2023 Energy Business Value Day
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Electronics
Samsung unveils new AI-enhanced side by side refrigerator
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday that it launched a new side-by-side refrigerator, featuring enhanced artificial intelligence (AI) technolo...
Aug 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Innovation-SK E&S merger gains shareholders’ nod
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest energy company, has won majority support from its shareholders for a merger with its liquefied natura...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Korea’s Husteel enjoys surging Saudi Steel Pipe stock prices
South Korean Husteel Co.'s long-term investments in Saudi Steel Pipe Co. are paying off as its share price surges on the back of deals with the king...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Kakao Pay to run Pangyo office with renewable energy
South Korea’s Kakao Pay Corp. said on Monday that it signed a green premium purchase agreement with Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the So...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Lotte Energy to supply copper foil to Samsung SDI-Stellantis JV
Samsung SDI Co., South Korea’s third-largest battery maker by battery usage, has picked Lotte Energy Materials Corp. as the exclusive supplier...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Orion seeks M&As, facility expansion with dividends from China, Vietnam
Orion Holdings Corp., a leading South Korean confectionery and snack maker, has been active in overseas markets for decades, particularly in China a...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO to sell entire stake in P&O Chemical to OCI
POSCO Future M Co., a battery materials affiliate of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., will sell its entire stake in P&O Chemical Co...
Aug 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Yanolja's Nasdaq IPO plan hit by Qoo10's liquidity turmoil
Yanolja Co., South Korea’s leading travel and accommodation booking platform operator, may delay its Nasdaq initial public offering plan due t...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Fine Chemical, JEFA to collaborate on clean ammonia value chain
Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., said on Friday that it signed a Clean Ammonia Value Chain Agreement (JC...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to veto SK Innovation’s merger with LNG affiliate
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), manager of the world’s third-largest public pension fund, said on Thursday it is set to ve...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG to seek most of profit from new growth engines
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, aims to generate most of its profit from future growth drivers by 2030 as the South Ko...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy looks to battery safety diagnosis software business
LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s top battery makers, said on Wednesday it is entering the battery safety diagnosis software busines...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea's KEDI-based ETFs boom; net assets double in 2 months
South Korean exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking KEDI, an index set created by The Korea Economic Daily, are booming on growing investor demand fo...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s Mirae Asset to open AI business unit in New York
Mirae Asset Group, the pioneer in South Korea’s mutual fund industry, plans to set up an artificial intelligence business unit in New York as ...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus offers Korean Air gift cards to 5G subscribers
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. is expanding benefits for subscribers of its online-exclusive prepaid plan Nugget, including offering Korean Air ...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver Cloud takes the lead in Korea’s public AI business
South Korean online giant Naver Corp.'s cloud subsidiary is expanding its presence in the country’s public artificial intelligence market by w...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion scraps merger with Celltrion Pharm
South Korea’s largest biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. said on Friday that it has scrapped a plan to merge with Celltrion Pharm Inc., an R&...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung's AI home appliances hit 1.5 mn units sold
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Thursday that its cumulative sales of AI-integrated home appliances have surpassed 1.5 million units as of July this...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Korean Telco giant KT’s Midas touch with hotel business
KT Corp., one of South Korea’s top three mobile carriers, is on a roll in the hotel business despite its late foray into the hospitality indus...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom releases Liberation Day remastering video
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. restored footage and audio from around the time of the country's liberation in 1945, allowing modern audiences to share...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Fire-plagued Mercedes uses Chinese cells for most EVs in S.Korea
Mercedes-Benz AG, a German luxury carmaker hit by an electric vehicle fire in South Korea, said most of its EV models in the country are equipped wi...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Yanolja to restructure affiliates to boost profit before Nasdaq IPO
South Korea’s top travel and accommodation booking platform operator Yanolja Co. is seeking to streamline and restructure its affiliates to bo...
Aug 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean pension subscribers show ultra-low risk tolerance
South Korean pension plan subscribers prefer to protect their money rather than taking risks for capital gains despite the government's effort to en...
Aug 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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KOREA Investment Week
Korea's investment forum KIW 2024 kicks off September 9
South Korea’s largest investment forum Korea Investment Week 2024 (KIW 2024) will kick off next month in Seoul, drawing around 150 leaders fro...
Aug 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea seeks to curb China's offshore wind farm dominance
South Korea will prioritize non-price factors such as economic security and contributions to the domestic supply chain over bidding prices when sele...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LS Eco Energy supplies 2,000 km of overhead power lines to Vietnam
South Korea's LS Eco Energy Ltd. said on Friday that its Vietnamese unit LS-VINA has completed a supply of around 2,000 kilometers of overhead power...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Kakao to launch conversational AI platform for B2C commerce
South Korean mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. said on Thursday that it will accelerate its artificial intelligence push by launching a conversation...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSOFT teams up with Vietnamese unicorn VGN to tap SE Asian market
South Korea’s gaming behemoth NCSOFT Corp. has set up a joint venture with Vietnamese tech unicorn VNG Corp. to tap into Southeast Asia starti...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
PUBG’s Krafton taps ex-Apple, Samsung execs for global business
South Korean gaming giant Krafton Inc. has hired former executives of not only global game developers but also tech leaders such as Apple Inc. and S...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Telecom logs higher quarterly profit on AI, lower costs
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, reported a higher quarterly profit as its cost-cutting and strong artificial intelligence (A...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 2 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 3 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 4 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet