Korean battery sector to heat up IPO market again

Korean battery sector to heat up IPO market again

South Korea’s battery industry is expected to heat up the initial public offering market later this year as battery materials and equipment ma...

KT provides AI-powered voice recognition service to Mercedez

KT provides AI-powered voice recognition service to Mercedez

South Korea’s top wireless carrier KT Corp. announced Thursday that it has launched an AI-powered voice recognition service for Mercedez-Benz ...

Online platforms emerge as new battlefield for auto sales in Korea

Online platforms emerge as new battlefield for auto sales in Korea

Visiting a car dealer’s stylish showroom to touch, feel and sometimes test drive a car before purchase has for decades been a rite of passage ...

Hyundai, Kia post record US car sales as Japanese firms struggle

Hyundai, Kia post record US car sales as Japanese firms struggle

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., the two automaking units of Hyundai Motor Group, saw their combined auto sales in the US rise to their highest leve...

POSCO wins shareholder support to launch holding firm

POSCO wins shareholder support to launch holding firm

South Korea's POSCO Co. will transform into a holding company structure on Mar. 2, after its plan to split itself into a holding firm and a steelmak...

Hyundai Rotem to mass produce hydrogen extractors

Hyundai Rotem to mass produce hydrogen extractors

South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem is set to start in February mass production of hydrogen extractors that derive hydrogen from natural gas as it aim...

Samsung, Lotte, POSCO to build hydrogen plant in Malaysia

Samsung, Lotte, POSCO to build hydrogen plant in Malaysia

Samsung Engineering Co., Lotte Chemical Corp., and POSCO signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (S...

LG Energy, GM to build $2.6 bn battery plant in Michigan

LG Energy, GM to build $2.6 bn battery plant in Michigan

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and General Motors Co., plan to build the third US electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan with a $2.6 billion investment...

SK Group to establish $835 mn green biz R&D complex

SK Group to establish $835 mn green biz R&D complex

SK Group, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate, plans to invest more than 1 trillion won ($835.3 million) in a research and development co...

LG Omnipod: A self-driving home on wheels

LG Omnipod: A self-driving home on wheels

LG Electronics Inc. is bringing a life-size model of its future mobility autonomous concept vehicle to the real world.The LG Omnipod, a mobility con...

Korea’s GS E&C to export hydrogen plant modules to US

Korea’s GS E&C to export hydrogen plant modules to US

GS Engineering & Construction Co. will export hydrogen plant modules to the US, becoming the first South Korean builder for such overseas sales....

Hyosung goes greener with $836 million green hydrogen project

Hyosung goes greener with $836 million green hydrogen project

Hyosung Group is stepping up efforts to turn into an eco-friendly business, announcing huge investment plans on hydrogen and renewable energy projec...

Hyundai, Kia lead rivals in 2022 US best car awards

Hyundai, Kia lead rivals in 2022 US best car awards

Hyundai Motor Group’s major auto brands have won a record number of best car awards by the U.S. News & World Report in recognition of thei...

Vegan foodmaker Organica attracts funding from China's CITIC

Vegan foodmaker Organica attracts funding from China's CITIC

Plant-based food company Organica Corp. has attracted investment from China’s alternative investment firm CITIC Capital Holdings Ltd. This mar...

Hyundai Engineering’s new business keywords: Hydrogen, mini reactors

Hyundai Engineering’s new business keywords: Hydrogen, mini reactors

Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is reorganizing its business struct...

Hylium, KRISO, POSCO receive initial approval for liquid hydrogen storage tanks

Hylium, KRISO, POSCO receive initial approval for liquid hydrogen storage tanks

Hylium Industries Inc. announced Wednesday that it has been granted an approval in principle (AIP) by the Korean Register for two types of jointly d...

Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant: World’s second most productive

Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant: World’s second most productive

Hyundai Motor Co.'s US manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Alabama is the world’s second most productive assembly plant, contributing to the So...

SK Pharmteco to raise up to $498 mn on $5 bn valuation

SK Pharmteco to raise up to $498 mn on $5 bn valuation

SK Pharmteco, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for pharmaceuticals, is slated to raise 400 billion ($332.2 million) to 6...

Hyundai to sell half of cars in US with eco-friendly models by 2030

Hyundai to sell half of cars in US with eco-friendly models by 2030

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, aims to sell half of the cars in the US with eco-friendly models by 2030, increasing sales of ...

Self-driving car stocks to lead auto sector shares in 2022

Self-driving car stocks to lead auto sector shares in 2022

Self-driving car-related shares failed to draw attention last year as investors focused on electric vehicles and the autonomous vehicle value chain ...

Hyundai looks beyond cars to link real, virtual worlds in metamobility

Hyundai looks beyond cars to link real, virtual worlds in metamobility

LAS VEGAS – Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled its grand ambitions to pioneer the use of robotics in both the real world and the virtual sphere, c...

Hyundai’s Chung charts vision as top-tier eco-friendly auto brand

Hyundai’s Chung charts vision as top-tier eco-friendly auto brand

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group on Monday set out its vision to be a top-tier eco-friendly auto brand with its focus on electr...

Hyundai to launch Level 3 self-driving Genesis G90 in H2

Hyundai to launch Level 3 self-driving Genesis G90 in H2

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, aims to roll out mass-produced hands-free Level 3 self-driving cars, starting with the flagshi...

Hyundai Motor unveils world’s first hydrogen garbage truck

Hyundai Motor unveils world’s first hydrogen garbage truck

Hyundai Motor Group revealed a clip of the world’s first hydrogen-powered garbage truck Thursday. The video titled “Dear My Hero” ...

Hyundai Glovis opens firm in Chengdu for logistics to Europe

Hyundai Glovis opens firm in Chengdu for logistics to Europe

Hyundai Glovis Co., a logistics unit of Hyundai Motor Group, has founded an affiliate in Chengdu, the largest trade city in western China, for rai...

Hyundai Oilbank to sell fuels to Hawaii in first term deal with US

Hyundai Oilbank to sell fuels to Hawaii in first term deal with US

South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. is set to export gasoline and diesel to Hawaii next year through its first term contract to sell petroleum ...

Germany's ZF to invest in Korean self-driving startup

Germany's ZF to invest in Korean self-driving startup

Germany's car parts maker ZF Friedrichshafen is in the final stages of negotiations to invest around 20 billion won ($17 million) in StradVision, a ...

S.Korea's car output tumbles to lowest in 17 years

S.Korea's car output tumbles to lowest in 17 years

South Korea's car output in 2021 is estimated to have tumbled to its lowest level in 17 years as a global shortage of semiconductors slowed down pro...

Foreigners sell net $22 bn main Kospi shares in 2021

Foreigners sell net $22 bn main Kospi shares in 2021

Foreigners sold a net 25.9 trillion won ($21.8 billion) worth of South Korean stocks on the main Kospi from Jan. 1 to Dec. 23 of this year, marking ...

Hyundai revs up shares in Korean EV parts makers

Hyundai revs up shares in Korean EV parts makers

South Korea's electric vehicle components market is heating up as top automaker Hyundai Motor Group accelerates its transformation into an EV manu...

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