Hyundai E&C beats Q2 profit estimates on strong foreign deals
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea’s leading builder, reported better-than-expected profit in the second quarter thanks t...
Nanotech startup Deepsmartech crowned at D.Day’s July demo day
Nanotech startup Deepsmartech celebrated its victory Thursday at July D.Day, held on Jeju Island, a South Korean resort isle poised to become the co...
Korean convenience stores threaten Japanese rivals’ empire
South Korea’s convenience store chains aim to seize the throne from Japanese rivals in Asia by utilizing K-pop and food as they look for new g...
Alibaba launches express ships to S.Korea as orders surge
Alibaba.com, China’s largest online marketplace, launched an express cargo ship service between South Korea and China this week to meet a surg...
Road near SK On’s US plant in Georgia named SK Blvd
South Korean battery maker SK On announced on Thursday that a road near its US corporation, SK Battery America's (SKBA) site, has been renamed "SK...
Hyundai E&C joins project for Ukraine's post-war reconstruction
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) has joined a post-war reconstruction project in Ukraine to expand the nation&rs...
KT to cooperate with Mongolian gov't on DX techs
South Korea's telecom service provider KT Corp. disclosed on Monday its plans to collaborate with the Mongolian government to usher in a digital tra...
Michael Jordan's Steakhouse to open in S.Korea
Mohegan Inspire entertainment resort, which plans to be built near Incheon International Airport, will feature a restaurant and bar named after "His...
Hyundai E&C to commercialize CCS for the first time in S.Korea
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction announced that it has won the contract for the preliminary front-end engineering and design (Pr...
Kia opens e-sports pop-up store Earth 6A3
Kia Corp. said on Thursday that it has officially launched its pop-up store of e-sports "Earth 6A3" in Seongsu-dong, Seoul. With a primar...
Samsung Elec denies rumor of Galaxy ads with Fifty Fifty
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest smartphone maker, has denied market rumors that K-pop rookie sensation Fifty Fifty will ap...
Hyundai Engineering to enter EV charging maintenance, service market
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of Hyundai Motor Group, unveiled its ambitious plans on Mon...
GS E&C loses $230 mn market capitalization in one day
GS Engineering & Construction Co.'s stock price plummeted on Thursday in the aftermath of the underground parking lot collapse. Following the Mi...
S.Korea's E-mart24 opens 3rd branch in Singapore
South Korea’s convenience store chain E-mart24 has opened its third store in Singapore featuring the city-state's hawker culture, aiming for l...
SK E&S eyes business split-up to raise up to $1. 5 bn
South Korea’s SK E&S Co. is seeking to split up its business to raise up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion), according to people with knowle...
Genesis GV70 EV tops German magazine comparison
The Electrified GV70, an electric SUV from Hyundai Motor Group's luxury brand Genesis, has won the top spot in a comparison test run by Germany's ...
S.Korean builders feel tailwind from Middle East
South Korean construction companies, struggling with soaring raw material prices and higher interest rates, are poised to bounce back with a string ...
S.Korea has just 1.2% of world's corporate unicorns: study
Among 10 major economies worldwide, South Korea's global share of unicorn companies, or startups with a corporate value of over $1 billion, has shru...
Yen breaches key level vs Korean won to hit 8-year low
The Japanese yen on Monday extended losses against the South Korean won to touch an eight-year low, briefly breaching a psychological support line a...
Hyundai, KTC jointly open EV charging quality assurance center
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Monday that it held an opening ceremony for the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Quality Verification Cente...
Hanwha Solutions to form industrial complex for chips, auto parts
South Korea's energy service, petrochemical and real estate development company Hanwha Solutions Corp. will build H-Techno Valley, an industrial com...
S.Korea urges ramen makers to cut prices to ease inflation
South Korean instant noodle makers are considering price cuts for the first time in 13 years pressured by the government, which aims to further ease...
Generative AI startup Wrtn attracts nearly $12 mn in investment
South Korea's advanced tech startup Wrtn Technologies, a major player in generative artificial intelligence (AI), has attracted investment of 15 bil...
Korea’s GS E&C holds first global HR conference in Mumbai
GS Engineering & Construction Co. announced on Friday that it recently held the “1st Global HR Leaders Conference” attended by chief...
GEPS taps Apollo, EQT, Warburg for buyout, growth equity
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) selected Apollo Global Management, Warburg Pincus and Sweden-based EQT Partners as i...
Japanese yen near 8-year low against S.Korean won
The Japanese yen is nearing its lowest level in eight years against the South Korean won, with their exchange rate hovering around the 9.00 level.It...
Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding’s cumulative orders near 200 vessels
Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding Co., a unit of South Korean shipbuilding, oil refining and machinery conglomerate HD Hyundai, announced on Wednesday th...
Hyundai Group chief calls on PE firm help to defend against Schindler
South Korea’s conglomerate Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun is seeking money from a local private equity firm to defend the management ...
Hyundai Motor to collect $5.9 bn in dividends from abroad for EV push
Hyundai Motor Group’s overseas subsidiaries will repatriate $5.9 billion in dividends in total to their parent in South Korea this year to hel...
Hyundai's Kona Electric nears 300,000 in cumulative sales
Kona Electric, the best-selling Korean electric vehicle (EV) of Hyundai Motor Co.'s compact sports utility vehicle (SUV), is on the verge of reachin...
