(Photo=YH Entertainment) A South Korean solo singer little known to the American mainstream has crossed a milestone that would have been difficult to imagine before K pop became a global streaming business. YENA’s “Catch Catch” surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify on Sept. 30. YENA, who first gained attention as a member of the Korean Japanese project girl group IZ*ONE

(Photo=hyundai steel) Hyundai Steel, a major South Korean steelmaker and the steelmaking affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, is putting the core production equipment from an indefinitely idled plant on the global market as it accelerates a shift away from low return capacity and toward higher value steel used in industries such as automobiles. Hyundai Steel joined Hyundai Motor Group alongside

(Photo=Hyundai Motor) Hyundai Motor, the automaker from South Korea whose Hyundai and Genesis vehicles compete in the U.S. market, is looking to make Thailand a much bigger part of its electric vehicle strategy by moving beyond local assembly and adding research, advanced manufacturing and a deeper network of local parts suppliers. The move offers a look at how Hyundai is

(Photo=Kwangdong Pharmaceutical) Kwangdong Pharmaceutical is applying the kind of laboratory testing used to standardize medicines to a very different product, one of the world’s most expensive natural woods. The South Korean pharmaceutical company has worked with researchers at Dongguk University in Seoul to develop a method for measuring key chemical compounds in agarwood, a resin rich material prized in perfume,

Photo=Nvidia For U.S. investors watching the race to build AI infrastructure, Nvidia’s growing ties with South Korea’s semiconductor giants are becoming an increasingly important part of the global chip supply chain. On September 28, Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang appeared alongside Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won in New York, highlighting the strategic links