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...

SpaceX’s Starlink, Eutelsat’s OneWeb land in Korea for LEO satellite services

SpaceX’s Starlink, Eutelsat’s OneWeb land in Korea for LEO satellite services

South Korea has officially cleared the way for low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet services, granting regulatory approval for SpaceX’s St...

Korean Air purchases GE engines for new Boeing aircraft

Korean Air purchases GE engines for new Boeing aircraft

Korean Air Lines Co. has agreed to buy engines from GE Aerospace to power its new Boeing aircraft, GE Aerospace said on Wednesday.Under the agreemen...

Hanwha Aerospace, L3Harris anchor Shield AI’s $240 mn funding

Hanwha Aerospace, L3Harris anchor Shield AI’s $240 mn funding

South Korean defense company Hanwha Aerospace Co. and US weapons systems developer L3Harris Technologies Inc. have led a $240 million funding round ...

Hyundai Rotem delivers driverless metro cars to Taiwan

Hyundai Rotem delivers driverless metro cars to Taiwan

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean rolling stock and defense equipment maker, said on Friday it held a ceremony to mark the arrival of the first ba...

Doosan Enerbility, KAI to cooperate on aero engine localization

Doosan Enerbility, KAI to cooperate on aero engine localization

South Korea's Doosan Enerbility Co. and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) said on Tuesday that the two companies signed a memorandum of understa...

Korean Air gets EU approval for Asiana merger

Korean Air gets EU approval for Asiana merger

The European Commission (EC), the European Union (EU) antitrust body, approved the merger between Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. on N...

Seoul to light up Myeong-dong with LEDs like Times Square

Seoul to light up Myeong-dong with LEDs like Times Square

Seoul will light up Myeong-dong, a bustling area with office workers and shoppers in the heart of the city, with 16 large outdoor digital billboards...

S.Korea’s T’way Air to introduce A330-900 Neo aircraft

S.Korea’s T’way Air to introduce A330-900 Neo aircraft

T'way Air Co. announced on Thursday that it will gradually introduce five new Airbus A330-900 Neo aircraft starting next year.T’way recently s...

SK Telecom, KT win at Leading Lights Awards

SK Telecom, KT win at Leading Lights Awards

SK Telecom Co. and KT Corp. received the Leading Lights Awards 2024. SK Telecom and KT were named winners of Outstanding Use Case: AI/Machine L...

Kia releases 2025 Sorento

Kia releases 2025 Sorento

South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. said on Monday that it released The 2025 Sorento, an updated version of its best-selling mid-...

Air Incheon joins Boeing safety operation support program

Air Incheon joins Boeing safety operation support program

South Korea's cargo airline Air Incheon announced on Wednesday that it signed an agreement with American aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. on Tuesd...

Korean Air, L3Harris to introduce more AEW&C aircraft

Korean Air, L3Harris to introduce more AEW&C aircraft

South Korean airliner Korean Air Lines Co. held the Industry Day in Seoul on Wednesday with the US-based defense company L3Harris to discuss South K...

Woojin selected as preferred bidder for Inglewood light rail project

Woojin selected as preferred bidder for Inglewood light rail project

Woojin Industrial Systems Co., a South Korean railway vehicle manufacturer, said on Friday that it has been selected as the preferred bidder for the...

Hyundai Mobis lighting system wins triple crown of design awards

Hyundai Mobis lighting system wins triple crown of design awards

South Korea's auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis announced on Sunday that its Active Aero Lighting System (AALS) has received awards at the world's thre...

Hanwha Ocean to cut CO2 emissions from ships with smart lighting

Hanwha Ocean to cut CO2 emissions from ships with smart lighting

Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea's third-largest shipbuilder, said on Friday it has won an approval in-principle (AIP) certificate from Korean Register...

Don’t dwell on Korea discount; light up visibility on global stage

Don’t dwell on Korea discount; light up visibility on global stage

To the world, South Korea is well known as home to the world’s top two memory chipmakers, Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., but it is...

POSCO aims to quadruple operating profits by 2030

POSCO aims to quadruple operating profits by 2030

POSCO Group, South Korea’s No. 1 steelmaker, has set an ambitious goal of quadrupling its operating profits and doubling revenue by 2030 with ...

Kakao Mobility, Archer to collaborate for K-UAM commercialization

Kakao Mobility, Archer to collaborate for K-UAM commercialization

South Korea's Kakao Mobility Corp. announced on Friday that it signed an agreement with Archer Aviation, the US-based urban air mobility (UAM) aircr...

Kia unveils teaser images for The New EV6

Kia unveils teaser images for The New EV6

Kia Corp., the second-largest automaker in South Korea, is introducing an improved model of its first-ever all-electric sports utility vehicle (SUV)...

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...

KAI inks $723 mn eVTOL aircraft parts deal with Brazil’s Eve

KAI inks $723 mn eVTOL aircraft parts deal with Brazil’s Eve

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, said it signed a 1 trillion won ($723 million) deal ...

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...

S.Korea’s Doosan Enerbility to develop aircraft engines

S.Korea’s Doosan Enerbility to develop aircraft engines

South Korea’s major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. plans to develop aircraft engines based on its turbine technology as its new gro...

Shareholder activism in Korea swells 9 times since 2019

Shareholder activism in Korea swells 9 times since 2019

The number of South Korean firms targeted by activist funds has risen by nearly nine times over the past five years, the largest increase among majo...

Korean Air breaks ground on Asia’s largest aircraft engine MRO cluster

Korean Air breaks ground on Asia’s largest aircraft engine MRO cluster

Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s No. 1 full-service carrier, said on Thursday it has begun construction of a $439 million aircraft engine m...

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 ...

ZKW wins DVN Lighting Star Award

ZKW wins DVN Lighting Star Award

ZKW, an Austria-based lighting systems subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., recently was presented with the Lighting Star Award for Best front lightin...

Race for Asiana's cargo unit heats up among local bidders

Race for Asiana's cargo unit heats up among local bidders

The proposed merger of South Korea’s two largest carriers, Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc., is intensifying competition among lo...

KAI sees record-high earings in 2023

KAI sees record-high earings in 2023

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, posted record revenue last year, boosted by the ex...

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