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ASK 2024
Alternative investment experts to gather Oct. 16-17 at ASK 2024
South Korea’s major institutional investors and global asset managers will gather at the ASK 2024 global alternative investment conference on ...
Oct 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy aims to more than double sales to $50 billion by 2028
LG Energy Solution Ltd. has vowed to more than double its sales in five years to 67 trillion won ($50 billion) by diversifying its battery products ...
Oct 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia to sweep top three spots in Korea car sales on SUV, hybrid boom
Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is poised to claim the top three spots on the country’s best-selling car list this year thanks...
Oct 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Motor sells over 1,000 Elec City FCEV
Hyundai Motor Co. said on Sunday it has sold more than 1,000 units of its hydrogen fuel cell bus Elec City Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) with cu...
Oct 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor, Waymo forge multi-year, strategic partnership
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Friday it has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Waymo LLC to jointly ...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Solus signs incentive agreement with Quebec
Solus Advanced Materials, a South Korean copper foil supplier, said on Friday that its overseas subsidiary Volta Energy Solutions Canada signed an i...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Mobis to mass-produce parts to double EV charging speed
UIWANG, Gyeonggi Province – Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s fifth-largest auto parts maker, plans to mass-produce a component that double...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Enmove, SQM ink supply deal for refrigerant material iodine
SK Enmove Co. a lubricant-producing arm of SK Innovation Co., said on Thursday that it has signed a preliminary agreement to buy iodine from Socieda...
Oct 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
SK Group may beef up reform drive after CEO seminar
South Korea’s energy-to-telecom conglomerate SK Group will hold an annual strategic meeting presided over by its Chairman Chey Tae-won from Oc...
Oct 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia’s September US sales fall; hybrids buck weak sales trend
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister firm Kia Corp. saw their US sales decline last month due to fewer selling days and weak market ...
Oct 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem develops material blocking battery thermal runaway
LG Chem Ltd. has developed a material that can prevent thermal runaway in a lithium-ion battery, one of the major hurdles to the expansion of the el...
Oct 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s finance min, central bank chief to take on demographic crisis
South Korea’s finance minister and central bank chief on Monday agreed to address the world’s lowest fertility rate, a most urgent task ...
Sep 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s first AI tablet comes with MediaTek's Dimensity processor
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday unveiled its first AI-enabled tablet, the Galaxy Tab S10 series, powered by the high-end Dimen...
Sep 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia to mass-produce EVs at Hyundai Motor Group’s 1st dedicated plant
Kia Corp., an automaker of Hyundai Motor Group, is poised to start mass production of electric vehicles at the global No. 3 carmaker’s first p...
Sep 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to develop unmanned robot for EV fire suppression
Hyundai Motor Group said on Thursday that it plans to jointly develop the unmanned firefighting robot vehicle with the South Korean National Fire Ag...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution tops EV battery quality in China
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. was selected as the top company for battery quality in China, surpassing Chinese battery manufacturers CATL an...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to cut jobs for first time amid sustained EV weakness
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to cut its workforce with the company’s first voluntary retir...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis gets cybersecurity certification in Europe
Hyundai Mobis Co. has become the first Asian auto parts company to receive cybersecurity certification in Europe, which is leading the way in establ...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor eyes EV battery production from 2027
Hyundai Motor Co. is preparing to build its first electric vehicle battery production lines by around 2027, taking its first step to internalize bat...
Sep 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor releases 2025 IONIQ 5 N
Hyundai Motor Co. said on Tuesday that it released the model year of its high-performance electric vehicle (EV) the 2025 IONIQ 5 N.The 2025 IONIQ 5 ...
Sep 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia to enter Japanese purpose-built vehicles market
Kia Corp. said on Tuesday that it signed a local sales agreement for purpose-built vehicles (PBVs) with Japan's trading company Sojitz Corp. Under ...
Sep 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
CJ CheilJedang to provide dumplings for Qantas Airways’ in-flight meals
CJ CheilJedang Corp. expands its K-food territory with Australia's largest airline.CJ CheilJedang announced on Tuesday that it will introduce Bibigo...
Sep 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Blackpink’s dance performance video surpasses 1.7 billion views
K-pop girl group Blackpink's “How You Like That” dance performance video has garnered more than 1.7 billion YouTube views, the group's a...
Sep 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hyundai's Chung to nurture Czech plant as hub for eco-friendly mobility
Hyundai Motor Co. Executive Chairman Chung Euisun has vowed to turn the South Korean automotive conglomerate’s plant in the Czech Republic int...
Sep 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hyundai Motor cuts 2030 sales goals as EV chasm likely protracted
South Korean top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has slashed its long-term vehicle sales targets by 6% as it prepares for aggressive marketing by Chines...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia, 42dot, Geotab to team up for PBV management system
Kia Corp. said on Friday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with 42dot and Geotab to develop a management system for purpose-built vehi...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
BMW, GS, LG open EV charging hub lounge in Seoul
BMW Group Korea said on Thursday it opened the electric vehicle (EV) Charging Hub Lounge with GS Group and LG Group in Hoehyeon-dong, Seoul.The Char...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia ranks first in customer satisfaction in India
Kia Corp. said on Tuesday that it ranked first in the mass-market brand category in the customer experience index survey recently released by India'...
Sep 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia EVs named Wards 10 Best Engines
Hyundai Motor Group said on Tuesday that the powertrain system mounted on its dedicated electric vehicle platform, E-GMP, has been named one of the ...
Sep 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK E&S creates value chain from FPSO, gas field project to carbon capture
SINGAPORE – At Seatrium Admiralty Yard on Jurong Island, southwest of Singapore, some 2,000 workers are busy welding gas pipes and doing other...
Sep 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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