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Apparel maker Hansae sets sights on auto parts business as growth driver
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Hansae Yes24 Holdings Co. Vice Chairman Kim Suk-hwan speaks at the firm’s global investor relation session in Vietnam HO CHI…
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Hyundai Mobis to invest $257 mn in EV parts plants in Slovakia
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Hyundai Mobis CEO Lee Gyusuk (left) and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico attended the signing ceremony for investments in EV…
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LG Energy to supply batteries for Ford electric commercial vehicles
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The E-Transit, Ford’s all-electric van, which is expected to be equipped with LG Energy’s batteries (File photo downloaded from Ford’s…
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Kia releases 2025 model year of Carnival
in NewsKia’s The 2025 Carnival (Courtesy of Kia) Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, said on Monday it will release The…
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Hyundai Mobis, Zeiss to mass-produce holographic HUDs in 2027
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The rendering of the Hyundai Mobis-Zeiss holographic ‘windshield’ HUD system (Screenshot captured from Hyundai Mobis website) South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis…
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Supernal aims to launch flying cars at LA 2028 Olympics
Supernal debuts S-A2, its upgraded eVTOL flying-car concept, at CES 2024 Supernal LLC, the US-based urban air mobility (UAM) unit…
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LG Electronics doubles down on B2B business
LG MAGNIT Micro LED display (Courtesy of LG Electronics) LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker seeking…
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HL to acquire French parking robot firm Stanley Robotics for $24 million
Stan, valet parking robot by Stanley Robotics (Courtesy of Stanley Robotics) HL Group, the construction-to-auto parts conglomerate in South Korea,…
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Samsung’s Lee inspects MLCC plant in Philippines as it eyes turnaround
Samsung Group Chair Jay Y. Lee tests an MLCC at Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ plant in the Philippines on Oct. 6 Samsung…
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Hyundai, Kia’s H1 vehicle sales in Singapore double, aided by HMGICS
The IONIQ 6 electric sedan that Hyundai Motor began producing at its Singapore plant, HMGICS, in July South Korea’s top…
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Hyundai Motor, Waymo enter multi-year, strategic partnership
Hyundai Motor and Waymo enter multi-year, strategic partnership for autonomous vehicle production basded on the all-electric IONIQ 5 South Korea’s…
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SK Enmove, SQM ink supply deal for refrigerant material iodine
SK Enmove CEO Kim Won-kee (left) and Pablo Altimiras, CEO of SQM’s Iodine and Plant Nutrition Division, sign an iodine…
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Hyundai, Kia’s September US sales fall; hybrids buck trend of weak sales
The 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5 XRT (Courtesy of Hyundai Motor America) South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister firm…
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Sambark LFT rebranded as Lotte Engineering Plastics
Lotte Engineering Plastics’ plant in Yesan, South Chungcheong Province (Courtesy of Lotte Engineering Plastics) Sambark LFT Co., a plastic materials…
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LG to invest $762 mn in webOS to transform into platform-based tech giant
Park Hyoung-sei, head of LG Electronics’ home entertainment division, speaks at the company’s webOS Summit 2024 in Incheon, South Korea,…
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LG Display ends large LCD business with plant sale to CSOT
LG Display’s LCD plant in Guangzhou, China (Courtesy of LG Display) South Korea’s leading display maker LG Display Co. will…
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Hyundai Mobis gets cybersecurity certification in Europe
Hyundai Mobis Co. has become the first Asian auto parts company to receive cybersecurity certification in Europe, which is leading…
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Chabot Mobility raises $900,000 in series C round
South Korea’s automotive management platform startup Chabot Mobility said on Wednesday that it raised 1.2 billion won ($900,000) in a…
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Hyundai Glovis, BYD seek strategic alliance on car exports
Hyundai Glovis’ pure car and truck carrier Hyundai Glovis Co. has inked a memorandum of understanding with Chinese electric vehicle…
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Kolon expands eco-friendly car interior materials biz
Kolon Industries’ headquarters building in Seoul South Korea’s Kolon Industries Inc., the Kolon Group’s chemical materials arm, will absorb its…
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Hyundai’s Chung to nurture Czech plant as hub for eco-friendly mobility
Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Euisun (center, front line) visits Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech (HMMC) Hyundai Motor Co. Executive Chairman Chung…
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Hyundai Steel set to supply iron powder to Korean LFP cathode makers
Hyundai Steel’s plant in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province Hyundai Steel Co., a unit of the South Korean automotive group Hyundai…
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Hyundai Motor cuts 2030 sales goals as EV chasm likely protracted
The Hyundai Santa Fe 2025 South Korean top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has slashed its long-term vehicle sales targets by…
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Hyundai Motor, Kia win 12 awards at IDEA Design Awards
Kia EV9 Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. announced on Friday that they won a total of 12 awards, including…
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Doosan completes high-end copper foil plant in Gimje
South Korea’s Doosan Corp. completed the construction of a high-end copper foil plant to produce materials widely used in automotive…
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Samsung mass-produces QLC V9 NAND to lead AI storage market
Samsung’s QLC-based V9 NAND for data-intensive servers and AI devices Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on…
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Hyundai, Kia named Wards 10 Best Engines
Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 5 N Hyundai Motor Group said on Tuesday that the powertrain system mounted on its dedicated electric…
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LG Electronics to boost mass market presence vs Chinese peers
LG Electronics CEO Cho Joo-wan speaks to reporters at IFA 2024 in Berlin (Courtesy of LG Electronics) BERLIN – Cho…
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Hyundai’s 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…
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Hyundai, Kia post record August US sales, driven by hybrids, EVs
The 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5 XRT (Courtesy of Hyundai Motor America) South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister firm…
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Mercedes-Benz EV sales tumble in South Korea after fire
An EV that caught fire in Incheon, South Korea, is sent to an automobile repair shop for investigations on Aug.…
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Toyota chairman to visit Seoul, discuss hydrogen cars with Hyundai’s Chung
Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda at the 2020 CES in Las Vegas (Courtesy of Yonhap) Akio Toyoda, chairman of Japan’s top…
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SK Networks’ automotive division launches as SK SpeedMate
South Korea’s SK Networks Co. completed a split-off of its automotive maintenance division, which has now launched as a new…
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OCI supplies ultrapure phosphoric acid to SK Hynix
OCI employees pose for a group photo after shipping the first batch of high-purity phosphoric acid to SK Hynix (Courtesy…
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LG Innotek ups automotive electronics patents for future mobility
(Courtesy of LG Innotek) South Korea’s electronics parts maker LG Innotek Co. actively increased patents on its new growth drive…
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LG CNS, Seoul National Univ. to establish DX talent program
South Korea’s LG CNS Co. signed an agreement with Seoul National University’s Department of Industrial Engineering on Tuesday to develop…
