S.Korea’s semiconductor exports rebound in 1st 10 days of November

S.Korea’s semiconductor exports rebound in 1st 10 days of November

South Korea’s semiconductor exports rose in the first 10 days of November, reversing their 13-month downward trend, data show, raising the pro...

Samsung C&T to build world’s largest liquid hydrogen tank

Samsung C&T to build world’s largest liquid hydrogen tank

South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. announced on Sunday it received certification for the world's largest liquid hydrogen storage tank design from D...

LG Energy, Ford’s battery JV in Turkey scrapped as EV uptake slows

LG Energy, Ford’s battery JV in Turkey scrapped as EV uptake slows

A planned battery manufacturing joint venture between South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., US carmaker Ford Motor Co. and ...

Hanwha Systems to develop extra-large UUV platform technology

Hanwha Systems to develop extra-large UUV platform technology

Hanwha Systems Co., the defense and air mobility unit of Hanwha Group, will develop technology that will pave the way for the development of Korea-m...

Used electric vehicle prices drop in Korea with declining EV appeal

Used electric vehicle prices drop in Korea with declining EV appeal

Prices of secondhand electric vehicles are falling in South Korea as drivers are increasingly less enchanted with eco-friendly vehicles due to weak ...

On-device AI chips: New battleground for chipmakers

On-device AI chips: New battleground for chipmakers

As on-device artificial intelligence, designed for smart gadgets such as smartphones, laptops and autonomous-driving cars, emerges as a mega-trend f...

Socar launches car-sharing service with Naver's generative AI

Socar launches car-sharing service with Naver's generative AI

South Korea’s mobility platform operator Socar Inc. has introduced a car-sharing service utilizing generative artificial intelligence in coope...

Hyundai Motor, Kia's US electric vehicle sales at record-high in October

Hyundai Motor, Kia's US electric vehicle sales at record-high in October

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group set a historic sales record in the US electric vehicle market, posting its best-ever performance in October. The a...

KG Mobility, BYD to team up for battery pack, hybrid car

KG Mobility, BYD to team up for battery pack, hybrid car

South Korea's KG Mobility Corp. has partnered with China's largest electric vehicle company BYD to build a battery pack factory in South Korea. They...

Korea exports snap year-long slide as chips regain momentum

Korea exports snap year-long slide as chips regain momentum

South Korean exports rose in October for the first time in 13 months as semiconductors, the country’s top export item, are on course to regain...

S.Korea sees record of beverage exports in Q1~Q3

S.Korea sees record of beverage exports in Q1~Q3

South Korea's exports of beverages from Jan. to Sept. this year exceeded $500 million to break all-time record.Export data released on Thursday by t...

Hyundai unveils world’s first commercial LTE train signaling system

Hyundai unveils world’s first commercial LTE train signaling system

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean manufacturer of rolling stock, defense products and plant equipment, in a world first has commercialized a train s...

NS Shopping to support partner's Indonesian export

NS Shopping to support partner's Indonesian export

South Korean online shopping mall operator NS Shopping Co. announced on Friday it will support the overseas expansion of its partner, Taeyoung.Taeyo...

S.Korea’s Q3 GDP up 0.6% on-quarter on recovery in exports

S.Korea’s Q3 GDP up 0.6% on-quarter on recovery in exports

South Korea’s economy in the third quarter grew 0.6% from the previous quarter, extending a growth streak to three consecutive quarters on a r...

Shinhan Card's Kazakhstan arm secures $60 mn from IFC

Shinhan Card's Kazakhstan arm secures $60 mn from IFC

Shinhan Finance, a subsidiary of South Korea's Shinhan Card in Kazakhstan, has attracted a $60 million investment from the International Finance Cor...

Korea’s exports set to snap 12-month losing streak in October

Korea’s exports set to snap 12-month losing streak in October

South Korea may snap its 12-month-long losing streak in exports this month after it reported an on-year gain in exports in the first 20 days of Octo...

CJ CheilJedang to export K-Street Foods

CJ CheilJedang to export K-Street Foods

South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. ’s strategic product lineup K-Street Food will be launched in June next year on major global ma...

China’s graphite export curbs deal blow to Korean battery sector

China’s graphite export curbs deal blow to Korean battery sector

South Korean electric vehicle battery and battery component makers are fretting over the Chinese government’s impending restrictions on export...

Samyang Foods launches TomYum Buldak Ramen in US

Samyang Foods launches TomYum Buldak Ramen in US

South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. announced on Friday it began to release the new export-exclusive product of Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, or Buldak Rame...

Samsung eyes next-generation 5 nm eMRAM auto chip by 2027

Samsung eyes next-generation 5 nm eMRAM auto chip by 2027

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Thursday it aims to develop a next-generation 5-nanometer-processed aut...

HD Hyundai Infracore to develop truck battery packs

HD Hyundai Infracore to develop truck battery packs

South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. plans to enter the electric commercial vehicle market through the development of truck batteries.The company ...

Hyundai Motor muscles into online used car market

Hyundai Motor muscles into online used car market

Hyundai Motor Co. is slated to start selling certified used cars online from Oct. 24, three years after its announcement to enter the 30 trillion wo...

Noul to export $1.4 mn in malaria diagnostic kits to Angola

Noul to export $1.4 mn in malaria diagnostic kits to Angola

South Korean in-vitro diagnostics maker Noul Co. has signed an exclusive sales deal in Angola on the company’s malaria diagnostic platform wor...

Kia to build 2nd purpose-built vehicle plant in Korea

Kia to build 2nd purpose-built vehicle plant in Korea

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to build another purpose-built vehicle (PBV) factory in the country, despite the risk...

CJ Logistics reinforces ties with India’s Tata Motors

CJ Logistics reinforces ties with India’s Tata Motors

South Korea’s CJ Logistics on Friday said its Indian subsidiary CJ Darcl has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tata Motors of India on...

CJ ENM expands global reach with entertainment IP exports

CJ ENM expands global reach with entertainment IP exports

South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM Co. is broadening its international reach, exporting its widely popular entertainment show intellectual prop...

KT&G breaks ground on new plant in Kazakhstan

KT&G breaks ground on new plant in Kazakhstan

South Korea's KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, announced on Thursday the commencement of its new factory's constructio...

LG Chem to supply cathode materials to Toyota's N.American plant

LG Chem to supply cathode materials to Toyota's N.American plant

LG Chem Ltd. will supply cathode materials to Toyota Motor's North American battery plant, with the South Korean company concluding its second long-...

KT&G faces another legal battle with Korean activist fund

KT&G faces another legal battle with Korean activist fund

Singapore-based private equity firm Flashlight Capital Partners Pte. said Monday that it has filed court injunctions against KT&G Corp., beginni...

Hyundai, Iveco solidify partnership with E-WAY H2 hydrogen fuel cell bus

Hyundai, Iveco solidify partnership with E-WAY H2 hydrogen fuel cell bus

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and Italian truck maker Iveco Group N.V. have consolidated their business partnership through th...

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