Lockheed Martin, KAI to expand partnership to future defense, aerospace tech

Lockheed Martin, KAI to expand partnership to future defense, aerospace tech

Global defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp. and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) on Tuesday agreed to expand their collaboration into futur...

KAI seals $700 mn FA-50 fighter jet export deal with the Philippines

KAI seals $700 mn FA-50 fighter jet export deal with the Philippines

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) on Tuesday signed a $700 million contract to supply 12 FA-50 fighter jets to the Philippines, marking the larg...

Korea’s LCCs to counter headwinds with exclusive routes, lower fares

Korea’s LCCs to counter headwinds with exclusive routes, lower fares

South Korea’s budget airlines are gearing up to weather the sector’s downturn amid a weaker local currency and a sluggish domestic econo...

Genesis partners with Tate Modern in London

Genesis partners with Tate Modern in London

Hyundai Motor Co. 's premium brand Genesis announced on Friday that it partnered with the Tate Modern Art Museum in London and will sponsor "The Gen...

S.Korea’s KF-21, Lockheed's F-16 shortlisted for Philippine fighter jet deal

S.Korea’s KF-21, Lockheed's F-16 shortlisted for Philippine fighter jet deal

South Korea’s homegrown fighter jet KF-21 is competing against US defense firm Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-16 for the Philippine governmen...

Samsung to unveil its first wearable robot Bot Fit by end-October

Samsung to unveil its first wearable robot Bot Fit by end-October

Samsung Electronics Co. will unveil its first wearable robot, Bot Fit, later this month as the South Korean tech giant delves into the global health...

CJ Logistics transports KAI’s T-50TH to Thailand

CJ Logistics transports KAI’s T-50TH to Thailand

South Korea's CJ Logistics transported two T-50TH fighter jets, manufactured by Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), to Thailand, the company sa...

Korea’s airlines to use SAF starting from Japan routes

Korea’s airlines to use SAF starting from Japan routes

South Korea’s airlines are set to use fuel mixed with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for international routes, starting from services to Japa...

S.Korea to launch sustainable biojet fuel initiative

S.Korea to launch sustainable biojet fuel initiative

South Korea will require airlines to replace a portion of their jet fuel with environmentally friendly alternatives such as cooking oil, palm oil an...

S.Korea's refining industry sees record export of 245.3 mn barrels

S.Korea's refining industry sees record export of 245.3 mn barrels

South Korea's four major oil refiners—SK Energy, GS Caltex, S-Oil Corp., and HD Hyundai Oilbank—achieved a record high in petroleum pr...

Thousands of Samsung Workers Walk Out for Three-Day Strike

Thousands of Samsung Workers Walk Out for Three-Day Strike

Thousands of Samsung Electronics Co. (-0.34% decrease) unionized workers in South Korea walked off job sites Monday as part of a three-day strike, p...

S.Korea’s Hanwha, Doosan to develop fighter jet engines

S.Korea’s Hanwha, Doosan to develop fighter jet engines

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s top defense manufacturer, and Doosan Enerbility Co., a major local power plant builder, are set to develop...

KAI inks $1.4 bn supersonic fighter jet mass production deal

KAI inks $1.4 bn supersonic fighter jet mass production deal

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, said on Tuesday it signed a 2 trillion won ($1.4 bil...

Korean Air expects US approval for Asiana merger by end-Oct: report

Korean Air expects US approval for Asiana merger by end-Oct: report

Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s No. 1 full-service carrier, expects to gain full approval from the US government by the end of October to ...

Eastar Jet introduces fuel efficiency analysis program

Eastar Jet introduces fuel efficiency analysis program

South Korea's low-cost carrier Eastar Jet announced on Friday that it will be the first domestic budget airline to introduce the Fuel Analytics prog...

Hanwha wins fighter jet radar antenna deal from Leonardo

Hanwha wins fighter jet radar antenna deal from Leonardo

South Korean aerospace and defense contractor Hanwha Systems Co. is set to supply antennas for active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars to ...

MBK, Air Premia team up for Asiana’s cargo unit; Jeju Air exits

MBK, Air Premia team up for Asiana’s cargo unit; Jeju Air exits

South Korea's low-cost carrier Air Premia Inc. has teamed up with North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners to win Asiana Airlines Inc.'s ...

N.Korean hackers attack South’s arms makers for tech data

N.Korean hackers attack South’s arms makers for tech data

North Korean hackers allegedly attacked South Korean arms manufacturers and stole technical data from them over more than a year Seoul’s polic...

Hyundai Mobis to unveil crab-walking car in S.Korea

Hyundai Mobis to unveil crab-walking car in S.Korea

South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis, the world’s sixth-largest auto parts supplier, announced on Thursday that it will participate in the 37th I...

KAI to develop future aerial mobility, single-seat aircraft

KAI to develop future aerial mobility, single-seat aircraft

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, plans to develop future aerial mobility to secure a ...

KAI to invest $76 mn in unmanned fighter jets

KAI to invest $76 mn in unmanned fighter jets

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) has announced that it plans to invest 102.5 billion won ($76.64 million) in the development of core technologi...

KIST develops wearable robot for hiking assistance

KIST develops wearable robot for hiking assistance

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced on Thursday that it has developed a lightweight wearable robot called Moonwalk Omni, ...

S.Korea to mass-produce homegrown fighter jet in 2024

S.Korea to mass-produce homegrown fighter jet in 2024

South Korea is set to start mass production of the KF-21, its homegrown supersonic fighter jet, this year for expected deployment of the warplane fo...

KAI completes 1st batch of fighter jet exports to Poland

KAI completes 1st batch of fighter jet exports to Poland

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, completed its first batch of fighter jet exports to ...

Samsung to unveil AI-feature vacuum cleaner at CES

Samsung to unveil AI-feature vacuum cleaner at CES

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will unveil a new vacuum cleaner, the Bespoke Jet Bot Combo, at the upcoming CES 2024. This ...

KAI inks support deals for exported fighter jets to Poland

KAI inks support deals for exported fighter jets to Poland

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, agreed with Polish companies on follow-up support me...

Air Premia posts first-ever quarterly profit

Air Premia posts first-ever quarterly profit

Air Premia Inc., a South Korean budget carrier, on Thursday reported its first-ever quarterly profit in the third quarter of this year, fueled by a ...

S.Korea mulls plan B as Indonesia falls behind on KF-21 project payments

S.Korea mulls plan B as Indonesia falls behind on KF-21 project payments

Indonesia, a partner of South Korea’s KF-21 fighter jet development project, has failed again to notify the Korean government of its plan to p...

SK to invest in S.Korean company for bio jet fuel materials

SK to invest in S.Korean company for bio jet fuel materials

SK Group, South Korea’s energy-to-semiconductor conglomerate, is set to invest in a local renewable energy ingredient provider for stable proc...

Eastar Jet resumes int'l flights after three and half years

Eastar Jet resumes int'l flights after three and half years

South Korea's low-cost carrier Eastar Jet on Sunday said it resumed international flights for the first time in three and a half years starting with...

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