Hanwha Group puts savings bank on market, a clear succession path

Hanwha Group puts savings bank on market, a clear succession path

Hanwha Group, South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate, has put its non-core financial unit Hanwha Savings Bank up for sale, in a move ...

KT, LG Elec, Hyundai Elevator join robot-elevator project

KT, LG Elec, Hyundai Elevator join robot-elevator project

A robot freely gets on and off an elevator and moves around a building, doing everything from coffee to parcel delivery and route guidance.This is t...

Samyang’s Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen sales exceed 5 bn

Samyang’s Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen sales exceed 5 bn

South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. announced on Friday that the cumulative sales of ramen with its Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, or Buldak-bokkeum-myeon br...

S.Korea’s aid service Boram Group enters companion animal market

S.Korea’s aid service Boram Group enters companion animal market

South Korea’s Boram Group, whose main affiliate is an aid company, has entered the companion animal market.  Affiliates Boram Sangjo and ...

Hyundai Motor eyes EV charger alliance in US to take on Tesla

Hyundai Motor eyes EV charger alliance in US to take on Tesla

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are planning to join BMW, General Motors, Honda Motor, Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis to collectiv...

Kia revises up 2023 OP target after record Q2 earnings, to expedite EV push  

Kia revises up 2023 OP target after record Q2 earnings, to expedite EV push  

Kia Corp. has revised upwards its operating profit target for this year to up to 12 trillion won ($9.4 billion) after reporting its best-ever quarte...

Hyundai partners with 5 universities for carbon neutrality center

Hyundai partners with 5 universities for carbon neutrality center

In a bid to accelerate the development of carbon-neutral technologies, Hyundai Motor Group has joined forces with prominent domestic universities.Th...

HD Hyundai XiteSolution to surpport Ukraine's reconstruction

HD Hyundai XiteSolution to surpport Ukraine's reconstruction

HD Hyundai Co. announced on Thursday that Dmytro Ponomarenko, the Ukrainian Ambassador to South Korea, and his delegation visited the Pangyo HD Hyun...

Macquarie seeks to sell off Korea’s tank terminal operator

Macquarie seeks to sell off Korea’s tank terminal operator

Macquarie Korea Asset Management seeks to sell off a Korea tank terminal operator six years after the acquisition, at around 400 billion won ($314.8...

S.Korea's shipbuilders near $9.4 bn in LNG carrier orders from Qatar

S.Korea's shipbuilders near $9.4 bn in LNG carrier orders from Qatar

South Korea's top three shipbuilders -- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Hanwha Ocean Co. and Samsung Heavy Industries -- as early as September wi...

S.Korea’s men’s fashion platform Deps launches offline store

S.Korea’s men’s fashion platform Deps launches offline store

Deps, a men’s fashion platform launched by South Korean fashion brand incubator Hago L&F, is accelerating its market offensive through the...

Hyundai Steel extends profit streak in Q2 on brisk auto steel sales

Hyundai Steel extends profit streak in Q2 on brisk auto steel sales

Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea’s second-largest steelmaker, plans to ramp up automotive and eco-friendly steel production after posting an ope...

Hyundai Motor lifts guidance after record-high Q2 results

Hyundai Motor lifts guidance after record-high Q2 results

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. on Wednesday posted its highest-ever quarterly profit, which came in above market expectations, driven by robu...

LG Chem gets int'l certification in calculation of product carbon footprint

LG Chem gets int'l certification in calculation of product carbon footprint

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. on Tuesday said it received certification for its calculation method for product carbon footprints (PCF) from the global ...

Korea’s KFCC likely to see loss from London-based office investment

Korea’s KFCC likely to see loss from London-based office investment

South Korea’s Vestas Investment Management Co. is slated to sell off a London-based office tower as the property value has plunged due to rate...

S.Korea’s SK On launches domestic battery safety evaluation center

S.Korea’s SK On launches domestic battery safety evaluation center

South Korean battery maker SK On has unveiled its state-of-the-art "SK On Battery Safety Evaluation Center" in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province. T...

Hyundai launches high-performance brand New Avante N

Hyundai launches high-performance brand New Avante N

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. on Wednesday unveiled the latest version of its high-performance N brand's flagship model, the "New Avante N".The hi...

SK Hynix logs loss for 3rd straight quarter in Q2 but eyes recovery in H2

SK Hynix logs loss for 3rd straight quarter in Q2 but eyes recovery in H2

SK Hynix Inc. reported an operating loss in the second quarter of this year, extending its losing streak to three consecutive quarters and inflating...

Hyundai, Kia, Toyota unveil new SUVs in head-to-head showdown

Hyundai, Kia, Toyota unveil new SUVs in head-to-head showdown

South Korea’s two largest automakers – Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. – are set to compete head-to-head with Japan’s top ca...

S.Korea relies heavily on Samsung Elec for R&D spending: FKI

S.Korea relies heavily on Samsung Elec for R&D spending: FKI

South Korea’s corporate expenditures on research and development grew 1.7 times from 2013 to 2021, much slower than such spending by the US an...

Hyundai Motor Group, Seoul Univ. to jointly develop battery

Hyundai Motor Group, Seoul Univ. to jointly develop battery

Hyundai Motor Group opened a joint battery research center at Seoul National University, marking its full-fledged foray into next-generation battery...

HD Hyundai Infracore to sell excavator on TV home shopping

HD Hyundai Infracore to sell excavator on TV home shopping

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Infracore Co. will be the nation’s first to sell an excavator, a piece of heavy equipment weighing nearly two...

S.Korea’s fashion brand Handsome expands overseas portfolio

S.Korea’s fashion brand Handsome expands overseas portfolio

South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp. is accelerating expansion of its portfolio for licensing foreign brands.The company on Monday said it co...

Korea's Daesang begins production of sugar alternative allulose

Korea's Daesang begins production of sugar alternative allulose

South Korean food maker Daesang Corp. has started operations of the country’s largest facility for the production of allulose, a low-calorie s...

LG Energy Solution expands cobalt supply deal with Canada’s Electra

LG Energy Solution expands cobalt supply deal with Canada’s Electra

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has signed a long-term contract to receive additional refined cobalt from Electra Battery Materials Corp. in Canada, in a mo...

Nearly all HMM ships meet int'l CO2 rules

Nearly all HMM ships meet int'l CO2 rules

South Korea’s No. 1 container transportation and shipping service HMM Co., Ltd on Monday said the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), which meas...

S.Korea's oil refining margins exceed break-even points

S.Korea's oil refining margins exceed break-even points

Refining margins at South Korea’s four oil refiners, led by SK Innovation Co., have exceeded their break-even points after three months, a sig...

S.Korea to form $6.2 bn corporate venture capital fund pool by 2025

S.Korea to form $6.2 bn corporate venture capital fund pool by 2025

The South Korean government and the private sector will jointly create a corporate venture capital (CVC) fund pool worth more than 8 trillion won ($...

Kwangdong to sell exclusively three global rare disease drugs

Kwangdong to sell exclusively three global rare disease drugs

South Korean pharmaceutical company Kwangdong Pharmaceutical announced on Monday that it signed an agreement for securing exclusive sales and distri...

End of an era: Hyundai, Kia say goodbye to diesel-powered Porters, Bongos

End of an era: Hyundai, Kia say goodbye to diesel-powered Porters, Bongos

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. will cease manufacturing diesel-powered compact trucks in November and replace them with liquefied petroleum gas (LP...

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