SK Telecom, SNU Hospital to develop AI diagnosis tool for autism
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and Seoul National University Hospital have developed an AI-powered diagnosis tool for the early det...
Korean battery players LG, Samsung, SK sweep US EV tax credits
It has long been talked about and finally confirmed: South Korean battery companies are well-placed to benefit from the strengthened requirements of...
LG Chairman to refine strategy for EV battery production
Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, visited a cathode plant on Monday to review supply chains for the batt...
LG Electronics supports ESG certification for overseas suppliers
LG Electronics Inc. is accelerating its support for enhancing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) capabilities of domestic and overseas p...
LG Chem, China’s Huayou Cobalt to build $923 million precursor plant
South Korea’s top chemicals company LG Chem Ltd. and its Chinese partner Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. will launch a 1.2 trillion won ($923 milli...
Samsung Electronics opens 3rd C-Lab Outside regional hub
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday opened the third regional center of its C-Lab Outside, a corporate partnership program to nurture local startups...
LG Chem teams up with US company to expand bioplastic global business
LG Chem Ltd. has partnered with a US-based biofuel company Gevo to expand its bio-material-based plastic business.The company announced on Thursday ...
LG to unveil healthcare product; open to startup M&As
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is set to unveil its first digital healthcare product in the second half of this year, three years after it ...
LG shares soar as UK asset manager Silchester raises stake
LG Corp., the holding firm of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group, saw its share price soar in the local market on Wednesday as...
LG Elec reinvents brand identity, aiming for youthful, dynamic image
South Korean tech giant LG Electronics Inc. is taking steps to reinvent its brand and enhance its youthful and dynamic image while actively communic...
LG Chem, Hanyang Univ. open industry-academic center for battery materials
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. on Wednesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Hanyang University on industry-academic cooperation in bat...
Korean game sector looks to cute girls to lure new users
South Korea’s game makers rushed to launch games with cute girl characters to allure fans of Japanese animation as cartoons for the subculture...
LG Electronics rolls out third-generation Cloi ServeBot
LG Electronics Inc. has rolled out a new serving robot that easily serves soup, boosting the device's performance and customer convenience. The com...
LG CNS, Microsoft to jointly develop new ChatGPT-based services
South Korea’s largest cloud computing service provider LG CNS Co. announced on Tuesday that it will strengthen its strategic partnership with ...
LG tops in market cap gain, beating Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor
The total market value of companies under South Korea’s fourth-largest business group LG increased the most in a year, beating out its bigger ...
LG Electronics eyes solid Q2 results after Q1 earnings surprise
LG Electronics Inc. is expected to report solid earnings for the second quarter after its first-quarter operating profit beat market expectations an...
LG Energy’s Q1 profit soars on gains from US battery tax credits
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Friday its first-quarter operating profit likely more than doubled,...
LG Elec sees steady 2023 sales to widen gap with Whirlpool
LG Electronics Inc. expects sales of its home appliances division, the key cash cow of the South Korean company, to remain steady at 30 trillion won...
LG H&H hosts Korean Royal Court Culture event with Four Seasons Seoul
South Korea's major consumer goods company LG H&H Co. announced on Thursday that its cosmetics brand, The History of Whoo, hosts an event called...
LG Chem, CJ Logistics partner to recycle packaging wrap
South Korean companies LG Chem Ltd. and CJ Logistics have signed an memorandum of understanding on Thursday to establish a recycling ecosystem for p...
Falling freight rates set to boost LG, Hyundai’s earnings
The significant fall in seaborne freight rates of late is expected to boost earnings prospects for South Korea’s major companies, benefitting ...
LG Energy to secure lithium hydroxide in Morocco
South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. will secure a key battery material in Morocco to strengthen its battery supply chain. LG Energy ...
S.Korea to focus on secondary batteries, lunar landing vehicles
The Korean government has decided to develop electric vehicle batteries that can travel more than 600 km on a single charge and lunar landing vehicl...
LG Chem to launch new diabetes combination drug Zemidapa
South Korean chemical company LG Chem Ltd. has announced the release of a new diabetes combination drug, Zemidapa Tab, set to launch on Apr. 8. Th...
Time for South Korea's answer to the US battery subsidy act
The latest guidelines on US subsidies for electric vehicles under the Inflation Reduction Act come as a relief in every sense to South Korean batter...
LG Energy tops global EV battery market excluding China
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in January and February maintained its No. 1 position on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries...
LG Electronics' OLED Flex wins top Red Dot Design Award
LG Electronics Inc., said on Sunday that it has won a total of 24 awards at the prestigious "Red Dot Design Award." Among the accolades, LG El...
S.Korea invests $763.4 mn in strategic tech IP like aerospace, robotics
The South Korean government will inject this year budget of 1 trillion won ($763.4 million) in intellectual property (IP)-related projects.The Presi...
LG Display to focus on automotive screens for turnaround
LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, is set to focus on the automotive scree...
Hugel names ex-CEO of LG Household & Health Care as chairman
South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Hugel Inc. on Friday said it appointed Cha Suk-yong, former CEO and vice chairman of LG Household & Heal...
