SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national space agency said Tuesday it is exploring the use of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket to launch the country’s first Mars payload as early as 2030, part of a broader strategy to accelerate its participation in international deep-space exploration. At a briefing in Seoul, the Korea Aerospace Administration [...]
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor and Kia will install enhanced anti-theft devices on more than 4 million vehicles in the United States, agreeing to sweeping remedial measures after a multistate investigation found their cars were particularly vulnerable to theft. According to Reuters, the automakers reached a settlement with attorneys general from 35 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) —Korean Air Co. said Monday it will adopt a zero tolerance policy toward passengers who tamper with aircraft emergency exits, warning that it will seek criminal charges against violators to strengthen aviation safety. The country’s flag carrier said it is responding to a rise in such incidents, which pose a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — GM Korea said Monday it will invest $300 million to bolster its South Korean operations, a move aimed at easing concerns that the Detroit automaker could scale back production in the country amid shifting U.S. trade policies. The announcement was made at the company’s 2026 Business Strategy Conference in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor’s hydrogen fuel-cell SUV, the All-New Nexo, has received the highest possible safety rating from Europe’s premier new-car testing program, the company said Sunday, marking another milestone for the automaker’s expanding lineup of alternative-energy vehicles. The Nexo earned five stars in the latest Euro NCAP evaluation, recognized for maintaining [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor is strengthening its position in Brazil, the largest automotive market in South America, widening its lead over Toyota as competition among Asian brands intensifies. According to data released Sunday by the Brazilian vehicle distributors’ federation Fenabrave, Hyundai sold 182,948 cars in Brazil between January and November, capturing an [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — General Motors offered a rare look at its next-generation mobility technologies in South Korea this week, showcasing its Super Cruise driver-assistance system, advanced battery platforms and software-defined vehicle innovations at the company’s first tech day in the country. The event, held Thursday at GM’s Exhibition Hall in Incheon and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group has secured an order to supply more than 200 hydrogen-powered buses to the Chinese city of Guangzhou, marking the biggest single hydrogen bus procurement deal in China to date, the group said Friday. Hyundai Motor’s Chinese hydrogen fuel-cell subsidiary, HTWO Guangzhou, together with Chinese commercial vehicle [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp. on Wednesday unveiled a fully-redesigned second generation model of the Seltos compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) equipped with a larger body, along with a new hybrid trim of the vehicle. The second-generation model of the Seltos, which was first introduced in 2019, was unveiled in a world [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Rotem Co., the train and defense subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, on Wednesday shipped its initial batch of high-speed train exports to Uzbekistan after completing production ahead of schedule, the company said. A send-off ceremony for the shipment was held in Changwon, some 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, [...]