Advanced Clean Transportation Expo 2023
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Chemical Industry
SK Geo Centric to build Asia's biggest advanced recycling plant with British partner
South Korea's SK Geo Centric, the green chemical subsidiary of SK Innovation, will build Asia's largest advanced recycling (pyrolysis) plant in the ...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics rolls out cutting-edge mini-LED monitor for surgery
LG Electronics on Tuesday said it has unveiled its new mini-LED monitor for surgery at this year's Medica, the world's largest trade exhibition for ...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec to launch total care service for home appliances
LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliance maker, is launching a total care service for products in South Korea to enhance after-sale...
Nov 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung C&T, KSS Line to jointly transport clean hydrogen, ammonia
Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading arm of Samsung Group, is set to build an infrastructure for maritime transportation of clean hyd...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSOFT invests $15 million in blockchain company Mysten Labs
NCSOFT Corp., which announced early this year plans to install non-fungible token (NFT) technology in the global version of its online role-playing ...
Nov 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
SK Square chief expects significant investment gains from next year
SK Square Co., the investment management arm of South Korea’s SK Group, is looking to reap handsome gains from its investment and divestment a...
Nov 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG gear up for launch of 8K gaming monitors
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s two largest TV makers, are bracing for the impending arrival of a next-generati...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Game publisher Com2uS buys $47 mn worth of SM Entertainment shares
South Korean mobile and online game developer and publisher Com2uS Corp. acquired a whopping 67 billion won ($47 million) worth of SM Entertainment ...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
KBIZ eyes value-added, senior loans for real estate
The Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ) bet on value-added and senior loans in global real estate investment this year, the institutional investors&rsqu...
Oct 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Vietnamese MZers ensnared by K-beauty, K-fashion, K-everything
HANOI – Vietnam’s young people are avid fans of Korean culture, collectively known as Hallyu. Trang, a 21-year-old college student, is o...
Oct 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CJ ENM’s TVing looks beyond Korea with Yonder, other K-drama series
South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co.’s over-the-top streaming platform TVing is taking its original sci-fi drama series Beyond the...
Oct 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Samsung SDI supplier Jaewon seeks about $280 mn in pre-IPO
South Korean mid-sized petrochemical company Jaewon Industrial Co. is looking to attract pre-IPO investment, according to investment banking sources...
Oct 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Medipost to expand CDMO business with 10 new clean rooms in Korea
Medipost Co, a South Korean biotechnology company, is expanding its cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO)...
Oct 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO breaks ground on nickel refining plant in Korea
POSCO Group, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, broke ground on Friday for a high-purity nickel refining plant in South Korea to meet risin...
Oct 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to shift gear toward software-centric cars from 2023
Hyundai Motor Group will introduce software-defined vehicles (SDVs) that receive wireless software updates for models to be released from next year,...
Oct 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Holdings to invest extra $1.1 billion in Argentine lithium plant
POSCO Group, which owns South Korea’s largest steelmaker, plans to invest an additional $1.09 billion, or 5 trillion won, in its lithium produ...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Mobis to spend $1.3 bn to build US EV parts, module plants
South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. will spend $1.3 billion until 2030 to build auto parts and module plants for electric veh...
Oct 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO says normalization of typhoon-hit steel mill unlikely until Q1 2023
POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s largest steelmaker, expects its steel mill in the southern port city of Pohang flood...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean conglomerates increase AI R&D hubs overseas
South Korean conglomerates are increasingly looking overseas as bases of their artificial intelligence research centers to build strong networks wit...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea ramen packet maker inks $1 bn battery material deal
A South Korean instant noodle packet maker has secured a $1 billion deal to supply battery materials to a joint venture between General Motors Co. a...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea to introduce advanced supercomputer by 2024
South Korea will introduce a high-performance supercomputing system by 2024, more than 24 times faster than the current model, a government-run rese...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte Card seeks to sell transportation card subsidiary
South Korea’s credit card company Lotte Card Co. is slated to sell its subsidiary Loca Mobility Corp., the second-largest public transportatio...
Sep 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Weaker won offers no leg up for Korean exporters
The steeper-than-expected decline in the won’s value is posing a grave threat to South Korean companies already struggling with rising inflati...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Hanwha Solutions seeks spinoffs of Galleria, advanced materials divisions
Hanwha Solutions Corp., the energy and petrochemical arm of the Hanwha Group, is revving up for wide-ranging corporate restructuring to strengthen i...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Japan and South Korea leaders meet one-on-one for first time since 2019
The leaders of Japan and South Korea held their first bilateral meeting in nearly three years, another step toward recovery for frayed ties between tw...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KAIST, NYU to operate joint campus in New York City from 2023
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea's most prestigious national research university, and New York University wil...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Content platforms
Lotte Home Shopping showcases Bellygom at Manhattan’s Pier 17
NEW YORK – Lotte Home Shopping Inc. displayed Bellygom at Manhattan’s Pier 17 on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the Korea Brand Expo in ...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
ADB cuts Korea’s 2023 growth outlook as trade in deficit for sixth month
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has slashed its 2023 growth outlook for the South Korean economy, citing daunting global risks, as the country is h...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI signs $3 bn fighter jet export contract with Poland
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s military aircraft manufacturer, has inked a formal deal worth $3 billion to export light ...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Samsung goes green as it eyes clean tech supremacy across supply chain
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone and memory chipmaker, said on Thursday it is aiming to power its entire operations wit...
Sep 15, 2022 (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