Blackpink's new single Jump tops Spotify daily chart

Blackpink's new single Jump tops Spotify daily chart

Blackpink's new single Jump has rocketed to No. 1 on the Spotify Daily Top Songs Global chart, YG Entertainment Inc., the company behind the girl gr...

Hyundai Rotem seals record $6.5 bn K2 tank deal with Poland

Hyundai Rotem seals record $6.5 bn K2 tank deal with Poland

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense system developer, will export its battle tanks to Poland in what would be the largest single export deal f...

Hong Kong to list world’s 1st Samsung single-stock leveraged ETF

Hong Kong to list world’s 1st Samsung single-stock leveraged ETF

A pair of leveraged exchange-traded funds tracking only Samsung Electronics Co. will make a debut on the stock exchange in Hong Kong next week, whic...

Netmarble to launch new game 'RF Online Next'

Netmarble to launch new game 'RF Online Next'

Netmarble Corp., South Korea’s leading game developer, is slated to roll out “RF Online Next” on March 20, a revamp of the old tit...

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...

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...

HD Hyundai Marine Solution wins $60 mn ship maintenance contract

HD Hyundai Marine Solution wins $60 mn ship maintenance contract

HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., HD Hyundai’s marine industry comprehensive solution company, signed its largest long-term maintenance contract...

NPS-backed new prime office building in Seoul struggles with poor demand

NPS-backed new prime office building in Seoul struggles with poor demand

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is seeing little demand for a Seoul-based new prim...

Air Premia, Alaska Airlines sign interline agreement

Air Premia, Alaska Airlines sign interline agreement

South Korea's Air Premia Inc. announced on Thursday that it partnered with Alaska Airlines, the fifth-largest US carrier, through an interline agr...

Hyundai Motor releases Casper Electric teaser images

Hyundai Motor releases Casper Electric teaser images

Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday released a teaser image of the electrified model of its first city sports utility vehicle (SUV) The Casper Electric.T...

LG’s $5.5 billion LFP, ESS battery plants in Arizona to kick off in 2026

LG’s $5.5 billion LFP, ESS battery plants in Arizona to kick off in 2026

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Thursday its 7.2 trillion won ($5.5 billion) battery complex in Ari...

KKR, Hanmi heirs likely to join hands for controlling stake

KKR, Hanmi heirs likely to join hands for controlling stake

The two sons of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s founding family, who were approved as board members of the holding firm Hanmi Science Co. at its ...

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 ...

POSCO to build world's largest battery cathode plant cluster

POSCO to build world's largest battery cathode plant cluster

GWANGYANG, South Jeolla Province  -- POSCO Future M Co., a battery materials supplier, on Thursday broke ground on its fifth cathode materials ...

Shinsegae Gangnam stands out among department stores with $2.3 bn sales

Shinsegae Gangnam stands out among department stores with $2.3 bn sales

Shinsegae Department Store, South Korea’s leading retail business operator, said on Thursday its flagship store in Gangnam, an upscale distric...

LG unveils UltraGear gaming monitor 2024

LG unveils UltraGear gaming monitor 2024

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it unveiled the 2024 model of the UltraGear gaming monitor, optimized for resolution and refresh r...

Hyundai Mobis builds new electrification research center

Hyundai Mobis builds new electrification research center

South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis announced on Tuesday that it opened the Electrification Research Center in Euiwang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea...

Japanese furniture brand Nitori to open first store in Korea

Japanese furniture brand Nitori to open first store in Korea

Nitori Co., dubbed Japan's IKEA, is slated to open its first store in South Korea next week, accelerating its Asia-centered expansion push, while su...

World’s first test driving hydrogen train succeeds in Ulsan

World’s first test driving hydrogen train succeeds in Ulsan

The world's first test driving hydrogen-electric tram succeeded in Ulsan, South Korea. According to Ulsan Metropolitan Government officials, th...

Samyang draws record-high sales on Singles' Day in China

Samyang draws record-high sales on Singles' Day in China

South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. announced on Thursday its sales during China's largest shopping festival, Singles' Day (Nov. 11), reached a new re...

POSCO fully recoups initial investment in Roy Hill mine

POSCO fully recoups initial investment in Roy Hill mine

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO, has fully recovered its initial investment of 1.3 trillion won...

BTS’ Jungkook tops Billboard’s global charts for 4th consecutive week

BTS’ Jungkook tops Billboard’s global charts for 4th consecutive week

BTS’ Jungkook’s solo debut single “Seven” topped the US Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. US charts for four consecutive...

K-pop group aespa to premiere ‘Better Things’ single in LA

K-pop group aespa to premiere ‘Better Things’ single in LA

K-pop girl group aespa will hold a concert "aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 - SYNK: HYPER LINE" at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, US, on August 13, their...

BTS member Jungkook’s solo single ‘Seven’ tops Billboard Hot 100

BTS member Jungkook’s solo single ‘Seven’ tops Billboard Hot 100

BTS member Jungkook's first solo single, "Seven," has debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.This is only the second time in K-pop...

POSCO Future M spurs single-crystal cathode production

POSCO Future M spurs single-crystal cathode production

GWANGYANG – POSCO Future M Co., the battery materials unit under South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., is spurring production of singl...

Samsung Heavy in $3.1 bn methanol-powered ship deal with Evergreen

Samsung Heavy in $3.1 bn methanol-powered ship deal with Evergreen

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a leading South Korean shipbuilder, has won a 3.96 trillion won ($3.13 billion) deal to build 16 methanol-powered cont...

Samsung Biologics wins $897 mn in two deals with Pfizer

Samsung Biologics wins $897 mn in two deals with Pfizer

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract manufacturing organization (CMO) in terms of production capacity, said on Tuesday it has w...

LG Chem produces single-crystal cathodes; to raise $1.5 bn in bonds

LG Chem produces single-crystal cathodes; to raise $1.5 bn in bonds

LG Chem Ltd. has begun mass production of high-nickel cathode materials made with a single crystal structure for the first time in South Korea, whic...

Kia starts delivering electric SUV EV9 to customers

Kia starts delivering electric SUV EV9 to customers

Kia Corp. announced on Sunday that its first large-scale electrified sport utility vehicle (SUV), the EV9, will be available for delivery to custome...

SKIET bets big on Europe's battery separator market

SKIET bets big on Europe's battery separator market

DABROWA GORNICZA, Poland – The production line of lithium-ion battery separators in SK IE Technology Co.’s (SKIET) factory in Dąbrowa G&...

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