Automobile, chemical, refinery lead manufacturing sector revival 

Automobile, chemical, refinery lead manufacturing sector revival 

South Korea’s manufacturing sector saw an unexpected revival during the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, 23 ...

Korea manufacturers see dismal Q1 after stellar profits in 2021

Korea manufacturers see dismal Q1 after stellar profits in 2021

South Korean companies, especially manufacturers, suffered surging commodity prices, a weak won currency and global logistics disruptions in the fir...

South Korean exporters fret over tumbling yen

South Korean exporters fret over tumbling yen

South Korean exporters such as Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are jittery as the country’s won currency hit its strongest level versus the Ja...

Daewoo E&C jointly creates $400 mn fund for overseas M&As

Daewoo E&C jointly creates $400 mn fund for overseas M&As

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. of South Korea and IMM Investment Global, the Hong Kong-based affiliate of Korean equity firm IMM Investme...

Hyundai to adopt multiple car assembly system at local plant from August

Hyundai to adopt multiple car assembly system at local plant from August

Hyundai Motor Co. is introducing a multiple vehicle assembly system at its main plant in South Korea to better respond to rising market demand for d...

SK Siltron to ramp up silicon wafer output from 2024

SK Siltron to ramp up silicon wafer output from 2024

South Korean silicon wafer maker SK Siltron Co. on Wednesday announced a plan to spend 1 trillion won ($810 million) on its domestic capacity expans...

Korea’s fashion OEM firms eye record sales 

Korea’s fashion OEM firms eye record sales 

South Korea’s clothing original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are set to see a supercycle or a sustained period of expansion driven by robust ...

Hyundai’s auto exports to Russia cut by half in February, hit by war

Hyundai’s auto exports to Russia cut by half in February, hit by war

Hyundai Motor Co.'s car exports to Russia have dwindled by nearly half in the latest indication that global automakers are feeling the pinch due to ...

Korea jittery over oil, gas, commodity weaponization

Korea jittery over oil, gas, commodity weaponization

South Korea’s energy and raw materials imports have surged to all-time highs in value terms in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,...

Hanwha Defense secures land for K9 howitzer production in Australia

Hanwha Defense secures land for K9 howitzer production in Australia

Hanwha Defense Co. announced Wednesday it has secured a large property in Australia for building a production facility for the K9 Thunder self-prope...

Korean drone manufacturer aims for 2023 Kosdaq IPO

Korean drone manufacturer aims for 2023 Kosdaq IPO

South Korea's commercial drone manufacturer Nearthlab plans to apply for an initial public offering this year to get listed on the junior Kosdaq mar...

ABL Life co-invests in Everbright’s infra fund with 13% return

ABL Life co-invests in Everbright’s infra fund with 13% return

Korea’s ABL Life Insurance Co. has participated in Everbright Overseas Infrastructure Investment Fund LP, a $460 million fund managed by Hon...

German urban logistics and light industrial assets promising, DLE says

German urban logistics and light industrial assets promising, DLE says

The pandemic has brought logistical real estate and infrastructure into the spotlight driven by long-term underlying e-commerce trends. It is advant...

LG overtakes Whirlpool as top appliance maker with record 2021 sales

LG overtakes Whirlpool as top appliance maker with record 2021 sales

LG Electronics Inc. has overtaken Whirlpool Corp. as the world’s top manufacturer of home, kitchen and laundry appliances after posting record...

Samsung’s 2022: Year of war on uncertainty, shaky supply chain

Samsung’s 2022: Year of war on uncertainty, shaky supply chain

Samsung Electronics Co.'s spectacular 2021 earnings report on Thursday was overshadowed by its murky business outlook, as the world’s top make...

Doosan Robotics eyes $10 bn cobot market 

Doosan Robotics eyes $10 bn cobot market 

A robot with a humanoid arm is busy at work transporting parts inside Doosan Robotics’ manufacturing plant in Suwon City, Gyeonggi Province.&n...

Mesh to raise up to $253 mn to become logistics unicorn

Mesh to raise up to $253 mn to become logistics unicorn

Logistics service provider Mesh Korea Co. plans to raise 200 billion to 300 billion won ($168.6 million to $253 million) in its upcoming rights is...

E-Land sells Shanghai warehouse for $2.2 bn to lower debt ratio

E-Land sells Shanghai warehouse for $2.2 bn to lower debt ratio

Retail conglomerate E-Land Group completed selling its first overseas logistics center in Shanghai for about 1.4 billion Chinese yuan ($2.2 billion)...

Coupang to shake up Korea’s logistics industry landscape

Coupang to shake up Korea’s logistics industry landscape

South Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. is looking to tap into the country’s logistics industry, shaking up the sector, while market...

Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant: World’s second most productive

Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant: World’s second most productive

Hyundai Motor Co.'s US manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Alabama is the world’s second most productive assembly plant, contributing to the So...

IGIS invests in Kakao Enterprise for AI-embedded real estate

IGIS invests in Kakao Enterprise for AI-embedded real estate

IGIS Asset Management Co. and its venture capital affiliate are slated to invest 10 billion won ($8.3 million) in Kakao Enterprise Corp., an artific...

Hyundai Glovis opens firm in Chengdu for logistics to Europe

Hyundai Glovis opens firm in Chengdu for logistics to Europe

Hyundai Glovis Co., a logistics unit of Hyundai Motor Group, has founded an affiliate in Chengdu, the largest trade city in western China, for rai...

Korea's EcoPro BM to build first overseas plant in Hungary

Korea's EcoPro BM to build first overseas plant in Hungary

EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s top cathode materials producer, has decided to set up its first overseas plant in Hungary.EcoPro BM on Dec. 9 ann...

Korea’s Midas Asset buys logistics center in Italy for €200 mn

Korea’s Midas Asset buys logistics center in Italy for €200 mn

South Korea’s Midas Asset Management Co. has bought a logistics center leased to Amazon, the world’s top online shopping mall, in Italy ...

Robots, AI replace human workers at Kia’s EV6 manufacturing factory

Robots, AI replace human workers at Kia’s EV6 manufacturing factory

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, has unveiled the automated manufacturing process at its smart factory for the EV6, its firs...

POSCO Chem's rise from brickworks to EV materials leader

POSCO Chem's rise from brickworks to EV materials leader

POHANG, South Korea - When POSCO Chemical Co., better known as a refractory brick manufacturer until the early 1990s, announced its entry into the a...

Global supply crisis endangers S.Korea’s manufacturers

Global supply crisis endangers S.Korea’s manufacturers

A South Korean electric equipment maker has decided not to seek any new orders as a spike in prices of commodities such as copper and supply disrupt...

Deepening diesel exhaust fluid crisis puts Korea’s key industries at risk

Deepening diesel exhaust fluid crisis puts Korea’s key industries at risk

The diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) shortage in South Korea stemming from China's suspension of urea exports is getting worse, as local DEF inventories a...

KTB to launch REITs for logistics centers in Vietnam and housing in US

KTB to launch REITs for logistics centers in Vietnam and housing in US

South Korean asset manager KTB Asset Management Co. plans to launch two overseas real estate investment trusts (REITs) to invest in Vietnam-based lo...

KIC to raise alternative investments to 25% by 2027

KIC to raise alternative investments to 25% by 2027

Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) plans to increase alternative investments to a quarter of its portfolio by 2027 from the current 16%, its CEO Jin Seoun...

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