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Hyundai’s dividend plans, new board members approved

Ending weeks of arguments over the adequacy of Hyundai Motor’s dividend plans, shareholders on Friday rejected a proposal by US activist investor Elliott Management that urged it to provide a combine...

Panel to shape Posco’s new CSR vision

Posco has launched a new committee consisting of outside directors and scholars to enhance the steelmaker’s presence as a socially responsible company, the company said Thursday. The seven-member Co...

March 21, 2019
Automode
Hyundai sets new Sonata sales target at 70,000 this year

Hoping to pick up the declining sales of midsize sedans, Hyundai Motor on Thursday said it has set the 2019 sales target of more than 70,000 units for the eighth-generation Sonata, a signature vehicl...

March 21, 2019
Automode
[Hydrogen Korea] Japan paves way for hydrogen future, but public unconvinced

The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles on South Korea’s latest measures to support the hydrogen economy, the market drive for hydrogen-powered vehicles and the hurdles that stand in the ...

March 20, 2019
Economy
Market gloomy over chipmakers’ plummeting earnings forecasts

A series of estimate reports by local brokerage houses on South Korea’s two major chipmakers reignited market fears Tuesday, as they became more skeptical over their first-quarter earnings, citing fa...

March 19, 2019
Technology
Sonata preorders surpass 10,000 mark in 5 days

The number of preorders for Hyundai Motor’s all-new Sonata has surpassed the 10,000 mark in five days across the country since the carmaker start receiving orders on March 11, the company said Sunday...

March 17, 2019
Industry
Hyundai adopts 3rd-generation platform, starting with revamped Sonata

Hyundai Motor has developed a third-generation platform and used it for the all-new Sonata, set to be launched later this month here, the company said Wednesday. By using ultra-strength and hot-stam...

March 13, 2019
Automode
Hyundai Mobis to invest W5.5b in Chinese AI startup

South Korean auto part maker Hyundai Mobis will invest 5.5 billion won ($4.86 million) in DeepGlint, a Chinese startup developing 3D image analysis and pattern recognition technologies. The company ...

March 13, 2019
Automode
ISS backs Hyundai over dividend payouts

Institutional Shareholder Service, a global proxy advisory firm, has supported Hyundai Motor against its conflict with Elliott over special dividend payouts to shareholders. ISS said in a statement ...

March 12, 2019
Industry
[Feature] Tycoons let their hair down, but is it more style than substance?

On early Monday morning last week, an unthinkable scene unfolded in the lobby of Hyundai Motor’s headquarters in Yangjae, southern Seoul. Employees wearing sweat shirts, sneakers and blue jeans marc...

March 12, 2019
Economy
E-cigarette maker Juul Labs seeks Korean market entry

US e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. is likely to enter the South Korean market within the first half of the year, the company said Tuesday. The San Francisco-based company released the e-cigarette b...

March 12, 2019
Industry
UN grants sanctions exemption for video reunions of separated families

The United Nations Security Council on Friday granted a sanctions waiver to the shipment of equipment to North Korea for video reunions for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, diplomatic so...

March 9, 2019
North Korea
BLACKPINK's 'Ddu-Du Ddu-Du' tops 700 million YouTube views

K-pop girl group BLACKPINK's "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" surpassed 700 million YouTube views Saturday, becoming the first Korean music group to set such a milestone. The video for "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" set the milest...

March 9, 2019
Music
S. Korea's goods trade surplus with U.S. falls to below $20b mark in 2018

South Korea's trade surplus with the United States fell sharply to below the $20 billion mark last year for the first time in six years, U.S. data showed Saturday. The world's largest economy posted...

March 9, 2019
Economy
Hyundai Motor scaling back operations in China

With sales of vehicles in China plummeting sharply since 2017, South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor said Thursday that it was considering suspending operations at its manufacturing plant in Beijing....

March 7, 2019
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