2024 EV of the Year
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Automobiles
Hyundai launches 2024 Xcient Pro heavy truck model
South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Tuesday the launch of its updated heavy truck model, the '2024 Xcient Pro.' This new model i...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean secures first order of year for ammonia carriers
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co., the world's third-largest shipbuilder, announced on Monday that it has secured a contract for two very large ammonia...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, LG ask US to ease EV tax benefit requirements
South Korean electric vehicle and battery makers including Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Ltd. have asked the US to ease requirements fo...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean investors doomed to suffer $171 mn losses from HSCEI ELS
South Korean investors have already suffered about 230 billion won ($171 million) losses from their investments in equity-linked securities (ELS) ti...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai Glovis invests in stake of EV battery recycler
South Korean shipping and logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Monday that it has signed a share subscription agreement (SSA) related t...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai unveils All-New Kona Electric N Line in Europe
Hyundai Motor Co. unveiled 2024 The all-new KONA Electric N Line in the European market including the UK on Jan. 16., according to the company.&nb...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Tech spies face tougher Korean penalties; 18 years in jail for overseas leaks
South Korea plans to dole out harsher punishments for industrial espionage, with a proposal to triple the penalty for an overseas leak of national t...
Jan 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG bonds
Woori Bank issues $700 mn in ESG bonds
South Korea's Woori Bank announced on Thursday that it has issued $700 million (940 billion won) worth of foreign currency ESG (environmental, socia...
Jan 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai Motor signs 4-year lithium deal with Ganfeng Lithium
Hyundai Motor Group will acquire lithium hydroxide, a key raw material for electric vehicle batteries, from the world’s No. 1 supplier Ganfeng...
Jan 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung AI features on 100 mn Galaxy phones by year-end: mobile chief
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Samsung Electronics Co., said on Wednesday it aims to have at least 100 million units of its flagship Galaxy line of smartp...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial to bolster private banking service: chairman
Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest financial holding company, will reinforce its wealth management service for high-net-worth...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem sees up to 25% battery sector growth in 2024: report
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd., the parent of the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., expects up ...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG unveils new air conditioner with AI smart care
LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday announced that it released 2024 LG Whisen Objet Collection Tower air conditioner, which features an artificial intel...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG bonds
Steel giant POSCO raises $500 mn in 3-year green bonds
POSCO raised $5 million in three-year green bond sales on Jan. 16 to invest the proceeds in domestic facilities, the largest steelmaker in South Kor...
Jan 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korean corporate debt sale hits snag amid Taeyoung woes
The South Korean corporate bond market is taking a direct hit from growing credit crunch concerns in the country’s construction sector trigger...
Jan 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea’s Kia to set up sales unit in Thailand; EV plant an option
South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. plans to establish a sales subsidiary in Thailand as part of its electric vehicle push in the...
Jan 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Billboard to establish subsidiary in S.Korea in June 2024
The globally recognized American music entertainment media brand Billboard, known for its music charts, has announced the launch of its South Korean...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Bulgogi & ramyun top Jeju Air's in-flight menu in 2023
South Korea'st budget carrier Jeju Air Co. announced on Monday that its most popular in-flight meals and cabin cafe items in 2023 were bulgogi deopb...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, Kia offer up to $7,500 discounts for EVs in US
Hyundai Motor Group., the No. 2 electric vehicle brand in the US, is offering discounts of up to $7,500 for their EVs in the country — the max...
Jan 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Elec opens its first overseas EV charger plant in Texas
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has opened its first overseas EV charger factory in Fort Worth, Texas. The move comes as the global home app...
Jan 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang to resume Rocket Delivery for LG H&H; ends 5-year feud
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s leading online retailer, said on Friday it will resume the same or next-day delivery service, dubbed “Rocket...
Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
LG Elec to expand ad-supported streaming service with TV OS
LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, plans to expand its free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) busines...
Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai unveils IONIQ 5 N concept NPX1 in Japan
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Friday that it unveiled the high-performance electric vehicle (EV) IONIQ 5's N Performance Concept model NPX1 for the...
Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Samsung to double HBM chip production to lead on-device AI chip era
LAS VEGAS – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to more than double its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chi...
Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Seoul kicks off Korea Grand Sale 2024 to double foreign tourists
South Korea on Thursday kicked off a push to nearly double the number of foreign tourists visiting the country this year to 20 million by hosting a ...
Jan 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion revises up earnings goals to overtake Amgen
Celltrion Inc., South Korea's leading biosimilar maker, on Wednesday expressed its ambition to join the global top 10 biotech and pharmaceutical com...
Jan 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
LG Elec to raise capex, R&D spending; eyes acquisition
LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, plans to spend more on capital expenditures, as well as research and deve...
Jan 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electro-Mechanics eyes turnaround with Galaxy AI
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., the top electronic components maker in South Korea, aims for a turnaround this year with the launch of the first arti...
Jan 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Supernal debuts upgraded flying-car concept; Hyundai reveals MOBION
LAS VEGAS – Supernal LLC, the US-based urban air mobility (UAM) affiliate of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, has unveiled its latest ...
Jan 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea to mass-produce homegrown fighter jet in 2024
South Korea is set to start mass production of the KF-21, its homegrown supersonic fighter jet, this year for expected deployment of the warplane fo...
Jan 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)