Hyundai considers EV version of Santa Cruz pickup in US market

Hyundai considers EV version of Santa Cruz pickup in US market

Hyundai Motor Co. plans to roll out an electric version of the Santa Cruz pickup, the South Korea automaker’s first model for the American mar...

Hyundai Heavy IPO creates largest shipbuilder on Kospi

Hyundai Heavy IPO creates largest shipbuilder on Kospi

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. successfully went public on Sept. 17 by closing at almost double its IPO price. The stock price closed at 111,500 won (...

KGC creates Ginseng Museum Cafe in New York

KGC creates Ginseng Museum Cafe in New York

Korea Ginseng Corporation (KGC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of KT&G Corporation, has set up its first interactive cafe in the global market where...

KB Fin, Shinhan invest in Sweden's wind farm via joint fund

KB Fin, Shinhan invest in Sweden's wind farm via joint fund

South Korea's two banking giants -- KB Financial Group and Shinhan Financial Group -- have invested a combined 80 billion won ($68 million) in a win...

Kakao to strengthen overseas operations amid growing criticism

Kakao to strengthen overseas operations amid growing criticism

Kakao Corp. will accelerate its overseas expansion as part of its recently announced reform plan to strengthen fair business practices.Kakao said on...

Korean EV startup makes highest bid for Ssangyong Motor

Korean EV startup makes highest bid for Ssangyong Motor

South Korea's electric vehicle and battery startup EL B&T has offered the highest price of around 500 billion won ($430 million) for debt-laden ...

Hyundai, LG Energy break ground on $1.1 bn Indonesia battery plant

Hyundai, LG Energy break ground on $1.1 bn Indonesia battery plant

Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. have begun construction of a $1.1 billion battery cell plant in Indonesia as the two South Korean comp...

JW Bioscience in pancreatic cancer biomarker deal with Immunovia

JW Bioscience in pancreatic cancer biomarker deal with Immunovia

JW Bioscience Co., a subsidiary of South Korea’s JW Life Science Co., has signed a non-exclusive agreement to transfer its patented technology...

Hydrogen yet to boost Hyundai, Kia stocks

Hydrogen yet to boost Hyundai, Kia stocks

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s top two automakers, remained sluggish in the local stock market despite their hydrogen industry...

Hyundai mulls robot dog Spot for facility inspector job

Hyundai mulls robot dog Spot for facility inspector job

South Korea's largest carmaker Hyundai Motor Group is considering employing Spot, the four-legged robot developed by Boston Dynamics Inc., in its ...

KT, Daishin PE acquire 100% stake in global data firm Epsilon

KT, Daishin PE acquire 100% stake in global data firm Epsilon

South Korea’s major telecom company KT Corp. is expanding investments in future growth areas outside the traditional mobile sector. KT said on...

Hyundai Heavy becomes third-most subscribed Korean IPO

Hyundai Heavy becomes third-most subscribed Korean IPO

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. became the third-most subscribed stock in South Korea after its initial public offering drew 1,130 trillion won ($968 b...

Amazon Global Store shakes up S.Korea’s e-commerce scene

Amazon Global Store shakes up S.Korea’s e-commerce scene

Amazon Global Store posted a stellar first-week performance in South Korea. The service, launched at the end of August on SK Telecom Co.’s onl...

S.Korea kicks off AI strategy talks with Naver, Kakao, Samsung, telcos

S.Korea kicks off AI strategy talks with Naver, Kakao, Samsung, telcos

South Korean government has hosted the first top-level artificial intelligence (AI) roundtable meeting with representatives from the country’s...

Hyundai Motor’s Chung Euisun: Vision 2040 for hydrogen society

Hyundai Motor’s Chung Euisun: Vision 2040 for hydrogen society

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group has set out its vision for a hydrogen society, in which the clean energy source is harnessed not just for tr...

Hyundai Motor vows carbon neutrality by 2045

Hyundai Motor vows carbon neutrality by 2045

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 as global automakers are going for broke to accompl...

Hyundai Glovis inks gas shipping deal with Trafigura

Hyundai Glovis inks gas shipping deal with Trafigura

South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis Co. has inked a deal with global commodities trader Trafigura to transport gas and ammonia as part of its longer-...

Genesis goes green as Hyundai Motor accelerates EV push

Genesis goes green as Hyundai Motor accelerates EV push

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday unveiled its vision for a sustainable future, in which all its new vehicles under th...

Hyundai to step up push into eco-friendly ships with IPO

Hyundai to step up push into eco-friendly ships with IPO

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. plans to spend 70% of the proceeds from its initial public offering on the Korea Exchange, or about 760 billion won ($6...

LG Energy Solution, SK Innovation raise global battery market shares

LG Energy Solution, SK Innovation raise global battery market shares

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK Innovation Co. expanded global battery market shares, leading steady growth in South Korea’s battery industry.S...

Hyundai Motor develops Roblox virtual mobility experience game

Hyundai Motor develops Roblox virtual mobility experience game

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has developed an interactive metaverse game to be played on its online entertainment platform Ro...

Hyundai Heavy, Babcock join forces for Korea’s first aircraft carrier

Hyundai Heavy, Babcock join forces for Korea’s first aircraft carrier

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. teamed up with British engineering company Babcock International to develop South Korea’s first aircraft carrier....

SK Global Chemical rebrands as plastic recycler SK Geocentric

SK Global Chemical rebrands as plastic recycler SK Geocentric

SK Innovation Co.’s petrochemical unit SK Global Chemical Co. has undergone a corporate name change to SK Geocentric Co., in a move to reident...

Hyundai Motor, Motional unveil IONIQ 5 self-driving robotaxi

Hyundai Motor, Motional unveil IONIQ 5 self-driving robotaxi

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its US mobility joint venture Motional Inc. on Tuesday unveiled their first autonomous robot...

Chinese, Korean carmakers penetrate Japanese-dominated Indonesia

Chinese, Korean carmakers penetrate Japanese-dominated Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Co. is set to start producing automobiles in Indonesia around the end of this year to attract drivers in the Southeast Asia’s ...

Global automakers' new battle field: small EVs

Global automakers' new battle field: small EVs

Global automakers stop producing smaller cars among internal combustion engine models. The industry is facing difficulties to make profits from thos...

Korea’s hydrogen council to launch Sept. 8; Hyundai to unveil new tech

Korea’s hydrogen council to launch Sept. 8; Hyundai to unveil new tech

The South Korean version of the Hydrogen Council, a global CEO-led initiative to harness the clean energy source, will officially launch on Sept. 8 ...

Hyundai Oilbank to make hydrogen fuel cell components from 2023

Hyundai Oilbank to make hydrogen fuel cell components from 2023

Hyundai Oilbank Co. will enter the hydrogen fuel cell components market by building separator production plants within this year with commercializat...

Amazon teams up with SK’s 11Street to offer Global Store for Koreans

Amazon teams up with SK’s 11Street to offer Global Store for Koreans

SK Telecom Co.’s e-commerce platform 11Street Co. has teamed up with Amazon, the world’s largest online shopping mall, to offer the US c...

Hyundai Engineering wins $256 mn order to revamp Thai IRPC refinery

Hyundai Engineering wins $256 mn order to revamp Thai IRPC refinery

South Korea’s construction company Hyundai Engineering Co. won a $256 million order from IRPC Pcl. to upgrade its refinery, allowing the Thai ...

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