K-battery value chain

SK Nexilis Co., a unit of South Korean chemical materials maker SKC Ltd., has developed technology to mass produce ultra-high strength copper foil, ...

CJ Olive Young, South Korea’s top beauty store chain, has suspended its process to seek a stock market listing, becoming the latest major loca...

South Korea’s electric vehicle and battery makers are expected to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the US bill designed to br...

South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Group is set to purchase autonomous driving startup 42dot, intensifying the automaker’s competi...

Samsung SDI Co., a major South Korean battery maker, said on Friday that it is in talks with multiple automakers around the world to supply a next-g...

South Korea’s two major cosmetics firms, Amorepacific Corp. and LG H&H Co., posted their second-quarter earnings heavily impacted by Chi...

South Korea’s top chemicals company LG Chem Ltd. has signed a long-term battery materials supply deal with General Motors Co. to support the U...

South Korea’s over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc. is in talks with some companies to sell off its shares, according to investment banking ...

South Korean nonferrous metals conglomerate Poongsan Corp. announced it will invest 313 billion won ($238 million) in facilities to manufacture rech...

MBK Partners, one of Asia's largest private equity firms, is in exclusive talks to acquire Korea’s top online education company MegastudyEdu C...

South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. and China’s mining company Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. have agreed to launch a ba...

Lionheart Studio Corp., South Korea’s leading game developer behind the mobile game Odin, has begun the process to go public with its July 22 ...

LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK Innovation Co., and other South Korean companies are poised to strengthen their business ties with Michigan-based Ford M...

Real estate is in the global investor spotlight amid skyrocketing inflation. However, not all property sectors or locations will offer the same infl...

South Korea’s battery manufacturer Samsung SDI Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony for Plant 2 to make cylindrical batteries in Seremban, Mal...

Kolon Global Corp., an affiliate of South Korean conglomerate Kolon, will spin off its car import business unit to improve management efficiency and...

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, has decided to hold off on a 4.3 trillion won ($3.3 billion) plan to build a new N...

South Korea’s major liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor E1 Corp. made inroads into the hydrogen industry by setting up the eco-friendly ...

The majority of South Korea’s small and medium-sized exporters are concerned about a possible cancellation of orders or difficulty in winning ...

South Korea plans to spend more cash on attracting foreign investments in high-tech and core supply chain industries as foreign direct investment to...

SebitChem Co., South Korea’s secondary battery recycling company, is seeking an initial public offering, taking advantage of investors’ ...

South Korean conglomerate LS Group is seeking business opportunities in the materials and parts sectors led by the fast-growing battery, electric ve...

South Korea’s battery maker SK On Co. and US automaker Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday officially launched a joint venture for the North American ...

HYBE Co., the K-pop label best known for BTS, signed an agreement with Walt Disney Company in its first collaboration with an international content ...

Blackpink, the female K-pop idol group, will hold an in-game concert, the first such event by Korean pop artists, in collaboration with Krafton Inc....

Unlike the West or China, which showed vastly different reactions, most South Koreans had a more complicated initial response to the news of forme...

Hyundai Mobis Co., a car parts maker within South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group, is set to launch an electric vehicle battery rema...

South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. expects sales of its rechargeable battery materials to more than double to 41 trillion won ($31 billion) by ...

LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s leading battery makers, has agreed to supply its cylindrical batteries to Isuzu Motors Ltd., Japan...

LG Energy Solution Ltd., South Korea’s leading battery maker, gave up its second-largest position in the global electric vehicle cell market...