Hyundai, Red Sea Global agree on EV, AAM projects in Saudi luxury resorts

Hyundai, Red Sea Global agree on EV, AAM projects in Saudi luxury resorts

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Monday it has agreed with Saudi Arabia’s state-sponsored developer Red Sea Globa...

Samsung rallies on expectations of Nvidia’s HBM order

Samsung rallies on expectations of Nvidia’s HBM order

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Samsung Electronics Co.'s stock zoomed on Wednesday after the world’s most famous AI chip provider Nvidia Corp. hinte...

KHNP, Centrus sign LOI for nuclear fuel supply

KHNP, Centrus sign LOI for nuclear fuel supply

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) announced on Monday that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with the US-based Centrus Energy Corp. to...

Korea’s HL Mando launches auto parts JV with China’s Tianrun

Korea’s HL Mando launches auto parts JV with China’s Tianrun

HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea’s HL Group, said on Thursday it has launched an aut...

Lexus tops imported car brands in Korea driver survey

Lexus tops imported car brands in Korea driver survey

Lexus ranked tops in a customer satisfaction survey of imported-car drivers in South Korea, which also found positive responses to the online purcha...

Hyundai Mobis eyes strong overseas orders again in 2024

Hyundai Mobis eyes strong overseas orders again in 2024

Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest automotive parts maker, known as Mobis outside of its home South Korea, expects another strong ye...

Korean battery makers fret over Tesla’s cost-cutting plans

Korean battery makers fret over Tesla’s cost-cutting plans

The South Korean battery industry is bracing for a grim market this year as Tesla Inc. is seeking every possible means to reduce costs to combat&nbs...

LG Energy to supply $748 million worth of batteries to Japan’s Isuzu Motors

LG Energy to supply $748 million worth of batteries to Japan’s Isuzu Motors

LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s leading battery makers, has agreed to supply its cylindrical batteries to Isuzu Motors Ltd., Japan...

Hyundai Mobis sees record high performance in 2023

Hyundai Mobis sees record high performance in 2023

South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis, the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, reported on Friday that its revenue was 59.25 trillion won ($44...

Daedong Gear to supply $137mn EV parts to Hyundai

Daedong Gear to supply $137mn EV parts to Hyundai

Daedong Gear Co., a powertrain subsidiary of South Korea’s Daedong Group, announced on Thursday that it has won a 183.6 billion won ($137 mill...

IMM invests $97 mn in Korean supplier of Boeing, Airbus

IMM invests $97 mn in Korean supplier of Boeing, Airbus

IMM Investment Corp., a major South Korean private equity firm, invested $97 million in Kencoa Aerospace Corp., a local supplier of global industry ...

Korean cosmetics makers' profits soar as niche brands grow

Korean cosmetics makers' profits soar as niche brands grow

Kolmar Korea Co. and Cosmax Inc., South Korea’s leading cosmetics suppliers to multinational conglomerates like L'Oréal S.A., are enjoy...

POSCO Future M to sharply raise synthetic graphite output

POSCO Future M to sharply raise synthetic graphite output

South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. will sharply raise its synthetic graphite production by the end of 2025 as China’s export restrictions ...

Hyundai unveils IONIQ 5 N concept NPX1 in Japan

Hyundai unveils IONIQ 5 N concept NPX1 in Japan

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Friday that it unveiled the high-performance electric vehicle (EV) IONIQ 5's N Performance Concept model NPX1 for the...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics eyes turnaround with Galaxy AI

Samsung Electro-Mechanics eyes turnaround with Galaxy AI

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., the top electronic components maker in South Korea, aims for a turnaround this year with the launch of the first arti...

LG Electronics posts record 2023 sales, Q4 profit misses forecasts

LG Electronics posts record 2023 sales, Q4 profit misses forecasts

LG Electronics Inc. on Monday posted record-high 2023 revenue thanks to robust sales of home appliances and vehicle components, although its fourth-...

The North Face supplier Youngone lends $177 mn to Scott

The North Face supplier Youngone lends $177 mn to Scott

Youngone Corp., a South Korean clothing manufacturer to global outdoor brands like The North Face and Patagonia, said on Thursday it has decided to ...

Korea's KDB establishes innovation fund for auto parts companies

Korea's KDB establishes innovation fund for auto parts companies

The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) announced on Friday that it has established the KDB-Quantum Mobility Value Chain Open Innovation Fund wor...

Hyundai Mobis' auto parts sweep safety, technology awards

Hyundai Mobis' auto parts sweep safety, technology awards

South Korean auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said Thursday that 10 of its new technologies received or or are finalists for awards from external ...

HD Hyundai Construction, Infracore to use integrated machinery platform

HD Hyundai Construction, Infracore to use integrated machinery platform

HD Hyundai Co., a South Korean shipbuilding and machinery conglomerate, is building an integrated equipment manufacturing platform for its two const...

Hyundai Wia to create new subsidiaries: Movient, Teczen

Hyundai Wia to create new subsidiaries: Movient, Teczen

South Korea's second-largest auto parts maker Hyundai Wia Corp. announced on Thursday that it will establish two subsidiary companies, "Movient" and...

Samyang buys specialty chemical maker Verdant for $257 mn

Samyang buys specialty chemical maker Verdant for $257 mn

Samyang Specialty Solutions LLC, a leading chemical and food products maker in South Korea, has entered into an agreement to wholly acquire Texas-ba...

IT device recovery to power Korean parts makers in 2024

IT device recovery to power Korean parts makers in 2024

Global sales of consumer information technology electronics such as smartphones, PCs and TVs are expected to rebound in 2024, fueling hopes of an ea...

POSCO International wins green car parts orders from US, Europe

POSCO International wins green car parts orders from US, Europe

POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., is accelerating i...

IMM PE's value creation leads to $840 mn deal with BlackRock

IMM PE's value creation leads to $840 mn deal with BlackRock

When BlackRock bought a 30% stake in South Korean gas supplier AirFirst Co. for 1.1 trillion won ($842 million) from Seoul-based IMM Private Equit...

GM asks LG Energy to share huge portion of US EV tax benefits

GM asks LG Energy to share huge portion of US EV tax benefits

General Motor Co., the leading US automaker, has asked LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery manufactur...

POSCO completes construction of Korea’s 1st lithium hydroxide plant

POSCO completes construction of Korea’s 1st lithium hydroxide plant

POSCO Holdings Inc., the investment and holding company of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO, said on Wednesday it has completed the constructio...

Hyundai Motor’s Uniwheel offers new paradigm for future mobility

Hyundai Motor’s Uniwheel offers new paradigm for future mobility

Mobility has evolved at an incredible pace over the years. But there’s one thing that hardly changes – the configuration of the drivetra...

Hyundai Transys supplies transmissions to Volkswagen

Hyundai Transys supplies transmissions to Volkswagen

Hyundai Transys Inc., an auto parts affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, has started providing transmissions to Volkswagen AG, industry sources said on...

Hyundai Motor Group to replace heads of auto parts, steel units

Hyundai Motor Group to replace heads of auto parts, steel units

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, is set to replace the heads of its auto parts and steel-making affiliates in an earl...

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