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Economy South Korea to boost aid for chipmakers to $23 billion, expanding extra budget

South Korea’s government is planning to increase support for chip makers to around $23 billion, proposing a bigger-than-expected supplementary...

Economy Korea to launch $23 bn high tech fund, bracing for Trump 2.0

South Korea will launch a high tech fund worth more than 34 trillion won ($23 billion) to provide cheap financing, including equity investments, for...

Automobiles Hyundai, Kia sell 7.23 mn units together in 2024, eye more sales in 2025

Hyundai Motor Co. and its sibling Kia Corp. have set a target to sell a combined 7.39 million units around the globe this year with greater focus on...

Mergers & Acquisitions Fashion OEM Hansae bids for GM Korea supplier Erae AMS

The holding company of Hansae Co., a leading global apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM), is eyeing expansion into auto parts production by...

Steel Dongkuk buys Aju Steel to create No.1 color coated steel maker

Dongkuk Coated Metal Co. (Dongkuk CM), the cold-rolled steel unit of South Korea's Dongkuk Holdings Co., has agreed to buy Aju Steel Co. specializin...

Korean stock market Foreign net buying of S.Korean stocks hits all-time high

Offshore investors net purchased nearly 23 trillion won ($16.7 billion) worth of South Korea-listed stocks in the first half of this year. The buyin...

K-pop Innocean, HYBE opens BTS pop-up store in Bangkok

Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Friday that it opened a large-scale BTS-themed...

Automobiles Kia unveils teaser images for all-electric EV3

Kia Corp. the second-largest automaker in South Korea, unveiled the first teaser images and video of the upcoming third all-electric sports utility ...

Machinery LS Electric wins $23 mn order for Thai railway signal system

South Korea's LS Electric Co. won a contract from the State Railway of Thailand to construct a railway signaling system for a 177 km section between...

Aerospace & Defense 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 ...

Retail Lotte World Tower sees record-high visitors in 2023

Lotte Property & Development Co. (Lotte P&D) announced on Wednesday that the total number of visitors to Lotte World Tower and Mall last yea...

Korean chipmakers DRAM prices to rise up to 18% in Q1 2024: report

Memory chip prices are poised for a significant jump in the first quarter of 2024, with mobile DRAM spearheading the increase, according to research...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD KSOE secures $432 mn order for 4 ammonia carriers

HD Hyundai has successfully secured a contract for building mega-sized ammonia carriers worth 557.4 billion won ($432.4 million). HD Korea Shipbuild...

Steel POSCO changes brand slogan for first time in 23 years

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding firm of South Korea’s largest steelmaker, on Wednesday announced a new brand slogan, “Green Tomorrow, w...

Automobiles Hyundai Motor Group, Seoul Univ. to jointly develop battery

Hyundai Motor Group opened a joint battery research center at Seoul National University, marking its full-fledged foray into next-generation battery...

Batteries Korea's IMM to invest $23 mn in battery parts supplier Choil Aluminum

South Korean private credit firm IMM Credit & Solutions Inc. will invest 30 billion won ($23.4 million) in Choil Aluminum Co., an EV battery com...

Mergers & Acquisitions 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...

Electric vehicles Everon attracts $39 mn thanks to hot VC demand for EV charging

Everon, one of South Korea’s top three electric vehicle charging infrastructure and management service providers, raised 50 billion won ($39 m...

Future mobility SM Entertainment founder invests in Chinese drone maker

Lee Soo-man, founder and former executive producer of South Korea's SM Entertainment Co., has reportedly made a huge investment in the Chinese self-...

Construction Samsung C&T wins order $585 mn construction project in Taiwan

The construction division of South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. on Monday said it landed an order for the Fubon Aozihdi Development Project from Ta...

Economy S.Korea's economy no longer supported by China: BOK head

South Korea’s central bank chief said on Monday the local economy is no longer supported by China given the sustained decline of its exports t...

Automobiles S.Korea’s January-April car exports at record high of $23.2 bn

In an impressive surge, South Korea's automobile exports soared to an unprecedented high of $6.16 billion (8.2 trillion won) in April, marking a sta...

Electronics Samsung’s H2 new tablet launch to close gap on market leader iPad

Samsung Electronics Co., the second-largest player in the global tablet market, is aiming to narrow the gap with industry leader Apple Inc. with its...

Business & Politics Korail wins $13 million consulting project for Philippines' railway

South Korea's state-run railway company Korea Railroad Corporation (Korail), announced on Monday that it has secured a consulting contract to manage...

Korean stock market Super-rich Koreans eye return to stocks despite weaker economy

The super-rich in South Korea are eyeing stocks for investments despite a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy this year, expecting the l...

Mergers & Acquisitions Luxury watchmaker Hublot buys Korean ceramic supplier Ecco

Hublot, a Swiss watchmaker under global luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, has taken over South Korean ceramic manufacturer Ecco Wa...

Robotics S.Korean robot startup aims to ramp up supply by 9 times

A South Korean autonomous-driving robot startup Neubility aims to increase supply by almost nine times this year as demand for such machines in the ...

Korean startups Korea's AI startup Quantit attracts $23 mn Series A investment

South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) company Vaiv Company Inc. announced on Tuesday that Quantit, its fintech subsidiary, has received a 30 bi...

Shareholder activism Activist fund Tcha Partners calls for Namyang Dairy to buy back shares

Seoul-based activist fund Tcha Partners Asset Management Co. on Monday demanded that South Korea’s Namyang Dairy Products Co. buy back half of...

Automobiles Hyundai Motor Group's 23 vehicle models win Editor's Choice Awards

Hyundai Motor Group made an announcement on Thursday, saying that its major vehicles had been selected as the best models at the 2023 Editor's Choic...