SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s factory utilization rate has fallen to the lowest level since the Asian financial crisis fueling concerns that the economy is showing signs of slowing down, observers said Sunday. Data by Statistics Korea showed the average capacity utilization ratio of factories standing at 72.8 percent in the January-September [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese government has moved forward with dispute settlement procedures at the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding allegations that South Korea’s shipbuilding industry is being supported by government funds. Kim Deuk-hwan, the deputy spokesperson for the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a regular briefing on Tuesday [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Small and midsize manufacturing firms in South Korea have suffered the sharpest drop in output in nine years in 2018 due mainly to a slump in the country’s automaking and shipbuilding sectors, government data showed Monday. Production by smaller manufacturers with fewer than 300 employees shrank 4.3 percent on-year [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. has partnered with a Chinese institute to set up a US$100 million fund for local investments in hydrogen technologies and related industrial infrastructure, the company said Monday. Hyundai Motor and the Beijing-Tsinghua Industrial R&D Institute have kicked off the Hydrogen Energy Fund, with venture capitalists from [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., the two major local players in the semiconductor industry, are set to post record-breaking growth in the third quarter in spite of various domestic and international hurdles. Despite the controversy last year surrounding the price of semiconductor chips, which some experts claimed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co. (DHIC) is transferring employees to other subsidiaries and considering putting staff on paid leave as the company has been suffering from poor performance. The company announced on Wednesday that it is looking into the possibility of sending employees over to Doosan Corporation, Doosan [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of handsets produced in South Korea is expected to reach 25 million units in 2018, industry tracker Strategy Analytics’ data showed Tuesday, falling sharply from a decade earlier after major companies relocated their factories abroad. The outlook compares to 136 million units posted in 2008, Strategy Analytics [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized workers at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. staged a partial strike Wednesday to protest a possible pay cut ahead a crucial decision by a labor relations commission, company and union officials said. The unionized workers downed their tools at a shipyard in the industrial city of Ulsan, about 410 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday launched a new brand of chips designed specifically for automobiles, reflecting its strategy of penetrating deeper into the industry. The world’s top chipmaker introduced the Exynos Auto brand, which will be used in processors customized for cars. The company also unveiled its ISOCELL Auto [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Due to the fall of the shipbuilding industry in Ulsan, tax collected in the city’s Dong-gu district has declined sharply, causing setbacks to various government projects. In addition, government officials may not be receiving overtime fees and other benefits that were paid in the past. According to the Dong-gu [...]