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Batteries
SK On to spend $352 million to mass produce solid-state batteries by 2028
South Korean battery maker SK On Co. said on Monday it will spend 470 billion won ($352 million) to begin mass production in 2028 of solid-state bat...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom invests $11 mn in AI startup Scatter Lab
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday a strategic partnership with Scatter Lab, the creator of the AI agent "Luda Lee," following a 15 bi...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro sets sights on Europe with $286 million cathode plant in Hungary
South Korea’s EcoPro Co., a leading battery materials maker, has begun construction of a 380 billion won ($286 million) cathode plant in Hunga...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung faces $303 mn jury verdict in memory patent lawsuit in US
Samsung Electronics Co. lost a semiconductor patent infringement lawsuit filed in the US. The South Korean company received a jury verdict to pay ab...
Apr 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Russian fresh pollock imported for first time at Donghae Port
As Korean cod, which had been considered everyone's fish, has virtually disappeared, Russian fresh pollock has finally become available to Kor...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai ties up with LG, SK for $5.3 bn US EV cell plants
Hyundai Motor Group, the leading South Korean automaker, has joined hands with LG Energy Solution Ltd. and its smaller rival SK On Co. to build elec...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Glenwood files $40 mn arbitration claim against Baring PEA
Glenwood Private Equity has filed an arbitration claim of about 50 billion won ($40 million) against Baring Private Equity Asia (Baring PEA), after ...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
POSCO, three telcos to build communication systems against disasters
South Korean steel giant POSCO said on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with three domestic telecommunications companie...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung Heavy forms int'l consortium to make nuclear plants at sea
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Denmark's Seaborg Technologies on Friday announced their...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire to cut workforce at fire-hit Daejeon plant
Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s largest tire maker, will cut its workforce at the fire-hit production complex in Daejeon thro...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG bonds
POSCO Future M to issue $226 mn Korean green bonds
South Korea's battery component maker POSCO Future M Co. (formerly POSCO Chemical) announced on Friday that it will issue 300 billion won ($226 mill...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
S.Korean gov't unveils $424 mn strategy to boost software, AI industries
South Korean government has announced plans to invest about 563 billion won ($424 million) in bolstering the domestic software and artificial intell...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea to inject $15 bn in rechargeable battery sector by 2030
South Korea will invest 20 trillion won ($15.1 billion) in the rechargeable battery sector by 2030 to widen its technology gap with global competito...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung’s Lee likely to meet Apple, Google, MS CEOs during US trip
Samsung Group leader Lee Jae-yong will meet with chief executives of leading US companies, including Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook and Google LL...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea sees boom in domestic demand for zero-sugar soju
A "zero-sugar" craze has emerged on the South Korean market for the country's traditional alcoholic drink soju. Lotte Chilsung Beverage said its die...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO mulls $3.3 bn investment in industrial cluster by 2033
South Korean steel giant POSCO Group said on Wednesday it will consider investing 4.4 trillion won ($3.3 billion) in the state-run industrial comple...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor seeks remedies after GV70 exclusion from US subsidies
Hyundai Motor Co. is seeking various ways to make its electric vehicles sold in the US qualify for tax credits after its Electrified GV70 was denied...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lotte Biologics to invest additional $48 mn in US plant
South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. held a plaque ceremony on Monday to commemorate the acquisition of a pharmaceutical production plant from Br...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Orion’s Turtle Chips launches in Vietnam, India
South Korea's confectionary giant Orion Corp. is launching its popular snack "Kkobuk Chip" in Vietnam and India. Orion announced on Monday that it h...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Krafton, Naver Z to establish metaverse joint company
Krafton Inc., a leading game developer in South Korea, is establishing a joint company for a metaverse platform business with Naver Z Corp., a metav...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korean mobile game’s spending, downloads fall last year
South Korea's mobile game market experienced a decline in 2022, with both downloads and spending decreasing, according to a report by data analytics...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
GS Group's petrochem equipment unit eyes up to $154 mn via pre-IPO
GS Entec Corp., a South Korean equipment maker for petrochemical and power plants, is set to raise 150 billion to 200 billion won ($115 million-$154...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea plans to make digital platform gov't based on large-scale AI
South Korean government is pursuing various measures to nurture talent as a way to secure national competitiveness in the AI industry as represented...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea’s Musinsa sees sales grow 54% in 2022 to $537 mn
South Korea’s online fashion platform Musinsa saw sales last year surge over 50% to break the 700 billion won ($537.7 million) mark, though op...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea’s EcoPro BM seeks to raise $385 mn through convertible bond sale
South Korea’s leading battery materials maker EcoPro BM Co. sought to raise up to 500 billion won ($385 million) through a convertible bond fo...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korean supreme court upholds $800 mn fine against Qualcomm
South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday reaffirmed the country’s largest-ever penalty of 1.03 trillion won ($800 million) imposed on Qua...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE wins order $171 mn for two crude oil carriers
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a shipbuilding intermediate holding company of South Korea's HD Hyundai Group, announced on Th...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea fines Google $32 mn for squashing local rival
South Korea’s antitrust body on Tuesday fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC and its regional arms 42.1 billion won ($32 million) for allege...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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