expo 2030 to Busan in South Korea using their overseas networks. Samsung Electro...

Remote work, small offices revive S.Korea's printer market

South Korea’s printer market has been recovering from a long slump as the rise of remote work and small or home offices has revived demand for...

Samsung Biologics, Samsung C&T extends investment in US biotech firms

The Life Science Fund, jointly launched by Samsung Biologics and Samsung C&T Corp., announced Wednesday it invested $15 million in US biotech fi...

LG CNS posts double-digit profit growth ahead of 2023 IPO

South Korea's largest cloud computing service provider LG CNS Co. on Tuesday reported double-digit growth in both profit and revenue in the second q...

Boston emerges as Korean firms’ R&D hub for AI, batteries

Top South Korean conglomerates Samsung and Hyundai have selected Boston as the home of their first overseas research centers for batteries and artif...

SK Group invests $250 mn in Bill Gates’ nuclear reactor firm TerraPower

South Korea’s SK Group said on Monday it invested $250 million in TerraPower, a US venture founded by billionaire Bill Gates. The holdi...

Hyundai Motor Group rises to world’s third-largest automaker

South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Group ranked third in global car sales in the first half, its highest-ever ranking in terms of v...

Samsung Group to speed up corporate governance reform

Samsung Group, South Korea’s largest conglomerate, is expected to accelerate the restructuring of its corporate governance to help Vice Chairm...

Samsung Electronics to announce plans to join RE100 Initiative

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone and memory chipmaker, will soon join The Climate Group’s RE100 Initiative as the...

Hyundai Mobis to spin off parts, module units amid revamp talk

South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. is poised to spin off two of its major units that make car parts and modules into sep...

Hyundai to set up AI robotics R&D center near Boston

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will set up an artificial intelligence research center in the Boston area to develop AI-driven robotics tech...

Samsung Medical Center jobs global top 10 in robot-assisted surgeries

Samsung Medical Center announced Tuesday that it performed more than 15,000 robot-assisted operations in the first of this year.  Last yea...

LG Group to launch AI education programs for teenagers

South Korea’s LG Group will include teenagers in its mid- to long-term project to nurture artificial intelligence talent, as AI technology is ...

Lotte Chilsung to tie up with startups for vegan drinks

South Korea’s Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co. is set to start the vegan business along with local startups as veganism, or the practice of abstain...