Fire-plagued Mercedes uses Chinese cells for most EVs in S.Korea
Mercedes-Benz AG, a German luxury carmaker hit by an electric vehicle fire in South Korea, said most of its EV models in the country are equipped wi...
Half of EV imports in Korea run on Chinese batteries as EV fires rise
Of 58 electric vehicle models running on the streets of South Korea, 22 models are equipped with Chinese batteries, a survey showed on Friday.Accord...
Korea seeks to curb China's offshore wind farm dominance
South Korea will prioritize non-price factors such as economic security and contributions to the domestic supply chain over bidding prices when sele...
Korean e-commerce startup funding sharply drops since 2022
South Korean e-commerce companies have seen a sharp decline in series A funding over the past three years amid intensifying competition with Chinese...
Kia’s Chinese business makes turnaround as it becomes export base
South Korean automaker Kia Corp.'s Chinese business has been struggling for years amid escalating tension between the US and China – Korea&rsq...
S.Korea relinquishes control to China in smaller OLED market
LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. lost ground to their Chinese rivals in the global small and mid-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) pan...
Samsung tipped to supply HBM3 to Nvidia for Chinese market
Samsung Electronics Co. has passed Nvidia Corp.’s qualification tests for its fourth-generation high-bandwidth memory, or HBM3 chips, for use ...
Hyundai Premium Outlet runs AI Human for foreign customer
South Korea's Hyundai Premium Outlet announced on Tuesday that it will trial the artificial intelligence (AI) service AI Human at its Songdo store u...
Handsome's luxury skincare brand Oera lures Chinese tourists
South Korean clothing manufacturer and retailer Handsome Corp., a Hyundai Department Store Co. unit, is enjoying growing popularity among Chinese vi...
S. Korea may join offshore wind alliance to take on China
South Korea is considering teaming up with a global body formed to cope with China’s rapid expansion in the world’s wind power industry ...
Hyundai accelerates EV push in Indonesia with Kona EV
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Hyundai Motor Co. has built its brand image as a high-end carmaker in Indonesia and controls the country's electric vehic...
South Korea sets sights on fostering EDA tech to win HBM chip war
In an escalating war in the semiconductor industry, insiders know there’s one technology critical for gaining chip supremacy: Electronic desig...
EcoPro BM in talks to produce sodium-ion battery cathodes
MUNICH, Germany – EcoPro BM Co., a South Korean cathode material producer, is in close discussion with a domestic carmaker to produce cathode ...
Hyosung Chemical receives negative credit rating outlook
South Korean credit rating agency NICE Investors Service Co. (NICE) downgraded Hyosung Chemical's credit rating outlook from stable to negative on W...
Jeju casinos, hotels bask in return of Chinese tourists; luxury shops fall
Following the pandemic, hotels and casinos are enjoying a renewed tourist boom with Chinese tourists returning to South Korea, particularly its top ...
Pearl Abyss, Tencent to release Black Desert in China
South Korea's game developer and publisher Pearl Abyss Corp. announced on Wednesday that it's preparing to launch its cross-platform MMORPG Black De...
L&F, CNGR to collaborate to respond to US IRA
L&F Co., South Korea’s major cathode supplier announced Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Chinese precu...
Hanwha Q Cells eyes solar power business diversification
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korean chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group, is striving for revenue stream diversificatio...
Nexon releases Dungeon & Fighter Mobile in China
South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. on Tuesday officially launched the action role-playing game (RPG) Dungeon & Fighter ...
SK seeks to sell 13.3% stake in Chinese food firm Joyvio
SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s second-largest business group SK, is in talks with Joyvio Group to sell its entire 13.3% stake i...
South Korea to ban Chinese online products without KC certification
South Korea will ban products purchased online through overseas shopping platforms but without the KC certification amid growing concerns about prod...
Korea’s LX Pantos, China’s Sinotrans agree to launch logistics JV
LX Pantos Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s LX Group, said on Thursday it will launch a multimodal transport joint venture with Sinotra...
Affinity extends tender offer for food container maker Lock&Lock
Hong Kong-based Affinity Equity Partners is set to extend its tender offer for South Korean food container maker Lock&Lock Co. shares, as the pr...
Chinese group tours to Korea poised for strong revival
Chinese group tours to South Korea are showing signs of a rebound, about 10 months since Beijing lifted its bans on Chinese group tours to Seoul las...
Shilla Duty Free to co-work with China's largest lifestyle info platforms
South Korea's Shilla Duty Free Shop announced on Thursday that it partnered with Meituan and Dazhong Dianping, China's largest travel and lifestyle ...
SK Hynix to sell 50% stake in Wuxi foundry unit to Chinese firm
SK Hynix Inc. will sell nearly a half stake in its foundry unit in China to a Chinese state-run enterprise for $349.3 million in a bid to expand its...
Coupang to keep investing against Chinese players despite loss
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s No. 1 e-commerce platform facing fierce competition from Chinese rivals, dipped into the red in the first quarter,...
Lotte Tour's Jeju Island casino triples revenue
Jeju Dream Tower Casino, located on South Korea's top tourist island of Jeju and run by Lotte Tour Development Co., surpassed $6 million in cumula...
Korean retailers, hotels enjoy tourist boom in May holidays
South Korean retailers and hotels are enjoying a boom thanks to an expected surge in tourists at home and abroad as more than 180,000 foreigners are...
S.Korea sees record-high foreign visitors after pandemic
South Korea saw a record-high number of foreign tourists post-COVID-19 in the first quarter of 2024. The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Spor...
