conventional weapons

Aerospace & Defense South Korea’s renewed stock market darlings: Weapons makers

South Korea’s defense industry is once again capturing investor attention, as exports of tanks, armored vehicles and other weapons systems soa...

Aerospace & Defense Hyundai Rotem to supply ground weapons to Peru

South Korea's Hyundai Rotem Co. said on Monday it signed an agreement with the Peruvian Army to supply K2 main battle tanks, armored vehicles, and o...

Construction Hyundai E&C wins $725 mn Saudi Arabia HVDC line order

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) said on Tuesday it has bagged a $725 million order to build a power transmission line i...

Korean startups YC-backed Relate defies conventional wisdom for deeper integration

It may look like David versus Goliath, but Y Combinator-backed Relate has found a sweet spot where it can beat Salesforce in the sales customer rela...

Automobiles Kumho Tire holds Latin American dealer convention

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Friday that it held the Kumho Dealer Convention event from July 20 to 22 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, inviting ab...

Aerospace & Defense LIG Nex1 participates in Malaysia's DSA 2024

South Korea's major defense system developer LIG Nex1 Co. announced on Tuesday that it's participating in the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2024 exhib...

Aerospace & Defense Perigee, Hyundai Rotem to team up for SLV

South Korea's Perigee Aerospace Inc. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hyundai Rotem Co. to expand its bus...

Automobiles Hyundai Mobis releases button-type card smart key

South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis, the world’s sixth-largest auto parts supplier, announced on Thursday that it released a thin car smart key ...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha expected to sign $751 mn howitzer deal with Romania

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s major aerospace and defense system developer, is set to sign a 1 trillion won ($751 million) contract to s...

The KED View Defy convention with long-run plans to upvalue Korean stocks

The South Korean stock market has been on an upward swing in recent weeks, with many partly attributing it to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s pledge...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha, Saudi gov't to cooperate in defense industry

Hanwha Aerospace Co. and Hanwha Systems Co. announced on Tuesday that they signed a three-party memorandum of understanding (MOU) for defense cooper...

Aerospace & Defense LIG Nex1, Hyundai Rotem to team up for Middle East export

South Korea's major defense maker LIG Nex1 Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hyundai Rotem Co. to...

North Korea North Korea’s missiles tested on the battlefields of Ukraine

SEOUL—One of the world’s biggest illicit-arms suppliers just got a major advertisement.In recent weeks, Russian forces have fired...

Automobiles HL Mando to test-drive Level 4 autonomous parking system

HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea’s HL Group, will test-drive its nearly fully self-d...

Tech, Media & Telecom SK Telecom verifies AI server liquid immersion cooling tech

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it has successfully verified the liquid immersion cooling technology, a next-generation Inter...

Hydrogen economy Hanwha Aerospace, KATECH to collaborate on hydrogen fuel cell

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. announced on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Automotive Technology Institute ...

Automobiles Kia holds first Global Distributors Convention in 5 years

South Korea's Kia Corp. held a global distributors convention for the first time in five years, sharing medium to long-term business strategies, inc...

Food & Beverage KT&G breaks ground on new plant in Kazakhstan

South Korea's KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, announced on Thursday the commencement of its new factory's constructio...

Corporate strategy Hanwha Group chair calls for startup-like entrepreneurial spirit

South Korea’s Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn on Monday urged the defense-to-financial conglomerate to revive the bold innovations of its...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha to showcase advanced weapons systems in Poland

South Korea’s Hanwha Group will unveil its advanced land, sea, air and space weapons systems this week at the International Defense Industry E...

Automobiles Hyundai doubles down on green bus push against Chinese ascent

Hyundai Motor Co. is expected to start remodeling its conventional bus production facility at home this fall to ramp up zero-emission and low-floor ...

Aerospace & Defense S.Korea to apply private advanced tech to military weapons in 5 years

South Korea has approved a fast-track system that slashes complex administrative procedures for application of private technology to the military&rs...

Aerospace & Defense S.Korea to raise R&D's share of defense budget to 10%

South Korea will develop a reconnaissance and interception system to respond to North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile threats from space by rais...

Aerospace & Defense S.Korea, Boeing tie up for develop future advanced weapons

The Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) teams up with major US defense contractor Boeing to conduct research and development on...

Aerospace & Defense Hyundai Rotem closes in on $190 million armored vehicle deal with Peru

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense equipment maker, is closing in on a contract to export advanced armored vehicles to Peru – a deal th...

Aerospace & Defense LIG Nex1, S.Korea's Air Force Academy sign future defense tech deal

LIG Nex1 Co. and Republic of (South) Korea Air Force Academy have agreed on close cooperation in joint research on defense technology and personnel ...

Aerospace & Defense Boeing’s Korean supplier targets UAV market with guided weapons

Boeing Co.’s leading South Korean contractor aims to develop unmanned aerial vehicles with guided weapons, given the rapidly growing military ...

Travel & Leisure Korean convention sector enjoys increase in events post-pandemic

Coex Convention & Exhibition Center, the largest event complex in Seoul, was crowded on Friday for a smart factory and plant automation fair.&ld...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha Aerospace joins Romania's defense modernization efforts

South Korean aircraft engine maker and defense utility company Hanwha Aerospace Co. has signed on Monday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ro...

Korean chipmakers Samsung earns ISO 22301 certification for business continuity

Samsung Electronics Co.'s device solutions division has achieved ISO 22301 certification, the international business continuity management system (B...