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Batteries
LG Energy Solution to supply EV batteries to Toyota for 10 years
LG Energy Solution Ltd. will supply 20 gigawatt hours (GWh) worth of batteries for electric vehicles of the world’s No. 1 car seller Toyota Mo...
Oct 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
NKMax's US subsidiary listed on Nasdaq
South Korean natural killer (NK) cell drugmaker NKMax Co. on Wednesday said its US subsidiary NKGen Biotech on Monday was listed on the Nasdaq Globa...
Oct 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang, T&R Biofab team up for alternative meat
South Korean food and bio giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is harnessing advanced innovative technology to secure sustainable future food resources. The c...
Oct 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
POSCO Int’l to build permanent magnet factory in US with Star Group
South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc. is expediting its push to expand its presence in the electric vehicle supply chain, one of seven...
Oct 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Korea’s SKC to invest up to $70 mn in US smart glass firm Halio
SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, is set to invest as much as $70 million in Halio Inc., a US smart glass technology company, to expand the ...
Sep 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI to invest $2 bn to build 2nd US battery plant with Stellantis
Samsung SDI Co. will inject $1.98 billion to build a second battery manufacturing plant in the US jointly with Netherlands-based automaker Stellanti...
Sep 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean Hana ties up with Saudi EXIM Bank for Middle East biz
Hana Financial Group, South Korea’s third-largest financial holding company, joined hands with the Saudi Export-Import Bank to expand its mark...
Sep 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus invests $7.4 mn in S.Korean edu-tech startup
South Korea’s No. 3 wireless carrier LG Uplus Corp. on Tuesday said it will make an equity investment of some 10 billion won ($7.4 million) in...
Sep 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Tel launches world’s 1st Korean large language model
SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday announced the official launch of the world’s first Korean large language model (LLM) “A.”, or A Dot, whi...
Sep 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Elec looks to Google, Apple alumni for future growth
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chip and smartphone maker, has tapped more alumni from US Big Tech companies such as Google, A...
Sep 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Samsung C&T invests $11 mn in construction robot venture
South Korean construction and engineering company Samsung C&T Corp. has invested 15 billion won ($11.2 million) in the construction robot startu...
Sep 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Com2uS XPLA listed on S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax
South Korea's Com2uS Holdings Corp. announced on Monday that the cryptocurrency called XPLA used in the Com2uS Group's blockchain mainnet of the s...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SKC plans world’s largest biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam
South Korea’s SKC Ltd., secured an investment registration certificate (IRC) to establish the world’s largest biodegradable plastics m...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
SK Telecom to commercialize UAM with American partner
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. will launch domestic commercial operations in urban air mobility (UAM) with Joby Aviation, a Santa Cruz, California-b...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
LS ITC, KEPCO to team up for energy efficiency projects
LS ITC, an IT service unit of LS Group, announced on Friday the signing of a pivotal business agreement with Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO).This...
Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
SK Ecoplant to supply AI-based incinerator tech to Malaysia
South Korea's energy, construction and engineering corporation SK Ecoplant on Friday said it signed a contract with Cenviro, Malaysia's largest publ...
Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Shinyoung Asset, Baillie Gifford launch global growth stock fund
Shinyoung Asset Management Co. has joined hands with Baillie Gifford & Co., a UK investment management firm, to launch a long-term growth stock ...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Unid expands potassium hydroxide plant in Ulsan
OCI Group-affiliated chemical company Unid announced on Thursday that it has completed the expansion of its Ulsan plant after investing 11 billion w...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C, Naver Cloud to develop futuristic healthy housing model
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) on Thursday announced its signing of a deal with Naver Cloud on cooperation in the de...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Wia finishes EV thermal management test center
South Korea’s No. 2 automotive parts supplier Hyundai Wia Corp. on Tuesday completed construction of a thermal management test center at the c...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy, Pan Ocean to co-develop digital solutions
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pan Ocean Co., the country's...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung releases The Wall for virtual production in Europe
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that it unveiled "The Wall for Virtual Production" at IBC 2023, the world's largest trade fair for elect...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Lotte Healthcare to launch AI-based health management platform
South Korea's Lotte Healthcare has entered the digital healthcare market through the launch next week of its personalized healthcare management pl...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Enpulse to sell off chip processing units in China
SK Enpulse Co., a South Korean semiconductor part and equipment maker, said on Wednesday it will sell off its chip pre-manufacturing processing unit...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
KT&G to build new factory in Indonesia
South Korea's KT&G Corp. has received a commitment of active investment support from the Indonesian government for building a local new factory....
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's KT invests in domestic startups Upstage, Qanda
South Korea's KT Corp. has invested 20 billion won ($15 million) in two domestic artificial intelligence (AI) startups. For the second time in ...
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
Mirae Asset teams up with Polygon Labs for tokenized securities
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Securities Co. has partnered with Polygon Labs, a New York-based global blockchain company, for financial tokenizati...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Ecoplant to build data center linked to landing station in Pohang
South Korea's SK Ecoplant is set to establish, for the first time in South Korea, a global data center linked to a landing station in Pohang, North ...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea's Eximbank, Australia's EFA sign MOU on mineral supply chains
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) on Thursday in Seoul signed a memorandum of understanding with Export Finance Australia (EFA) on cooperat...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
S.Korea's Lotte Group helps SMEs penetrate Indonesian market
South Korea's Lotte Group through Friday is holding the event Korea Expo in Jakarta in the Indonesian capital with the Korea Trade-Investment Promot...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)