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Automobiles
Dayou A-Tech completes building EV seat production facility
Dayou A-Tech Co., a South Korean car seat manufacturer under the Dayou Winia Group, announced on Thursday that it has built a seat production facili...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fraud scandals
Hankook Tire chairman arrested for alleged embezzlement
The head of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, was arrested on Thursday on charges of embezzlement, breach of tr...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells jumps into distributed energy biz with forecast service
Hanwha Q Cells, the Q Cells division of Hanwha Solutions Corp., said on Wednesday that it had started a renewable energy generation forecast service...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai eyes greater SUV market share with new Kona EV
Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled the all-new Kona Electric, its first fully revamped compact sport utility vehicle in five years, as the top So...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Line Games launches global service for Uncharted Waters Origin
Line Games Corporation, an affiliate of South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp., announced on Tuesday the launch of Uncharted Waters Origin, ...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kakao to launch takeover bid for SM to counter HYBE
Kakao Corp., South Korea’s dominant mobile platform, will launch a takeover bid for SM Entertainment Co., according to people with knowledge o...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI, GM to build $3.8 bn EV battery plant in US
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s No. 6 electric vehicle battery maker, is set to build a plant in the US with General Motors Co., spending about 5...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Binance’s new NFT platform accused of copying Korean startup’s Chatcasso
Binance has been accused of copying a South Korean startup’s ideas and design of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered non-fungible token (...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
S.Korea's Igaworks inks deal with Thai ad agency for data solutions
Igaworks, a big data platform company from South Korea, announced on Thursday a strategic partnership and solution supply deal with YDM Thailand, th...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Korea's Innogrid wins contract for open cloud platform project
Innogrid Co., a South Korean company specializing in cloud computing and digital transformation, said on Thursday that it secured a three-year deal ...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI wins $95 mn EU aid for Hungary battery plant
Samsung SDI Co. has secured €89.6 million ($95 million) in subsidies from the European Union for its first electric vehicle battery plant in Hu...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Carmerce raises $2.3 mn in Series A led by Hankook Tire
South Korea's used car e-commerce platform Carmerce has raised 3 billion won ($2.3 million) in a Series A funding round led by Hankook Tire & ...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia unveils electric SUV EV9 teaser images
Kia Corp., a South Korean carmaker, unveiled teaser images of its latest electric SUV, "The Kia EV9," on Thursday. This electric vehicle is built on...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
S.Korean EV charger maker lands $770 mn export deal in North America
South Korea's Moderntec, an electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions company, on Wednesday said it signed a three-year export contract with a partne...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK IE Technology mulls adding LiBS factory in US, says SKIET president
SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), a global top lithium-ion battery separator (LiBS) player under South Korea’s energy and battery maker SK Innovat...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion teams up with bio venture to develop new anti-cancer drug
South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. will develop an anti-cancer drug that combines oncolytic virus technology with biosimilars un...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver’s HyperCLOVA X: More Korean-proficient than ChatGPT
South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. will unveil an updated version of its AI platform HyperCLOVA, HyperCLOVA X, which it said better unders...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK Signet lands EV charger contract in US
SK Signet Inc., an affiliate of South Korea's SK Group that makes and sells electric vehicle (EV) chargers, on Monday said it received its first ord...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung leader eyes solid-state batteries as future growth engine
Samsung Group appears set to up its investment in solid-state batteries, a game changer in the electric vehicle sector, as South Korea’s top c...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kakao vows to thwart HYBE scheme for SM control
Kakao Corp., South Korea’s dominant mobile platform, said on Monday it would mobilize all possible countermeasures against HYBE Co. ’s a...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea’s LG Uplus, Dell to develop open RAN platform tech
South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and global IT giant Dell Technologies are set to jointly develop an open radio acces...
Feb 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korean firms scurry to expand nickel, lithium supply chains
South Korea’s leading companies such as SK, POSCO, LG and LX are scurrying to expand their supply chains for lithium and nickel, key raw mater...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics, Yonsei Univ. develop talent for smart TV platforms
LG Electronics Inc. and South Korea’s Yonsei University are searching for talented human resources to build software platforms for smart TVs.T...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, Kia to join global small EV war with new models
Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, will aim at the world’s affordable small electric vehicle segments with new models as ...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Car-sharing platform Humax Mobility begins IPO process
Humax Mobility, a South Korean car-sharing and parking platform operator, is aiming to become the second mobility service firm to go public in the c...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor begins Genesis GV70 EV production in US
Hyundai Motor Co. has commenced production of the Genesis GV70 electric vehicle in the United States. This marks the first locally produced vehicle ...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samyang to develop biomaterials for battery heat management
South Korea’s Samyang Corp. signed a partnership agreement with local tech venture Nano Tim on Feb. 20 to jointly develop thermal interface ma...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ford, LG Energy to build Turkey EV battery plant for Europe
US automaker Ford Motor Co. and South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution Ltd. are targeting the electric commercial vehicle sector in Eu...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Uplus to provide infotainment service for Toyota's RAV4 PHEV
South Korean mobile telecom carrier LG Uplus Corp. has announced on Tuesday its plans to install its integrated infotainment (IVI) platform, the Upl...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Will CATL’s bargain sales hurt Korean EV battery makers?
China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), the leading global electric vehicle battery manufacturer, has started a price war in the w...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 SK Hynix leads Samsung in customized HBM; lands Nvidia, Microsoft deals
- 2 South Korea unveils $14.6 billion 2nd extra budget to reinvigorate economy
- 3 Mirae Asset debuts AI-recommended ETF on NYSE to invest in US bonds
- 4 POSCO inducted into World Steel Dynamics’ Hall of Fame
- 5 Lockheed Martin, KAI to expand partnership to future defense, aerospace tech