Heejin Kim

  • Rows of mock 30mm shells are seen at Hanwha Aerospace factory in Changwon on November 21, 2024. Longstanding domestic policy bars Seoul from providing weapons into active conflict zones, but ever since its spy agency accused the nuclear-armed North last month of sending thousands of soldiers to help Moscow fight Kyiv, South Korea has warned it might change course. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY SKorea-NKorea-Ukraine-weaponry-conflict / FOCUS BY Kang Jin-kyu (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Korean arms maker’s 3,100% rally tests limit of defense boom

    By Heejin Kim, Sangmi Cha, and others
  • A BYD Co. Atto 3 electric vehicle during a launch event in Incheon, South Korea, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. China’s BYD will launch three electric passenger cars in South Korea this year, with an aggressive pricing strategy that it hopes will win market share from legacy local brands Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    BYD wants to win over South Korea with $21,600 electric car

    By Heejin Kim and Bloomberg
  • People are looking at a Tesla electric car at a Tesla sales storeFinance

    Tesla price cuts and lack of new models are driving a used EV surge among buyers

    By Heejin Kim and Bloomberg
  • A Tesla Model Y car is being unloaded from a delivery truck on September 1st, 2023 in Seoul, South Korea. According to the Korea Automotive Technology Institute, Tesla customers’ reservations exceeded 10,000 to 15,000 units in this year. (Photo by Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Tech

    Tesla sold just one electric car in South Korea last month as some Korean consumers worry about vehicles made in China

    By Heejin Kim and Bloomberg
  • A Hyundai Ioniq 5 N electric vehicle during the Singapore Motorshow in Singapore, on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. The show runs through Jan. 14. Photographer: Lionel Ng/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Hyundai will give U.S. EV buyers as much as $7,500 in cash bonuses to compete with domestic autos that qualify for tax credits

    By Heejin Kim and Bloomberg
  • A Bentley BentaygaFinance

    Bentley follows Lamborghini with launch of $260,000 luxury SUV to tap ‘the most important market’ in Asia

    By Heejin Kim and Bloomberg
  • Workers at Controlled Thermal Resources’ (CTR) Hells Kitchen Lithium and Power project in Calipatria, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium from geothermal wastewater around the Salton Sea in California’s Imperial Valley. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Tesla shares have soared—but the companies that make EV materials are trouncing Elon Musk’s creation

    By Heejin Kim, David Stringer, and others
  • Seoul, South Korea, amid coronavirus outbreakInternational

    A woman spread COVID to 27 customers at a Starbucks. Its mask-wearing employees escaped infection

    By Heejin Kim, Sam Kim, and others
  • 2019 New Economy ForumInternational

    Bill Gates says a COVID-vaccine maker he backed can produce 200 million doses by June

    By Sam Kim, Heejin Kim, and others