Kia releases 2025 model year of Carnival

Kia releases 2025 model year of Carnival

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, said on Monday it will release The 2025 Carnival, a model year of its large recreational ve...

Hyundai Mobis, Zeiss to mass-produce holographic HUDs in 2027

Hyundai Mobis, Zeiss to mass-produce holographic HUDs in 2027

South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s No. 6 auto parts supplier, has teamed up with German optics giant Zeiss to mass-produce nex...

Korea’s financial exposure to real estate nearly doubles in 10 years

Korea’s financial exposure to real estate nearly doubles in 10 years

South Korea’s financial exposure to real estate has nearly doubled over the past decade, with lending to households making up about half. The ...

Korea Investment lists structured warrants in Indonesia

Korea Investment lists structured warrants in Indonesia

Korea Investment & Securities Co. has become the first South Korean securities firm to list derivative warrants in Indonesia after issuing 11 st...

BOK flags more rate cuts but in gradual, small steps

BOK flags more rate cuts but in gradual, small steps

South Korea’s central bank is open to more cuts in interest rates after its first rate reduction in more than four years on Friday but only in...

Foreign appetite for Korean stocks wanes with $5.5 bn in September sales

Foreign appetite for Korean stocks wanes with $5.5 bn in September sales

Foreign investors' appetite for South Korean stocks turned sour with sales of 7.36 trillion won ($5.5 billion) worth of shares on the Korean bourse ...

Korea’s Dongkuk develops world’s 1st biodegradable film for steel plates

Korea’s Dongkuk develops world’s 1st biodegradable film for steel plates

Dongkuk Coated Metal Co. (Dongkuk CM), the cold-rolled steel unit of South Korean steel conglomerate Dongkuk Holdings Co., on Friday unveiled the wo...

Korea Zinc ups share buyback price, volume to counter MBK

Korea Zinc ups share buyback price, volume to counter MBK

Korea Zinc Inc. said on Friday it will buy back more shares at a higher price than originally planned to counter North Asia-focused private equity f...

Hyundai Motor celebrates 100 mn vehicles with special exhibition

Hyundai Motor celebrates 100 mn vehicles with special exhibition

Hyundai Motor Co. is celebrating the production of its 100 millionth vehicle with a month-long exhibition, "One Step Further," starting October 10 a...

HD Hyundai unveils world’s 1st high-pressure ammonia dual-fuel engine

HD Hyundai unveils world’s 1st high-pressure ammonia dual-fuel engine

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said on Thursday it has developed the world's first ammonia dual-fuel engine with a high-pressure direct injection s...

Samsung retains No. 5, Hyundai climbs to No. 30 global brand

Samsung retains No. 5, Hyundai climbs to No. 30 global brand

Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s most valuable company in terms of market capitalization, saw its brand value top $100 billion for the f...

Microsoft, KT to invest $1.8 bn in Korea’s AI, infrastructure

Microsoft, KT to invest $1.8 bn in Korea’s AI, infrastructure

Microsoft Corp. and KT Corp. plan to invest 2.4 trillion won ($1.8 billion) in South Korea’s artificial intelligence, cloud and infrastructure...

Hyundai E&C, Surbana Jurong to team up on power projects

Hyundai E&C, Surbana Jurong to team up on power projects

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) established a cooperative network with Singapore's largest public-sector ...

MBK not to raise Korea Zinc tender offer price after regulator warning

MBK not to raise Korea Zinc tender offer price after regulator warning

MBK Partners will not raise its tender offer prices again for Korea Zinc Inc. and its affiliate Young Poong Precision Corp. after hiking them twice ...

Shinsegae, Paramount to build $3.39 billion theme park complex in S.Korea

Shinsegae, Paramount to build $3.39 billion theme park complex in S.Korea

South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group said on Thursday it has partnered with US media group Paramount Global on a 4.57 trillion won ($3.3...

Mirae Asset India surpasses 2 million retail client accounts

Mirae Asset India surpasses 2 million retail client accounts

Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Thursday that the number of retail client accounts in its India operations has crossed the 2 million mark.This ma...

Hyundai to launch India’s largest $3.3 bn IPO next week

Hyundai to launch India’s largest $3.3 bn IPO next week

Hyundai Motor Co.'s Indian subsidiary said on Wednesday it is set to launch its initial public offering, the largest listing in the country, next we...

LG Elec named Lowe's 2024 vendor partner of year

LG Elec named Lowe's 2024 vendor partner of year

LG Electronics Inc. said on Wednesday that it was named Lowe's 2024 Vendor Partners of the Year. Lowe's operates over 1,700 home improvement store...

Hyundai Motor Group expands R&D partnership with Singapore

Hyundai Motor Group expands R&D partnership with Singapore

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, has expanded its research partnership with Singapore into energy, artificial intelli...

Korea to join FTSE Rusell bond index to attract $66 bn inflows

Korea to join FTSE Rusell bond index to attract $66 bn inflows

South Korea will be included in a global major bond index next year to attract an estimated $66 billion in capital inflows to Asia’s fourth-la...

Toyota, Hyundai chiefs to meet in Seoul for hydrogen alliance

Toyota, Hyundai chiefs to meet in Seoul for hydrogen alliance

The leaders of Toyota Motor Corp. and Hyundai Motor Group will meet in South Korea later this month, raising expectations of a deepening partnership...

Alternative investment experts to gather Oct. 16-17 at ASK 2024

Alternative investment experts to gather Oct. 16-17 at ASK 2024

South Korea’s major institutional investors and global asset managers will gather at the ASK 2024 global alternative investment conference on ...

HD Hyundai to produce key ship electrification part LV VFD in-house

HD Hyundai to produce key ship electrification part LV VFD in-house

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Co., the parent of the world’s top shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., said on Tuesday it has develope...

Hyundai Motor Group, D.Camp to host startup demo day

Hyundai Motor Group, D.Camp to host startup demo day

Hyundai Motor Group's open innovation platform ZER01NE said on Tuesday it partnered with startup accelerator D.Camp in collaboration with 19 finan...

Hyundai Movex to lead S. Korea’s unmanned robot project

Hyundai Movex to lead S. Korea’s unmanned robot project

South Korea’s Hyundai Movex Co. was selected to lead the design of a high-precision large autonomous mobile robot (AMR) platform and integra...

Lotte chief bets on K-food boom for global expansion

Lotte chief bets on K-food boom for global expansion

Lotte Group, a multinational retail-to-chemical business empire, is seeking to ride the growing popularity of Korean food to achieve its global expa...

S.Korea signs MOU on Philippine nuclear safety checks, eyes plant deals

S.Korea signs MOU on Philippine nuclear safety checks, eyes plant deals

MANILA – South Korea on Monday signed an initial agreement with the Philippines to conduct a safety check on a nuclear power plant before a re...

Samsung's Lee inspects MLCC plant in Philippines as it eyes turnaround

Samsung's Lee inspects MLCC plant in Philippines as it eyes turnaround

Samsung Group Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Sunday inspected Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.’s production facilities for multilayer ceramic capacitors ...

LG Energy aims to more than double sales to $50 billion by 2028

LG Energy aims to more than double sales to $50 billion by 2028

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has vowed to more than double its sales in five years to 67 trillion won ($50 billion) by diversifying its battery products ...

Hyundai Motor Group’s software unit launches cybersecurity division

Hyundai Motor Group’s software unit launches cybersecurity division

Hyundai AutoEver Corp., Hyundai Motor Group’s software unit, is set to boost its automotive cybersecurity business by launching a new division...

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