Hyundai, Kia close in on Toyota with record US sales

Hyundai, Kia close in on Toyota with record US sales

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., under South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, posted their largest-ever sales for February in the US, narrowing a ...

US CHIPS Act threatens Samsung, SK Hynix’s memory supremacy

US CHIPS Act threatens Samsung, SK Hynix’s memory supremacy

WASHINGTON D.C. – The Biden administration’s “Chips for America” program aims to keep China’s growing clout in the sem...

SK Ecoplant launches 4th plant in US

SK Ecoplant launches 4th plant in US

South Korea's environment-focused energy company SK Ecoplant Co. on Thursday said it added a base for recycling electrical and electronic waste and ...

Daewoong’s Nabota expands into Germany, Austria

Daewoong’s Nabota expands into Germany, Austria

South Korean drugmaker Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. said on Tuesday it had launched its botulinum toxin product Nabota in Germany and Austria through i...

SK IE Technology mulls adding LiBS factory in US, says SKIET president

SK IE Technology mulls adding LiBS factory in US, says SKIET president

SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), a global top lithium-ion battery separator (LiBS) player under South Korea’s energy and battery maker SK Innovat...

Lotte to produce clean ammonia in US with CF Industries

Lotte to produce clean ammonia in US with CF Industries

Lotte Chemical Corp., a major South Korean petrochemical manufacturer, joined hands with CF Industries Holdings Inc., the world’s largest ammo...

SK Signet lands EV charger contract in US

SK Signet lands EV charger contract in US

SK Signet Inc., an affiliate of South Korea's SK Group that makes and sells electric vehicle (EV) chargers, on Monday said it received its first ord...

SillaJen starts US trial of anti-cancer drug from Basilea

SillaJen starts US trial of anti-cancer drug from Basilea

SillaJen Inc. said on Monday it has enrolled the first patient in a US phase 1 trial of an anti-cancer drug BAL0891 licensed from Swiss drugmaker Ba...

Jetema applies to test its botulinum toxin in US from July

Jetema applies to test its botulinum toxin in US from July

South Korea's bio-esthetic pharmaceutical company Jetema Co. will hold clinical trials in the US to advance to the American market, the world's bigg...

Hyundai Steel's sustainability report wins gold prize in US

Hyundai Steel's sustainability report wins gold prize in US

South Korea's steelmaker Hyundai Steel announced Sunday that its integrated report 2022 Beyond Steel has been recognized for its excellence by a wor...

GM Korea begins mass production of Trax crossover

GM Korea begins mass production of Trax crossover

General Motors Korea announced on Sunday that it celebrated the start of mass production of the Chevrolet Trax Crossover, a new utility vehicle, at ...

Four Hyundai, Kia models win US IIHS top safety awards

Four Hyundai, Kia models win US IIHS top safety awards

Hyundai Motor Group’s four models earned the safest vehicle awards even with a tougher crash test by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safet...

US calls on 2 S.Korean pharmaceutical companies for swift end to legal battle

US calls on 2 S.Korean pharmaceutical companies for swift end to legal battle

Following its lawsuit against Daewoong Pharmaceutical, South Korea's Medytox Inc. is waging an all-out legal war against domestic counterpart Hugel ...

HYBE cries foul over SM, Kakao’s undisclosed deal

HYBE cries foul over SM, Kakao’s undisclosed deal

HYBE Co., the label behind the global sensation BTS, is considering legal action to invalidate an undisclosed deal between SM Entertainment Co. and ...

Hyundai Motor Group's 23 vehicle models win Editor's Choice Awards

Hyundai Motor Group's 23 vehicle models win Editor's Choice Awards

Hyundai Motor Group made an announcement on Thursday, saying that its major vehicles had been selected as the best models at the 2023 Editor's Choic...

LG Electronics plans sales blitz on US market for induction ranges

LG Electronics plans sales blitz on US market for induction ranges

LG Electronics Inc. this year has launched an all-out sales offensive for induction ranges and cooktops in the US, the world's leading market for pr...

Samsung opens 5G pilot network to 4th largest mobile carrier in US

Samsung opens 5G pilot network to 4th largest mobile carrier in US

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it has successfully completed the opening of a 5th-generation mobile communications (5G) pilot ne...

Hanwha Aerospace secures tech to catch illegal drones using nets

Hanwha Aerospace secures tech to catch illegal drones using nets

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. has secured technology to respond to threats from unmanned aerial vehicles such as drones.The company seeks the a...

Hyundai Motor begins Genesis GV70 EV production in US

Hyundai Motor begins Genesis GV70 EV production in US

Hyundai Motor Co. has commenced production of the Genesis GV70 electric vehicle in the United States. This marks the first locally produced vehicle ...

POSCO Steeleon’s eco-friendly steel plate gets US certification

POSCO Steeleon’s eco-friendly steel plate gets US certification

POSCO Steeleon Co., a South Korean steelmaker and a unit of POSCO Group, said on Wednesday that its biomass color steel plate has been certified as ...

Patty-cooking robotics startup Aniai completes seed funding

Patty-cooking robotics startup Aniai completes seed funding

Aniai Inc., a foodservice robotics developer founded by a South Korean, said on Feb. 21 it has attracted $3 million via a seed funding round to boos...

Hanwha expects high-stakes US solar projects to pay off

Hanwha expects high-stakes US solar projects to pay off

South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group expects its high-stakes solar energy business to pay off amid industry forec...

Korea's Musicow to lead fractional IP ownership globally

Korea's Musicow to lead fractional IP ownership globally

Musicow Inc., South Korea’s first music copyright trading platform, is set to gain momentum as fractional ownership in copyright claims has be...

LG Elec wins best eco-friendly washing machine title in US

LG Elec wins best eco-friendly washing machine title in US

Consumer Reports, a prominent consumer magazine in the US, has named LG Electronics Inc.'s washing machines as the "best eco-friendly washing machin...

Fried chicken chain bhc opens first US store in LA

Fried chicken chain bhc opens first US store in LA

South Korea’s No. 2 fried chicken brand bhc Group on Monday said it opened its first store in North America on Friday at the Original Farmers ...

Avikus unveils self-sailing leisure vessel tech NeuBoat at US ship event

Avikus unveils self-sailing leisure vessel tech NeuBoat at US ship event

Avikus, an autonomous ship navigation affiliate of South Korea's shipbuilding, heavy equipment, machine and petroleum giant HD Hyundai Co., on Sunda...

S.Korean won near 2-month low as US data fans Fed hike views

S.Korean won near 2-month low as US data fans Fed hike views

The South Korean won skidded to a near two-month low on Friday as hotter-than-forecast US inflation data added to expectations that the Federal Rese...

S.Korea's Hwajin Medical gets FDA sales approval for syringes

S.Korea's Hwajin Medical gets FDA sales approval for syringes

HLB Therapeutics Co. announced Thursday that Sofjec, a syringe produced by its subsidiary Hwajin Medical, has been approved for sale by the US Food ...

LG Chem invests $75 million in Piedmont Lithium, signs supply deal

LG Chem invests $75 million in Piedmont Lithium, signs supply deal

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Friday it is acquiring a 6% stake in Piedmont Lithium Inc., a US mining company, ...

Celltrion's Truxima shows safety, efficacy in post-marketing study

Celltrion's Truxima shows safety, efficacy in post-marketing study

South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. reported on Wednesday that its biosimilar drug Truxima (rituximab), a generic version of Roche...

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