Korea swings to trade surplus in Feb; Russia risks loom

Korea swings to trade surplus in Feb; Russia risks loom

South Korea logged a trade surplus in February on strong exports after deficits in the previous two months, the recovery remained fragile, given Rus...

Hyundai IONIQ 5, Kia EV6 rated top among electric cars in Germany

Hyundai IONIQ 5, Kia EV6 rated top among electric cars in Germany

Hyundai Motor Co.'s IONIQ 5 and Kia Corp.'s EV6 have been recognized as the most competitive electric sport utility vehicles by Auto Zeitung, a high...

Hyundai Glovis aims to top global car transport market

Hyundai Glovis aims to top global car transport market

Hyundai Glovis Co., the world’s second-largest car shipping company, aims to top the industry with an expansion of its fleet, specializing in ...

Perfect storm from Ukraine crisis clouds Korea Inc.’s outlook

Perfect storm from Ukraine crisis clouds Korea Inc.’s outlook

South Korean companies had dreamed of a post-COVID-19 earnings recovery as the globe geared up for economic reopening. But their hopes are now dampe...

Korean firms on high alert as Russia invades Ukraine

Korean firms on high alert as Russia invades Ukraine

Samsung Electronics Co., Hyundai Motor Co. and other South Korean companies are on high alert as Russia launched a military attack in Ukraine.They a...

Tougher sanctions on Russia put S.Korean exporters on high alert

Tougher sanctions on Russia put S.Korean exporters on high alert

As the US and its allies are toughening up sanctions against Russia, South Korean exporters of smartphones, home appliances to automobiles are raisi...

CJ ENM’s streaming platform raises $209 mn to finance original content

CJ ENM’s streaming platform raises $209 mn to finance original content

TVing Co. is poised to sell 382,513 new shares to South Korean private equity fund JC Partner Co.’s affiliate to raise 250 billion won ($209 m...

KT provides AI-powered voice recognition service to Mercedez

KT provides AI-powered voice recognition service to Mercedez

South Korea’s top wireless carrier KT Corp. announced Thursday that it has launched an AI-powered voice recognition service for Mercedez-Benz ...

Korea’s Solus supplies battery copper foil to Tesla

Korea’s Solus supplies battery copper foil to Tesla

South Korea’s Solus Advanced Materials started supplying battery copper foil to Tesla Inc. in January, becoming the country’s first batt...

Online platforms emerge as new battlefield for auto sales in Korea

Online platforms emerge as new battlefield for auto sales in Korea

Visiting a car dealer’s stylish showroom to touch, feel and sometimes test drive a car before purchase has for decades been a rite of passage ...

Nuvilab uses the latest tech to tackle age-old issue of food waste

Nuvilab uses the latest tech to tackle age-old issue of food waste

South Korea’s food data analysis firm Nuvilab, Inc. is not a household name – at least yet. The startup is rather familiar to investors...

The Korea Economic Daily's index set for ETF market debut

The Korea Economic Daily's index set for ETF market debut

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been solidifying their position in the investment market of Korea for the past years. Individual investors in Sout...

Hyundai, Kia post record US car sales as Japanese firms struggle

Hyundai, Kia post record US car sales as Japanese firms struggle

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., the two automaking units of Hyundai Motor Group, saw their combined auto sales in the US rise to their highest leve...

Koh Young’s medical robot conducts 100 brain surgeries a year

Koh Young’s medical robot conducts 100 brain surgeries a year

Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean 3D imagery tech company listed on the Kosdaq, announced on Tuesday that its medical robot Kymero has condu...

S. Korea's economic growth jumps to 11-year high

S. Korea's economic growth jumps to 11-year high

South Korea recorded 4% economic growth in 2021 – its highest jump in 11 years – according to the country’s central bank. The Ban...

S. Korean economy grows 4% in 2021

S. Korean economy grows 4% in 2021

. South Korea's economy is estimated to have grown 4 percent last year, the highest growth rate in 11 years, as consumption and exports bounced back...

LG Omnipod: A self-driving home on wheels

LG Omnipod: A self-driving home on wheels

LG Electronics Inc. is bringing a life-size model of its future mobility autonomous concept vehicle to the real world.The LG Omnipod, a mobility con...

Korea’s GS E&C to export hydrogen plant modules to US

Korea’s GS E&C to export hydrogen plant modules to US

GS Engineering & Construction Co. will export hydrogen plant modules to the US, becoming the first South Korean builder for such overseas sales....

Gochujang exports increase 35% on-year

Gochujang exports increase 35% on-year

Exports of Korean fermented pastes like gochujang and doenjang have increased steadily for the past few years, thanks to the rise in popularity of K...

Plastics drive Korea's highest-ever exports in 2021

Plastics drive Korea's highest-ever exports in 2021

Plastics rise as Korean SMEs’ main export Many Korean small and medium enterprises performed exceptionally amid the economic recovery in 2021...

Hyundai, Kia lead rivals in 2022 US best car awards

Hyundai, Kia lead rivals in 2022 US best car awards

Hyundai Motor Group’s major auto brands have won a record number of best car awards by the U.S. News & World Report in recognition of thei...

Zuckerberg-backed family office bets on Korean golf platform

Zuckerberg-backed family office bets on Korean golf platform

ICONIQ Capital, a US family office backed by Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has invested 50 billion won ($42 million) in Smartscore, a South ...

S.Korea’s defense exports to top $10 billion

S.Korea’s defense exports to top $10 billion

South Korea’s defense exports hit a record last year as key local makers such as LIG Nex1 Co., Hanwha and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI...

Korea’s defense companies emerge as coveted growth stocks

Korea’s defense companies emerge as coveted growth stocks

South Korea’s defense companies have been regarded as typical domestic stocks with their share performances broadly linked to the size of the ...

Baillie Gifford, Allianz increase holdings in 3D tech firm Koh Young

Baillie Gifford, Allianz increase holdings in 3D tech firm Koh Young

Global asset managers are increasing shareholdings in Koh Young Technology Inc., Korea’s leading 3D image measurement tech firm listed ...

ABL Bio in $1.06 bn deal with Sanofi for Parkinson's disease treatment

ABL Bio in $1.06 bn deal with Sanofi for Parkinson's disease treatment

South Korea’s ABL Bio Inc. has signed a $1.06 billion contract to license out its technology for a Parkinson's disease treatment candidate t...

Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant: World’s second most productive

Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant: World’s second most productive

Hyundai Motor Co.'s US manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Alabama is the world’s second most productive assembly plant, contributing to the So...

Hyundai to sell half of cars in US with eco-friendly models by 2030

Hyundai to sell half of cars in US with eco-friendly models by 2030

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, aims to sell half of the cars in the US with eco-friendly models by 2030, increasing sales of ...

Self-driving car stocks to lead auto sector shares in 2022

Self-driving car stocks to lead auto sector shares in 2022

Self-driving car-related shares failed to draw attention last year as investors focused on electric vehicles and the autonomous vehicle value chain ...

Hyundai looks beyond cars to link real, virtual worlds in metamobility

Hyundai looks beyond cars to link real, virtual worlds in metamobility

LAS VEGAS – Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled its grand ambitions to pioneer the use of robotics in both the real world and the virtual sphere, c...

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