Hyundai Motor, Kia surpass 10mn global connected car subscribers

Hyundai Motor, Kia surpass 10mn global connected car subscribers

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Monday that the global number of subscribers to the connected car services of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp, first...

Samsung, LG fuel rivalry in global hospitality TV market

Samsung, LG fuel rivalry in global hospitality TV market

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., two leading players in the global hospitality TV market, are extending their rivalry in the premium...

KAI joins hands with VTX to enter Vietnam's helicopter market

KAI joins hands with VTX to enter Vietnam's helicopter market

Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) on Friday signed a preliminary agreement with Vietnam’s Viettel Aerospace Institute (VTX) to cooperate in...

Samsung, LG, Sony vie for mixed-reality OLED display market

Samsung, LG, Sony vie for mixed-reality OLED display market

Samsung Display Co., LG Display Co. and Sony Corp. — the world’s three leading display panel makers — are ratcheting up efforts to...

Revuelto, Lamborghini's first PHEV, launched in S.Korean market

Revuelto, Lamborghini's first PHEV, launched in S.Korean market

Italian supercar brand Automobili Lamborghini unveiled its first-ever plug-in hybrid (PHEV) super sports car, the "Revuelto," in South Korea on Frid...

Seoul preps to launch ferry service for tourists, commuters

Seoul preps to launch ferry service for tourists, commuters

The city of Seoul plans to launch a ferry service in 2024 as authorities in the South Korean capital vie to draw more foreign tourists and ease comm...

L&F to jump-start anode business with Mitsubishi Chemical

L&F to jump-start anode business with Mitsubishi Chemical

L&F Co., a major cathode supplier in South Korea, has embarked on a grand plan to take its battery materials business to new heights with the ad...

Kakao Healthcare ties up with Dexcom for global diabetes biz

Kakao Healthcare ties up with Dexcom for global diabetes biz

South Korea’s Kakao Healthcare Corp. has taken a step forward to expand its business into the global market by collaborating with US medical d...

S.Korean MMORPG 'Lost Ark' to launch in Chinese market

S.Korean MMORPG 'Lost Ark' to launch in Chinese market

"Lost Ark," the popular South Korean MMORPG developed by Smilegate RPG, is set to make its debut in the Chinese gaming market next month. Tencent Ga...

Hyundai Motor, Kia regain top spot in Vietnam's auto market

Hyundai Motor, Kia regain top spot in Vietnam's auto market

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are solidifying their dominance in the Vietnamese car market through the launch of new models and competitive lineup...

NH Property & Casualty Insurance inks MOU with Vietnam's PVI

NH Property & Casualty Insurance inks MOU with Vietnam's PVI

South Korea's NH Property and Casualty Insurance announced on Wednesday its new comprehensive business cooperation agreement (MOU) with PVI Insuranc...

Lotte affiliates’ credit ratings downgraded all at once

Lotte affiliates’ credit ratings downgraded all at once

The ratings of Lotte's subsidiaries have been downgraded en masse. Lotte Chemical Corp., the group's cash cow, was cut to AA from AA+.NICE Investors...

Tmap Mobility to launch EV charging delivery service

Tmap Mobility to launch EV charging delivery service

South Korean navigation app company Tmap Mobility announced on Tuesday that it will launch a mobile electric vehicle (EV) charging delivery service ...

Innocean acquires digital marketing company D-Plan 360

Innocean acquires digital marketing company D-Plan 360

Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, has acquired the Seoul-based digital marketing company D-Plan 360 to greatly rai...

CU marks first entry of S.Korean convenience store into Kazakhstan

CU marks first entry of S.Korean convenience store into Kazakhstan

South Korean convenience store heavyweight, CU, has announced its first foray into Central Asia, beginning with Kazakhstan. The retailer's goal is t...

Shopping without passport at S.Korea’s Lotte Duty Free

Shopping without passport at S.Korea’s Lotte Duty Free

With a smartphone, you can now shop at duty-free shops in Seoul without a passport.Lotte Duty Free announced on Tuesday that it has introduced the i...

Microsoft defies media report of issues in tie with OpenAI

Microsoft defies media report of issues in tie with OpenAI

REDMOND, WASHINGTON – A Microsoft Corp.’s key executive defied a media report that its partnership with OpenAI, the developer of the glo...

Hyundai Glovis acquires logistics automation SW company Altiall

Hyundai Glovis acquires logistics automation SW company Altiall

South Korea's leading logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Monday that it has signed a stock purchase agreement related to the acquisit...

GM names Hector Villarreal as new CEO for S.Korean operations

GM names Hector Villarreal as new CEO for S.Korean operations

General Motors (GM) on Friday named Hector Villarreal as the new president of GM Korea. After more than 40 years with the company, GM Korea Presiden...

Sumit

Sumit

Key facts Industry Product design, engineering Mainstay products/services Product development consulting, researching, design, prototypi...

QNES Global Co.

QNES Global Co.

Key facts Industry Injection molding Mainstay products/services Micro injection molding, on-demand product/mold development to productio...

Seoul Semiconductor beats Samsung Elec in LED market

Seoul Semiconductor beats Samsung Elec in LED market

Seoul Semiconductor Co., South Korea’s hidden tech champion, beat Samsung Electronics Co., a global electronics giant, in the world’s li...

Generative AI startup Wrtn attracts nearly $12 mn in investment

Generative AI startup Wrtn attracts nearly $12 mn in investment

South Korea's advanced tech startup Wrtn Technologies, a major player in generative artificial intelligence (AI), has attracted investment of 15 bil...

S.Korea’s Hanwha Securities to acquire Ciptadana in Indonesia

S.Korea’s Hanwha Securities to acquire Ciptadana in Indonesia

Hanwha Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that it has decided to acquire Indonesia's Ciptadana Securities and Ciptadana Asset Managem...

S.Korea’s mobile carriers seek future from service robots

S.Korea’s mobile carriers seek future from service robots

South Korea’s mobile carriers are strengthening the service robot business as the sector, combined with their know-how in the telecommunicatio...

Market views turn bullish on Samsung as AI-led chip demand rises

Market views turn bullish on Samsung as AI-led chip demand rises

Views on leading memory chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co. are becoming more bullish as the South Korean tech giant is expected to benefit from a ris...

LG, Samsung showcase new battery packs at InterBattery Europe 2023

LG, Samsung showcase new battery packs at InterBattery Europe 2023

MUNICH – South Korea’s two leading battery makers – LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Samsung SDI Co. – on Wednesday unveiled low-...

Korea’s Samyang opens $22 mn surgical suture plant in Hungary

Korea’s Samyang opens $22 mn surgical suture plant in Hungary

Samyang Holdings Corp., the world’s top biodegradable suture yarn manufacturer, completed the construction of a 28 billion won ($21.9 million)...

SKIET bets big on Europe's battery separator market

SKIET bets big on Europe's battery separator market

DABROWA GORNICZA, Poland – The production line of lithium-ion battery separators in SK IE Technology Co.’s (SKIET) factory in Dąbrowa G&...

SK Energy, SK REIT to establish complex energy platforms

SK Energy, SK REIT to establish complex energy platforms

South Korea's SK Energy announced on Wednesday its partnership with Clean Energy REIT, a real estate subsidiary of SK REIT, to embark on the SK Eco-...

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