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SK Innovation shares climb on battery biz boost

SK Innovation, a South Korean refinery and energy company, saw its value rise 4 percent to about 200,000 ($177) won per share on Monday morning compared to Friday’s close on the main bourse, backed b...

September 10, 2018
Industry
South Korea to generate electricity with bio-heavy oil

South Korea’s Trade Ministry announced legislation approving the use of bio-heavy oil made with animal fat to produce electricity here, in a move toward the Moon Jae-in administration’s goal to boost...

September 10, 2018
Industry
Hyundai Motor Vice Chairman vows to lead India’s smart mobility revolution

Hyundai Motor Vice Chairman Chung Eui-sun vowed on Friday to transform the automotive group in response to changes in the auto industry so that it can take the lead in India’s smart mobility revoluti...

September 7, 2018
Automode
Hyundai, Kia see US sales rise in August

Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors sold a combined 111,406 units in the United States last month, up roughly 3.5 percent on-year on the back of strong sales of sport utility vehicles in the overall US auto...

September 5, 2018
Automode
Audi tests A8 partial automation capabilities here

Audi Korea began test running its partially self-driving car at the country’s test bed for automated vehicles in Gyeonggi Province, the company said Wednesday, becoming the first import carmaker to t...

September 5, 2018
Automode
Korea’s autonomous shuttle begins test run

South Korea’s first-ever driverless vehicle to be developed by a municipality -- dubbed Zero Shuttle -- began a test drive Tuesday at the second Pangyo Techno Valley in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. ...

September 4, 2018
Automode
Iveco releases New Daily Euro 6 here

Iveco, an Italy-based industrial vehicle manufacturer, unveiled the New Daily Euro 6 in South Korea with the aim of boosting its sales in the mid-to large-sized commercial vehicle segment, the compan...

September 4, 2018
Automode
Posco to hire 20,000 new staff, invest W45tr in new growth areas

South Korea’s No. 1 steelmaker Posco will invest 45 trillion won ($40.5 billion) over the next five years from 2019 in its steel, secondary battery materials and clean energy businesses, creating som...

September 3, 2018
Industry
[Behind the Wheel] 2018 Jeep Wrangler traverses rough terrain

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- As Fiat Chrysler Korea eyes to make the most of South Korea’s growing sport utility vehicle market and boom in leisure activities, the sixth-generation JL Wrangler wa...

September 2, 2018
Automode
Posco to build 125 houses, public facilities in Indonesia

South Korea’s largest steelmaker Posco will build and repair 125 housing units and public facilities for the next three years in Indonesia as part of its steel village project, the company said Thurs...

August 30, 2018
Industry
Amid BMW engine fire turmoil, police raid BMW Korea office

A team of 30 investigators from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency searched the BMW Korea office in central Seoul to seize documents related to exhaust gas recirculation, the defective part BMW cit...

August 30, 2018
Automode
[팟캐스트] (262) BMW 화재 공청회, 와썹맨 구독 급증

진행자: 김보경, Kevin Lee Selzer 1. BMW Korea chief says he will consider halting sales of fire-prone models 기사요약: 화요일 국회에서 BMW 코리아 김효준 대표, 국토부 김정렬 제2차관 등이 참석한 가운데 BMW 주행 중 화재 공청회가 열렸습니다. 아이튠즈(아이폰): ht...

August 29, 2018
Podcast
Uber seeks partnership with Korean tech companies

Ride-hailing service Uber’s Chief Operating Officer Barney Harford on Wednesday said the company is seeking new partnerships with technology companies in South Korea, an important market equipped wit...

August 29, 2018
Technology
BMW Korea chief says he will consider halting sales of fire-prone models

As confusion surrounding BMW vehicle fires continues, BMW Korea Chairman Kim Hyo-joon said Tuesday that he would look into halting sales of fire-prone BMW models until the investigation into the caus...

August 28, 2018
Automode
Over 2,000 BMW owners to file lawsuits against BMW, authorities

BMW Korea, the Korean importer and distributor of the German carmaker, is set to face lawsuits by more than 2,000 customers in the coming days following engine fires involving its vehicles. Law firm...

August 24, 2018
Automode

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