EV of the year
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE wins $240 mn order for two ammonia carriers
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has secured its second shipbuilding contract of the year. HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the shipbui...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
US tops Korea’s overseas construction orders in 2023
South Korea bagged more than $30 billion in overseas construction orders last year for the fourth consecutive year, mainly driven by a rise in order...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG Elec to supply robot CLOi to SE Asian golf courses
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that it signed a contract with the domestic golf service platform Smartscore to supply i...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE wins $230 mn order for two VLGCs
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) on Friday said it has secured its first order this year for two very la...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia EV9 named NACTOY 2024
Kia EV9, the signature large all-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker Kia Corp., was named “2024 Nort...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia post record US sales in 2023, to rank 4th in US
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group saw its vehicle sales in the US rise to an all-time high in 2023, driven by its latest models of recreationa...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Kyochon opens third store in Taiwan
South Korea's fried chicken chain Kyochon F&B announced on Thursday that it opened its third Kyochon Chicken store in Taiwan at the end of last ...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
DN Solutions seeks IPO at $3 bn enterprise value on Korea’s main bourse
DN Solutions Co., formerly Doosan Machine Tools Co., is seeking an initial public offering on South Korea’s main bourse, aiming to make a Kosp...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Digital healthcare, robot, AI chip startups among VCs’ 2024 top picks
Startups that specialize in digital healthcare, robots and artificial intelligence chips are among South Korea-based venture capital firms’ to...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
IONIQ 5 named Car of the Year 2023 in Singapore
Hyundai Motor Co.'s electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) IONIQ 5 has been selected as the Car of the Year 2023 in Singapore by the nation’s la...
Jan 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
S.Korean refiners’ race for EV lubricants heats up
South Korean major refiners are upping the ante to win the market for electric vehicle lubricants and liquid coolants for heat management amid the r...
Dec 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s consumer inflation reaches 3.6% in 2023 on high utilities
South Korea’s consumer prices rose 3.6% this year, driven by the biggest jump in utility bills since 2010 and high inflation in agricultural p...
Dec 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG gets UL certification for EV charger
LG Electronics Inc. said on Friday that its electric vehicle (EV) charger has received certification from Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the US-b...
Dec 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Foreign visitors to S.Korea to surpass 10 mn in 2023
The number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea will exceed 10 million this year, according to the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO). Accordi...
Dec 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
HD Hyundai Oilbank launches dedicated EV lubricant
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Oilbank said on Thursday that it launched a new dedicated electric vehicle (EV) lubricant brand the Hyundai XTeer EVF...
Dec 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia’s tech sets them apart with record hybrid vehicle sales
Like their global peers, Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. recently turned their sights back to hybrid vehicles as electric vehicle uptakes ...
Dec 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean office, warehouse transactions plunge in Q1-Q3
The South Korean commercial real estate market saw its transaction value during the first three quarters of this year reach 10.9 trillion won ($8.4 ...
Dec 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Grandeur regains Korean sedan crown after two-year hiatus
Hyundai Motor Co.'s Grandeur mid-to-large-sized sedan is poised to reclaim its crown as the best-selling Korean car in the domestic passenger car se...
Dec 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Anushka Sen, global celebs to ring in New Year in Seoul
Thousands of global celebrity infuencers, including Indian TV actress and model Anushka Sen, are set to ring in the New Year at a content festival i...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO named world's most competitive steelmaker
South Korea's POSCO was ranked number one as the world’s most competitive steelmakers for 14 straight years by the global steel analytics Worl...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
Kolon Industries doubles aramid production facility
South Korea's industrial materials maker Kolon Industries Inc. doubled its aromatic polyamide fibers (aramid) production capacity after completing...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
DL E&C’s 1915 Çanakkale Bridge named Project of the Year
South Korea’s DL E&C Co. announced on Wednesday that 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Türkiye, completed by the company, received th...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Myeong-dong cements status as super-prime real estate in Korea
A 170-square-meter plot of land in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, where South Korean beauty brand Nature Republic’s flagship store is located, ha...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to sell Russian car plants at about $100 for exit
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top carmaker, has decided to sell its plants in Russia for only about $100 to a local company although it has...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Yen deposits at Korean banks surge to record $9.9 bn
Yen deposits at South Korean banks grew by the largest-ever monthly amount in November to a record $9.92 billion, central bank data show, as investo...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Daedong wins $268 mn tractor order from Aral Group
South Korea’s No. 1 agricultural machinery maker Daedong Corp. announced on Tuesday that it signed a deal with Türkiye's Aral Group to ...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Shinsegae I&C to open charging station Spharos EV
South Korea’s Shinsegae I&C Inc. announced on Monday that its electric vehicle (EV) charging service Spharos EV will introduce a total o...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
SUVs: Name of the game in 2023 South Korean auto market
Back in the 1970s, when simply having a car was a status symbol in South Korea, a four-door passenger sedan was the car of choice. And Hyundai Motor...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
ToolGen gets FDA approval for TGT-001 as ODD
South Korean genome editing developer ToolGen Inc. announced on Monday that its application for orphan drug designation (ODD) of the gene correction...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek develops wireless BMS for EVs
South Korean electronic parts maker LG Innotek announced on Sunday that it developed a cutting-edge wireless battery management system (BMS), a cr...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)