Korea, Japan lead Asia's buyout markets: MBK Partners

Korea, Japan lead Asia's buyout markets: MBK Partners

South Korea and Japan are the two most important markets for buyouts in Asia, and China is still a significant private market with potential for mid...

Hyundai Motor opens N brand tuning online shop

Hyundai Motor opens N brand tuning online shop

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Friday that it opened an online shop for its high-performance car N brand's tuning, The N Performance Shop. The ...

Korea’s HD KSOE, Infineon team up for ship electrification

Korea’s HD KSOE, Infineon team up for ship electrification

South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) joined hands with German chipmaker Infineon ...

Kia, Hyundai sweep World Car Awards with EV9, IONIQ 5 N

Kia, Hyundai sweep World Car Awards with EV9, IONIQ 5 N

NEW YORK – Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s No. 3 carmaker, has swept the 2024 World Car Awards, a global premier standard for automotiv...

Ferrari, SK On team up to innovate battery technology

Ferrari, SK On team up to innovate battery technology

Ferrari S.p.A. joined hands with SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery producer, to innovate cell technology as the It...

SK Networks prepares to put SK Rent-a-Car on market

SK Networks prepares to put SK Rent-a-Car on market

SK Networks Co. is preparing to put SK Rent-a-Car Co. on the market in a deal worth an estimated 600 billion won ($448 million) as part of efforts t...

Licensed casual apparel brands' luster fades in Korea

Licensed casual apparel brands' luster fades in Korea

The fad for licensed casual fashion brands appears to be cooling in South Korea, where American sports clubs, broadcasting networks and documentary ...

STX to supply car CKD to Bangladeshi company

STX to supply car CKD to Bangladeshi company

STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to supply the complete kno...

LG Uplus Sporki to be featured in Toyota's car Infotainment

LG Uplus Sporki to be featured in Toyota's car Infotainment

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Friday that its sports community platform Sporki will be featured in Toyota Connect, the U+Drive-based inf...

Craft beer maker Jeju Beer sells stake to car repair company

Craft beer maker Jeju Beer sells stake to car repair company

South Korea’s leading craft beer maker Jeju Beer Co. has sold a controlling stake owned by its founder and family to a small domestic car main...

Renault to invest $523 mn to build green car hub in Korea

Renault to invest $523 mn to build green car hub in Korea

Renault Korea Motors Co., grappling with a protracted slump without new releases, plans to invest more than 700 billion won ($523 million) by 2027 t...

Hyundai to bring Casper EV to Japan, premium Genesis cars to India

Hyundai to bring Casper EV to Japan, premium Genesis cars to India

Hyundai Motor Co. will bring its electric Casper crossover city car to Japan next year as part of a bid to reinvigorate its performance in the neigh...

Kia EV9 named UK Car of the Year 2024

Kia EV9 named UK Car of the Year 2024

Kia Corp. 's EV9, the signature large all-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, was named the UK Car of the...

ZKW wins DVN Lighting Star Award

ZKW wins DVN Lighting Star Award

ZKW, an Austria-based lighting systems subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., recently was presented with the Lighting Star Award for Best front lightin...

BMW unveils PHEV sedan New 530e in S.Korea

BMW unveils PHEV sedan New 530e in S.Korea

BMW Korea announced on Tuesday that it unveiled the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) sedan model The New 530e in the domestic market. According to BMW Kor...

Hyundai Mobis applies 1,200 future mobility patents in 2023

Hyundai Mobis applies 1,200 future mobility patents in 2023

Hyundai Mobis has strengthened its competitiveness in future mobility by filing numerous patents in the electric and autonomous driving fields.The c...

NPS to invest up to $8.2 bn in undervalued Korean stocks

NPS to invest up to $8.2 bn in undervalued Korean stocks

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is expected to invest up to 11 trillion won ($8.2 ...

Hyundai Everdigm enters NA construction machinery market

Hyundai Everdigm enters NA construction machinery market

South Korea’s Hyundai Everdigm Corp. announced on Monday that it has signed a dealership agreement with the US-based heavy equipment special...

Hyundai, Kia enjoy renewed popularity of LPG trucks Porter, Bongo

Hyundai, Kia enjoy renewed popularity of LPG trucks Porter, Bongo

Many economists are trumpeting weak business conditions for the coming months. But an economic slowdown isn’t all that bad for Hyundai Motor C...

Hyundai Motor launches EVery care for electric cars

Hyundai Motor launches EVery care for electric cars

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it launched EVery Care, an integrated program that will take care of customers' electric vehicle (EV) l...

Hyundai, Kia team up with KAIST on self-driving car sensor

Hyundai, Kia team up with KAIST on self-driving car sensor

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest automakers, have joined hands with the nation's top national research university to...

HMM, Hyundai Glovis aim for car shipping sector as rates jump

HMM, Hyundai Glovis aim for car shipping sector as rates jump

South Korea’s major ocean carriers HMM Co. and Hyundai Glovis Co. aim to take advantage of the booming car shipping business as vehicle freigh...

LG Innotek hastens to lead autonomous driving solution

LG Innotek hastens to lead autonomous driving solution

LG Innotek Co., South Korea’s major camera module supplier seeking to reduce its hefty reliance on Apple Inc. for earnings, has unveiled its l...

LG Electronics puts focus on customers to drive growth

LG Electronics puts focus on customers to drive growth

LG Electronics Inc., transitioning into a smart life solution platform company from a simple white goods manufacturer, will enhance its customer-cen...

Genesis G80, GV70 electric models win Canada Car of the Year awards

Genesis G80, GV70 electric models win Canada Car of the Year awards

Hyundai Motor Co. 's premium brand Genesis announced on Friday that its Electrified G80 and Electrified GV70 earned prizes at the 2024 Canadian Ca...

S.Korean used cars flow into Russia via Central Asia

S.Korean used cars flow into Russia via Central Asia

Used cars from South Korea are being funneled into Russia via Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, according to automobile industry sources on Friday. These...

South Korea's car exports to US hit record high in 2023

South Korea's car exports to US hit record high in 2023

South Korea’s car exports to the US surged 44.6% on-year to a record high of $32.2 billion in 2023, making up the lion’s share of South ...

What drives opportunity in solar power: NextEnergy Capital

What drives opportunity in solar power: NextEnergy Capital

NextEnergy Capital, a leading global fund manager specializing in ground-mounted solar energy, will boost its investments in renewables around the w...

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...

LG Energy to buy more Australian lithium for US EV benefits

LG Energy to buy more Australian lithium for US EV benefits

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, said on Wednesday it was set to buy more lithium, a ke...

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