Samsung Display workers may go on strike next week
Jun 17, 2021 08:05 am UTC| Business Economy
Samsung Display is being threatened with a strike that could happen next week. The company shared on Wednesday, June 16, that its labor union is planning to go on strike as the management and the workers failed to reach an...
Kia, Uber team up to supply electric vehicles in Europe
Jun 17, 2021 08:01 am UTC| Business Economy
Kia announced on Wednesday, June 16, that it has teamed up with Uber to bring electric vehicles to Europe. The South Korean automaker signed a strategic partnership deal with the San Francisco-headquartered ride-hailing...
KT tests 5G-powered autonomous cruise ship
Jun 17, 2021 07:05 am UTC| Business Economy
KT Corporation, the largest telecom company in South Korea, revealed that it is testing an autonomous cruise ship powered by the 5G technology. The test is about the large ship being controlled remotely, hundreds of...
Jun 17, 2021 05:51 am UTC| Business Economy
eBay Korea was put up for sale earlier this year, and it failed to find a buyer at that time. In April, companies started to take an interest in its acquisition and have submitted their bids. Major companies have...
Hyundai Heavy successfully test-runs autonomous ship
Jun 16, 2021 15:29 pm UTC| Economy Business
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group (HHIH) successfully conducted a test run of a fully autonomous cruise ship, which navigated through the narrow 10-kilometer Pohang Canal. However, an HHIH official clarified that the...
SsangYong Motor's first EV to be launched in Europe on October
Jun 16, 2021 15:06 pm UTC| Economy Business
SsangYong Motor Co. will launch its first electric vehicle (EV) dubbed Korando Emotion in Europe later in October to speed up its sales process. SsangYong has begun domestic production of the Korando Emotion. Chung...
S. Korea eyes carbon neutrality by commercializing carbon capture and utilization products by 2030
Jun 16, 2021 14:50 pm UTC| Economy Nature
South Korea plans to go carbon neutral by commercializing 14 carbon capture and utilization products by 2030 and to invest over 100 billion won annually for the development of the technology beginning 2023. The progress...
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