SK Telecom develops reconfigurable surface tech for 6G transmission

SK Telecom Co. on Thursday said it developed the world's first reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology that transmits 6G candidate frequ...

Citibank Korea provides $412 mn to POSCO for Argentine business

Citibank Korea signed on Jan. 25 a financial contract with POSCO Argentina, a subsidiary of South Korea's steel and secondary battery raw material g...

Lotte Construction develops eco-friendly concrete

Lotte Engineering & Construction has developed eco-friendly concrete that can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 90%. In collaboration wit...

LG Uplus, LS Electric partner to support S.Korea's small businesses

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, said on Friday that it has entered into a partnership with LS Electric Co. to expa...

Taihan Cable to build ultra-high voltage power grids in Germany

South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. on Thursday said it won two orders to build high-voltage power grids in Germany.The deals are with Ten...

Hanwha kickstarts localization of 1,000-hp gas turbine engine components

A project to lengthen the lifecycle of 1,000-horsepower gas turbine engine core components and materials, which is led by Hanwha Aerospace Co. locat...

Samsung to advance solid-state battery output after record sales

South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. reported its largest-ever profit and revenue last year, which will drive its efforts to produce solid-state batt...

Hanwha Solutions, SKS Credit propel to build eco-friendly data center

Hanwha Solutions Corp. said on Monday that its business unit Hanwha Solutions Insight Division has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with S...

LS Electric builds rail signal system in Taiwan for $39.8 million

South Korea's LS Electric Co. on Friday said the Railway Bureau of the Taiwanese Ministry of Transportation and Communications named the company the...

Korean proptech startup Sweet Spot attracts $7.7 mn Series B funding

South Korea's retail property technology startup Sweet Spot attracted a Series B investment of 9.5 billion won ($7.7 million) from venture capital a...

Hyundai vows $8.5 billion investment after record 2022 sales, profit

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday it will spend 10.5 trillion won ($8.5 billion) this year to ramp up facilities ...

Hanwha Solutions, Microsoft sign solar energy partnership in US

Hanwha Solutions Corp., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, said on Thursday it has formed a strategi...

Korea’s Samsung C&T to build modular homes in Saudi Arabia

Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading arm of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, is set to build modular homes in Saud...

KSOE wins orders for 7 LNG carriers in 1 week

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a mid-level shipbuilding holding affiliate of HD Hyundai Co., has landed successive orders for...

KSOE wins this year's first LNG carrier order worth $783 million

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), an intermediate shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Co., said on Tuesday that it recent...

Medytox to build plant for finished toxin products in Dubai

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Medytox Inc. will build a plant for finished products containing botulinum toxin in the United Arab Emirates...

Pulmuone builds data sharing cluster for factories

South Korea's major plant-based food company Pulmuone Co. Ltd. said on Monday that it has built a "digital cluster smart factory" that can share, in...

LG Energy, Honda to build $4.4 billion battery plant in Ohio

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Honda Motor Co. have launched their first US joint venture to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Ohio, LG said o...

Hanwha to build largest US solar energy hub for $2.5 bn

South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. said on Wednesday that it will invest 3.2 trillion won ($2.5 billion) to build the largest solar energy p...

SK E&S, Plug Power agree to strengthen hydrogen partnership

SK E&S CEO Choo Hyung-wook met with Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh at CES 2023 in Las Vegas on Jan. 5 to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in th...

Hyundai, Kia post record sales in India; to build IONIQ 5 locally

South Korea’s two leading automakers – Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. – are solidifying their presence in India, a fast-growing A...

LG Energy posts largest-ever profit led by US JV with GM

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. posted its largest-ever profit in 2022, driven by strong sales after its US joint venture with Ge...

Samsung Engineering wins $1.3 bn order to build ethylene plant in Qatar

South Korea's Samsung Engineering Co. said on Jan. 9 it has signed a 1.6 trillion won ($1.3 billion) contract to build the world's largest ethylene ...

Hotels in top Seoul tourist area on sale due to rate hikes

South Korea's KB Asset Management Co. is set to sell two three-star hotel buildings in Myeong-dong, one of the most popular spots for foreign touris...

Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners

Com2verse, Com2uS Corp.'s metaverse subsidiary said on Tuesday that it has secured a strategic investment of 4 billion won ($3.1 million) each from ...

Applied Materials injects $40 mn in glass substrate maker Absolics

Applied Materials Inc., a global leading equipment and software supplier to semiconductor makers, has invested 51 billion won ($40.2 million) in Abs...

LG Electronics speeds up development of intelligent AI solutions

LG Electronics Inc. on Sunday said it will build an ambient computing platform as selected by LG AI Research, a company think tank specializing in a...

Doosan Corp. starts building flexible copper-clad layer plant

South Korea's Doosan Corp. is expanding its production line for flexible cooper-clad layers (FCCL) to boost competitiveness in electronic materials ...

DSME joins hands with Navy for building combined combat systems

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) said on Wednesday that it had held the first meeting with the Republic of Korea Navy the pre...

Samsung starts building 4th semiconductor plant in Pyeongtaek

The world's largest DRAM supplier Samsung Electronics Co. is accelerating its move to expand production capacities at its manufacturing complex in P...