Are Korean battery materials stocks too expensive?

Are Korean battery materials stocks too expensive?

South Korean battery materials shares have rallied with their market capitalization nearly doubling since early January thanks to strong growth in t...

Samsung aims to unveil autonomous ships in 2022

Samsung aims to unveil autonomous ships in 2022

Samsung Heavy Industries Co. last month successfully completed a sea trial of its self-operating vessel technology, which enables two autonomous shi...

SK to form 'turquoise' hydrogen JV in Korea with Monolith

SK to form 'turquoise' hydrogen JV in Korea with Monolith

SK Inc., the holding and investment company of South Korea’s SK Group, agreed to establish a 'turquoise' hydrogen joint venture in the country...

Hyundai-led autonomous industry association to launch in October

Hyundai-led autonomous industry association to launch in October

South Korea’s leading mobility company Hyundai Mobis Co. will be heading the country’s new industry association of autonomous driving ma...

Samsung makes industry’s smallest 14 nm DDR5 chip with EUV technology

Samsung makes industry’s smallest 14 nm DDR5 chip with EUV technology

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Tuesday it has begun mass production of the industry’s smallest 1...

Travel bubble triples Koreans’ trips to Saipan

Travel bubble triples Koreans’ trips to Saipan

A travel bubble between South Korea and Saipan more than tripled visits of residents in the Asian country to the main island in the Northern Mariana...

Samsung surprises foundry industry with plan for 2 nm chips

Samsung surprises foundry industry with plan for 2 nm chips

Samsung Electronics Co. caught its global semiconductor competitors off guard last week at the Samsung Foundry Forum 2021 with its announced plan to...

Hanwha to raise $503 mn to expand China PVC production

Hanwha to raise $503 mn to expand China PVC production

South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. is set to raise $503 million to expand its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) business in China, the world&rsq...

Korean LCCs rush to stock market for fund on travel recovery hopes

Korean LCCs rush to stock market for fund on travel recovery hopes

Cash-strapped South Korean budget airlines are rushing to raise money in the local stock market on growing hopes for a travel recovery as government...

POSCO to transfer hydrogen steel tech to industry peers for shared growth

POSCO to transfer hydrogen steel tech to industry peers for shared growth

The Hydrogen Iron & Steel Making (HyIS) Forum led by the steelmaker POSCO officially opened Oct. 6 in Seoul with more than 1,200 industry partic...

Yanolja, HanaTour team up to take lead in travel market

Yanolja, HanaTour team up to take lead in travel market

South Korea’s No. 1 accommodation booking platform Yanolja has joined forces with the country's leading travel agency HanaTour Service Inc. to...

SK Innovation officially launches battery, E&P split-offs

SK Innovation officially launches battery, E&P split-offs

South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. on Friday officially launched its battery and petroleum exploration and production businesses as separate enti...

Netflix brings $4.7 bn economic impact to Korean industries: Deloitte

Netflix brings $4.7 bn economic impact to Korean industries: Deloitte

Netflix Inc. has contributed to a socio-economic impact worth 5.6 trillion won ($4.7 billion) across various South Korean industries through the joi...

POSCO hires ex-US envoy on N.Korea Stephen Biegun as adviser

POSCO hires ex-US envoy on N.Korea Stephen Biegun as adviser

South Korean steel giant POSCO has hired Stephen Biegun, former US deputy secretary of state, as its adviser for its American business.POSCO America...

S.Korean content shares surge with global success of Squid Game

S.Korean content shares surge with global success of Squid Game

South Korea’s major content production houses have made a big comeback in the local stock market on Sept. 27 after a period of downhill over t...

Shares of Hyosung, Kolon Industries fly high propelled by hydrogen

Shares of Hyosung, Kolon Industries fly high propelled by hydrogen

Shares of hydrogen-related stocks such as Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. and Kolon Industries Inc. are flying high on expectations of significant ...

SK Hynix-led $101 bn Korean chip project delayed again

SK Hynix-led $101 bn Korean chip project delayed again

SK Hynix Inc.’s $101 billion project to build a semiconductor complex in South Korea was delayed again, stoking concerns that the world’...

Industrial Bank of Korea to sell $500 mn bond at lower cost

Industrial Bank of Korea to sell $500 mn bond at lower cost

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is slated to raise $500 million in dollar corporate bond at a lower-than-planned cost on strong demand.IBK decided to...

Coal price surge puts S.Korean petrochemical firms ahead of Chinese rivals

Coal price surge puts S.Korean petrochemical firms ahead of Chinese rivals

Rising coal prices in China will likely benefit South Korean petrochemical companies such as Lotte Fine Chemical and Hanwha Solutions, by strengthen...

Korea refiners' recovery accelerates on strong margins

Korea refiners' recovery accelerates on strong margins

South Korean refiners are gathering recovery momentum as refining margins hit a two-year high on falling petroleum product supply from China and r...

DL Chem to spend $2 bn on petrochemical expansion

DL Chem to spend $2 bn on petrochemical expansion

DL Chemical Co., the petrochemical arm of South Korea's DL Group, will spend 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion) over the next five years to sharply boost...

POSCO Chem buys stake in Chinese graphite processor

POSCO Chem buys stake in Chinese graphite processor

POSCO Chemical Co. has acquired a 13% stake in a Chinese graphite processor as part of the South Korean company's efforts to secure a stable supply ...

HiteJinro's fruit-flavored soju bedazzles Chinese MZers

HiteJinro's fruit-flavored soju bedazzles Chinese MZers

South Korea’s leading soju maker HiteJinro Co. has captivated China with its fruit-flavored soju products, gaining much popularity among local...

LG Electronics leads industry shift toward OLED TVs

LG Electronics leads industry shift toward OLED TVs

LG Electronics Inc., one of the world’s largest TV makers, is leading the TV industry’s shift toward organic light-emitting diode (OLED)...

Chinese, Korean carmakers penetrate Japanese-dominated Indonesia

Chinese, Korean carmakers penetrate Japanese-dominated Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Co. is set to start producing automobiles in Indonesia around the end of this year to attract drivers in the Southeast Asia’s ...

KT makes partial exit from travel platform Yanolja

KT makes partial exit from travel platform Yanolja

South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. has made a partial exit from the country’s largest travel platform Yanolja, which is eyeing a US IP...

S.Korea's bio-health industry exports log best-ever first half in 2021

S.Korea's bio-health industry exports log best-ever first half in 2021

South Korea's bio-health industry exports log best-ever first half in 2021 South Korea’s diagnostic kits, biosimilars and health-related bio-...

IAA Mobility 2021 to showcase global auto industry’s future technologies

IAA Mobility 2021 to showcase global auto industry’s future technologies

The global auto industry is set to show off their muscle to fight for the future mobility market not only with new models but also technologies at t...

Korea electronics, auto sectors hit by triple whammy

Korea electronics, auto sectors hit by triple whammy

South Korea's electronics and auto industries, the two main pillars of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, are losing growth momentum. Demand is sl...

Korean Air to retire all A380 jets over 5 years; B787 likely replacements

Korean Air to retire all A380 jets over 5 years; B787 likely replacements

Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) will retire its superjumbo fleet of 10 A380 passenger jets over the next five years, a move the South Korean flag carrier...

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