Korea’s record trade deficit stirs capital outflow fears

Korea’s record trade deficit stirs capital outflow fears

South Korea reported the largest trade deficit on surging raw material prices in January, string worries that capital outflows from Asia’s fou...

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...

Hyundai Motor launches robotaxi service in upscale Gangnam district

Hyundai Motor launches robotaxi service in upscale Gangnam district

City governments, automakers, and tech giants are leading the adoption of robotaxis in major cities throughout South Korea.  The Ministry of L...

Hyundai Engineering drops IPO plan on stock market weakness

Hyundai Engineering drops IPO plan on stock market weakness

Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, dropped a listing plan to raise up ...

Daewoo Shipbuilding to look for domestic buyer: KDB

Daewoo Shipbuilding to look for domestic buyer: KDB

The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB), the main creditor of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., said on Thursday it will look for a...

HDC Hyundai eyes over $800 mn in loans after fatal accident

HDC Hyundai eyes over $800 mn in loans after fatal accident

South Korea's HDC Hyundai Development Co. plans to raise more than 1 trillion won ($832 million) in funding backed by its real estate holdings as th...

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...

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...

Hyundai Engineering CEO: To spend $1.3 bn on green projects with IPO

Hyundai Engineering CEO: To spend $1.3 bn on green projects with IPO

Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to spend as much as 1.5 trill...

Hyundai Motor vows $7.7 billion investment after record 2021 revenue

Hyundai Motor vows $7.7 billion investment after record 2021 revenue

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Tuesday it will spend a record 9.2 trillion won ($7.7 billion) this year to ramp up facilities for electric cars and other...

Naver recruits two AI scholars based in US

Naver recruits two AI scholars based in US

Naver Corp. is ramping up its recruitment of global talent in artificial intelligence. The South Korean tech giant announced Monday that it h...

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...

LG Innotek shares rise despite mixed brokerage views

LG Innotek shares rise despite mixed brokerage views

LG Innotek Co. stocks have been on a rising trend over the past three months and are trading at their highest-ever prices. However, there are mixed ...

Megazone Cloud to attract up to $336 mn for 2023 IPO

Megazone Cloud to attract up to $336 mn for 2023 IPO

Megazone Cloud Corp., a leading cloud service provider and the first Korean business partner of Amazon Web Service (AWS), plans to attract 300 billi...

Hyundai Samho Heavy says no delay to 2022 IPO

Hyundai Samho Heavy says no delay to 2022 IPO

South Korea's Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. this week reaffirmed its plan to go public by the end of this year, as agreed with its pre-IPO inve...

Hyundai to offer auto finance in France to boost Europe vehicle sales

Hyundai to offer auto finance in France to boost Europe vehicle sales

Hyundai Capital Services Inc., a financial services subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, and CGI Finance, a unit of Societe Generale Group, have launc...

AI humans take quantum leap in Korean entertainment and media

AI humans take quantum leap in Korean entertainment and media

At first glance, ETERN!TY is similar to other K-pop bands – dancing to upbeat music and the female members donning pink tennis outfits. W...

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...

Collapsed merger’s silver lining: More cash for Hyundai Heavy

Collapsed merger’s silver lining: More cash for Hyundai Heavy

The European Commission’s rejection of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.'s proposed merger with crosstown rival Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine En...

Hyundai Heavy, DSME merger falls through on EU veto

Hyundai Heavy, DSME merger falls through on EU veto

The European Commission on Thursday vetoed the combination of the world’s two largest shipbuilders Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Daewoo Shi...

Korean AI startups blaze trails in overseas markets

Korean AI startups blaze trails in overseas markets

Artificial intelligence-powered image analysis company Alchera Inc. is working with PG&E (The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in t...

Hyundai Motor aims to triple Genesis G90 sales by 2023

Hyundai Motor aims to triple Genesis G90 sales by 2023

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday it aims to triple the global sale of the Genesis G90 over the next couple of years by launching the flagship luxu...

Motional to begin robotaxi dispatch next year

Motional to begin robotaxi dispatch next year

US-based autonomous vehicle company Motional Inc. announced its plans for the commercialization of driverless cars based on the all-electric Hyundai...

Baillie Gifford, Allianz increase holdings in 3D tech firm Koh Young

Baillie Gifford, Allianz increase holdings in 3D tech firm Koh Young

Global asset managers are increasing shareholdings in Koh Young Technology Inc., Korea’s leading 3D image measurement tech firm listed ...

ABL Bio in $1.06 bn deal with Sanofi for Parkinson's disease treatment

ABL Bio in $1.06 bn deal with Sanofi for Parkinson's disease treatment

South Korea’s ABL Bio Inc. has signed a $1.06 billion contract to license out its technology for a Parkinson's disease treatment candidate t...

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...

SoftBank invests $146 mn in AI startup Qraft

SoftBank invests $146 mn in AI startup Qraft

SoftBank Group Corp. is investing $146 million in South Korea’s artificial intelligence company Qraft Technologies, Inc. The investment includ...

SK Networks invests in AI-based US healthcare startup LVIS

SK Networks invests in AI-based US healthcare startup LVIS

South Korea’s SK Networks Co. said on Tuesday it joined a $15 million in Series B-2 funding for US healthcare startup LVIS Corp.LVIS, headquar...

Hyundai E&C to inject $343 mn in Hilton Seoul redevelopment

Hyundai E&C to inject $343 mn in Hilton Seoul redevelopment

  Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), a construction giant under Hyundai Motor Company, will invest 409.9 billion wo...

Hyundai Heavy uneasy ahead of EU decision despite $2.5 bn orders

Hyundai Heavy uneasy ahead of EU decision despite $2.5 bn orders

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group grew more concerned ahead of the European Union’s decision on the combination of the world&...

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