Hyundai, Kia speed up expansion in European EV market

Hyundai, Kia speed up expansion in European EV market

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s top two automakers, are expanding their presence in Europe, the world’s second-largest el...

GEPS taps Samsung Life's alternative investment head as CIO

GEPS taps Samsung Life's alternative investment head as CIO

Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) of South Korea has named Baek Joo-hyun, former alternative investment head at Samsung Life Insurance Co....

Venture capital heavyweights tighten belts after 13-year spending spree

Venture capital heavyweights tighten belts after 13-year spending spree

Venture capital firms at home and abroad are tightening their belts, following growing concerns over inflation and continued interest hikes by maj...

LG Energy, SK On to raise yields with smart factory solutions

LG Energy, SK On to raise yields with smart factory solutions

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK On Co., the world’s No. 2 and No. 5 electric vehicle battery makers, plan to adopt smart factory solutions to i...

Bio, mobility to top Lotte's $30 bn spending list by 2026

Bio, mobility to top Lotte's $30 bn spending list by 2026

South Korea’s Lotte Group will spend a total of 37 trillion won ($29 billion) on its businesses over the next five years, a chunk of which wil...

Samsung further expands global TV market share in Q1

Samsung further expands global TV market share in Q1

Samsung Electronics Co. further expanded its market share in the global TV market in the first quarter of this year, while LG Electronics Inc. deliv...

Hanmi Semiconductor among top 10 chip machine makers: TechInsights

Hanmi Semiconductor among top 10 chip machine makers: TechInsights

Hanmi Semiconductor Co., a South Korean chip equipment manufacturer, has been chosen as one of the world’s top 10 chip fabrication machine mak...

Hanwha Systems joins hands with Italy's Leonardo for radar exports

Hanwha Systems joins hands with Italy's Leonardo for radar exports

South Korea’s Hanwha Systems Co. joined forces with Italy’s major defense maker Leonardo SpA on exports of advanced aircraft radars to i...

Hyundai Marine sees huge potential in global data centers

Hyundai Marine sees huge potential in global data centers

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. of South Korea is seeking investment opportunities for distressed and special situation strategies with a se...

Hyundai to invest $10.5 bn in US EV, future mobility sectors

Hyundai to invest $10.5 bn in US EV, future mobility sectors

Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, unveiled plans to spend $10.5 billion on the auto industry in the US through 2025 as it aims...

Former NPS real estate chief named Allianz RE's Asia head

Former NPS real estate chief named Allianz RE's Asia head

Kim Hyun-soo, a former real estate investment head of South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), has been named Asia head of Allianz Real Estate,...

Startups race for top talent to fill CTO positions

Startups race for top talent to fill CTO positions

Just a few years back, fashion startups in South Korea rarely saw the need for a Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The same was true for the so-c...

Hyundai Glovis forms Thailand JV to expand SE Asia biz

Hyundai Glovis forms Thailand JV to expand SE Asia biz

South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis Co. set up a logistics joint venture in Thailand to expand its business in Southeast Asia.The logistics unit of S...

Kakao to merge US webtoon, web novel platforms

Kakao to merge US webtoon, web novel platforms

South Korea’s Kakao Entertainment Co. is set to merge Tapas Media Inc. and Radish Fiction Inc., its webtoon and mobile novel platforms in Nort...

Volkswagen partner SoluM eyes top spot in global ESL market

Volkswagen partner SoluM eyes top spot in global ESL market

SoluM Co., a South Korean mid-sized electronic component maker, is eyeing record performance this year, thanks to orders from Volkswagen AG and Elon...

Global experts to discuss alternative investment at ASK 2022

Global experts to discuss alternative investment at ASK 2022

The Korea Economic Daily will host ASK 2022, or Alternative Investment Summit Korea 2022, at the Conrad Seoul hotel on May 18. More than 800 alterna...

Naver Webtoon to form JV with Japan’s TBS for original IP

Naver Webtoon to form JV with Japan’s TBS for original IP

Naver Webtoon Corp., the digital comics and novel platform of South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp., has agreed to set up a joint vent...

Hyundai Motor to take Korean ondol heating system to GV90

Hyundai Motor to take Korean ondol heating system to GV90

In the era of autonomous driving, the definition of the space inside a car is expanded into a moving living space, and Hyundai Motor Co. aims to tak...

Korea's top patient monitoring device maker targets pet sector

Korea's top patient monitoring device maker targets pet sector

South Korea’s leading patient monitoring device maker Mediana Co. is targeting the pet medical industry while seeking an artificial intelligen...

Korea's top real estate managers bulk up assets in COVID-19

Korea's top real estate managers bulk up assets in COVID-19

Real estate funds in South Korea have increased by 27% to 130 trillion won ($101.4 billion) from 102 trillion won over the past two years, accordi...

CJ ENM, Naver to launch drama studio joint venture in Japan

CJ ENM, Naver to launch drama studio joint venture in Japan

South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. and online platform giant Naver Corp. are launching a drama production studio in Japan to tap into ...

SK Square taps NPS PE expert as global investment head

SK Square taps NPS PE expert as global investment head

South Korea’s investment firm SK Square Co. announced on Thursday that it has chosen Harvey Hakjin Bae, a former alternative investment expert...

Samsung SDS takes smart logistics platform Cello Square to China

Samsung SDS takes smart logistics platform Cello Square to China

Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit of Samsung Group, is taking its smart logistics platform, Cello Square, to China to offer l...

LG Energy begins joint research on smart factory tech with elite institute

LG Energy begins joint research on smart factory tech with elite institute

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Pohang-based Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST) announced Wednesday they will embark on join...

POSCO to invest $20 billion in battery materials to rival Chinese firms

POSCO to invest $20 billion in battery materials to rival Chinese firms

POSCO Group, which owns South Korea’s largest steelmaker, plans to invest 25 trillion won ($20 billion) to secure a stable supply of key raw m...

S.Korean CEOs chase M&A targets in same industry

S.Korean CEOs chase M&A targets in same industry

Some 72% of South Korea's chief executives surveyed by consulting firm EY intend to carry out M&As within the next 12 months to increase their m...

SK E&S invests $110 million in world’s largest carbon capture project

SK E&S invests $110 million in world’s largest carbon capture project

SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is investing $110 million for a 10% stake in Summit Carbon Solutions ...

Hyundai likely to unveil US EV plant plans in May

Hyundai likely to unveil US EV plant plans in May

Hyundai Motor Co. is preparing to announce a plan to build its first electric vehicle plant in the US, a source familiar with the matter said on Mon...

Korea’s SFA Engineering aims for top spot in smart factory market

Korea’s SFA Engineering aims for top spot in smart factory market

SFA Engineering Corp., a small South Korean equipment maker, has for decades been known for its automated machines used in the manufacture of displa...

Samsung Elec. proposes global research for 6G frequencies

Samsung Elec. proposes global research for 6G frequencies

Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s tech behemoth, has put forward global research on 6G service frequencies as it aims to take the lead in...

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