Google Maps, Blackpink fans’ must-have item for Deadline World Tour

Google Maps, Blackpink fans’ must-have item for Deadline World Tour

Blinks, the official name of Blackpink's global fandom, is set to enjoy the South Korean girl group’s concerts in the US more conveniently wit...

Hyundai Glovis charts new waters with world’s first AI-driven self-sailing car carrier fleet

Hyundai Glovis charts new waters with world’s first AI-driven self-sailing car carrier fleet

South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis Co. is poised to become the world’s first shipping company to deploy artificial intelligence-based autonomo...

POSCO E&C wins $1.1 bn LNG terminal deal in Thailand

POSCO E&C wins $1.1 bn LNG terminal deal in Thailand

POSCO E&C Co., a South Korean engineering and construction company, said on Tuesday that it has secured a 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) contra...

Ex-US Congressman Drew Ferguson to head Hyundai's Washington office

Ex-US Congressman Drew Ferguson to head Hyundai's Washington office

Hyundai Motor Group has appointed former Republican Congressman Drew Ferguson as head of its Washington office, a strategic move designed to bolster...

Hanwha completes acquisition $100 mn Philly Shipyard

Hanwha completes acquisition $100 mn Philly Shipyard

South Korean chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group completed the acquisition of Philly Shipyard on Friday.The size of the deal was $100 mil...

Hyundai AutoEver establishes JV in Indonesia

Hyundai AutoEver establishes JV in Indonesia

South Korea's Hyundai AutoEver Corp. said on Monday it built the joint venture PT Terra Link technology in Indonesia with India's MapmyIndia. T...

Naver Labs tops in spatial intelligence tech at ECCV

Naver Labs tops in spatial intelligence tech at ECCV

Naver Labs' spatial intelligence technology was recognized as superior to that of Google, Apple, and Meta at the world's leading computer vision con...

Naver to upgrade Korean map service for foreigners

Naver to upgrade Korean map service for foreigners

South Korean online giant Naver Corp. is set to upgrade its digital map service for foreigners to attract more global users as the domestic market g...

Naver Map sees 30% increase in foreign user base

Naver Map sees 30% increase in foreign user base

The foreign users of Naver Map, the map service of South Korea's online platform giant Naver Corp., have a 30% increase from last year.  Naver...

Hyundai Motor Group, Oxford Univ. establish Foresight Center

Hyundai Motor Group, Oxford Univ. establish Foresight Center

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Tuesday that it partnered with the University of Oxford and established the Oxford-Hyundai Motor Group Foresight Ce...

Hyundai ties up with AWS, Meta, Microsoft for open map

Hyundai ties up with AWS, Meta, Microsoft for open map

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, teamed up with Big Tech companies such as Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), Meta Platf...

HD Hyundai unveils USV Tenebris in US

HD Hyundai unveils USV Tenebris in US

HD Hyundai Co., a South Korean shipbuilding and machinery conglomerate, announced on Thursday that it exhibited the model of its reconnaissance unma...

Kia unveils teaser images for The New EV6

Kia unveils teaser images for The New EV6

Kia Corp., the second-largest automaker in South Korea, is introducing an improved model of its first-ever all-electric sports utility vehicle (SUV)...

Navigating choppy waters: Dollar-won FX forecasting  

Navigating choppy waters: Dollar-won FX forecasting  

Late last year, when the Korean won traded at 1,288 per dollar, most market analysts and economists predicted that the Korean currency would regai...

HD Hyundai speeds up digital transformation with Naver

HD Hyundai speeds up digital transformation with Naver

HD Hyundai Co. announced on Monday that it signed a business agreement with Naver Corp. for digital transformation (DX), cloud transformation, and a...

BMW joins other foreign brands’ moves to use domestic car GPS in Korea

BMW joins other foreign brands’ moves to use domestic car GPS in Korea

German luxury carmaker BMW Group is installing domestic GPS navigation systems in models sold in South Korea, joining other imported car brands&rsqu...

Naver replaces Nvidia GPU with Intel CPU for its AI map app server

Naver replaces Nvidia GPU with Intel CPU for its AI map app server

South Korea’s web portal giant Naver Corp. has replaced the main chip supplier of its artificial intelligence server for its map service, Nave...

Naver-invested Nota AI named global leader in AI optimization

Naver-invested Nota AI named global leader in AI optimization

South Korea’s Nota AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) optimization model company with investment from Naver D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), an inv...

Hyundai, Kia to launch solution for mobility impaired in Singapore

Hyundai, Kia to launch solution for mobility impaired in Singapore

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are extending their Universal Mobility Project to Singapore with a new initiative aimed at aiding the ...

SM Korealine gets self-sailing approval from Panama

SM Korealine gets self-sailing approval from Panama

SM Korealine Co., a unit of SM Group's maritime division, announced on Monday that its subsidiary Korealine LNG, has obtained approval for self-sail...

Avikus to unveil self-sailing marine taxi in Busan

Avikus to unveil self-sailing marine taxi in Busan

Avikus, an autonomous ship navigation affiliate of South Korea's HD Hyundai Co., will apply its self-developed autonomous navigation solution to mar...

SK’s Tmap enhances ESG efforts by navigating lowest-carbon routes

SK’s Tmap enhances ESG efforts by navigating lowest-carbon routes

South Korea’s leading mobility platform Tmap Mobility Co. has stepped up its environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts via its naviga...

Samsung Heavy Industries succeeds autonomous vessel navigation

Samsung Heavy Industries succeeds autonomous vessel navigation

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries said on Thursday it had successfully demonstrated autonomous vessel navigation from South Korea to...

KT launches AI-enabled freight info service Brokarry 2.0

KT launches AI-enabled freight info service Brokarry 2.0

Lolab Co. Ltd., KT's digital logistics subsidiary, released its Brokarry 2.0 freight brokerage and transportation service, which incorporates artifi...

Hyundai Autoever, Avikus jointly develop self-sailing ship solution

Hyundai Autoever, Avikus jointly develop self-sailing ship solution

South Korea’s Hyundai Autoever and Avicus, the self-navigation vessel affiliate of HD Hyundai, on Tuesday said they signed a development contr...

Avikus unveils self-sailing leisure vessel tech NeuBoat at US ship event

Avikus unveils self-sailing leisure vessel tech NeuBoat at US ship event

Avikus, an autonomous ship navigation affiliate of South Korea's shipbuilding, heavy equipment, machine and petroleum giant HD Hyundai Co., on Sunda...

HD Hyundai to boost offshore wind power, future ships, CEO says

HD Hyundai to boost offshore wind power, future ships, CEO says

LAS VEGAS – HD Hyundai Co., the largest shipbuilding conglomerate in South Korea, is set to diversify its future growth engines, focusing on s...

Samsung Heavy succeeds in autonomous navigation system demonstration 

Samsung Heavy succeeds in autonomous navigation system demonstration 

Samsung Heavy Industries Co. announced on Thursday that it successfully completed the demonstration of its autonomous navigation capabilities in the...

KT, Swift Navigation team up for ultra-precision location service

KT, Swift Navigation team up for ultra-precision location service

KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, has partnered with Swift Navigation Co., a San Francisco-based technology firm, to commer...

Affirma, EastBridge in race for T Map Mobility’s $267 mn fundraising

Affirma, EastBridge in race for T Map Mobility’s $267 mn fundraising

Global buyout fund Affirma Capital and South Korean private equity firm EastBridge Partners will compete in a race for the 300 billion won ($267 mil...

K-beauty boom propels APR ahead of LG H&H, closing gap with AmorePacific IMM joins $600 mn fund for K-beauty unicorn Goodai Global in M&A drive Blackpink’s Jump music video achieves 100 mn YouTube views Seoul signals agricultural market access on tariff talks table amid intensifying US trade pressure Korea’s top four financial holding firms post stellar Q2 profit on won, non-interest gains