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Aerospace & Defense
Now, it’s K-vehicle: KG Mobility, Kia lead S.Korea’s military vehicle exports
South Korea’s once domestically focused automakers are making significant inroads into the global defense sector, with a string of recent cont...
Jun 08, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean to team up with Polish shipyards for Navy project bid
Hanwha Ocean Co. is ramping up efforts to win Poland's highly competitive next-generation submarine project, worth around 3 trillion won ($2.2 billi...
May 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2025
Korean pension funds, insurers seek customized investment vehicles
South Korean institutional investors are increasingly interested in separately managed accounts (SMAs) that offer customized strategies, as well as ...
May 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Greystar hires ex-Samsung SRA manager to launch Seoul office
Greystar Real Estate Partners, the largest housing investment firm in the US, has hired Kang Junghwan, former managing director and head of portfoli...
May 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, PIF break ground on Saudi Arabia plant
Hyundai Motor Co. has joined forces with the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, to build its first manufactur...
May 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Used SUVs pricier than new ones? Yes, in South Korea thanks to Russia
Prices of certain used sport utility vehicles in South Korea are defying the broader economic slowdown, with used models like Hyundai Motor Co.'s Pa...
May 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
BMW surpasses Mercedes in Korean sales for 1st time in 10 years
The top five imported car brands in South Korea underwent a major shake-up last year. BMW overtook Mercedes-Benz in sales for the first time in a de...
May 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kia maintains double-digit margin in Q1 with record revenue
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, extended its double-digit profit margin streak to a 10th consecutive quarter, posting recor...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
South Korea’s renewed stock market darlings: Weapons makers
South Korea’s defense industry is once again capturing investor attention, as exports of tanks, armored vehicles and other weapons systems soa...
Apr 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung expands automotive MLCC supply to BYD, other Chinese firms
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. is supplying several million dollars' worth of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) to BYD Co. and Chinese automotive...
Apr 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korea launches $27 mn fund to invest in K-beauty startups
South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups on Thursday announced the launch of a 40 billion won ($27 million) fund to invest in Korean beauty...
Apr 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
KAIST launches Korean rapper G-Dragon’s music into space
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) has launched the music and iris image of G-Dragon, a Korean rapper and singer-songw...
Apr 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia to build North America-targeted electric pickup model
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest carmaker, will build an electric pickup model tailored for North America to enter the world’s la...
Apr 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Aerospace, General Atomics to build unmanned aerial vehicles
Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, has joined forces with US-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) to ...
Apr 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea’s KG Mobility teams up with Chery to develop mid to large SUVs
KG Mobility Corp., a South Korean automaker specializing in sport utility vehicles, said on Wednesday it joined hands with China’s fourth-larg...
Apr 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel picks Donaldsonville as $5.8 bn US plant site, seeks investors
South Korea’s Hyundai Steel Co. has chosen Donaldsonville, Louisiana, as the location for its $5.8 billion US steel mill, marking a major stra...
Mar 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hyundai chief Chung Euisun targets software-led car dominance by 2028
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun has set an ambitious target to outpace Tesla Inc. in software-defined vehicle (SDV) technology by 2028, un...
Mar 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG Group units step up joint marketing for in-vehicle electronics
Chief executives of LG Group’s key units, including LG Electronics Inc., will visit the headquarters of global carmakers for a series of close...
Mar 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia to ramp up Seltos output to meet high global demand
Kia Corp. will expand production of its compact sport utility vehicle, the Seltos, after selling 310,000 units of the model across the globe, making...
Mar 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
HD Hyundai, TerraPower to commercialize next-gen SMR
South Korea’s largest shipbuilder, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., is deepening its partnership with TerraPower LLC, the US nuclear venture f...
Mar 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
South Korea emerges as private equity firms’ global hub
New York-based Apollo Global Management and London-based Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) have joined the ranks of global private equity firms that ...
Mar 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai, Avride join hands to develop autonomous robotaxis
Hyundai Motor Co. has agreed to partner with Avride, an autonomous driving technology startup, to develop driverless robotaxis based on all-electric...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor sets up AI research arm CoMo China
Hyundai Motor Co. in December established CoMo China in Shanghai to spearhead artificial intelligence research and development in its push for softw...
Feb 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Small firms emerge as prime targets of management disputes in Korea
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) accounted for the majority of disputes over corporate management control in South Korea last year, with th...
Feb 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
Diary of a Dead North Korean Soldier Reveals Grisly Battlefield Tactics
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Jan 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
China's BYD enters S.Korean EV market
China’s electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD Co. officially debuts in the South Korean passenger car market on January 16. BYD's first-selling...
Jan 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Nvidia team up for AI development for future mobility
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Friday that it has teamed up with Nvidia Corp. to accelerate the development of advanc...
Jan 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems to export K11's tactical control to Egypt
Hanwha Systems Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Monday it will export fire tactical control systems of K11 Fire Direction Center...
Dec 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Lotte Card Card to launch loans for affiliates in Vietnam
South Korea's Lotte Card said on Monday it will launch loans for affiliates in Vietnam.Lotte Finance Vietnam, the Vietnamese corporation of Lotte Ca...
Dec 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, Hyundai Motor eye tech alliance on autonomous vehicle chips
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will likely entrust the manufacturing of its automotive chips for self-driving vehicles to Samsu...
Dec 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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