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Electric vehicles
Kia to boost hybrid lineup to lead eco-friendly car market
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to strengthen its hybrid lineup and launch cheaper electric vehicles to lead the glob...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea reclaims crown from China as world’s top shipbuilder
South Korea reclaimed the crown from the Chinese as the world’s largest shipbuilder after three years last quarter, sweeping global orders for...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus, Mobirix to jointly develop car infotainment
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domestic mobile game developer Mobir...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor opens N brand tuning online shop
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Friday that it opened an online shop for its high-performance car N brand's tuning, The N Performance Shop. The ...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
HD Hyundai Develon wins iF Design Award
South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. announced on Thursday that its construction machinery brand Develon received the grand prize in the branding ...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia, Hyundai sweep World Car Awards with EV9, IONIQ 5 N
NEW YORK – Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s No. 3 carmaker, has swept the 2024 World Car Awards, a global premier standard for automotiv...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia wins World's Greatest Auto Disruptors 2024
Kia Corp. won two categories of the Newsweek World’s Greatest Auto Disruptors Awards with the all-electric EV9 winning Research and Developmen...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ferrari, SK On team up to innovate battery technology
Ferrari S.p.A. joined hands with SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery producer, to innovate cell technology as the It...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Networks prepares to put SK Rent-a-Car on market
SK Networks Co. is preparing to put SK Rent-a-Car Co. on the market in a deal worth an estimated 600 billion won ($448 million) as part of efforts t...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
STX to supply car CKD to Bangladeshi company
STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to supply the complete kno...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus Sporki to be featured in Toyota's car Infotainment
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Friday that its sports community platform Sporki will be featured in Toyota Connect, the U+Drive-based inf...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Craft beer maker Jeju Beer sells stake to car repair company
South Korea’s leading craft beer maker Jeju Beer Co. has sold a controlling stake owned by its founder and family to a small domestic car main...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Renault to invest $523 mn to build green car hub in Korea
Renault Korea Motors Co., grappling with a protracted slump without new releases, plans to invest more than 700 billion won ($523 million) by 2027 t...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to bring Casper EV to Japan, premium Genesis cars to India
Hyundai Motor Co. will bring its electric Casper crossover city car to Japan next year as part of a bid to reinvigorate its performance in the neigh...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia EV9 named UK Car of the Year 2024
Kia Corp. 's EV9, the signature large all-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, was named the UK Car of the...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung Asset wins iF Design Award
South Korea's Samsung Asset Management announced on Friday that its exchange-traded fund (ETF) brand KODEX has won the top prize in the communicatio...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
ZKW wins DVN Lighting Star Award
ZKW, an Austria-based lighting systems subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., recently was presented with the Lighting Star Award for Best front lightin...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG Electronics sweep honors at iF Design Awards 2024
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. have taken home the most trophies among nominees at iF Design Awards 2024, setting a benchmark in de...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hyundai Everdigm enters NA construction machinery market
South Korea’s Hyundai Everdigm Corp. announced on Monday that it has signed a dealership agreement with the US-based heavy equipment special...
Feb 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia enjoy renewed popularity of LPG trucks Porter, Bongo
Many economists are trumpeting weak business conditions for the coming months. But an economic slowdown isn’t all that bad for Hyundai Motor C...
Feb 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor launches EVery care for electric cars
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it launched EVery Care, an integrated program that will take care of customers' electric vehicle (EV) l...
Feb 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai Engineering wins Asia Design Prize 2024
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering Co. announced on Wednesday that it won the Asia Design Prize 2024, an international design competition in Asia...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai, Kia team up with KAIST on self-driving car sensor
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest automakers, have joined hands with the nation's top national research university to...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM, Hyundai Glovis aim for car shipping sector as rates jump
South Korea’s major ocean carriers HMM Co. and Hyundai Glovis Co. aim to take advantage of the booming car shipping business as vehicle freigh...
Feb 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Genesis G80, GV70 electric models win Canada Car of the Year awards
Hyundai Motor Co. 's premium brand Genesis announced on Friday that its Electrified G80 and Electrified GV70 earned prizes at the 2024 Canadian Ca...
Feb 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korean used cars flow into Russia via Central Asia
Used cars from South Korea are being funneled into Russia via Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, according to automobile industry sources on Friday. These...
Feb 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
South Korea's car exports to US hit record high in 2023
South Korea’s car exports to the US surged 44.6% on-year to a record high of $32.2 billion in 2023, making up the lion’s share of South ...
Feb 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
BMW joins other foreign brands’ moves to use domestic car GPS in Korea
German luxury carmaker BMW Group is installing domestic GPS navigation systems in models sold in South Korea, joining other imported car brands&rsqu...
Feb 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to exceed 100 mn cumulative sales in 2024
Hyundai Motor Co. 's cumulative vehicle sales are expected to surpass 100 million units this year since it started 56 years after the launch of car ...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
POSCO Int’l wins Mercury Awards for video ad
POSCO International Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has received the Honors Award in the Corporate Identity Video category at the prestigious Mer...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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