Samsung Elec flags surprise Q3 profit; to reach 2-yr high on phones, Huawei

Samsung Elec flags surprise Q3 profit; to reach 2-yr high on phones, Huawei

Samsung Electronics Co.’s third-quarter profit likely jumped nearly 60% to its highest point in two years, smashing market expectations, thanks ...

Samsung beats TSMC to win new Qualcomm order to make mobile chips

Samsung beats TSMC to win new Qualcomm order to make mobile chips

Samsung Electronics Co. has clinched a deal with Qualcomm Technologies Inc. to manufacture 5G-capable mobile application processors designed for mid-r...

China’s CATL poised to overtake LG Chem as top EV battery maker

China’s CATL poised to overtake LG Chem as top EV battery maker

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

LS Electric develops battery temperature sensor for ESS

LS Electric develops battery temperature sensor for ESS

LS Electric Co., a South Korean electric power and automation equipment maker, has developed a battery cell temperature sensor (BTS) that can monitor ...

Samsung creeps up on Apple in US online smartphone sales

Samsung creeps up on Apple in US online smartphone sales

Samsung Electronics Co. has sharply narrowed its gap with Apple Inc. in the US online smartphone market during the second quarter of this year to arri...

Dust over Tesla settles; Morgan Stanley upgrades LG Chem to ‘overweight’

Dust over Tesla settles; Morgan Stanley upgrades LG Chem to ‘overweight’

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...

Tesla unveiling offers opportunity for Korean EV battery makers; shares down

Tesla unveiling offers opportunity for Korean EV battery makers; shares down

Tesla Inc.’s announcement that it will adopt a new battery technology to significantly improve an electric vehicle’s range and power shoul...

Global IBs scurry to win IPO mandates for LG Chem’s battery business spin-off

Global IBs scurry to win IPO mandates for LG Chem’s battery business spin-off

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

Tesla CEO's tweets allay concerns over EV battery supplies; LG Chem shares rise

Tesla CEO's tweets allay concerns over EV battery supplies; LG Chem shares rise

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’...

SK Innovation’s battery arm secures $258 mn in pre-IPO placement

SK Innovation’s battery arm secures $258 mn in pre-IPO placement

SK Innovation Co.’s wholly owned subsidiary SK IE Technology Co. (SK IET) is set to fetch 300 billion won ($257.6 million) in a pre-IPO placemen...

LG Chem says dual listing of battery subsidiary possible, rules out pre-IPO

LG Chem says dual listing of battery subsidiary possible, rules out pre-IPO

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 to launch battery affiliate Dec. 1; IPO under review

LG Chem to launch battery affiliate Dec. 1; IPO under review

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 to spin off battery business as wholly owned subsidiary

LG Chem to spin off battery business as wholly owned subsidiary

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 Chem flies lithium-sulfur battery-loaded aircraft into stratosphere

LG Chem flies lithium-sulfur battery-loaded aircraft into stratosphere

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...

Samsung to make new Qualcomm chips for 5G smartphones with 5nm technology

Samsung to make new Qualcomm chips for 5G smartphones with 5nm technology

Samsung Electronics Co. has secured a deal to manufacture Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s new mobile application processor for 5G smartphones, the ...

LG Chem flew lithium-sulfur battery-loaded aircraft into the stratosphere.

LG Chem flew lithium-sulfur battery-loaded aircraft into the stratosphere.

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...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics poised to benefit from Huawei’s troubles, rising demand for MLCCs

Samsung Electro-Mechanics poised to benefit from Huawei’s troubles, rising demand for MLCCs

South Korea’s Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. is likely to post better earnings in the coming quarters, benefiting from toughened US restrictions ...

Samsung wins $6.6 bn deal to supply 5G equipment to Verizon

Samsung wins $6.6 bn deal to supply 5G equipment to Verizon

Samsung Electronics Co. has clinched a 7.9 trillion won ($6.6 billion) deal to supply fifth-generation wireless communications solutions to Verizon Co...

Samsung to make Nvidia’s latest gaming chips in stepped-up foundry business

Samsung Electronics Co. will manufacture Nvidia Corp.’s latest gaming chips as the South Korean tech giant aims to expand its presence in the fo...

Samsung Life shares rally as governance issue looms on likely stake sale

Samsung Life shares rally as governance issue looms on likely stake sale

Shares of South Korea’s largest life insurer, Samsung Life Insurance Co., have rallied in recent sessions on expectations that the company will ...

Korean battery makers take charge in global EV market outperforming rivals

Korean battery makers take charge in global EV market outperforming rivals

South Korean battery makers LG Chem Ltd., Samsung SDI Co., and SK Innovation Co. are steaming ahead in the global electric vehicle market pulling in a...

Samsung pulls out of LCD panel market to bet on quantum dot OLED

Samsung pulls out of LCD panel market to bet on quantum dot OLED

Samsung Display Co. Ltd. has sold its LCD panel plant in China to China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) for $1.08 billion, withdrawing from the...

Korean retail investors attracted to US growth stocks, now 10th Tesla owners

Korean retail investors attracted to US growth stocks, now 10th Tesla owners

South Korean retail investors, who turn their eyes overseas for higher returns, are heavily buying into US growth stocks amid growing fears of tech st...

Korean manufacturers tangled in EV battery feud; Korean court rules in favor of LG Chem

Korean manufacturers tangled in EV battery feud; Korean court rules in favor of LG Chem

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...

Samsung, SK Hynix brace for chip price falls on upgrades

Samsung, SK Hynix brace for chip price falls on upgrades

Oversupply and higher inventories of memory chips have clouded the business outlook for chipmakers, including Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and SK Hyni...

Samsung, SK Hynix on toes as US tightens restrictions on Huawei

Samsung, SK Hynix on toes as US tightens restrictions on Huawei

Korean chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. are on guard as the US Department of Commerce toughens its restrictions on Chinese tech co...

Korea’s leading EV battery makers’ R&D spending hits record $1 bn in H1

South Korea’s three leading electric-vehicle (EV) battery makers are investing heavily in EV research & development projects to gain ground ...

Samsung ramps up foundry business as manufacturer of IBM's 7nm CPU

Samsung ramps up foundry business as manufacturer of IBM's 7nm CPU

Global electronics giant Samsung Electronics' foundry plant is set to manufacture IBM's POWER10 Processor -- the company's first 7-nanometer...

Korean EV battery makers' shares tumble on Morgan Stanley downgrade

Korean EV battery makers' shares tumble on Morgan Stanley downgrade

Shares of South Korea’s three leading electric-vehicle (EV) battery makers LG Chem Ltd, SK Innovation Co. and Samsung SDI Co. fell 5% on August ...

SK Lubricants up for sale as parent firm bulks up EV battery business

SK Lubricants up for sale as parent firm bulks up EV battery business

SK Innovation Co. Ltd., the single shareholder of SK Lubricants Co. Ltd., has put the lube base oil supplier up for sale as the parent company seeks n...

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