Hyundai, SK to build $1.9 bn EV battery plant in US

Hyundai, SK to build $1.9 bn EV battery plant in US

Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, and SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer, will b...

SK expands sustainable food biz with $7.5 mn US investment

SK expands sustainable food biz with $7.5 mn US investment

SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has expanded its sustainable food business by investing in a US-bas...

SK On, EcoPro, China’s GEM to build battery materials plant in Indonesia

SK On, EcoPro, China’s GEM to build battery materials plant in Indonesia

SK On Co., a South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, has joined forces with two energy materials companies to build a nickel intermediate ...

JW Pharmaceutical relocates US research center from Seattle to Boston

JW Pharmaceutical relocates US research center from Seattle to Boston

JW Pharmaceutical announced on Wednesday that it has relocated its US research center to Boston from San Diego. JW Theriac was first establishe...

Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, Stretch, Spot to take on Tesla Bot

Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, Stretch, Spot to take on Tesla Bot

The idea of robots not just taking over menial tasks and tough jobs at logistics centers but also working as personal secretaries or in autonomous d...

Mezzion Pharma to try again for US FDA approval of drug

Mezzion Pharma to try again for US FDA approval of drug

South Korea's Mezzion Pharma will seek to get the oral medicine Udenafil to treat side effects from heart surgery, planning to clinical trials in th...

LG Chem to build $3.2 billion US cathode plant in Tennessee

LG Chem to build $3.2 billion US cathode plant in Tennessee

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Tuesday it is building a $3.2 billion cathode plant in Tennessee, its first facto...

Celltrion wins trial against Regeneron for US patent lawsuit over biosimilar

Celltrion wins trial against Regeneron for US patent lawsuit over biosimilar

South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced Friday that it won its first trial against New York-based biotech giant Regeneron Ph...

BKT thrives as lone Korean wastewater treatment provider in US

BKT thrives as lone Korean wastewater treatment provider in US

South Korean water treatment provider Bukang Tech(BKT) on Wednesday said it earned a contract to build a wastewater treatment facility in the US sta...

South Korea's economic bodies urge revision of US Inflation Reduction Act

South Korea's economic bodies urge revision of US Inflation Reduction Act

Six leading economic organizations in South Korea have sent a joint letter to the US government and Congress requesting revision of the US Inflation...

Korea's NPS to get partial tax refund on US real estate sales

Korea's NPS to get partial tax refund on US real estate sales

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is set to receive a tax refund of 30 billion won ($22.4 million) from the US Internal Revenue Ser...

South Korea's DL E&C wins 1st petrochemical plant order in US

South Korea's DL E&C wins 1st petrochemical plant order in US

South Korean construction company DL E&C has landed its first contract to build a petrochemical plant in the US.The company on Thursday said it ...

Korea, US to work on Busan-Seattle green cargo shipping corridor

Korea, US to work on Busan-Seattle green cargo shipping corridor

South Korea and the US are looking to create a green cargo shipping corridor linking the port of Busan with the ports of Seattle and Tacoma as part ...

US extends antitrust review of Korean Air-Asiana merger

US extends antitrust review of Korean Air-Asiana merger

The US competition authority extended its review of the proposed merger between South Korea’s two largest airlines to check if the deal hurts ...

Galaxy Watches gauge body indicators at level of specialized medical devices

Galaxy Watches gauge body indicators at level of specialized medical devices

The Galaxy Watch series of Samsung Electronics can gauge major indicators of human health with similar accuracy as that of professional medical devi...

South Korean burger franchise Lotteria looks to the US for expansion

South Korean burger franchise Lotteria looks to the US for expansion

South Korea’s fast food franchise Lotteria is planning to enter the United States, home to the world’s best-known burger franchises.&nbs...

Korea won sees best day in nearly 14 yrs, may be climbing from bottom

Korea won sees best day in nearly 14 yrs, may be climbing from bottom

The South Korean won currency on Friday reported the largest daily gain in almost 14 years as lower-than-expected US inflation data bolstered expect...

LG Energy Solution diversifies supply chains to respond to US IRA

LG Energy Solution diversifies supply chains to respond to US IRA

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has made a preemptive response to the Inflation Reduction Act of the US by securing the supply of lithium carbonate, a key m...

SK Biopharma's epilepsy treatment posts impressive growth in US

SK Biopharma's epilepsy treatment posts impressive growth in US

South Korean SK Biopharmaceuticals' epilepsy treatment Cenobamate has seen rapid growth on the US market.The company on Thursday said the medic...

KT to invest $2 million in US voice biomarker developer

KT to invest $2 million in US voice biomarker developer

KT Corp., a South Korean telecommunications giant, plans to invest $2 million in Sonde Health Inc., a US voice biomarker developer, to enhance the c...

US water treatment juggernaut Culligan eyes Chungho Nais stake

US water treatment juggernaut Culligan eyes Chungho Nais stake

Culligan, the biggest water treatment company in the United States, is set to become a major shareholder in South Korean water purifier rental firm ...

NCSOFT invests $15 million in blockchain company Mysten Labs

NCSOFT invests $15 million in blockchain company Mysten Labs

NCSOFT Corp., which announced early this year plans to install non-fungible token (NFT) technology in the global version of its online role-playing ...

Korea won hits 2-month high on US election, China hopes

Korea won hits 2-month high on US election, China hopes

The South Korean won on Wednesday hit a two-month high on expectations that a victory by the Republicans in the US midterm elections may slow the Fe...

SK On to buy battery material lithium hydroxide from Chile's SQM

SK On to buy battery material lithium hydroxide from Chile's SQM

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric battery maker, said on Sunday it signed a deal on Nov. 4 to purchase lithium hydroxide, a key ba...

S.Korea's LS Cable to become KT Submarine's largest shareholder

S.Korea's LS Cable to become KT Submarine's largest shareholder

South Korea’s leading cable manufacturer LS Cable & System Ltd. is poised to become the largest shareholder of undersea cable construction...

Korea, Hyundai Motor request 3-year reprieve on US EV tax credit law

Korea, Hyundai Motor request 3-year reprieve on US EV tax credit law

The South Korean government and the country’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. have requested the US government give Korean carmakers a three-y...

Hyundai Heavy to invest $30 million in TerraPower for SMR business

Hyundai Heavy to invest $30 million in TerraPower for SMR business

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group said on Friday it has signed a deal to invest $30 million in TerraPower, a US nuclear power ventu...

Hyundai Oilbank extends US fuel export deal with Sunoco

Hyundai Oilbank extends US fuel export deal with Sunoco

Hyundai Oilbank Co. extended a deal with US independent fuel distributor Sunoco LP to export petroleum products to Hawaii as the South Korean refine...

BOK may raise rates by 50 bps again on Fed, inflation

BOK may raise rates by 50 bps again on Fed, inflation

South Korea’s central bank may increase interest rates by 50 basis points again as the US Federal Reserve continued to aggressively tighten mo...

Hyundai, Kia post record hybrid vehicle sales in US in October

Hyundai, Kia post record hybrid vehicle sales in US in October

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., which are gradually increasing their presence in the US market, saw their hybrid vehicle sales reach an all-time hi...

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