S.Korea’s most prominent business leader returns with all charges cleared

S.Korea’s most prominent business leader returns with all charges cleared

After nearly a decade spent fighting allegations of corporate wrongdoing, Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong has been acquitted on all ch...

South Korea’s ex-President Yoon re-arrested over martial law decree

South Korea’s ex-President Yoon re-arrested over martial law decree

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was taken back into custody early Thursday over his short-lived martial law declaration last December, a...

NPS, KIC step up focus on mid-market infrastructure

NPS, KIC step up focus on mid-market infrastructure

The National Pension Service (NPS) and Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) are actively exploring mid-market infrastructure opportunities as they are expec...

S.Korea’s Lunit installs breast cancer AI diagnostic tool at 200 US hospitals

S.Korea’s Lunit installs breast cancer AI diagnostic tool at 200 US hospitals

Lunit Inc., a South Korean AI-powered cancer diagnostics company, said on Monday that more than 200 healthcare institutions across the US have now a...

Exports of Korea-made used cars to hit record high in 2025

Exports of Korea-made used cars to hit record high in 2025

South Korea’s exports of used cars by its homegrown auto brands are expected to hit a historic high this year, thanks to their improved brand ...

LG CNS breaks into US smart city market

LG CNS breaks into US smart city market

LG CNS Co., the information technology service unit of South Korea’s LG Group, has won its first public-sector smart city contracts in the US,...

S.Korea’s pension fund NPS to overhaul alternative investment strategy

S.Korea’s pension fund NPS to overhaul alternative investment strategy

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, plans to intr...

South Korea loses tech startups at rapid clip amid dwindling funding

South Korea loses tech startups at rapid clip amid dwindling funding

Concerns are growing that the tech startup ecosystem in South Korea, home to global tech household name Samsung Electronics Co., would be trapped in...

Samsung set to rebuild with leader Lee cleared of all charges

 Samsung set to rebuild with leader Lee cleared of all charges

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong was found not guilty of accounting fraud, stock manipulation and other criminal charges by a Seoul app...

LG Energy to supply batteries to US solar EV startup Aptera for 7 years

LG Energy to supply batteries to US solar EV startup Aptera for 7 years

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest battery maker, agreed to supply cylindrical products to Aptera Motors Corp., a US solar ele...

E-Land manages New Balance’s record $689 mn in Korean sales

E-Land manages New Balance’s record $689 mn in Korean sales

South Korea’s retail giant E-Land Group has achieved 1 trillion won ($689 million) in Korean sales of the global sports footwear and apparel b...

Hyundai launches EV charging subscription in Indonesia

Hyundai launches EV charging subscription in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Wednesday its launch of an electric vehicle (EV) charging subscription service for vehicle owners in IndonesiaSubscribers ...

CJ Logistics opens cold-chain logistics center in Georgia

CJ Logistics opens cold-chain logistics center in Georgia

South Korea's CJ Logistics said on Thursday that it completed the construction of a large-scale cold-chain logistics center in the US and has begu...

Hyundai Motor completes mobile hydrogen charging station in Jeju

Hyundai Motor completes mobile hydrogen charging station in Jeju

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Monday that it completed the H Jeju Moving Station, a mobile hydrogen charging facility, at the Carbon-Free Island (CFI) E...

Kia, KEPCO collaborate to build power ecosystem using PBV

Kia, KEPCO collaborate to build power ecosystem using PBV

South Korea's Kia Corp. and Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the state-run utility company, said on Thursday that they signed a memorandum of und...

Koramco to open office next to NPS for property investment partnership

Koramco to open office next to NPS for property investment partnership

Koramco Asset Management Co. will open a liaison office next to South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) to bolster cooperation with the w...

CJ Logistics, KT&G introduce hydrogen cargo trucks

CJ Logistics, KT&G introduce hydrogen cargo trucks

South Korea's CJ Logistics said on Thursday that it deployed two 11-ton hydrogen-powered cargo trucks in the logistics division of KT&G Corp.The...

CU, GS25 in fierce race for top spot in Korea’s convenience store market

CU, GS25 in fierce race for top spot in Korea’s convenience store market

Using multiple measures, CU and GS25 both claim they are the No. 1 player in South Korea’s convenience store (CV) market.CU, operated by BGF R...

Hyundai Motor sells over 1,000 Elec City FCEV

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...

Hyundai Mobis to mass-produce parts to double EV charging speed

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...

BMW, GS, LG open EV charging hub lounge in Seoul

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...

KT applies AIoT video surveillance to EV charging stations

KT applies AIoT video surveillance to EV charging stations

South Korea's KT Corp. said on Monday that it will expand its Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things (AIoT) video surveillance business to elect...

Hyundai IONIQ 6 named best EV by Kelley Blue Book

Hyundai IONIQ 6 named best EV by Kelley Blue Book

Hyundai Motor Co.'s electric sedan IONIQ 6 has been named the best electric vehicle (EV) by Kelley Blue Book, the US vehicle valuation and automotiv...

Samsung, SK Hynix ramp up DRAM business on rapid AI growth

Samsung, SK Hynix ramp up DRAM business on rapid AI growth

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc.,the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are expanding their dynamic random access memory business...

LG Innotek ups automotive electronics patents for future mobility

LG Innotek ups automotive electronics patents for future mobility

South Korea’s electronics parts maker LG Innotek Co. actively increased patents related to its new growth driver automotive electronics while ...

Hyundai Motor forms EV Charging Alliance in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor forms EV Charging Alliance in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that it established the Hyundai EV Charging Alliance with six local private charging operators at the Gaikindo...

SK ties up with BlackRock-backed Korean startup for EV chargers

SK ties up with BlackRock-backed Korean startup for EV chargers

SK Signet Inc., South Korea’s electric vehicle charger manufacturer, joined hands with a local renewable energy startup backed by global asset...

Filipino caregivers come to Korea amid demographic crisis

Filipino caregivers come to Korea amid demographic crisis

Some 100 certified caregivers from the Philippines will come to South Korea in August to work as domestic helpers in a country struggling with the...

Hyundai Motor speeds up hydrogen bus charging business in Korea

Hyundai Motor speeds up hydrogen bus charging business in Korea

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is set to become the largest shareholder of a local hydrogen-powered-vehicle charging station operator to boos...

Humax, HeyCharge collaborate on EV charger

Humax, HeyCharge collaborate on EV charger

South Korea's mobility solutions company Humax Co. announced on Monday that it partnered with the Germany-based electric vehicle (EV) charging techn...

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