Hyundai, Kia's European sales reach 79,000 units in February

Hyundai, Kia's European sales reach 79,000 units in February

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. reported a 2.3% rise in European sales in February, selling a combined total of 79,130 vehicles, according to data f...

SK Enmove in talks to deliver liquid cooling system to US tech firm

SK Enmove in talks to deliver liquid cooling system to US tech firm

South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co. is seeking to supply liquid immersion cooling systems for data centers of a US technology company, ...

BTS, Blackpink economy: Korea’s IP rights trade surplus hits record high

BTS, Blackpink economy: Korea’s IP rights trade surplus hits record high

While the economic impact of US singer Taylor Swift is so powerful that pundits coined words like “the Taylor Swift economy,” no less st...

Top US general sees changing nuclear threat from North Korea

Top US general sees changing nuclear threat from North Korea

COMMAND POST TANGO, South Korea—The top U.S. military official in South Korea said his thinking has changed on deterring North Korea’s n...

Samsung invests in BrickBio in US

Samsung invests in BrickBio in US

Samsung Group announced on Tuesday that its Life Science Fund has invested in the US-based antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) and gene therapy technol...

Celltrion'a autoimmune disease drug Zymfentra makes US debut

Celltrion'a autoimmune disease drug Zymfentra makes US debut

South Korean biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said on March 17 that it has launched its new autoimmune disease treatment Zymfentra in the US m...

Upstage establishes US subsidiary in Silicon Valley

Upstage establishes US subsidiary in Silicon Valley

South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage announced on Monday that it established the US corporation Upstage AI in Silicon Valley, ...

Samsung faces dubious suit every 5 days from US patent trolls

Samsung faces dubious suit every 5 days from US patent trolls

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is battling an increasing number of patent infringement litigation cases from US patent trolls, the ...

EverCharge to install EV chargers at Oracle Park

EverCharge to install EV chargers at Oracle Park

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. announced on Sunday that its US-based electric vehicle (EV) charging subsidiary EverCharge Inc. will install hund...

SK On in talks with Nissan to supply batteries in US

SK On in talks with Nissan to supply batteries in US

South Korean rechargeable battery maker SK On Co. is in talks with Nissan Motor Co. to jointly produce battery cells for the Japanese carmaker in th...

Korea Zinc, LG Chem team up for US recycling business

Korea Zinc, LG Chem team up for US recycling business

Korea Zinc Inc., the leading global zinc and lead smelter, and LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top petrochemical producer, joined hands for the pl...

Samsung to receive over $6 bn in US chip subsidies, eyes extra investment

Samsung to receive over $6 bn in US chip subsidies, eyes extra investment

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to receive more than $6 billion in US chip subsidies as the Joe Biden administration is ...

KASA, Korea’s NASA, embarks on hunt for space talent

KASA, Korea’s NASA, embarks on hunt for space talent

South Korea seeking to join the global space power club is set to recruit about 120 local and foreign space experts for the country’s space ag...

SK Ecoplant opens US recycling plant for data center servers

SK Ecoplant opens US recycling plant for data center servers

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management firm, said on Thursday it launched a recycling plant for data cen...

Hyundai L&C targets US, India with premium finishing material

Hyundai L&C targets US, India with premium finishing material

Hyundai L&C, South Korea’s Hyundai Department Store Group’s building materials unit, said on Tuesday that it will increase the propo...

POSCO Int’l wins $9 bn permanent magnet orders from US, Europe

POSCO Int’l wins $9 bn permanent magnet orders from US, Europe

POSCO International Corp. has bagged deals worth nearly 1.2 trillion won ($9 billion) in total to deliver permanent magnets to finished carmakers in...

LG Elec named best front-load washer in US

LG Elec named best front-load washer in US

LG Electronics Inc. has dominated the top positions in the latest ratings for the best front-load washing machines conducted by Consumer Reports, a ...

Coupang launches direct purchase service to Japan

Coupang launches direct purchase service to Japan

Coupang Inc., South Korea's leading e-commerce platform, announced on Monday that it is expanding its overseas direct purchase service, "Rocket Jikg...

Trump confidant Arkansas Gov. Sanders in Seoul for trade talks

Trump confidant Arkansas Gov. Sanders in Seoul for trade talks

Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas governor and long-time confidant of former US President Donald Trump, has shown firm support for her form...

LG’s new AI-controlled soundbar to hit US market in March

LG’s new AI-controlled soundbar to hit US market in March

LG Electronics Inc. will roll out its new flagship soundbar system — powered by AI and 15-channel sound — in North America later this mo...

S.Korean steelmakers mull building electric furnaces in US

S.Korean steelmakers mull building electric furnaces in US

Steelmakers are considering building steel mills with electric furnaces in the United States to survive the triple whammy of high tariff barriers, l...

BMW EV sales roar in Korea on strong lineup of new models

BMW EV sales roar in Korea on strong lineup of new models

BMW, already one of the top two best-selling imported car sellers in South Korea, has beaten the world’s No. 1 EV seller Tesla Inc. in the cou...

Korea’s bond sales up in February; corporate bonds remain buoyant

Korea’s bond sales up in February; corporate bonds remain buoyant

Bond sales in South Korea amounted to 71.8 trillion won ($54.4 billion) in February, 12.4% up from a month prior, according to a report from the Kor...

Mathpresso throws down the gauntlet in US edtech market

Mathpresso throws down the gauntlet in US edtech market

Mathpresso Inc., a South Korean startup operating the Google-backed learning app Qanda, has released its first study app catering to US university s...

KEXIM, US DOE to support S.Korean green energy firms

KEXIM, US DOE to support S.Korean green energy firms

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) said on Mar. 7 that it will support domestic firms that aim to enter the American green energy industry with...

SK Signet to supply EV fast chargers in Ohio

SK Signet to supply EV fast chargers in Ohio

SK Signet Inc., South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) charger manufacturer, announced on Thursday that it will supply fast chargers to the site of the...

JPMorgan Chase’s growth driver: offline community branches

JPMorgan Chase’s growth driver: offline community branches

NEW YORK -- Global banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been expanding brick-and-mortar branches across the US with investments of billions of...

Galaxy S24 Ultra named top phone in US

Galaxy S24 Ultra named top phone in US

Samsung Electronics Co. 's latest flagship AI phone model the Galaxy S24 Ultra has secured the top position in the smartphone evaluation by the US C...

Samsung’s Family Hub Plus gets UL certification

Samsung’s Family Hub Plus gets UL certification

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday that its 2024 Bespoke Refrigerator with Family Hub Plus has achieved the Diamond grade in an Internet of Thi...

Tesla, Korea's EcoPro presumed to enter battery materials deal

 Tesla, Korea's EcoPro presumed to enter battery materials deal

Tesla Inc., the world’s No. 2 electric vehicle maker, is believed to have agreed to procure battery ingredients from South Korea’s EcoPr...

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