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Korean automotive, battery and semiconductor titans have been navigating their investments toward American shores, driven by incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. Now, the Jones Act might beckon Korean shipbuilders to American waters. HD Hyundai Heavy I...
Hanwha Ocean, the world's third-largest shipbuilder by order backlog, said Tuesday it has bagged an order worth 1.24 trillion won ($919.6 million) to build four liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers for an Asian shipper. Hanwha Ocean said it will build the vessels at its shipyard in Geoje on the so...
LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES), South Korea's leading battery maker, said Tuesday its joint venture with General Motors Co. began production at their second battery plant in the United States. The first round of battery cells produced at the plant have been delivered to GM for installation in the ...
The funeral for late Hyosung Group Chairman Emeritus Cho Suck-rai was held in Seoul on Tuesday as his grieving family and employees commemorated his legacy in the South Korean business community. Cho died of a chronic ailment Friday at age 89, seven years after he stepped down from the top managem...
Korea Ginseng Corp., the country's leading ginseng manufacturer, said Monday that it has appointed An Bin, the company's former global business chief, as its new CEO. “In order to transition into a global top-tier comprehensive health company, we must adopt a 'Global One Market' approach that com...
Korean Air hosted a surprise event at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday, to celebrate the 45th anniversary of operating flights to the city, the nation’s largest air carrier said Monday. At the event, a round-trip prestige ticket from Incheon to New York was awarded to th...
Hanwha Ocean announced Monday that Philippe Levy, the former president of SBM Offshore Americas, will take the helm of its Offshore Business division. Levy brings 25 years of industry experience, notably with SBM Offshore, a Dutch-based oil and gas company. Additionally, he has served as an execu...
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) said Monday it has received 612 billion won ($454 million) in orders to build four liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) ships and two product carriers (PCs) for shippers in the Oceania and Europe regions. HD KSOE obtained the LPG ship order in the Oc...
Lee and Cho Hyun-joon are close friends, both born in 1968 and studying together at Keio University in Japan. When Lee’s father Lee Kun-hee passed away in October 2020, Cho visited the funeral to pay respect for two days in a row. At the time, Cho recalled the late former Samsung chief as a "warm...
Private equity company Hahn & Co has taken over the boardroom of Namyang Dairy Products to put an end to 60-year family ownership of the dairy firm. During the regular shareholders meeting held at Namyang’s headquarters in southern Seoul on Friday, officials from Hahn & Co were appointed as insid...
Lee Seo-hyun, the second daughter of late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee and the younger sister of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, is returning to the management as she takes the post of president at Samsung C&T. Samsung C&T, the construction and energy arm of Samsung Group that act...
Dongwon Group Vice Chairman Kim Nam-jung, second son of the group's founder and honorary chairman Kim Jae-chul, was promoted to chairman at the group's board meeting held Thursday. Kim’s promotion fills the position which had been vacant for five years since the retirement of the honorary chairma...
Taihan Cable & Solution, South Korea's second-biggest cable company, said Friday it has obtained a $82 million power grid replacement deal in the United States. With the latest order, Taihan Cable has already received $140 million worth of power grid contracts in the US in the first three months o...
South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries said Friday it has received a $463 million order in Peru to jointly build four warships with a local shipyard by 2029. Peru's state-owned shipbuilder SIMA Peru S.A. placed the order for joint production of one 3,400-ton frigate, one 2,200-ton de...
KT&G's Senior Executive Vice President Bang Kyung-man has cleared the final hurdle to become the company's CEO by winning shareholders approval Thursday, marking the cigarette maker's first leadership change in nine years. The decision was made at the company’s 37th annual general meeting of shar...
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