Gas maker Air Products Korea put on sale for around $3.6 bn

Gas maker Air Products Korea put on sale for around $3.6 bn

US industrial gas maker Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has put its South Korean unit up for sale for an estimated 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion), in...

LG unveils Korea’s 1st open source AI to take on Meta, Google

LG unveils Korea’s 1st open source AI to take on Meta, Google

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, on Wednesday introduced the country’s first open-sourced artificial intelligence la...

Samsung signs wind turbine structure supply deal with Equinor

Samsung signs wind turbine structure supply deal with Equinor

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said on Wednesday that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Norway's state-owned energy company Equi...

S.Korea’s current account at near 7-year high on strong chip exports

S.Korea’s current account at near 7-year high on strong chip exports

South Korea reported its biggest monthly current account surplus in six years and nine months thanks to robust exports of semiconductors. But the gr...

Hyundai Motor mulls connected car partnership with Google

Hyundai Motor mulls connected car partnership with Google

Hyundai Motor Group is accelerating its efforts to join hands with global tech companies to advance its future mobility technologies ranging from au...

Hyundai Glovis, Huayou join hands for EV battery recycling

Hyundai Glovis, Huayou join hands for EV battery recycling

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, has teamed up with a unit of China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt...

South Korea enjoys record-high kimchi exports in first half

South Korea enjoys record-high kimchi exports in first half

South Korea's kimchi exports surged to an all-time high for a six-month period in the first half of this year, according to data from the Korea Agro...

Slowing economy creates opportunity for S. Korean used car sellers

Slowing economy creates opportunity for S. Korean used car sellers

South Korea’s used car sellers hope to take advantage of the slowing economic growth at home and abroad to expand their market shares.Lotte Re...

Jeju Air seeks M&A, igniting race for top place in Korea's LCC market

Jeju Air seeks M&A, igniting race for top place in Korea's LCC market

Jeju Air Co., a leading South Korean low-cost carrier (LCC), will likely seek the acquisition and merger of a rival small airline operator amid inte...

Korea's warehouses suffer oversupply, rising vacancies

Korea's warehouses suffer oversupply, rising vacancies

Logistics centers in Seoul suburbs are suffering oversupply and rising vacancy rates, according to a report from South Korean commercial real estate...

Hyundai E&C unveils new Hillstate brand video

Hyundai E&C unveils new Hillstate brand video

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Friday the release of a new Hillstate brand film titled "Wha...

Hyundai Tucson HEV posts record US sales as hybrids catch on

Hyundai Tucson HEV posts record US sales as hybrids catch on

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. saw sales of the hybrid version of its flagship Tucson SUV hit an all-time monthly high in July in the US, the...

S.Korea, China's technology leak, anti-dumping disputes surge

S.Korea, China's technology leak, anti-dumping disputes surge

South Korean companies are getting tough on anti-dumping and patent infringement cases as they feel threatened by the intensifying price competition...

IONIQ 5 N selected as official car of Fuji Speedway Circuit

IONIQ 5 N selected as official car of Fuji Speedway Circuit

Hyundai Motor Co. announced that its high-performance electric vehicle (EV) the IONIQ 5 N was selected as the official car of Japan's Fuji Speedwa...

South Korea’s Inflation reaccelerates in July

South Korea’s Inflation reaccelerates in July

South Korea’s headline inflation picked up at a stronger-than-expected pace in July, reaccelerating due to higher prices for agricultural and ...

S.Korea’s July household debt grows at fastest pace in over 3 years

S.Korea’s July household debt grows at fastest pace in over 3 years

South Korea’s household debt is expanding at the fastest pace in over three years, clouding growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy and ...

Korea Investment manages Vista Land $50 mn global bond issuance

Korea Investment manages Vista Land $50 mn global bond issuance

Korea Investment & Securities Co. announced on Thursday that its Hong Kong subsidiary KIS Asia managed the issuance of $50 million in global bon...

Hyundai Engineering gets Hillsboro solar power plant rights

Hyundai Engineering gets Hillsboro solar power plant rights

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering Co. announced on Thursday that it acquired a 260 MW Hillsboro Solar Power Plant project from OCI Energy. This is H...

Woori Financial Group relaunches brokerage arm

Woori Financial Group relaunches brokerage arm

Woori Financial Group has returned to South Korea’s brokerage service market after a decade with the launch on Thursday of Woori Investment &a...

Central Asia emerging as South Korea’s new used car export market

Central Asia emerging as South Korea’s new used car export market

South Korea’s export volume of secondhand vehicles to Central Asia is increasing for an unexpected reason: Russia.According to the Korea Inter...

Korean commercial real estate market to show slow recovery in H2

Korean commercial real estate market to show slow recovery in H2

South Korea’s commercial real estate market will post a slow recovery in the second half of this year due to rate cut delays and no big correc...

South Korea to develop gas-cooled reactor with POSCO, SK, Daewoo

South Korea to develop gas-cooled reactor with POSCO, SK, Daewoo

South Korea has embarked on a 44.5 billion won ($32.3 million) project to jointly develop an advanced gas-cooled nuclear reactor with related domest...

HD Hyundai Oilbank exports bio marine fuel blends

HD Hyundai Oilbank exports bio marine fuel blends

The Korea Customs Service announced on July 29 that domestic petroleum products were exported after being blended in a bonded zone for the first tim...

Hyundai Motor chief Chung's unwavering support for Korean archery team

Hyundai Motor chief Chung's unwavering support for Korean archery team

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun’s love for archery is well-known in South Korea. The executive chairman of Hyundai Motor Co. and Ki...

Hyundai gives advanced air mobility demo in Indonesia

Hyundai gives advanced air mobility demo in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Group on Monday unveiled its advanced air mobility (AAM) technology and demonstrated an AAM prototype aircraft, or a flying car, in In...

HD Hyundai Marine Solution wins $60 mn ship maintenance contract

HD Hyundai Marine Solution wins $60 mn ship maintenance contract

HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., HD Hyundai’s marine industry comprehensive solution company, signed its largest long-term maintenance contract...

TMON, WeMakePrice file for court receivership amid liquidity troubles

TMON, WeMakePrice file for court receivership amid liquidity troubles

TMON Inc. and WeMakePrice Co. – the e-commerce platforms owned by Singapore-based Qoo10 Pte. – have filed for court receivership amid co...

Hyundai Mobis lighting system wins triple crown of design awards

Hyundai Mobis lighting system wins triple crown of design awards

South Korea's auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis announced on Sunday that its Active Aero Lighting System (AALS) has received awards at the world's thre...

HD Hyundai Electric expands power transformer facility in Alabama

HD Hyundai Electric expands power transformer facility in Alabama

HD Hyundai Electric Co., an energy solution provider under South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai, said on Sunday it completed a 12,690-square-meter st...

S.Korea relinquishes control to China in smaller OLED market

S.Korea relinquishes control to China in smaller OLED market

LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. lost ground to their Chinese rivals in the global small and mid-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) pan...

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