South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will embark on state visits to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this weekend to bolster economic and future-oriented tech collaborations with the Middle East countries, amid mounting regional security concerns over the Israel-Hamas conflict. Kim Tae-hyo, first deputy director of South Korea's National Security Office, told reporters Thursday that Yoon is scheduled to visit Riyadh, the .
South Korean shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, a subsidiary of HD Hyundai, announced that it has signed a 45 million euro ($47 million) investment deal with an Estonia-based fuel cell manufacturer, Elcogen AS. The signing ceremony was held in Seoul on Wednesday, with top executives, including HD Hyundai’s President Chung Ki-sun and Elcogen CEO Enn Ounpuu and Estonian President Alar K.
HD Hyundai President Chung Ki-sun visited the Danish capital of Copenhagen recently, to participate in last Thursday s ceremony to name the world s first methanol-powered container ship as the Laura Maersk. It was built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, a subsidiary of HD Hyundai.
The Gastech 2023 industry conference in Singapore became an arena of competition between HD Hyundai President Chung Ki-sun and Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan, as Kim made a surprise visit to the venue on Thursday, after participating in the International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in the Polish city of Kielce, where he met with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Tuesday (local time).