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Rows of low-profile EV tires on steel racks inside a Hankook research warehouse in Daejeon with grey concrete floors and overhead fluorescent strips, a technician wheeling a single tire past out of focus, no logos or readable text.

Hankook Tire Maps EV Contract Pricing Grid for European OEM 2027 Sourcing

Hankook Tire circulated a 2027 EV sourcing price grid to European automakers after board approval in Daejeon, tying silica tread compounds and rolling-resistance bands to volume tiers that start at 400,000 units.

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A massive curved steel submarine hull section on supports inside a dim shipyard dry dock, welders in protective gear as distant sparks, cool fluorescent and skylight mix, scuffed concrete floor, no logos or readable text

Hanwha Ocean Outlines Submarine Block Delivery Calendar for Polish Export Program

Hanwha Ocean’s Geoje yard published a block-by-block delivery calendar for Poland’s Orka submarines, tying union overtime rules to the first pressure-hull sections due before year-end.

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Weathered steel coils stacked on a Busan port quay under overcast morning light, orange gantry crane booms in soft focus behind, wet asphalt and rust-streaked banding, documentary framing, no logos or readable text

POSCO Keeps Busan Coil Tonnage Flat While Liaoning Blast Furnaces Cool for Overhaul

POSCO’s Busan coil export desk is holding September tonnage near flat even as Liaoning blast furnaces take staggered overhauls that trim slab inflows from Chinese affiliates.

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Small restaurant service window on a narrow Seoul alley with stacked delivery thermal bags and a blurred tablet screen facing inward, sodium streetlight and wet pavement, no logos or readable text.

Coupang Eats Merchants Push Back on Seoul Commission Caps

Restaurant owners aligned with Seoul’s self-employed associations say a proposed metropolitan cap on total delivery platform fees would erase the tiered savings Coupang Eats rolled out this spring, forcing a showdown before Chuseok ordering peaks.

Jihoon Kim 김지훈

Labor and management negotiators facing each other across a scuffed conference table inside a gray plant annex near an automotive assembly hall in Ulsan, fluorescent ceiling panels and rain on exterior windows, workers in plain work jackets seen from behind, no logos or readable text.

Hyundai Union Opens Chuseok Wage Talks Before Holiday Shutdown

Hyundai Motor’s full-time union opens a pre-Chuseok wage table with management at Ulsan as the automaker schedules a holiday production pause, keeping bonus instalments and subcontractor pass-through on the agenda before lines go quiet.

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