S. Korea's GI Cell, Japanese partner to study cell therapy for blood cancer

S. Korea's GI Cell, Japanese partner to study cell therapy for blood cancer

South Korea's GI Cell, the cell therapy affiliate of GI Innovation, on Tuesday said it signed an agreement with Optieum Biotechnologies of Japan on ...

SK Energy buys stake in subscription car wash service

SK Energy buys stake in subscription car wash service

South Korea is seeing growth in the variety of services for the rising number of eco-friendly electric vehicles (EVs) on the nation's roads.Industry...

IONIQ 5 named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-2023

IONIQ 5 named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-2023

Hyundai Motor Co. on Friday said its electric-powered sport-utility vehicle (SUV) IONIQ 5 was named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-23 by th...

Samsung tightens belt to gird for worsening economic conditions

Samsung tightens belt to gird for worsening economic conditions

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker, is drastically cutting costs while maintaining investments in f...

SK Car Rental acquires ISO 45001 for safety, health management system

SK Car Rental acquires ISO 45001 for safety, health management system

SK Car Rental said on Wednesday that it has obtained the safety and health management system (ISO45001) certification from the British Standards Ins...

LG Innotek unveils plastic-glass lenses for self-driving car camera modules

LG Innotek unveils plastic-glass lenses for self-driving car camera modules

LG Innotek, the electrical component unit of South Korea's LG Group, said on Wednesday that it has developed two types of high-performance hybrid le...

Lotte Rental wins $30 mn Tower Export Award for selling used cars

Lotte Rental wins $30 mn Tower Export Award for selling used cars

Lotte Rental said on Tuesday that it was granted the "$30 Million Tower" Export  Award at the "59th Korea Trade Day" award ceremony, thanks to ...

SK Gas achieves milestone of zero accidents for 28 consecutive years

SK Gas achieves milestone of zero accidents for 28 consecutive years

SK Gas said on Monday that its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) import terminal in Pyeongtaek had achieved a record of no accidents for 28 consecutive ...

Hyundai, Kia US sales up 32% in Nov; eco-friendly cars jump

Hyundai, Kia US sales up 32% in Nov; eco-friendly cars jump

South Kora’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group enjoyed strong demand in the US last month as the improving automotive chip supply situation bo...

Korea approves Daewoong Pharmaceutical's diabetes drug

Korea approves Daewoong Pharmaceutical's diabetes drug

DAEWOONG PHARMACEUTICAL has received domestic approval for its diabetes drug Envlo with the active ingredient enavogliflozin, the second straight ye...

Samsung Foundry: Driving force behind digital transformation

Samsung Foundry: Driving force behind digital transformation

As the contract chip manufacturing, or foundry, business is quickly emerging as the next battlefield for the world’s major chipmakers, The Korea...

Hyundai Motor's concept car N Vision 74 selected as Instant Icon of the Year by TopGear UK

Hyundai Motor's concept car N Vision 74 selected as Instant Icon of the Year by TopGear UK

Hyundai Motor Group said on Thursday that it won awards in two categories, "Instant Icon of the Year" and "Manufacturer of the Year," at the 2022 To...

Hyundai Mobis rolls out self-developed hydrogen-powered forklift

Hyundai Mobis rolls out self-developed hydrogen-powered forklift

Hyundai Mobis has demonstrated a forklift powered by the company's self-developed hydrogen fuel cells, heightening prospects of the hydrogen mobilit...

Korea’s top delivery app operator Woowa launches food delivery robot

Korea’s top delivery app operator Woowa launches food delivery robot

The self-driving robot Dilly Tower of Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of Korea’s top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, commonly known as Bae...

Hyundai Mobis to use self-running robots at Ulsan plant

Hyundai Mobis to use self-running robots at Ulsan plant

Hyundai Mobis on Sunday said it will develop mobile robots usable at manufacturing sites and logistics hubs as well as a related logistics system ...

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...

SK, Doosan to launch hybrid EV fuel cell charging stations

SK, Doosan to launch hybrid EV fuel cell charging stations

South Korea’s SK Energy Co., refiner giant SK Innovation Co.’s petroleum production subsidiary, said on Tuesday it will join forces with...

GM Korea to shut one production line to focus on small cars

GM Korea to shut one production line to focus on small cars

General Motors Co. plans to shut down a production line in South Korea as the US automaking giant aims to focus on manufacturing small cars in the c...

MZers drive Korea's indoor golf facility pandemic boom

MZers drive Korea's indoor golf facility pandemic boom

Indoor golf facilities’ revenue in South Korea has skyrocketed amid the pandemic, thanks to millennials and Generation Zers' soaring consumpti...

S. Korea's Kia 1st among UK car dealers for brand satisfaction

S. Korea's Kia 1st among UK car dealers for brand satisfaction

Kia Corp. has seen record-high auto sales in the UK thanks to having the highest brand satisfaction among British dealers.Industry sources on Monday...

Eco-friendly car registrations exceed 1.5 mn in Korea

Eco-friendly car registrations exceed 1.5 mn in Korea

The total number of registered eco-friendly vehicles in South Korea surpassed 1.5 million as of end-October, up 38.3% from 1.1 million compared to a...

Deeping Source turns visual data into info that drives business decisions

Deeping Source turns visual data into info that drives business decisions

Deeping Source Inc., an artificial intelligence (AI) analytics startup, turns real-life visual data into insight that can drive business decisions.&...

Hyundai’s Genesis G90 named MotorTrend’s 2023 Car of the Year

Hyundai’s Genesis G90 named MotorTrend’s 2023 Car of the Year

Hyundai Motor Co.'s G90, a flagship sedan under the South Korean automaker’s premium sub-brand Genesis, has been named the 2023 Car of the Yea...

Hyundai Genesis to unveil electric-powered convertible concept car

Hyundai Genesis to unveil electric-powered convertible concept car

Genesis, the luxury car brand of Hyundai Motor, has unveiled a convertible concept model in Southern California.In Malibu Tuesday, Genesis introduce...

LG CNS earns $2.3 billion in year's first 3 quarters

LG CNS earns $2.3 billion in year's first 3 quarters

South Korea's information and communications technology (ICT) corporation LG CNS, which seeks an initial public offering (IPO), has set a company re...

LG Uplus, Hyundai Motor Group in connected car service deal

LG Uplus, Hyundai Motor Group in connected car service deal

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, will supply exclusive wireless communications services to Hyundai Motor Group for ...

Hyundai Glovis signs $796 million shipping deal with global automaker

Hyundai Glovis signs $796 million shipping deal with global automaker

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday it has clinched a 1.05 trillion won ($796 million)...

Samsung sets sights on new chips for self-driving homes on wheels

Samsung sets sights on new chips for self-driving homes on wheels

For decades, Samsung Electronics Co. has been a household name in the semiconductor industry, making chips that work like the human brain for comput...

DRIMAES to produce cloud-based car control platform with Qualcomm

DRIMAES to produce cloud-based car control platform with Qualcomm

Daegu-based startup DRIMAES is poised to develop and mass produce a cloud-based vehicle control platform using San Diego-based semiconductor giant Q...

Hyundai to ramp up hybrid vehicle production next year

Hyundai to ramp up hybrid vehicle production next year

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, will increase production of hybrid models by some 15% next year to focus on the popular segmen...

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