LG CNS, Bear Robotics to co-develop autonomous robots

LG CNS, Bear Robotics to co-develop autonomous robots

LG CNS Co., a South Korean information technology service company, said on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bear Robotics...

HD Hyundai Electric to invest $274 mn in transformer output ramp-ups

HD Hyundai Electric to invest $274 mn in transformer output ramp-ups

HD Hyundai Electric Co., a South Korean electric power equipment maker, plans to invest about half of its 2024 operating profit, estimated at 720 bi...

LG Display unveils industry’s brightest OLED panel for AI TVs

LG Display unveils industry’s brightest OLED panel for AI TVs

LG Display Co., the world’s top organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, on Thursday unveiled a fourth-generation screen optimized for...

LG CNS set to price February IPO at top of price band

LG CNS set to price February IPO at top of price band

LG CNS Co., an information technology service company, is set to price its initial public offering at the top of its proposed price range to raise 1...

LG mulls US plant expansion to deal with Trump 2.0 tariffs

LG mulls US plant expansion to deal with Trump 2.0 tariffs

CLARKSVILLE, TN -- South Korea’s appliance and electronics giants are actively looking into options to ramp up the production capacity of thei...

LG Energy to supply batteries to US solar EV startup Aptera for 7 years

LG Energy to supply batteries to US solar EV startup Aptera for 7 years

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest battery maker, agreed to supply cylindrical products to Aptera Motors Corp., a US solar ele...

LG Electronics bets big on humanoid robots: CEO Cho

LG Electronics bets big on humanoid robots: CEO Cho

LAS VEGAS – South Korea’s top home appliance maker LG Electronics Inc. has thrown down the gauntlet to frontrunners in the AI robot race...

LG Energy logs 1st quarterly loss in over 3 years, outlook remains gloomy

LG Energy logs 1st quarterly loss in over 3 years, outlook remains gloomy

LG Energy Solution Ltd. reported its first quarterly loss in more than three years on Thursday, adding to concerns that the world’s third-larg...

Korea's No. 1 fitness app Planfit eyes bigger market beyond home in 2025

Korea's No. 1 fitness app Planfit eyes bigger market beyond home in 2025

A new year has arrived, and with it come the New Year’s resolutions. However, if you are one of those who feel you've already failed to keep y...

LG Electronics, Microsoft sign strategic partnership on AI agents

LG Electronics, Microsoft sign strategic partnership on AI agents

LAS VEGAS – South Korea’s top home appliance maker LG Electronics Inc. has signed a strategic partnership with US tech giant Micros...

Former LG man leaves KKR to start PEF

Former LG man leaves KKR to start PEF

Lim Hyoung-seok, former Vice President of KKR Korea, left the private equity giant’s Seoul office and established his private equity fund (PEF...

Korea debt financing faces woes as $34 bn in corporate bonds mature in H1

Korea debt financing faces woes as $34 bn in corporate bonds mature in H1

South Korea’s financial markets will see nearly 50 trillion won ($34 billion) in corporate bonds mature in the first half of next year —...

Samsung Electronics brings AI heat pump EHS to US HVAC market

Samsung Electronics brings AI heat pump EHS to US HVAC market

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is unveiling an AI-powered home heat pump system at the upcoming CES 2025 event as it strives to boo...

LG Energy, Qualcomm to commercialize BMS solution

LG Energy, Qualcomm to commercialize BMS solution

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Monday it partnered with Qualcomm Technologies to commercialize its new system-on-chip (SoC)-based bat...

LG Energy wins 7.5GWh ESS project from Excelsior Energy in US

LG Energy wins 7.5GWh ESS project from Excelsior Energy in US

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has landed a deal with US renewable energy infrastructure fund Excelsior Energy Capital (Excelsior) to supply a 7.5-gigawatt...

Online lender K Bank eyes Feb 2025 IPO at lower valuation

Online lender K Bank eyes Feb 2025 IPO at lower valuation

K Bank, a South Korean online lender, is making a fresh attempt to list on the Korean stock market in February 2025 as bitcoin’s record-breaki...

LG Electronics to retire about $50 mn treasury stock in 2025

LG Electronics to retire about $50 mn treasury stock in 2025

LG Electronics Inc. will retire 761,000 shares in 2025, or around 0.5% of its outstanding shares, to increase shareholder returns, the South Korean ...

Samsung SDS to build AI-focused data center at Samsung Electronics’ plant

Samsung SDS to build AI-focused data center at Samsung Electronics’ plant

Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, plans to build an artificial intelligence data center...

LG CNS to use IPO proceeds to buy foreign IT firm

LG CNS to use IPO proceeds to buy foreign IT firm

LG CNS Co., the information technology service unit of South Korea’s LG Group, plans to acquire a foreign IT company with the proceeds from it...

LG Electronics embarks on Indian unit's $1.8 bn IPO

LG Electronics embarks on Indian unit's $1.8 bn IPO

LG Electronics India Pvt., wholly owned by LG Electronics Inc., has embarked on the process of going public to raise up to 2.6 trillion won ($1.8 bi...

Harman to spearhead Samsung’s automotive solutions business

Harman to spearhead Samsung’s automotive solutions business

Samsung Electronics Co. will bolster cooperation in in-vehicle technology with its fully owned US subsidiary Harman International Industries Inc. to...

LG H&H’s sales surge 156% on Amazon Black Friday

LG H&H’s sales surge 156% on Amazon Black Friday

South Korea’s LG H&H Co. said on Thursday its sales on Amazon Black Friday this year surged 156% year over year.The Face Shop's Rice Water...

Korean displays regain top spot with premium information tech OLEDs

Korean displays regain top spot with premium information tech OLEDs

South Korean display makers regained ground in the global organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel market in the second quarter, elbowing out the p...

LG CNS to enter US smart building biz

LG CNS to enter US smart building biz

South Korea's LG CNS said on Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the US-based real estate management SomeraRoad and Mastern A...

LG Energy set to acquire GM’s $1 bn stake in Ultium JV plant in Michigan

LG Energy set to acquire GM’s $1 bn stake in Ultium JV plant in Michigan

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. plans to acquire General Motors Co.’s stake in their battery joint venture plant in Lansing, Michi...

LG Group affiliates unveil value-up plans

LG Group affiliates unveil value-up plans

LG Group affiliates— LG Display Co., LG Innotek, LG Chem Ltd., and LG Energy Solution Ltd. —unveiled their ambitious growth strategies o...

Apple supplier LG Innotek to invest $268.4 mn in Vietnam in 2025

Apple supplier LG Innotek to invest $268.4 mn in Vietnam in 2025

South Korea’s LG Innotek Co., a major contractor for Apple Inc., said on Thursday it plans to spend 375.9 billion won ($268.4 million) next ye...

LG Group carries out modest management reshuffle

LG Group carries out modest management reshuffle

Cho Joo-wan will continue to lead LG Electronics Inc. as chief executive after its parent LG Group on Thursday carried out modest reshuffles in its ...

Samsung Electronics, LG Uplus to jointly develop ixi-O AI smartphone

Samsung Electronics, LG Uplus to jointly develop ixi-O AI smartphone

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has joined forces with mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. to unveil an AI smartphone embedded with a high...

LG Chem signs deal to secure 100,000 tons of lithium from ExxonMobil

LG Chem signs deal to secure 100,000 tons of lithium from ExxonMobil

South Korea’s top chemicals maker LG Chem Ltd. said on Thursday it has signed an initial agreement to secure a key battery material from US mu...

Hanwha Systems to compete with LIG Nex1 for Korean version of Iron Dome NH, KB Securities, Kookmin Bank, Kim & Chang lead capital markets in H1 From G-Dragon to Ibuki: Dongmyo emerges as global fashion hotspot Hyundai helps Korean economy most with $265 bn contribution South Korea issues €1.4 billion in largest-ever euro bond sale