Kakao Pay launches ATM service in Japan, Vietnam, Laos

Kakao Pay launches ATM service in Japan, Vietnam, Laos

South Korea’s Kakao Pay Corp. on Wednesday said it started an overseas withdrawal service at automatic teller machines (ATM) in partnership wi...

Hyundai unveils driverless shuttle at Korean National Assembly

Hyundai unveils driverless shuttle at Korean National Assembly

Hyundai Motor Co. has launched a pilot service of the RoboShuttle, a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous driving technology, ...

Kia’s Gwangju auto plant gears up for 2nd heyday with EVs

Kia’s Gwangju auto plant gears up for 2nd heyday with EVs

GWANGJU, South Jeolla Province -- Kia Corp.'s plant in Gwangju, about 270 kilometers south of Seoul, bustled with workers and cars, including its be...

Hyundai’s restyled Santa Fe to revive SUV boom in S.Korea

Hyundai’s restyled Santa Fe to revive SUV boom in S.Korea

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is set to release a next-generation model of its steady-seller Santa Fe SUV this quarter, leadin...

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries starts building next-gen Aegis-equipped ship

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries starts building next-gen Aegis-equipped ship

South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the shipbuilding affiliate of HD Hyundai Co., has embarked on the full-scale construction of the next...

SK Square, SK Hynix set up $77 million chip investment unit

SK Square, SK Hynix set up $77 million chip investment unit

SK Square Co. and SK Hynix Inc., together with two other South Korean companies, have launched a 100 billion won ($77 million) joint investment unit...

Kia to begin EV battery subscription service pilot project

Kia to begin EV battery subscription service pilot project

South Korea's Kia Corp. said on Tuesday it has partnered with Hyundai Capital Services, Shinhan EZ General Insurance, the Seoul Taxi Association, Ha...

S.Korea's T&R Biofab secures patent in Japan for 3D-printed liver

S.Korea's T&R Biofab secures patent in Japan for 3D-printed liver

South Korea's regenerative medicine company T&R Biofab Co. on Monday said it obtained a patent in Japan for production technology for liver or...

Genesis GV80 to come with LG’s OLED auto display in close tie-up

Genesis GV80 to come with LG’s OLED auto display in close tie-up

Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis will be equipped with LG Display Co.'s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) automotive display for its...

Hyundai, Kia set fresh H1 sales record in US, beating H1 2021

Hyundai, Kia set fresh H1 sales record in US, beating H1 2021

South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Corp. posted record first-half-year sales in the US this year, am...

LG Uplus, Kakao Mobility to form EV charging JV

LG Uplus, Kakao Mobility to form EV charging JV

South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and transportation company Kakao Mobility announced on Monday their strategic allian...

S.Korea's NongHyup advances into EV charging

S.Korea's NongHyup advances into EV charging

South Korea's National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NongHyup), with over 9,000-plus offline bases nationwide, has entered the electric vehic...

Jeju Air becomes 1st S.Korean LCC to surpass 100 mn passenger mark

Jeju Air becomes 1st S.Korean LCC to surpass 100 mn passenger mark

South Korea's low-cost carrier (LCC) Jeju Air Co. on Sunday said its cumulative number of passengers exceeded 100 million 17 years after the company...

Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 6 shows off 3rd-longest driving range in US  

Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 6 shows off 3rd-longest driving range in US  

The IONIQ 6, the first fully electric sedan by Hyundai Motor Co., has been named one of the top three distance champions in the US based on tests by...

Hyundai Rotem wins $917 mn Australian electric train project

Hyundai Rotem wins $917 mn Australian electric train project

Hyundai Rotem, a South Korean railway system maker under Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday that it had won a major contract in Australia alongside...

Samsung SDI expands cooperation with EV makers

Samsung SDI expands cooperation with EV makers

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, is expanding cooperation with its customers including General Motors C...

Japan sends most tourists to S.Korea in May: tourism body

Japan sends most tourists to S.Korea in May: tourism body

Most visitors to South Korea last month were from Japan. The Korea Tourism Organization on Thursday said its tourism data found that the number...

Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 named Best EV of 2023 in US

Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 named Best EV of 2023 in US

Hyundai Motor Co.'s electric vehicle IONIQ 6 has been named Car and Driver's 2023 EV of the Year on Thursday. According to Hyundai Motor, IONIQ...

S.Korea, Japan to resume bilateral currency swap for dollars

S.Korea, Japan to resume bilateral currency swap for dollars

South Korea and Japan are set to revive their bilateral currency swap line to bolster their dollar liquidity this week after an eight-year suspensio...

Interpark Triple sees surge in sales of Japan tours, activities

Interpark Triple sees surge in sales of Japan tours, activities

Sales of Japan tour and activity products to South Korean travelers have surged in recent weeks, driven by an increase in the number of independent ...

EVs lack luster in S.Korea’s secondhand car market

EVs lack luster in S.Korea’s secondhand car market

Electric vehicles suffered sharper price falls in South Korea’s secondhand car market this year, compared with combustion engine and hybrid ca...

Hyundai, Kia invest extra $1.5 mn in automotive chip startup

Hyundai, Kia invest extra $1.5 mn in automotive chip startup

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. announced on Wednesday that they have invested extra 2 billion won ($1.54 million) in BOS Semiconductors, a vehicle ...

Hyundai bets big on futuristic displays, eyes roll-up screen in 3 years

Hyundai bets big on futuristic displays, eyes roll-up screen in 3 years

South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Tuesday it expects to begin mass production of its rollable vehicle display &ndas...

S.Korea to return to Japan’s preferential trade partner list in July

S.Korea to return to Japan’s preferential trade partner list in July

Japan has decided to put South Korea back on the list of its preferential trade partners, nearly four years after its removal. The Korea-Japan trade...

Hyundai Mobis overtakes Japan's Aisin on global auto parts market

Hyundai Mobis overtakes Japan's Aisin on global auto parts market

South Korea's Hyundai Mobis has surpassed Japan's Aisin, its biggest competitor in auto parts excluding batteries, to break into the top five on the...

Hyundai Engineering's petrochemical plant in Poland starts pilot output

Hyundai Engineering's petrochemical plant in Poland starts pilot output

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering has started pilot small-scale output ahead of mass production at its petrochemical plant in Poland.  ...

Hyundai Card, Visa form global data alliance

Hyundai Card, Visa form global data alliance

South Korea’s Hyundai Card has launched a data analysis business with Visa. Hyundai Card on Monday said it formed a strategic business partner...

HD Hyundai Infracore targets eco-friendly equipment market

HD Hyundai Infracore targets eco-friendly equipment market

HD Hyundai Infracore Co., a construction equipment unit of South Korea’s HD Hyundai Group, is set to make inroads into the eco-friendly sector...

SKIET rejuvenates old mining town in Poland as green industry hub

SKIET rejuvenates old mining town in Poland as green industry hub

DABROWA GORNICZA, Poland – It was not long ago that the Polish city of Dabrowa Gornicza in Silesia Province was struggling to bring back its g...

Hyundai Motor to take 1st crack at Korea’s used car market

Hyundai Motor to take 1st crack at Korea’s used car market

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is entering the country’s used car market, whose entry by big companies has long been deni...

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