Articles by Kan Hyeong-woo
Kan Hyeong-woo
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[KH Explains] Can G-Star level up?
G-Star, Korea’s top annual gaming convention, is getting ready for its 20th edition set to open at the Busan Exhibition & Convention Center, or Bexco, on November 14. The G-Star organizing committee said this year’s event will feature 3,281 booths, slightly more than the previous year, which was the largest event in G-Star's 20-year history and drew nearly 200,000 visitors. “This year’s G-Star marks a very important moment as we welcome the convention's 20th
Industry Oct. 6, 2024
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Hyundai Motor joins forces with Waymo to bolster foundry business
Hyundai Motor announced Friday that it has entered a multi-year, strategic partnership with Google’s autonomous driving technology subsidiary Waymo as the Korean automaker looks to bolster its newly established autonomous vehicle foundry business. According to the announcement, the two sides will work together to integrate Waymo’s sixth-generation fully autonomous technology into Hyundai’s all-electric sports utility vehicle Ioniq 5. The Ioniq 5s headed for the Waymo fleet will
Mobility Oct. 4, 2024
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KG Mobility vows to advance autonomous driving technology
KG Mobility will push for advancing autonomous driving technology based on its cooperation with companies that have core technologies in the self-driving sector, the Korean automaker said Friday. The Korando E-Motion, the country’s first nighttime autonomous driving taxi developed by KG Mobility and SWM, a local autonomous driving startup, began its ride-hailing service in Gangnam-gu’s trial operation zone last month. The two companies previously signed a memorandum of understanding
Mobility Oct. 4, 2024
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HD Hyundai's hydrogen engine wins top award at H2 MEET
HD Hyundai Infracore's hydrogen engine HX12 has won the top award at a global hydrogen exhibition, H2 MEET 2024, the Korea Automobile Journalists Association announced Friday. Journalists from the KAJA's 58 press members visited H2 MEET at Kintex in Gyeonggi Province from Sept. 25 to 27, to assess the latest hydrogen technologies of the participants and graded them based on the public's feedback, market potential and innovativeness, in cooperation with the exhibition organizers. H
Technology Oct. 4, 2024
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SK Enmove secures iodine supply from Chile’s SQM
SK Enmove, a lubricant subsidiary of SK Innovation, has secured a stable supply of iodine by partnering with SQM, the world’s largest iodine producer based in Chile, in efforts to take the lead in the next-generation automotive refrigerants market, the company said Thursday. As iodine is a crucial material for producing high-efficiency automotive refrigerants, SK Enmove plans to develop advanced refrigerants that offer superior cooling and heating performance in comparison to the existing
Companies Oct. 3, 2024
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SK On to raise W1tr via rights offering
SK On is looking to raise 1 trillion won ($755 million) through a rights offering as the battery maker continues efforts to improve its financial structure amid ongoing losses due to the sluggish growth of the electric vehicle market. Parent company SK Innovation announced in a regulatory filing on Wednesday that it plans to issue about 18 million new shares of SK On at a price of 55,458 won. The rights offering will take place in the form of a price return swap, through which a business guarant
Companies Oct. 3, 2024
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Hanwha Qcells sells 142 MW solar power project in Washington
Hanwha Solution’s Qcells, the solar energy division under Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, has sold a 142 megawatt solar photovoltaics project to Washington state’s largest utility company Puget Sound Energy, Hanwha Qcells said Wednesday. Hanwha Qcells highlighted that the sale of the solar power project signifies optimizing the profit structure by selling the developmental assets and securing a turnkey contract for the services of engineering, procurement and construction, or EPC.
Companies Oct. 2, 2024
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[KH Explains] Hanwha Aerospace vies for Chunmoo export to Norway
Hanwha Aerospace is looking to export Chunmoo, the self-developed multiple rocket launch system, to Norway as the Korean defense firm pins hopes on expanding its market presence in Europe. Hanwha Aerospace showcased a life-sized Chunmoo for the first time in Europe at the Eurosatory defense show in Paris in June this year, emphasizing the company’s willingness to secure more clients in the region beyond Poland. Defense industry experts say weapons system manufacturers do not exhibit actual
Companies Oct. 1, 2024
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Air mobility leaders to convene in Dubai next week
Global leaders in advanced air mobility are heading to Dubai for the fifth edition of the Airtaxi World Congress, slated to take place at the Grand Hyatt Dubai Conference & Exhibition Center from October 7-10. The next-generation clean air mobility event is expected to gather about 1,000 major players in the AAM sector such as airlines, airports, original equipment manufacturers, startups, investors and regulators. This year’s event participants include the US Federal Aviation Administ
Mobility Sept. 30, 2024
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[팟캐스트] (623) 한국의 젊은 세대에게 낯설지 않은 해외 문화는?
진행자: 간형우, Chelsea Proctor Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products 기사 요약: 올해로 20주년 맞은 한국의 완전한 일본 문화 수용과 젊은 세대에겐 익숙한 일본 문화 소비 습관 현상 [1] Japanese songs playing on South Korean TV and radio stations and giant posters of Japanese anime hung outside cinemas -- unimaginable just over two decades ago -- are no longer surprising. anime: 일본 만화 unimaginable: 상상할 수 없는 [2] Following liberation from 35 years of Japanese colonial rule in 1945, Korea had banned Japanese cultural products from re
Podcast Sept. 30, 2024
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LG Energy Solution seeks top talent at battery event
LG Energy Solution continues to put efforts into gathering top battery talents as the company looks for future leaders in the industry by hosting recruitment events. According to the battery maker Sunday, it held a Battery Tech Conference, or BTC, the company’s annual offline recruitment event, at LG Science Park in western Seoul on Friday. The last BTC took place in New York in May this year, gathering some 40 master’s and doctoral candidates from top-ranked schools in the US includ
Companies Sept. 29, 2024
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Hyundai Mobis wins cybersecurity certification in Europe
Hyundai Mobis has become the first automotive parts supplier in Asia to receive a cybersecurity certification from ENX Association, bolstering its chances of securing orders worldwide. According to the auto parts manufacturer under Hyundai Motor Group Thursday, it held a cybersecurity certification presentation ceremony at its technology research center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province with representatives from the European association in attendance. Members of the ENX Association include powerhouse
Mobility Sept. 26, 2024
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[팟캐스트] (622) ‘그냥 쉰다’는 청년 8만 명 돌파
진행자: 간형우, Chelsea Proctor Over 82,000 Korean young people unemployed, not searching for job long-term 기사 요약: 3년 이상 취업하지 않은 청년 중 구직 활동이나 취업 준비를 하지 않고 집에서 그냥 쉬는 청년이 8만명을 넘어선 한국 [1] Nearly a quarter million South Korean young people have been unemployed for at least three years, recent government data showed Thursday, with over 80,000 saying they were neither looking for work nor receiving education related to their career during the period. quarter: 4분의 1 unemployed: 무직의 [2] According to Statist
Podcast Sept. 26, 2024
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor inches closer to IPO in India
Hyundai Motor is one step closer to making a successful debut on the Indian stock market, as the South Korean auto giant’s Indian subsidiary Hyundai Motor India Limited has obtained approval for its highly-anticipated initial public offering from Indian regulators. According to industry sources and local media outlets in India on Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India recently cleared Hyundai Motor’s paperwork for the IPO. In June this year, Hyundai Motor India submitt
Mobility Sept. 25, 2024
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[From the Scene] SKIET develops world’s most heat-resistant battery separator
DAEJEON -- “You shouldn’t be looking at your smartphones while you are walking around the (SK) R&D campus,” said Lee Su-hyun, group leader of the management support department at SK IE Technology, a battery materials subsidiary of SK Innovation, as he greeted a group of reporters at the SKIET Research and Development Center on Friday. “We have this rule called SGR meaning Safety Gold Rule on this research site to discourage employees from looking at their smartphones
Companies Sept. 23, 2024
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