LG Electronics likely ahead of Whirlpool with record 2023 sales

LG Electronics likely ahead of Whirlpool with record 2023 sales

LG Electronics Inc. is consolidating its lead over Whirlpool Corp. as the world’s top home appliances maker as the South Korean electronics ma...

Hyundai Motor, SK Enmove to join forces for next-generation vehicle refrigerants

Hyundai Motor, SK Enmove to join forces for next-generation vehicle refrigerants

Hyundai Motor Group and SK Enmove Co. on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate in developing refrigerants for next-generation...

Hyundai Motor units join hands for logistics solutions

Hyundai Motor units join hands for logistics solutions

Hyundai Motor Group’s autonomous driving technology arm 42dot Inc. has joined hands with its sister companies Hyundai Glovis Co. and Hyundai C...

Hyundai unveils All-New Kona Electric N Line in Europe

Hyundai unveils All-New Kona Electric N Line in Europe

Hyundai Motor Co. unveiled 2024 The all-new KONA Electric N Line in the European market including the UK on Jan. 16., according to the company.&nb...

Korean military fund anchors $142 mn real estate fund

Korean military fund anchors $142 mn real estate fund

South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), a retirement savings fund for military personnel, is set to become an anchor investor in...

Hyundai Motor, Kia rank 4th in Europe with record 2023 sales

Hyundai Motor, Kia rank 4th in Europe with record 2023 sales

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group saw its vehicle sales in Europe rise to a fresh record high in 2023, driven by sport utility v...

LG Innotek, AOE join hands to lead vehicle, XR camera module markets

LG Innotek, AOE join hands to lead vehicle, XR camera module markets

South Korea’s major camera module maker LG Innotek Co. has joined hands with AOE Optronics Co., an automotive lens-making subsidiary of Taiwan...

Steel giant POSCO raises $500 mn in 3-year green bonds

Steel giant POSCO raises $500 mn in 3-year green bonds

POSCO raised $5 million in three-year green bond sales on Jan. 16 to invest the proceeds in domestic facilities, the largest steelmaker in South Kor...

Hyundai Motor to launch advanced vehicle platform R&D division

Hyundai Motor to launch advanced vehicle platform R&D division

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group will launch an advanced vehicle platform (AVP) research and development division, combining it...

Tata Daewoo triumphs in global market with 40% export surge

Tata Daewoo triumphs in global market with 40% export surge

South Korea's Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company (TDCV) achieved remarkable success last year by exporting 40% of its total sales, despite the g...

Iljin Electric secures $36 mn order for high-voltage cables in Malaysia

Iljin Electric secures $36 mn order for high-voltage cables in Malaysia

Iljin Electric, the integrated heavy electric device unit of South Korea's Iljin Group, announced on Tuesday that it has recently signed a contract ...

Kia, Uber to jointly develop custom-tailored electric ride-hailing PBV

Kia, Uber to jointly develop custom-tailored electric ride-hailing PBV

LAS VEGAS – South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. has forged a partnership with Uber Technologies Inc. to jointly develop cus...

Hyundai’s 42dot, Samsung to develop AI-powered SDV platform

Hyundai’s 42dot, Samsung to develop AI-powered SDV platform

LAS VEGAS – Hyundai Motor Group’s self-driving technology unit 42dot Inc. will develop an artificial intelligence-powered software-defin...

Samsung, Harman move in lockstep to advance in-vehicle technology

Samsung, Harman move in lockstep to advance in-vehicle technology

LAS VEGAS – South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. and its wholly owned US subsidiary Harman International Industries Inc. hav...

Kia to launch mid-sized purpose-built vehicle PV5 in 2025

Kia to launch mid-sized purpose-built vehicle PV5 in 2025

Kia Corp., the No. 2 automaker in South Korea, is set to launch its first mid-sized purpose-built vehicle model (PBV) in 2025 and start a customized...

LG Electronics posts record 2023 sales, Q4 profit misses forecasts

LG Electronics posts record 2023 sales, Q4 profit misses forecasts

LG Electronics Inc. on Monday posted record-high 2023 revenue thanks to robust sales of home appliances and vehicle components, although its fourth-...

Hyundai to invest an additional $744 mn in Indian hydrogen biz

Hyundai to invest an additional $744 mn in Indian hydrogen biz

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, is set to invest an additional $744 million in India for a hydrogen ecosystem to lead the futu...

Kia EV9 named NACTOY 2024

Kia EV9 named NACTOY 2024

Kia EV9, the signature large all-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker Kia Corp., was named “2024 Nort...

Hyundai Motor, Kia post record US sales in 2023, to rank 4th in US

Hyundai Motor, Kia post record US sales in 2023, to rank 4th in US

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group saw its vehicle sales in the US rise to an all-time high in 2023, driven by its latest models of recreationa...

Scrap steel price poised to rebound on lower inventories

Scrap steel price poised to rebound on lower inventories

Scrap steel prices in South Korea are poised to bounce back after hitting an annual low in the last month of 2023 amid declining scrap metal invento...

LG Display to unveil future mobility panels at CES

LG Display to unveil future mobility panels at CES

LG Display Co., the world’s leading organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, will unveil its next-generation automotive display produc...

42dot to lead Hyundai Group's in-vehicle software R&D

42dot to lead Hyundai Group's in-vehicle software R&D

Hyundai Motor Group’s self-driving technology arm 42dot Inc. will absorb the electronics, infotainment and autonomous driving technology divis...

Daewoo E&C opens theme park Ice Jungle in Phu Quoc

Daewoo E&C opens theme park Ice Jungle in Phu Quoc

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) opened the digital theme park Ice Jungle in its ongoing luxury residential ...

HD Hyundai Oilbank launches dedicated EV lubricant

HD Hyundai Oilbank launches dedicated EV lubricant

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Oilbank said on Thursday that it launched a new dedicated electric vehicle (EV) lubricant brand the Hyundai XTeer EVF...

Hyundai, Kia’s tech sets them apart with record hybrid vehicle sales

Hyundai, Kia’s tech sets them apart with record hybrid vehicle sales

Like their global peers, Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. recently turned their sights back to hybrid vehicles as electric vehicle uptakes ...

SGC eTEC E&C wins $160 mn plant order in Malaysia

SGC eTEC E&C wins $160 mn plant order in Malaysia

South Korea's SGC eTEC E&C Co. said on Tuesday it has won a 204.7 billion won ($158 million) order to build epichlorohydrin (ECH) and chlor-alka...

Hyundai's Kona included on French EV subsidy eligibility list

 Hyundai's Kona included on French EV subsidy eligibility list

Hyundai Motor Co.'s sports utility vehicle Kona is the only Korean EV included on a list of 78 electric vehicle models eligible for French subsidies...

HL Mando to test-drive Level 4 autonomous parking system

HL Mando to test-drive Level 4 autonomous parking system

HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea’s HL Group, will test-drive its nearly fully self-d...

Hyundai Motor Group to be named NACTOY 2024

Hyundai Motor Group to be named NACTOY 2024

Hyundai Motor Group confirmed its victory in the utility vehicle category of "North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle (NACTOY) of the Year 202...

Mirae Asset acquires Indian brokerage firm Sharekhan for $360 million

Mirae Asset acquires Indian brokerage firm Sharekhan for $360 million

South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group has acquired Sharekhan Ltd., India’s 10th-largest brokerage firm, to enh...

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