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Food & Beverage
Whisky imports hit record high in S. Korea amid falling wine interest
Soaring highballs propelled whisky consumption to record heights in South Korea last year, while pandemic-driven interest in wine waned significantl...
Jan 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S.Korean trading companies boost profits by diversifying businesses
POSCO International Corp. joined the "1 trillion won ($751 million) profit club" for the first time in 2023, powered by a near doubling of its energ...
Jan 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, BAIC join hands to develop China-only EV brand
BEIJING – Hyundai Motor Co. has joined hands with Beijing Motor Corp. (BAIC) to debut a new electric vehicle brand specifically tailored to Ch...
Jan 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea unveils next-gen howitzer plans for defense exports
South Korea introduced plans for the development of next-generation self-propelled howitzers to its existing customers as the country aims to foster...
Jan 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, SK Enmove to join forces for next-generation vehicle refrigerants
Hyundai Motor Group and SK Enmove Co. on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate in developing refrigerants for next-generation...
Jan 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis unveils human-centric lighting tech for cars
Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, has introduced a system that changes car interior lights depending on a driver&...
Jan 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea’s ELS market to stagnate after HSCEI debacle: KOFIA chairman
The Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) will go all out to minimize any adverse effects on the South Korean financial market from an anti...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Mercedes-Benz unveils New E-Class in S.Korea
Mercedes-Benz Korea on Friday unveiled the 11th generation of its fully redesigned mid-sized The New E-Class sedan in South Korea.This latest iterat...
Jan 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia dominate US Best Cars for the Money
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Friday that Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have top seven categories in the 2024 Best Cars for the Money awards in...
Jan 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS picks tech, electronics as its favorite local stocks in 2023
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, picked information tech, electric and electronic s...
Jan 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hyundai sells Chongqing plant at $227 mn for China restructuring
Hyundai Motor Co. has sold its plant in Chongqing for $227 million as the leading South Korean carmaker continues restructuring its business to surv...
Jan 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Supernal debuts upgraded flying-car concept; Hyundai reveals MOBION
LAS VEGAS – Supernal LLC, the US-based urban air mobility (UAM) affiliate of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, has unveiled its latest ...
Jan 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
BMW overtakes Mercedes-Benz as top-selling foreign carmaker in S.Korea
BMW has overtaken Mercedes-Benz in the South Korean market, regaining the top spot in the foreign automobile sales segment for the first time in eig...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
LG to unveil integrated self-driving, infotainment platform
LG Electronics Inc. and Magna International Inc. have jointly developed an automotive electronics platform that integrates LG’s infotainment t...
Jan 04, 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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Future mobility
Samsung, Hyundai Motor in joint push for connected cars
Samsung Electronics Co. will connect its smart home devices with the in-vehicle infotainment systems of Hyundai and Kia cars, including electric veh...
Jan 04, 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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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Card Kazakhstan arm attracts $24 mn investment
Shinhan Finance, a subsidiary of South Korea's Shinhan Card in Kazakhstan, has attracted a 31 billion won ($24 million) investment from local car de...
Dec 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea's leading used-car platform Encar drops IPO plan
Encarsales.com Ltd., a South Korean used-car trading platform, will withdraw its initial public offering plan as early as this week due to deteriora...
Dec 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Exter, IONIQ 5 win India’s influential car awards
Hyundai Motor Co. has won major auto industry prizes in India that are expected to help the leading South Korean automaker expand its presence in th...
Dec 24, 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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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Hyundai Motor’s themes at CES 2024: Hydrogen, software
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is set to present its blueprint for a hydrogen energy ecosystem and software under the theme of ...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai builds VR shipyard Twin FOS
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Co. announced on Wednesday that it completed the building of a virtual reality shipyard, the first stage of its Futur...
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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Automobiles
Elantra, Tucson selected among safest cars by IIHS
Hyundai Motor Co.'s passenger car Avante (name in the US: Elantra) and compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) Tucson earned the Top Safety Pick Plus ...
Dec 19, 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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Korean games
NCSOFT, Obigo to jointly develop car AI services
South Korea's major game developer and publisher NCSOFT Corp. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domest...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver, NHIS to boost data services with HyperCLOVA X
South Korea's leading online portal Naver Corp. and the state-run National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) will collaborate to leverage advanced art...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
New Samsung, LG laptops drive industry shift toward on-device AI
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are unveiling new artificial intelligence-powered laptops next month, joining an industry move to in...
Dec 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
HL Mando to test-drive Level 4 autonomous parking system
HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea’s HL Group, will test-drive its nearly fully self-d...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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