Lotte Group secures $3.8 bn funding from four major Korean banks

Lotte Group secures $3.8 bn funding from four major Korean banks

Lotte Group announced on Friday that it has signed a financial support agreement worth 5 trillion won ($3.8 billion) with four major South Korean ba...

Korea's electric battery maker SK On predicts 'tangible results' from 2024

Korea's electric battery maker SK On predicts 'tangible results' from 2024

"Despite many difficulties early on, we can see tangible results from next year if we overcome such challenges.”Chey Jae-won, CEO and executiv...

Shared growth with startups essential for GS Group: Chairman Huh

Shared growth with startups essential for GS Group: Chairman Huh

GS Group, a South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate, plans to aggressively invest in startups and venture companies with promising technology &nd...

S.Korea's NPS increases stake in Lotte Tour Development

S.Korea's NPS increases stake in Lotte Tour Development

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) has increased its stake in Lotte Tour Development Co. to 6.07%, according to an announcement by Lotte T...

Macquarie to buy Lotte’s S.Korean transportation card unit

Macquarie to buy Lotte’s S.Korean transportation card unit

Macquarie Asset Management, part of Australian investment bank Macquarie Group, is set to buy Loca Mobility Corp., Lotte Card Co.’s subsidiary...

Kyobo Life’s holding firm plan gains speed with Pavilion Asset acquisition

Kyobo Life’s holding firm plan gains speed with Pavilion Asset acquisition

Kyobo Life Insurance Co. has completed the process to put a South Korea-based alternative asset investment company under its wing, a move that is ex...

S.Korea to invest $24 mn in fostering future car industry workforce

S.Korea to invest $24 mn in fostering future car industry workforce

South Korea will invest 31.5 billion won ($23.96 million) this year to train over 3,700 core personnel in future car technologies, including autonom...

Samsung Elec to invest $3.1 bn in S.Korean OLED plant

Samsung Elec to invest $3.1 bn in S.Korean OLED plant

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone maker, is set to spend 4.1 trillion won ($3.1 billion) on a new organic light-emitting...

Lotte Biologics, Excellgene to collaborate on CDO biz

Lotte Biologics, Excellgene to collaborate on CDO biz

Lotte Biologics, South Korea's biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) company, announced on Sunday that it has...

S.Korea invests $763.4 mn in strategic tech IP like aerospace, robotics

S.Korea invests $763.4 mn in strategic tech IP like aerospace, robotics

The South Korean government will inject this year budget of 1 trillion won ($763.4 million) in intellectual property (IP)-related projects.The Presi...

KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups

KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups

South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group will launch a 250 billion won ($193 million) fund to invest in startups ...

Lotte Shopping: Resurrected in Indonesia after death in China

Lotte Shopping: Resurrected in Indonesia after death in China

JAKARTA – On a hot spring day in March, Lotte Mart’s Gandaria City Mall hypermarket was as bustling with shopping Indonesians as usual.I...

SK Innovation may give shareholders SK On shares at IPO

SK Innovation may give shareholders SK On shares at IPO

SK Innovation Co. is set to consider providing stocks of its electric vehicle battery subsidiary to its shareholders when SK On Co., the world&rsquo...

LG Chem breaks ground on supercritical pyrolysis plant

LG Chem breaks ground on supercritical pyrolysis plant

LG Chem Ltd. has broke ground on a plant for pyrolysis and aerogel, a material for next-generation insulation in Seongmun National Industrial Comple...

S.Korea's KOTRA sends chip investment survey team to Texas

S.Korea's KOTRA sends chip investment survey team to Texas

The government-run (South) Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) on Tuesday said it dispatched to Texas a survey team for semiconductor in...

Samsung, SK Hynix asked to swallow tough pill over US CHIPS Act

Samsung, SK Hynix asked to swallow tough pill over US CHIPS Act

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korean chipmakers on Tuesday expressed deep concerns about the detailed guidelines of the US CHIPS and Science ...

Korean startup investments rapidly dry up in wake of SVB debacle 

Korean startup investments rapidly dry up in wake of SVB debacle 

The shock from the collapse of American startups’ main financing artery Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has been deeply felt in the South Korean sta...

Hanwha to build solar cell components plant in Georgia

Hanwha to build solar cell components plant in Georgia

South Korea’s Hanwha Advanced Materials Corp. will spend $147 million to build a solar panel components plant in the US state of Georgia, acco...

SK On, EcoPro, China’s GEM to jointly build precursor factory

SK On, EcoPro, China’s GEM to jointly build precursor factory

South Korea’s electric vehicle (EV) battery major SK On Co. will build a precursor plant at home with a Korean partner, EcoPro Co., and China'...

Lotte Confectionery to rebrand as Lotte Well Food

Lotte Confectionery to rebrand as Lotte Well Food

South Korea's Lotte Confectionery Co. will change its name to Lotte Well Food, effective April 1, according to an announcement made on Thursday. The...

SK Innovation invests an extra $50 million in US clean energy firm Amogy

SK Innovation invests an extra $50 million in US clean energy firm Amogy

South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. has newly invested $50 million in Amogy Inc., a US ammonia-based power system developer, to expand its green b...

Doosan Fuel Cell teams up with Kolon Global for hydrogen fuel cell

Doosan Fuel Cell teams up with  Kolon Global for hydrogen fuel cell

South Korean fuel cell manufacturer Doosan Fuel Cell, and Kolon Global Corp., a South Korean company that specializes in the production of industria...

EV fast-charging company Crocus succeeds in $5 mn Series B funding

EV fast-charging company Crocus succeeds in $5 mn Series B funding

Crocus Inc., a South Korean startup focused on energy infrastructure and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), announced on Wednesday that it rai...

Hankook Tire supplies tires to BMW Driving Center for 9 consecutive years

Hankook Tire supplies tires to BMW Driving Center for 9 consecutive years

Hankook Tire & Technology, a tire manufacturer based in South Korea, announced on Wednesday its exclusive partnership with BMW Driving Center's ...

LB Investment draws record demand from individual investors

LB Investment draws record demand from individual investors

LB Investment Inc., a venture capital firm associated with the LG founder's family, has achieved a remarkable competition rate of over 1,000 to 1 fo...

S.Korean LPs name 41 best alternative asset managers

S.Korean LPs name 41 best alternative asset managers

Blackstone, Hamilton Lane, HarbourVest Partners and Audax Private Equity were jointly named the most preferred PE firms by South Korean institutional ...

SK Pharmteco again seeks $382 mn in pre-IPO funding

SK Pharmteco again seeks $382 mn in pre-IPO funding

SK Pharmteco Co., a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is eyeing pre-initial public offering funding again after it dropped...

Trouble with EV charging? Help is just a click away with Hyundai

Trouble with EV charging? Help is just a click away with Hyundai

Having trouble charging your electric vehicle at a charging station?With Hyundai Motor Co.'s automatic EV charging robot, help is just a click away....

Hyundai Motor, Lotte chairs rank as S.Korea’s highest-paid heads

Hyundai Motor, Lotte chairs rank as S.Korea’s highest-paid heads

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun was ranked as South Korea’s highest-paid business owner in 2022 thanks to the group's record-high pr...

Lotte Global Logistics establishes resource recycling platform in Korea

Lotte Global Logistics establishes resource recycling platform in Korea

South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics has established a resource recycling platform across ten logistics centers. The company has introduced the solu...

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