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Automobiles
Kia opens experiential booth at Incheon Int'l Airport
Kia Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has transformed the exhibition booth located near Gate H in the departure area of the third floor of Incheo...
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis combines electrification, module divisions
Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, said on Friday it has merged its electrification and module divisions to stream...
Jun 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hyundai Glovis to spend $6.5 billion, seek M&As for expansion
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday it will spend 9 trillion won ($6.5 billion) throug...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Naver Whale features in Renault Korea vehicles
South Korea’s homegrown web browser Whale, developed by Naver Corp., will be installed in Renault Korea cars. Naver Cloud announced on Friday...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix develops SSD for AI PCs to be mass-produced this year
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. introduced a solid-state drive (SSD) for on-device artificial intelligence PCs for mass production this year, to e...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Bioscience to buy German vaccine maker IDT Biologika for $244 mn
South Korea’s vaccine developer SK Bioscience Co. will acquire a controlling stake in the world’s top 10 vaccine firm IDT Biologika GmbH...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Amazon to back K-Beauty’s broader global reach
US e-commerce juggernaut Amazon.com Inc. will offer South Korean cosmetics producers one-stop support to enable them to reach millions of customers ...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Kolmar Holdings to cancel $14.4 mn worth of its shares
South Korea's Kolmar Holdings Co. , Kolmar Group's holding company, announced on Wednesday that it will implement a value-up program to enhance corp...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On signs MOU to secure US-sourced lithium from ExxonMobil
SK On Co. has inked an MOU with ExxonMobil Corp. to buy lithium extracted by the US oil giant from a salt well in the US state of Arkansas. The deal...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Inc. in talks to sell Pharmteco’s US CDMO plant to Novo Nordisk
SK Inc., the holding and investment company of SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, is negotiating to sell a major asset of it...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis files 3,000 patents for future car techs over 3 years
Hyundai Mobis, the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, announced on Tuesday that it published the Sustainability Report 2024, which includ...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel builds global sales network of low-carbon steel
South Korea’s Hyundai Steel Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with European customers to sell low-ca...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
EV battery maker LG Energy eyes $2 bn global bond sale
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle battery maker, is poised to raise $2 billion in global bonds by the end of...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Booming AI industry boosts chip packaging equipment makers
Global chip packaging equipment manufacturers are enjoying surging demand and skyrocketing share prices thanks to the rapid growth of the artificial...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
d’Alba maker Bmonument, Memebox, Easytem line up for Korean IPOs
South Korea’s promising beauty and healthcare device startups are looking to go public on the domestic bourse to scale up after gaining popula...
Jun 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
SK Shieldus, CP6 team up for autonomous vehicle security
SK Shieldus Co., the unmanned security subsidiary of South Korea's SK Group, announced on Friday that it has signed an agreement with CP6, a domesti...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affinity to buy Korea's No. 2 car leasing firm for $591 mn
Affinity Equity Partners will buy a 100% stake in South Korea’s second-largest car leasing company SK Rent-a-Car Co. for 820 billion won ($591...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Innovation looks to merge with SK E&S for organic growth
SK Innovation Co., the parent of South Korea’s largest oil refiner SK Energy Co. and battery maker SK On Co., is looking to merge with energy ...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korean soju maker HiteJinro aims high with its first Vietnam plant
HANOI – Thai Binh, a port city about 120 km southeast of the Vietnamese capital, has long been associated, in people’s minds, with the i...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai Rotem unveils 4th-gen unmanned military vehicle, HR-Sherpa
South Korea's Hyundai Rotem Co. unveiled the 4th generation HR-Sherpa, a multipurpose unmanned vehicle designed for military operations.The latest H...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to produce Genesis cars in Kazakhstan
Hyundai Motor Group will produce Genesis models from its knock-down (KD) plant in Kazakhstan to bolster the South Korean auto giant’s luxury m...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea’s Woori to team up with US Nuveen to enhance IB part
Woori Bank and Woori Asset Management, subsidiaries of South Korea's Woori Financial Group, announced on Sunday that they signed a memorandum of u...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Doosan Bobcat to produce construction loaders in Mexico from 2026
Doosan Bobcat Inc., a construction machinery and equipment maker under South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group, aims to boost its sales in North Amer...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
South Korean webtoon makers in quandary after pandemic
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic a few years back, social distancing was the rule of life. People stayed at home, with many of them killing ti...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Frozen kimbap market emerges as new K-food battlefield
South Korean fishery processing and seafood major Sajo Daerim Corp. has forayed into the frozen kimbap market, becoming a new big player in the coun...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
BNK Capital opens microfinance organization in Uzbekistan
South Korea’s BNK Capital announced on Friday that it established a microfinance organization in Uzbekistan the previous day.Since entering Ca...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Korean food firms chase sizzling K-food demand with expansion
South Korean food companies are scrambling to ramp up factory output at home and abroad to meet the insatiable appetite for Korean flavors and aroma...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai to debut car-carrier hydrogen trucks in H2
Hyundai Motor Co. plans to roll out car carrier trailers and refrigerator trucks powered by hydrogen in the second half of this year with a focus on...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
RideFlux wins temporary Level 4 self-driving permit
RideFlux Inc., a South Korean autonomous driving technology startup, has received a temporary permit to operate a driverless car at normal speed for...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK, Geely join forces for EV battery, component production
SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, will join forces with Chinese auto giant Zhejiang Geely Holding Gro...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)