POSCO inducted into World Steel Dynamics’ Hall of Fame

POSCO inducted into World Steel Dynamics’ Hall of Fame

South Korea’s POSCO Group has been permanently inducted into the Hall of Fame by the World Steel Dynamics (WSD), a US steel industry research ...

Seoul, once-rising art hub, feels pinch of global strains  

Seoul, once-rising art hub, feels pinch of global strains  

In Seoul’s Hannam district, the storefront that once housed Various Small Fires (VSF) now sits empty, a “For Rent” sign taped to i...

Kumho Tire shuts Gwangju plant after fire, derailing record sales run

Kumho Tire shuts Gwangju plant after fire, derailing record sales run

Kumho Tire Co. has suspended all operations at its Gwangju plant in South Korea after a fire destroyed 50-60% of the production lines in one of its ...

Seoul appeal: Korean art captivates Indonesia’s affluent connoisseurs

Seoul appeal: Korean art captivates Indonesia’s affluent connoisseurs

JAKARTA – Last Thursday, Baik Art gallery in Jakarta, Indonesia, was crowded with well-heeled art patrons eager to meet a revered artist from ...

South Korea’s young rich vs old rich: Coins, art outpace bonds, funds

South Korea’s young rich vs old rich: Coins, art outpace bonds, funds

Young South Korean millionaires, placing bold wagers on unconventional financial assets such as cryptocurrencies and art, are gaining ground fast, g...

Kumho Tire eyes Poland, Serbia, Portugal for 1st European plant

Kumho Tire eyes Poland, Serbia, Portugal for 1st European plant

Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, is evaluating Poland, Serbia and Portugal as a potential site for its first plant in Europe as...

Colliers to lead $689 million sale of IGIS Asset-owned Signature Tower

Colliers to lead $689 million sale of IGIS Asset-owned Signature Tower

Colliers Korea, a unit of global real estate asset management group Colliers, has been chosen as the adviser for the sale of Signature Tower in cent...

Kumho Petrochemical's Seoul headquarters put on market

Kumho Petrochemical's Seoul headquarters put on market

IGIS Asset Management Co., has put Kumho Petrochemical Group’s headquarters building, Signature Tower in central Seoul, up for sale – a ...

LG Elec hosts OLED TV media art exhibition in Vietnam

LG Elec hosts OLED TV media art exhibition in Vietnam

LG Electronics Inc. held a media art exhibition, "The Future Becomes Now," at the heart of Vietnam's bustling metropolis Lotte Mall Westlake Hanoi.A...

Kumho Tire holds Latin American dealer convention

Kumho Tire holds Latin American dealer convention

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Friday that it held the Kumho Dealer Convention event from July 20 to 22 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, inviting ab...

Kumho Tire to sponsor Eintracht Frankfurt

Kumho Tire to sponsor Eintracht Frankfurt

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Thursday that it signed a three-year strategic partnership agreement with Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany's B...

Kumho Tire to supply tires for Alpine Class

Kumho Tire to supply tires for Alpine Class

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Friday that it will exclusively supply high-performance tires for the Renault high-performance car one-mak...

Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its TV The Frame was selected as the first official display for the world's largest art fair Art B...

Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that its TV The Frame was selected as the official display for the world's largest art exhibition Art Ba...

Kumho Tire to supply premium tires to Jeep, Peugeot in Korea

Kumho Tire to supply premium tires to Jeep, Peugeot in Korea

Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, announced on Tuesday that it will supply tires to 33 official service centers nationwide for J...

Kakao Entertainment seeks restructuring, closer ties with Piccoma

Kakao Entertainment seeks restructuring, closer ties with Piccoma

South Korea's Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of mobile platform giant Kakao Corp., is seeking renewed growth through corporate restructuring and ...

S.Korea’s Kumho Tire to invest $751 mn to build plant in Europe

S.Korea’s Kumho Tire to invest $751 mn to build plant in Europe

Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, plans to invest more than 1 trillion won ($750.8 million) by 2027 to build its first plant in ...

ISS backs Kumho Petrochem in family feud-triggered proxy war

ISS backs Kumho Petrochem in family feud-triggered proxy war

Proxy advisory firm International Shareholder Services (ISS) has expressed its support for all of Kumho Petrochemical Co.'s proposals up for vote ...

Kumho Tire forges tech licensing agreement with Saudi's Blatco

Kumho Tire forges tech licensing agreement with Saudi's Blatco

Kumho Tire Co. announced on Monday that it signed a technology export contract with Saudi Arabia's Black Arrow Tire Co. (Blatco).Under the deal, Kum...

Family feud at Kumho Petrochem set to reignite

Family feud at Kumho Petrochem set to reignite

Park Chul-whan, the nephew of Kumho Petrochemical Co.'s former Chairman Park Chan-koo, has launched a proxy fight jointly with an activist fund, fue...

Kumho Petrochem's Hugreen secures highest HB mark grade

Kumho Petrochem's Hugreen secures highest HB mark grade

South Korea's Kumho Petrochemical Co. announced on Thursday that its phenolic foam board (PF board) insulation material under the construction mater...

Samsung TV secures artful color certification from Pantone

Samsung TV secures artful color certification from Pantone

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its 2024 model "The Frame" TV became the first display to receive "Artful Color Certification" fro...

Korea’s 1st institutionalized fractional art offering a smash hit

Korea’s 1st institutionalized fractional art offering a smash hit

South Korea’s first institutionalized fractional investing in a work of art proffered by Yeolmae Company, operator of South Korea’s frac...

Kumho Petrochemical accelerates CCUS push with CO2 capture plant

Kumho Petrochemical accelerates CCUS push with CO2 capture plant

Kumho Petrochemical Co., South Korean petrochemical major, is accelerating its inroads into the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) marke...

Ex-Kumho Petrochemical chair returns as Kumho Mitsui co-CEO

Ex-Kumho Petrochemical chair returns as Kumho Mitsui co-CEO

Park Chan-koo, former chairman of South Korea’s Kumho Petrochemical Group, has returned to the top position of Kumho Mitsui Chemicals Inc. as ...

Kumho Petrochem, POSCO look to carbon nanotube JV, share swap

Kumho Petrochem, POSCO look to carbon nanotube JV, share swap

South Korea’s Kumho Petrochemical Co. and POSCO International Corp. are considering launching a joint venture to produce carbon nanotubes (CNT...

Korea logs surplus in IP trade in H1 on surge of culture, art

Korea logs surplus in IP trade in H1 on surge of culture, art

South Korea posted a surplus in its intellectual property (IP) rights trade in the first half of this year, thanks to profits on culture, art and so...

Hyundai promotes Busan’s bid for 2030 Expo in New York with art cars

Hyundai promotes Busan’s bid for 2030 Expo in New York with art cars

Hyundai Motor Group supports Busan’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo with IONIQ 5, IONIQ 6, and Genesis G80 covered with graffiti reading &l...

Seoul eyed as possible 2nd Asian base of Gagosian empire

Seoul eyed as possible 2nd Asian base of Gagosian empire

Seoul, which took center stage on the global art scene after successfuly hosting international art fair Frieze’s second edition earlier this m...

Hyundai Card to showcase Meta's MR, AR techs at Da Vinci Motel

Hyundai Card to showcase Meta's MR, AR techs at Da Vinci Motel

Hyundai Card said on Wednesday that its annual Da Vinci Motel event will feature state-of-the-art mixed reality (MR) and augmented reality (AR) expe...

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