Hyundai Doosan Infracore wins Italian innovation award

Hyundai Doosan Infracore wins Italian innovation award

Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co., a construction machinery subsidiary of HD Hyundai Group, announced on Tuesday that its 14-ton hybrid electric wheel ex...

S.Korea's brewery Seoul Jangsu forms marketing tie-up with fashion industry

S.Korea's brewery Seoul Jangsu forms marketing tie-up with fashion industry

With South Korea's traditional milky rice wine makgeolli seeing its second heyday centered on the 20- and 30-something crowds, marketing tie-ups tar...

Hyundai Mobis develops in-wheel electric motor

Hyundai Mobis develops in-wheel electric motor

Hyundai Mobis, South Korea's largest auto parts manufacturer, announced on Sunday that it developed an "in-wheel system" that places an electric mot...

HD Hyundai to rename subsidiaries to boost brand identity

HD Hyundai to rename subsidiaries to boost brand identity

HD Hyundai Co., a South Korean conglomerate that operates in shipbuilding, construction equipment, oil refining and other sectors, plans to rename i...

Korean Chips Act set to pass parliament in March; coverage expanded

Korean Chips Act set to pass parliament in March; coverage expanded

South Korea’s answer to the US CHIPS and Science Act is on course for National Assembly approval by the end of this month as the ruling and op...

Samsung denies claim of fake moon photo by premium smartphone model

Samsung denies claim of fake moon photo by premium smartphone model

Samsung Electronics Co. has denied that a photo of the moon in the night sky taken by its premium smartphone Galaxy S23 Ultra is fake, saying as soo...

S.Korea's Harim launches street food brand Melting Piece

S.Korea's Harim launches street food brand Melting Piece

South Korea's leading poultry processing firm, Harim Co., announced on Thursday the launch of its new street food brand, Melting Piece, in response ...

Hyundai Const. Equipment unveils new BI, slogan at CONEXPO 2023

Hyundai Const. Equipment unveils new BI, slogan at CONEXPO 2023

Hyundai Construction Equipment Co., a construction equipment subsidiary of HD Hyundai Co., announced on Thursday the release of its new brand identi...

F&F bets on China's beauty market under MLB brand

F&F bets on China's beauty market under MLB brand

F&F Co., a South Korean retailer of Western brands such as Major League Baseball (MLB), has been rapidly penetrating China's cosmetics market, w...

Lotte Mart unveils integrated private brand Good Today

Lotte Mart unveils integrated private brand Good Today

South Korea's hypermarket Lotte Mart on Wednesday announced the debut of its integrated private brand (PB) Good Today under its plan to conduct focu...

Kia unveils flagship EV9 design; world premiere in March

Kia unveils flagship EV9 design; world premiere in March

Kia Corp. on Wednesday showcased its large flagship electric sport utility vehicle EV9 as the No. 2 South Korean carmaker is extending its EV lineup...

SK sells US car-sharing firm Turo stake to earn over $32 mn

SK sells US car-sharing firm Turo stake to earn over $32 mn

South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group exited from Turo, the US top peer-to-peer car-sharing company, to make an estimated return ...

Hyundai to boost India presence via takeover of GM plant

Hyundai to boost India presence via takeover of GM plant

Hyundai Motor Co., the leading South Korean carmaker, is set to expand its presence in India with a takeover of General Motors Co.’s plant in ...

DB HiTek sees capacity utilization rate rise to 80%

DB HiTek sees capacity utilization rate rise to 80%

South Korea's semiconductor foundry company DB HiTek Co. last month saw its capacity utilization rate rise to the mid-80% level thanks to rising dem...

LG ups ante to counter Samsung's OLED TV return; expects profit in Q1

LG ups ante to counter Samsung's OLED TV return; expects profit in Q1

LG Electronics Inc. has released its highest-ever number of new organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV models in a bid to maintain its supremacy in ...

S.Korean fashion brands rush to China for pent-up demand

S.Korean fashion brands rush to China for pent-up demand

South Korean fashion brands are poised to expand their stores in China, aiming to capture pent-up demand in the world’s top consumer market af...

CJ Logistics launches integrated delivery brand O-NE

CJ Logistics launches integrated delivery brand O-NE

CJ Logistics, a South Korean logistics company, unveiled on Monday a new delivery brand called "O-NE" that aims to connect online sellers and buyers...

Lotte Chairman to return to beverage unit's boardroom

Lotte Chairman to return to beverage unit's boardroom

Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is slated to return as an inside director of Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., the group’s subsidiary and one of...

S.Korea's Aekyung opens Luna brand store on Chinese TikTok

S.Korea's Aekyung opens Luna brand store on Chinese TikTok

Aekyung Industrial, a South Korean consumer products company, announced on Thursday the opening of a stand-alone brand shop for their make-up specia...

Carmerce raises $2.3 mn in Series A led by Hankook Tire

Carmerce raises $2.3 mn in Series A led by Hankook Tire

South Korea's used car e-commerce platform Carmerce has raised 3 billion won ($2.3 million) in a Series A funding round led by Hankook Tire & ...

Activist fund Tcha Partners calls for Namyang Dairy to buy back shares

Activist fund Tcha Partners calls for Namyang Dairy to buy back shares

Seoul-based activist fund Tcha Partners Asset Management Co. on Monday demanded that South Korea’s Namyang Dairy Products Co. buy back half of...

Bangladesh: Hyundai’s next target for partially assembled Tucson SUV

Bangladesh: Hyundai’s next target for partially assembled Tucson SUV

Bangladesh has long been a tough market for South Korean automakers to break into, given the decades-old dominance of Japanese carmakers such as Toy...

Korea's Kumho Tire sponsors Touring Car Championship

Korea's Kumho Tire sponsors Touring Car Championship

Kumho Tire Co. announced on Monday its title sponsorship of the Touring Car Championship (TCR), a global touring car competition, with the organizer...

Four Hyundai, Kia models win US IIHS top safety awards

Four Hyundai, Kia models win US IIHS top safety awards

Hyundai Motor Group’s four models earned the safest vehicle awards even with a tougher crash test by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safet...

OLED tech leads trends on premium TV market

OLED tech leads trends on premium TV market

Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) products account for over 30% of the global premium TV market, attesting to the technology's emergence as the st...

Hyundai, Kia to join global small EV war with new models

Hyundai, Kia to join global small EV war with new models

Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, will aim at the world’s affordable small electric vehicle segments with new models as ...

Car-sharing platform Humax Mobility begins IPO process

Car-sharing platform Humax Mobility begins IPO process

Humax Mobility, a South Korean car-sharing and parking platform operator, is aiming to become the second mobility service firm to go public in the c...

Kyochon sets sights on Western expansion with Canadian franchise deal

Kyochon sets sights on Western expansion with Canadian franchise deal

Kyochon F&B, the operator of South Korea's premier fried chicken brand Kyochon Chicken, said on Tuesday that it has secured a master franchise a...

LG Uplus to provide infotainment service for Toyota's RAV4 PHEV

LG Uplus to provide infotainment service for Toyota's RAV4 PHEV

South Korean mobile telecom carrier LG Uplus Corp. has announced on Tuesday its plans to install its integrated infotainment (IVI) platform, the Upl...

Lexus, Volvo: Koreans' top picks among foreign brands in after-sales service

Lexus, Volvo: Koreans' top picks among foreign brands in after-sales service

Lexus, the premium brand of Japanese carmaker Toyota Corp., offers the best after-sales service among imported cars in South Korea, followed by Swed...

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