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LG Chem Ltd. has developed the world's first 100% biodegradable material that can replace plastic as the company moves to take the lead in the global ...

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd., which has heavily invested in research and development projects, says it will retain its market lead over close riva...

SK Group and the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) may walk away with handsome gains from their joint investment of 360 billion won ($314 mil...

LG Chem Ltd.’s plan to spin off its promising battery business has won support from the world’s top proxy adviser Institutional Shareholde...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will step up investment in startups and environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed investment as it aims to ...

Leading proxy adviser Glass Lewis has recommended that LG Chem Ltd. investors vote to approve the company’s plan to split off its battery busine...

The Korean Teachers' Credit Union (KTCU) has secured returns nearly four times its $37.6 million investment in the US cloud-based platform provider El...

LG Electronics Inc. plans to release the world’s first roll-up TV later this month as the South Korean consumer electronics giant aims to enhanc...

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemical and electric vehicle battery maker, expects its quarterly revenue and operating profit to rise to a...

LG Electronics Inc. expects its operating profit to rise to a quarterly record in the July-September period thanks to solid growth in its television a...

Seo Jung-jin, founder and chairman of South Korea’s biosimilar maker Celltrion Group, said on Oct. 6 that he is in talks with a number of global...

Global competition for the world’s top spot for the manufacture of rechargeable batteries is getting fiercer as China is stepping up efforts to ...

South Korea’s largest travel platform Yanolja is planning to list on the domestic stock market in 2022, paving the way for Singapore’s GIC...

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. is an attractive stock with 27% upside potential on removal of uncertainty over its battery business spin-off and Tes...

Global investment banks are scrambling to win IPO mandates for LG Chem Ltd.’s battery business, which the South Korean company plans to hiv...

Shares of LG Chem Ltd. rebounded on Sept. 22 from their shaky performance in the past few sessions, buoyed by Tesla Inc. founder Elon Musk’...

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. may list its soon-to-be-launched battery subsidiary not just on the local bourse but also on overseas exchanges to ra...

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemicals maker, has endorsed a company plan to spin off its battery business as a standalone entity to stre...

LG Chem Ltd. will spin off its secondary battery business into a wholly owned subsidiary in a move to foster its automotive battery business, accordin...

LG Household & Health Care Ltd. was the most aggressive South Korean cosmetics firm in the cross-border M&A market between 2010 and 2019, with...

Hyundai Motor Co. has exported its fuel cell system to non-vehicle startups in Europe, expanding its hydrogen business beyond the automobile industry,...

LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its new smartphone LG Wing on Sept. 14 in an online event, the first product rolled out under the company’s Explore...

LG Chem Ltd. has completed a test flight of an unmanned plane in the stratosphere using its lithium-sulfur battery for the first time in South Korea.T...

LG Chem Ltd. has completed a test flight of an unmanned plane at the highest altitude using its lithium-sulfur battery for the first time in South Kor...

KB Financial Group's global venture capital fund, which raised 220 billion won ($185.6 million) last year, has wrapped up its investment of about 50 b...

South Korea’s largest internet portal Naver Corp. has committed 110.4 billion won ($93 million) to two Europe-focused startup funds since late l...

With a number of high-profile US startups in line for initial public offerings, investors in South Korean startups may be looking to Wall Street for c...

The Seoul Central District Court has upheld the validity of LG Chem Ltd.'s patent infringement case in the US against SK Innovation Co. in its fi...

Biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. has agreed to develop a tablet-type treatment for autoimmune diseases jointly with the UK biotech startup Intract Phar...

Hanwha Group may exercise its rights to operate more than 700 hydrogen fueling stations to be built across the US and Canada by US hydr...