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Electronics
LG Electronics sets up 1st global R&D center in Indonesia
South Korean home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. opened its first overseas research and development center in Indonesia on Thursday to accelera...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
LG Electronics collaborates with German Playmobil for figurines
LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its collaboration with the famous German toy brand Playmobil on Thursday, creating home appliance figurines. South Kore...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Deal reached on LG-Stellantis battery plant subsidy; construction resumes
All construction work at a battery joint venture in Canada between South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and multinational automaker Stellanti...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SCM Lifescience kicks off anti-hair loss product exports to SE Asia
South Korea’s stem cell tech company SCM Lifescience on Wednesday said it has started full-scale exports to Southeast Asia of its hair loss ca...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Doosan forklifts to be sold under Bobcat brand in US, eventually to Europe
Doosan Bobcat Inc., the construction and agricultural machine making unit of South Korea’s Doosan Group, will sell its forklifts under the Bob...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Ontario, S.Korea VC firm to establish $76 mn healthcare fund
Canada's Ontario government has joined hands with a South Korean venture capital firm to establish a fund of 100 million Canadian dollars ($75.6 mil...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Uplus releases ad with generative AI
South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. on Tuesday unveiled the first video ad using generative artificial intelligence (AI)...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Genesis GV80 to come with LG’s OLED auto display in close tie-up
Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis will be equipped with LG Display Co.'s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) automotive display for its...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG Uplus, Kakao Mobility to form EV charging JV
South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and transportation company Kakao Mobility announced on Monday their strategic allian...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Jeju Air becomes 1st S.Korean LCC to surpass 100 mn passenger mark
South Korea's low-cost carrier (LCC) Jeju Air Co. on Sunday said its cumulative number of passengers exceeded 100 million 17 years after the company...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
LG Chem seeks to sell 2nd NCC facility in Korea in face of China’s ascent
LG Chem Ltd. has embarked on a process to sell its core naphtha cracking center (NCC) in South Korea, estimated at about 3 trillion won ($2.3 billio...
Jul 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG sees $76 bn in 2023 vehicle system order backlog
The automotive electronics business is emerging as a new cash cow for South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc., a household name in the home applianc...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea opens doors wider for skilled foreign workers
South Korea will raise the country’s visa quota for skilled foreign workers by 15 times from the previous level to ease chronic labor shortage...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Group seeks new partners in Silicon Valley’s startup scene
South Korea’s LG Group seeks new partnerships with global ventures to strengthen its new growth engines, such as batteries, biopharmaceuticals...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics launches TV-specific camera LG Smart Cam
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has released a TV-specific camera, LG Smart Cam.LG Smart Cam supports full HD high-resolution sho...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
HMM opens Indian-Mediterranean container route
South Korea’s HMM Co. has opened a container route to India and the Mediterranean. In addition to serving the US and Europe, the conta...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS develops AI coding solution based on ChatGPT
LG CNS, the information technology service arm of LG Group, announced on Wednesday that it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based code ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics targets EdTech market in US
LG Electronics Inc. is showcasing a lineup of acclaimed products designed for the education sector at the International Society for Technology in Ed...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics releases portable speaker XBoom
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday the launch of the LG XBoom, a portable party speaker with a built-in battery that delivers powerful sound an...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Heyday over for Amorepacific, LG Household in China’s beauty market
Amorepacific Corp. and LG Household & Health Care Ltd., basking in the global K-beauty boom, reaped handsome profits in China, the world’s...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
S.Korea breaks into World Bank's global logistics top 20 list for 1st time
South Korea’s logistics performance has ranked 17th in the world, marking its first entry into the top 20 nations, as assessed by the World Ba...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek to spend $1 bn to double Vietnam output capacity
South Korea’s LG Innotek Co., a major camera module supplier for Apple iPhones, is set to invest $1 billion in Vietnam to more than double its...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Blackpink to perform solo concert in Vietnam in July
K-pop Girl group Blackpink will hold additional performances of their world tour "BORN PINK" at My Dihn National Stadium in Vietnam on July 29-30, t...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Vestas to relocate Asia-Pacific HQ to Seoul in September
Denmark-based Vestas, the world's top wind turbine manufacturer, is set to move its Asia-Pacific regional headquarters from Singapore to South Korea...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem produces single-crystal cathodes; to raise $1.5 bn in bonds
LG Chem Ltd. has begun mass production of high-nickel cathode materials made with a single crystal structure for the first time in South Korea, whic...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Elec, SM to launch home fitness app in July
LG Electronics Inc. and SM Entertainment Co. will jointly launch next month a home fitness app nine months after the project was delayed in Septem...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG fuel rivalry in global hospitality TV market
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., two leading players in the global hospitality TV market, are extending their rivalry in the premium...
Jun 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI joins hands with VTX to enter Vietnam's helicopter market
Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) on Friday signed a preliminary agreement with Vietnam’s Viettel Aerospace Institute (VTX) to cooperate in...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung, LG, Sony vie for mixed-reality OLED display market
Samsung Display Co., LG Display Co. and Sony Corp. — the world’s three leading display panel makers — are ratcheting up efforts to...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Revuelto, Lamborghini's first PHEV, launched in S.Korean market
Italian supercar brand Automobili Lamborghini unveiled its first-ever plug-in hybrid (PHEV) super sports car, the "Revuelto," in South Korea on Frid...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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