Hyundai Rotem signs defense deal with Norway’s Kongsberg

Hyundai Rotem signs defense deal with Norway’s Kongsberg

South Korean arms maker Hyundai Rotem Co. has clinched a strategic partnership with Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS to jointly d...

Hyundai Mobis hosts future mobility startups in Silicon Valley

Hyundai Mobis hosts future mobility startups in Silicon Valley

South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis Co. will host a future mobility conference, dubbed Mobis Mobility Day, with around 80 experts from mobility startu...

Hanwha agrees to buy Daewoo Shipbuilding for $1.4 billion

Hanwha agrees to buy Daewoo Shipbuilding for $1.4 billion

South Korea's leading weapons manufacturer Hanwha Group agreed on Monday to buy a controlling stake in Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering ...

ETRI bolsters semiconductor technologies for use in aerospace defense

ETRI bolsters semiconductor technologies for use in aerospace defense

Daejeon-based Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) is poised to further the development of semiconductor technologies for us...

Korea defense firms showcase new weapons for record exports

Korea defense firms showcase new weapons for record exports

South Korean defense makers showcased next-generation products with artificial intelligence, robot and stealth functions for the future battlefiel...

Korea unveils autonomous driving, commercial drone service roadmap

Korea unveils autonomous driving, commercial drone service roadmap

South Korea aims to launch advanced autonomous driving, commercial drone and other urban air mobility services by 2025, as the country strives to be...

SK Telecom-led consortium to commercialize air taxis on Jeju Island

SK Telecom-led consortium to commercialize air taxis on Jeju Island

Come 2025, visitors to South Korea’s resort island of Jeju will be able to hail air taxis while there – thanks to special air routes ded...

Delta Air increases stake in Hanjin KAL to back Chairman Cho

Delta Air increases stake in Hanjin KAL to back Chairman Cho

Delta Air Lines Inc., a friendly shareholder of Hanjin KAL Co., has bought an additional 1.7% stake in the company, which operates Korea’s lar...

Hyundai, Hanwha ink $5.8 bn defense deals with Poland

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...

Korean air filter maker CNTUS SUNGJIN aims to crack US market

Korean air filter maker CNTUS SUNGJIN aims to crack US market

CNTUS SUNGJIN Co., a mid-sized South Korean company known for its colorful face masks made under the Aer brand, has focused on business-to-business ...

Korea Inc. rushes to cut debt as interest rates surge

Korea Inc. rushes to cut debt as interest rates surge

South Korean companies scrambled for lowering debts and borrowing costs with new financial and business strategies as interest rates on corporate lo...

Doosan wins $640 mn desalination plant deal in Saudi

Doosan wins $640 mn desalination plant deal in Saudi

South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility Co. secured a $640 million deal for a desalination plant in Saudi Arabia to meet water demand in the kingdom.D...

LX Pantos mulls Air Premia acquisition to facilitate global logistics service

LX Pantos mulls Air Premia acquisition to facilitate global logistics service

LX Pantos Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s LX Group, is looking to acquire a controlling stake in local budget carrier Air Premia Co.,...

S.Korean defense firms receive $15 bn order from Poland

S.Korean defense firms receive $15 bn order from Poland

South Korea’s defense makers, namely Hyundai Rotem Co., Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), and Hanwha Defense Corp., clinched export dea...

S.Korean defense stocks boosted by $7.6 bn deal with Poland

S.Korean defense stocks boosted by $7.6 bn deal with Poland

South Korean defense stocks got a boost from a 10 trillion-won ($7.6 billion) export deal with Poland announced last week. Korea Aerospa...

Hanwha Aerospace, Hanwha Defense likely to merge

Hanwha Aerospace, Hanwha Defense likely to merge

Hanwha, the South Korean chemicals-to-financial conglomerate, has been a key player in the M&A market with a series of conspicuous acquisitions ...

Korea's Hyundai Mobis bolsters its own chipmaking capabilities

Korea's Hyundai Mobis bolsters its own chipmaking capabilities

Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s largest auto parts maker, is aiming to produce the majority of its automotive semiconductors with its own tec...

Korean Air, its white knight Naver close ranks in digital partnership

Korean Air, its white knight Naver close ranks in digital partnership

South Korea’s national flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. and online platform giant Naver Corp. are expanding their business cooperation in dig...

KAI targets to sell 1,000 units of FA-50 light attack aircraft worth $30 billion

KAI targets to sell 1,000 units of FA-50 light attack aircraft worth $30 billion

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, is seeking to sell 1,000 units of the FA-50 light combat a...

S.Korea defense firms poised to ink $7.7 bn in deals with Poland

S.Korea defense firms poised to ink $7.7 bn in deals with Poland

South Korea’s defense makers including Hyundai Rotem Co., Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) and Hanwha Defense are poised to clinch 10 tri...

Hyundai’s Supernal showcases flying electric car at UK air show

Hyundai’s Supernal showcases flying electric car at UK air show

Supernal LLC, the urban air mobility affiliate of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co., has unveiled the cabin concept of its flying ...

Samsung Biologics to double CDMO capacity with new plants worth $5.3 bn

Samsung Biologics to double CDMO capacity with new plants worth $5.3 bn

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, plans to double its manufacturing capacity by building four additional plants w...

South Korean startups team up with convenience stores for drone delivery

South Korean startups team up with convenience stores for drone delivery

South Korean convenient stores are ramping up competition in the business of drone delivery. The initial target regions include the Seoul subur...

LIG Nex1 showcases guided rocket at top navy exercise

LIG Nex1 showcases guided rocket at top navy exercise

South Korea’s defense exporter LIG Nex1 Co. showcased its guided rocket at the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise l...

Hyundai's IONIQ 6 wins accolades for streamlined design

Hyundai's IONIQ 6 wins accolades for streamlined design

Hyundai Motor Co.’s first all-electric sedan IONIQ 6 has received accolades from foreign media for its streamlined design and low chassis, whi...

KT, Swift Navigation team up for ultra-precision location service

KT, Swift Navigation team up for ultra-precision location service

KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, has partnered with Swift Navigation Co., a San Francisco-based technology firm, to commer...

Korean Air gears up to normalize international flights

Korean Air gears up to normalize international flights

Korean Air Lines Co., the country’s top carrier, is set to take measures to normalize international flights as nations worldwide are opening u...

Axiom Space invites Koreans to $500 million space hotel fundraising

Axiom Space invites Koreans to $500 million space hotel fundraising

Axiom Space Inc., which is developing the world’s first commercial space station, is seeking to raise $500 million from South Korean investors...

Korea airlines’ race for Mongolian route intensifies

Korea airlines’ race for Mongolian route intensifies

South Korean airlines’ competition for the Mongolian route, one of the most profitable, is heating up as low-cost carriers have joined the rac...

Poland closer to deal to buy South Korean fighter jets, tanks, howitzers

Poland closer to deal to buy South Korean fighter jets, tanks, howitzers

Poland is moving closer to clinching a megadeal to buy South Korean weapons such as fighter jets, tanks and artillery amid the ongoing Russian war o...

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