DS quits yard game

Korea's DS Steel is closing its shipbuilding division which has racked up an overall loss since it was founded in 2008.

No more DS newbuildings

The steel group will instead focus on strengthening its renewable energy business.

It carried out a restructuring in December, mothballing its Hwajeon yard in Busan.

Now it has said it will not restart operations there as it considers an improvement in performance to be impossible over the short-term.