KT, KT SAT, Nara Space to launch satellite data biz

South Korea's KT Corp. said on Monday it will pursue a joint project utilizing satellite data with KT SAT and Nara Space Technology Inc.The plan is ...

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...

Naver, PIF-backed JV join hands for Saudi Arabia’s smart cities

South Korean online portal giant Naver Corp. is planning to accelerate Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation in partnership with a tech firm b...

LG CNS, IGIS to collaborate in new biz for digital transformation

South Korea's information and communications technology service provider LG CNS on Wednesday said it will cooperate with the Seoul-based IGIS Asset ...

Innocean releases brand film of Kia Sportage’s 30th anniversary

Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, has rolled out a brand film to mark the 30th anniversary of Kia Corp.'s Sportage, the...

SK Energy acquires logistics platform Goodsflow

South Korea's SK Energy will buy all shares of Goodsflow, a Seoul-based provider of logistics platform services, to enter the urban logistics center...

Jeju Air teams up with startup Plana to explore urban air mobility

Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s largest budget airline, said on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with Plana, a domestic startup...

LG U+, Plana jointly research data transmission tech for urban air mobility

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. and Plana, a domestic startup for urban air transportation (UAM) craft, have signed a business deal on joint research o...

SK Energy teams up with state-run power supplier for EV charging station

SK Energy, a major South Korean oil refiner, teamed up with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) to install electric vehicle (EV) and hydrogen...

KAI, KARI collaborate in developing Korean UAM 

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) has signed an agreement with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to help KARI perform a dry run test...

SK Energy expands fusion urban fuel cell business

SK Energy has teamed up with new and renewable energy companies to develop urban distributed power generation and electric vehicle charging.The comp...

SK Group to display eco-friendly tech at next month's CES

South Korea's SK Group next month will display an extended range of carbon-reducing products and technologies at CES 2023, the world's largest exhib...

LG CNS to design smart city system for Indonesia's new capital

South Korea's LG CNS will provide a smart city design for Indonesia's new capital of Nusantara. The company on Tuesday said it signed the day before...

POSCO, GS Energy to launch $121 million battery recycling joint venture

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s largest steelmaker, and GS Energy Corp., the energy unit of GS Group, have agreed to...

Hyundai Mobis hosts future mobility startups in Silicon Valley

South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis Co. will host a future mobility conference, dubbed Mobis Mobility Day, with around 80 experts from mobility startu...

Korea unveils autonomous driving, commercial drone service roadmap

South Korea aims to launch advanced autonomous driving, commercial drone and other urban air mobility services by 2025, as the country strives to be...

SK Telecom-led consortium to commercialize air taxis on Jeju Island

Come 2025, visitors to South Korea’s resort island of Jeju will be able to hail air taxis while there – thanks to special air routes ded...

Hyundai’s Supernal showcases flying electric car at UK air show

Supernal LLC, the urban air mobility affiliate of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co., has unveiled the cabin concept of its flying ...

KT, Swift Navigation team up for ultra-precision location service

KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, has partnered with Swift Navigation Co., a San Francisco-based technology firm, to commer...

Residential, urban logistics in Europe are attractive: Patrizia

Despite a number of global market uncertainties, there is value in real assets where rental income grows faster than inflation, Mahdi Mokrane, head ...

Hanwha invests $115 mn in urban air mobility firm Overair

South Korea’s Hanwha Systems Co. and Hanwha Aerospace Co. have invested a combined $115 million in Series B funding for Overair Inc., a Califo...

[ASK 2022] Infrastructure benefits from inflation and population growth: Sera Global

 Infrastructure is stronger than ever amid the current macroeconomic risks, and investors will see greater opportunities in the ...

Hyundai opens world's first UAM takeoff, landing area in UK

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group has opened the world's first urban air mobility (UAM) takeoff and landing area in central England.Supernal LLC, Hy...

SK Telecom’s bet on air mobility, metaverse in full display at World IT Show

SK Telecom Co. is poised to show off its latest services at this year’s World IT Show slated for three days from April 20. At the large...

Hilton Seoul to transform into UAM landing area

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) plans to build the country's first landing area for urban air mobility (U...

German urban logistics and light industrial assets promising, DLE says

The pandemic has brought logistical real estate and infrastructure into the spotlight driven by long-term underlying e-commerce trends. It is advant...

Lotte acquires Chicago-based hotel for $36 mn K-style rebrand

Hotel Lotte Co., retail conglomerate Lotte Group’s luxury hotel operator, completed the acquisition of Kimpton Hotel Monaco in Chicago for $...

Nexen Tire invests in US urban air mobility startup ANRA Technologies

Nexen Tire Corp., Korea’s third-largest tire maker, has made an undisclosed amount of equity investment in ANRA Technologies, a US urban air m...

Battery recycling: Carmakers, battery companies in new turf war

With electric vehicles increasingly going mainstream, the world’s major carmakers and battery companies face another type of turf war: battery...

Hyundai eyes smart mobility with Boston Dynamics acquisition

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Monday it is shifting its business focus toward smart mobility from brick-and-mortar carmaking following its acquisition l...