2024 EV of the Year
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Earnings
S.Korean karaoke machine leader TJ Media enjoys post-pandemic boom
South Koreans’ love for singing is no secret, and with the lifting of social-distancing rules in the post-pandemic era their suppressed desire...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy's Ochang plant, Korea's EV cell mother factory
OCHANG, North Chungcheong Province -- LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, on Thursday for the ...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samyang secures contract for supplying filler with Chinese company
South Korea's Samyang Holdings announced on Thursday that it has signed a partnership agreement with Hangzhou Yxintent, a Chinese medical device a...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO completes giga steel plant in China
South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO announced on Thursday that it has completed a specialized integrated processing facility for giga ste...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Samsung Electronics' smart factory project targets SMEs
Sales of Cookia, a small maker of tofu snacks in South Korea based in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, have jumped eight-fold in six years from 300 mil...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LG Electronics starts production of EV chargers
South Korea's electronic giant LG Electronics Inc. announced on Thursday that it has started production of electric vehicle (EV) chargers, marking i...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On wins $909 mn from BlackRock, QIA, MBK consortium
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, has confirmed it will receive a 1.2 trillion won ($908.7 million) investment for a minorit...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
OCI to jointly produce polysilicon for chips with Japanese company
OCI Co., a leading South Korean chemical and green energy company, will team up with chemical giant Tokuyama Corp. of Japan to open a joint venture ...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Innocean joins top 10 brand marketing agencies in India
Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, announced on Wednesday that its Indian corporation has joined top 10 of local brand m...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Fifty Fifty longest K-pop girl group to stay on Billboard Hot 100
Fifty Fifty has stayed on the US Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks, setting a new record for the longest stay by a K-pop girl group.Accor...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea’s L&F to build $609 mn EV battery precursor plant
L&F Co., a major South Korean electric vehicle battery material maker, is set to spend up to 800 billion won ($608.8 million) on a factory in ...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Music copyright trading platform Musicow attracts $46 mn from STIC
Musicow Inc. has garnered an additional 60 billion won ($45.8 million) from Seoul-based venture capital and private equity firm STIC Investments Inc...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea's loan delinquency rates soar; outlook to worsen in H2
South Korean banks are seeing loan delinquency rates surge due to the increase in lending during the pandemic and a series of rate hikes. The rates ...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s N Vision 74 praised at Italy’s classic-concept car show
Hyundai Motor Co., which has stunned the auto industry with its rebuilt 1974 Pony Coupe concept, has again enthralled car enthusiasts with its ...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai completes Nürburgring 24 Hours for 8th consecutive year
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that its Elantra N TCR (known domestically as Avante N TCR) and i30 Fastback N Cup Car triumphed...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s design inspiration: Pony Concept restored after 50 years
For Hyundai Motor Co., the Pony – its first car – is a bittersweet memory.When Hyundai set its sights on car manufacturing back in 1974,...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korea's SK E&S plans $14 bn joint investment in hydrogen biz
South Korea’s SK E&S Co. is poised to spend 18.5 trillion won ($13.9 billion) with partners by 2025 to set up a hydrogen industry value ch...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Designer of 2018 Winter Olympic cauldron returns with solo golf cart
Personal space has become more important since the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, and one South Korean-led industrial design company has develop...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix seeks to raise $373 million as chip recovery looms large
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is seeking to raise as much as 500 billion won ($373 million) in bank loans to sec...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Samsung Electro-Mechanics unveils high-capacity MLCCs for EVs
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a South Korean electronic components maker, on Tuesday showcased two new multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) with ...
May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Canada’s Trudeau to visit Seoul as LG-Stellantis battery JV suspended
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. have stopped construction at a $ 4 billion electric vehicle ...
May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Korean won needs economic fundamentals recovery for rebound
The South Korean won is underperforming most other currencies as Asia’s fourth-largest economy is gradually losing steam for long-term growth....
May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Wia starts to produce coolant hub module
Hyundai Wia Corp., an auto parts unit of Hyundai Motor Group, is making a full-scale entry into the market for electric vehicle thermal management s...
May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
POSCO International to set up EV parts factory in Poland
POSCO International, the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., plans to build an elect...
May 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee, Tesla’s Elon Musk discuss tech alliance
Samsung Group leader Lee Jay-yong has met with Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk to discuss a tech alliance between the two companies in a variet...
May 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung, Naver to jointly develop generative AI to rival ChatGPT
South Korea’s two tech giants – Samsung Electronics Co. and Naver Corp. – have agreed to jointly develop a generative artificial i...
May 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS’ memoir of past decade to be published in July
A book describing the K-pop boy band BTS’ 10 years of history will be published in July.According to the New York Times and the Guardian, the ...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to invest $2.45 bn in India, eyes spot in global EV top 3
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will invest 200 billion rupees ($2.45 billion) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu over the next d...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea’s Dongdaemun fashion district shows revival post-COVID-19
Doosan Tower, the most visible shopping mall in the Dongdaemun fashion market, is finally making a comeback. The number of foreign visitors seeking ...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s new Bespoke line: It's time of reckoning for device chief
Han Jong-hee, Samsung Electronics Co.'s vice chairman, has been in charge of the South Korean tech giant’s digital experience or DX division, ...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 MBK-invested Homeplus looks for new owner as M&A emerges as option
- 2 Hyundai Steel to displace Baoshan as GM Korea's supplier
- 3 S.Korea’s No.1 dried seaweed firm Kwangcheonkim on market for $295 mn
- 4 BOK chief warns against aggressive policy rate cuts, sees need for fiscal stimulus
- 5 S.Korea eases path for foreign REITs in senior housing push