Special Project 2
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Batteries
Kia to begin EV battery subscription service pilot project
South Korea's Kia Corp. said on Tuesday it has partnered with Hyundai Capital Services, Shinhan EZ General Insurance, the Seoul Taxi Association, Ha...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE bags $2.3 bn in vessel orders, achieves 90% of 2023 target
South Korea’s biggest shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) has recently bagged over 3 trillion won ($2.3...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Hyundai Rotem wins $917 mn Australian electric train project
Hyundai Rotem, a South Korean railway system maker under Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday that it had won a major contract in Australia alongside...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea’s mattress maker Zinus launches premium product line
South Korean furniture and mattress maker Zinus Inc., an affiliate of Hyundai Department Store Group, has started a premium mattress line.The compan...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Telecom invests $100 mn in American UAM developer
South Korea's SK Telecom.Co has invested $100 million (131.6 billion won) in Joby Aviation, a Santa Cruz, California-based developer of urban air ...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Display to dump entire stake in LCD equipment maker
South Korea’s Samsung Display Co. is set to sell its stake in a domestic liquid crystal display equipment maker as the unit of global tech gia...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air to use bio-jet fuel on international flights
Korean Air Lines Co. announced on Thursday that it will start operating bio-jet fuel flights in partnership with GS Caltex Corp., marking the first ...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Kakao Healthcare to build metaverse healthcare platform
Kakao Healthcare, a digital healthcare platform unit of South Korea's Kakao, announced on Wednesday that it has been selected as the final operato...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
POSCO’s Choi traverses Canada, US to pitch for battery material projects
Choi Jeong-woo, chairman of South Korea’s largest steel group POSCO, is crisscrossing Canada and the US to meet with politicians and business ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KOTRA hosts ESG cooperation project in Baubau, Indonesia
Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Wednesday that it conducts an "Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Cooperation P...
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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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea to inject more than $2.3 bn in quantum science, tech by 2035
South Korea will pour more than 3 trillion won ($2.3 billion) into quantum science and technology by 2035, aiming to become the world’s fourth...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO Int'l, CIP tie up for Korean offshore wind project
POSCO International, the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., has joined hands with C...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s KHNP wins project for tritium removal plant in Romania
State-backed Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has won a €200 million order to build a tritium removal facility (TRF) at a nuclear pow...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KOGAS, Vietnamese firms to jointly undertake major infra projects
South Korea's state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) has announced a partnership with Vietnamese firms, kickstarting a major infrastructure project follo...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
BlueOval SK secures $9.2 bn loan from US Department of Energy
BlueOval SK, the battery production joint venture between SK On Co. and Ford Motor Co., has provisionally secured up to $9.2 billion in policy suppo...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
LegoChem Bio receives FDA approval for phase 1,2 trials of LCB84
South Korean pharmaceutical firm LegoChem Biosciences Inc. announced on Thursday that it has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administrat...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Nike to open its 3rd Jordan World of Flight store in Seoul
Nike Inc. is set to open its Jordan World of Flight in Seoul, a store dedicated to Jordan brand streetwear and sports shoes, on Wednesday. It will b...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
POSCO-led consortium signs 47-yr Oman green hydrogen project
A consortium led by POSCO Holdings Inc. and Samsung Engineering Co. has signed a 47-year contract with Oman worth an estimated $7 billion-$8 billion...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
SK supports memorial monument honoring Korean War figures
South Korea's SK Group announced on Thursday its support for the construction of a memorial monument honoring the late Colonel William E. Weber and ...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea has just 1.2% of world's corporate unicorns: study
Among 10 major economies worldwide, South Korea's global share of unicorn companies, or startups with a corporate value of over $1 billion, has shru...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO, CNGR to build $1.2 bn battery materials plants in Korea
South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Group and China’s CNGR Advanced Material Co. have agreed to spend 1.5 trillion won ($1.2 billion) on sec...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Seoul to build world's largest startup campus by 2030
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will establish the world’s largest startup campus in the capital city of South Korea by 2030, benchmarking S...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor Way: New strategy to accelerate EV push
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group on Tuesday set out its vision to become a top-tier eco-friendly auto brand by accelerating its...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affirma Capital’s Korean MD Thomas Shim promoted to partner
Global private equity firm Affirma Capital has promoted Seoul-based Managing Director Min Hyun (Thomas) Shim to partner, investment banking sources ...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Samsung C&T wins order $585 mn construction project in Taiwan
The construction division of South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. on Monday said it landed an order for the Fubon Aozihdi Development Project from Ta...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea-Iraq Joint Committee resumes operations after six years
A joint committee between South Korea and Iraq will be held again after a six-year hiatus.The government plans to help Korean companies win large pr...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung launches collaborative product with illustrator Max Dalton
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it has unveiled a special edition of Bespoke Jet Bot AI, collaborative with illustrator Max Dalton,...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Huons’ 2% lidocaine gets approval from FDA
South Korean pharmaceutical firm, Huons Co., announced on Monday that it has secured another significant regulatory milestone in the US with the Foo...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems joins C-130H airplane modification project
Hanwha Systems Co. announced on Monday that it has been awarded a second contract by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration for the South Ko...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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