On March 19, the Anti-Corruption Investigation Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency conducted a search and seizure at the headquarters of KG Mobility (KGM) in Pyeongtaek City, Gyeonggi Province. The CEO of KGM, Jung Yong-won, and employees have been under investigation for embezzling com
LG Electronics is expanding its content ecosystem beyond household appliances to mobility by installing its own OTT service, LG Channel, into Hyundai and Kia vehicles.According to the electronics industry on March 18, LG Electronics started the LG Channel service in Hyundai and Kia vehicles from Jan
The author is an analyst for NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at pk.park@nhqv.com -- Ed.HIFU equipment exports from Gangnam-gu, Seoul to Brazil rebounded in February. Gangnam-gu’s aesthetic consumables and RF equipment exports continue to level up. Aesthetic equipment exports from Yuseo
After the announcement of corporate value enhancement support measures, Kia, which had been recognized as one of the representative low Price-to-Book Ratio (PBR) stocks and had shown an upward trend, surpassed Hyundai Motor, often referred to as its “big brother” within the group, in market capitali
The National Pension Service (NPS) has come out against the reappointment of Cho Won-tae, president and chairman of Korean Air, as an inside director, sparking interest in the reasons behind the move.According to the aviation industry on March 17, the NPS’s Fund Management Committee is expected to v
Kumho Petrochemical has sold its entire stake in the SB latex business, a joint venture with Rizhao Jinhu Jinma Chemical Co., Ltd., a Chinese company. The decision to exit the local business was made in response to China’s low-cost competition and overlapping environmental regulations.According to t
The combined operating profit of the top 10 companies by market capitalization in the South Korean stock market falls short of those of leading Japanese company Toyota and top Taiwanese company TSMC.To address the “Korea discount,” which refers to the undervaluation of South Korean stocks, it is poi
Kumho Tire plans to invest more than 1 trillion won to build its inaugural factory in Europe by 2027. The company intends to evaluate incentives and tax benefits pledged by four countries -- Romania, Serbia, Portugal, and Turkey -- including the size of subsidies, before finalizing the factory’s loc
Top executives of LG’s major affiliates visited the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz in Germany. A lot of attention is being paid to whether or not the visit will lead to further cooperation between LG and Mercedes-Benz in the automotive electronics business.Top executives of LG’s major affiliates in t
The value of overseas construction orders to Korean contractors exceeded US$30 billion for the fourth year in a row in 2023. Korean builders’ target for 2024 is US$40 billion. They have been looking for opportunities in overseas markets as the Korean real estate market has been slumping for a long t
The United States targeting Chinese-made goods as part of its supply chain localization and trade war strategies is expected to affect China’s shipbuilding industry after the Chinese semiconductor industry.According to the Financial Times (FT) and other foreign media outlets, U.S. President Joe Bide
Hyundai Mobis has reportedly surpassed the production record of 51 trillion won last year. This achievement is attributed to the increased orders for global completed cars, including those from Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors.According to the business report disclosed by Hyundai Mobis on March 12, the
HD HHI held a ceremony in honor of the start of the construction of a next-generation Aegis Destroyer 2 at its specialty yard in Ulsan, Korea, on March 12.At the ceremony, participants wished for the successful construction of the ship by placing the first block on the dock. The ceremony indicates t
LG Chem, Korea’s largest petrochemical company, will shut down its styrene monomer (SM) plant at the end of March. SM is widely used in the manufacture of various petrochemical products. The company is also reportedly considering abandoning production of ethylene oxide (EO) and ethylene glycol (EG),
Despite a slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) demand, Panasonic, a Japanese battery company, is considering further investment in its De Soto, Kansas, factory in the United States to increase production capacity for the 4680 cylindrical battery, which has five times the energy capacity of existing bat
Researchers in South Korea have developed the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor that operates at ultra-high speeds with minimal power consumption for processing large language models (LLMs), based on principles that mimic the structure and function of the human brain. The semi
Crypto.com, trusted by more than 80 million customers worldwide and the industry leader in regulatory compliance, security and privacy, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Altava Group, a vertical AI fashion tech company delivering innovative virtual experiences and products for majo
Lotte Chemical is reportedly considering the sale of its Malaysian subsidiary Lotte Chemical Titan (LC Titan).According to industry sources on Mar. 6, Lotte Chemical is searching for potential buyers for LC Titan, including Korean and foreign petrochemical companies and large private equity funds (P
Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on March 6 that it is set to supply a high-voltage power grid worth approximately US$38 million to the global infrastructure group Balfour Beatty.This project involves the construction of a new 132 kV high-voltage power grid in the northern region of the U.K. It
KEB Hana Bank announced that its German subsidiary, “KEB Hana Bank Germany,” has obtained an international credit rating of “Aa3” from Moody’s, one of the world’s top three credit rating agencies.KEB Hana Bank (D) AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of KEB Hana Bank, has been operating in Frankfurt, Germa