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Hyundai Motor chief quits executive role at steel affiliate

Feb 26, 2020

Hyundai Motor Group Executive Vice Chairman Chung Euisun has resigned as an inside executive director of the group’s steel affiliate, Hyundai Steel, the company said Wednesday. Chung aims to focus o...
United Airlines extends window for changing S. Korea-bound flights without fee

Feb 26, 2020

WASHINGTON -- United Airlines on Tuesday extended its window for travelers wishing to change their South Korea-bound flights without paying a fee, as the number of coronavirus cases in the country co...
Airlines extend flght suspensions, halt more amid virus fears

Feb 25, 2020

South Korean airlines said Tuesday they will extend flight suspensions to China and halt more flights on international routes due to the growing impact of the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak. Wi...
Threee Kumho Tire products win Good Design Award

Feb 25, 2020

Kumho Tire said Tuesday three of its products had won 2019 Good Design Awards in the transportation design category. The Good Design Awards is a global design competition which began in 1950, awarde...
Delta hikes stake in Hanjin KAL in support of chairman

Feb 24, 2020

Delta Air Lines, the third-largest shareholder of Hanjin KAL which owns Korean Air, has bought 1 percent additional stake to support Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Won-tae, industry sources said Monday. ...
Carmakers on alert as shows put on hold amid COVID-19 spread

Feb 23, 2020

With global motor shows either being delayed or likely to be called off due to coronavirus concerns, automakers are likely to face setbacks in their plans to unveil their latest models, according to ...
[Photo News] Hyundai's hydrogen campaign featuring BTS in NY

Feb 23, 2020

Hyundai Motor’s global hydrogen advertisement featuring BTS is aired via Marriott Marquis Hotel’s digital signage display at Times Square in New York on Friday. In the advertisement, which played fo...
Airlines to suspend more flights over coronavirus

Feb 21, 2020

South Korean airlines said Friday they will reduce more routes and ask employees to take unpaid leave as the spread of the novel coronavirus is impacting travel. With no clear end in sight for the C...
Hyundai develops world's first automated gearshift that reads traffic ahead

Feb 20, 2020

Hyundai Motor Group said Thursday that it has developed a self-controlling gearshift that measures traffic ahead and predicts optimized gearing, which it said is the first of its kind in the world. ...
Hanjin Group joins hands with startup accelerator Plug and Play

Feb 20, 2020

Hanjin KAL, the holding firm of Hanjin Group which owns the country’s largest air carrier Korean Air, said Thursday that it has partnered with US startup accelerator Plug and Play for business divers...
Hyundai Motor chairman steps down as board chair

Feb 19, 2020

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong-koo will step down as the chair of the board, as he was not reappointed as an internal director at the firm’s board meeting, the automaker said Wednesday. Chu...
Seoul court rules van-hailing service Tada not illegal

Feb 19, 2020

Acquitted Lee Jae-woong welcomes verdict, but hurdles remain
All of Asiana Airlines executives offer to resign amid low profit on coronavirus spread

Feb 18, 2020

Struggling Asiana Airlines declares emergency mode
[Monitor] South Korea remains world’s 7th largest automobile producer

Feb 18, 2020

Although the number of automobiles manufactured in South Korea dropped below 4 million units last year, its global market share in car production increased slightly, data by the Korea Automobile Manu...
Anti-chairman coalition falters at Hanjin with withdrawal from director candidate

Feb 18, 2020

Kim Chi-hoon, a former Korean Air executive director who was proposed as one of the inside directors for Hanjin Group, said Tuesday he was voluntarily resigning from the candidacy. His withdrawal dea...