Han Yubin

4 days ago | pulse.mk.co.kr | Han Yubin

South Korea’s automaking giant Hyundai Motor Group reaffirmed its commitment to expand its U.S. presence with a pledge to invest $21 billion through 2028 . The automaker made the pledge as it took center stage at the World Korean Business Convention held in Atlanta, Georgia, from April 17th to 20th, 2025. Former U.S. ambassador to South Korea Sung Kim attended key events at the convention in his new role as head of strategic planning at Hyundai Motor Group.

4 days ago | pulse.mk.co.kr | Kim Dong-eun |Ji Hong-gu |Han Yubin

More than six out of 10 electric businesses in South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province and Incheon Metropolitan City have been imported from China over the past three years, latest data showed on Sunday. According to data obtained by People Power Party Representative Kim So-hee from the Ministry of Environment, 43.8 percent of the 8,505 electric buses supplied across Korea between 2022 and 2024 were Chinese imports.

4 days ago | pulse.mk.co.kr | Ahn Sun-je |Han Yubin

At South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp.’s R&D center in Daejeon, 411 set-top boxes undergo continuous simulations in terminal software test rooms. They form a key part of the company’s round-the-clock efforts to improve service quality and proactively detect potential issues. Based on seven real-world user scenarios identified through customer usage data, the facility conducts around 5,000 automated tests daily ranging from channel changes to over-the-top service access.

1 week ago | pulse.mk.co.kr | Lee Ji-an |Han Yubin

South Korea’s tax agency will strengthen cooperation with its Japanese counterpart to trace offshore assets and improve tax collection from habitual tax evaders. National Tax Service Commissioner Kang Min-su met with Oku Tatsuo, the director general of Japan’s National Tax Agency, in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss bilateral cooperation in taxation, the agency said in a statement.

1 week ago | pulse.mk.co.kr | Han Sang-heon |Han Yubin

South Korea’s internet-only banks are rushing to attract senior customers, an asset-rich demographic, as part of their effort to find a new growth engine as the population ages rapidly. Toss Bank said on Wednesday that it will dedicate a special unit to developing products and services for middle-aged and elderly customers. The initiative includes life care offerings tied to healthcare and asset management.