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Aerospace & Defense
South Korea arms exports triple; rises to 8th-largest exporter
South Korea has become the world’s eighth-largest arms exporter, with its exports rising threefold – the fastest pace among the wo...
Jul 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec. celebrates world's first shipment of 3-nanometer chips
Samsung Electronics Co. held a ceremony on Monday to celebrate its first shipment of 3-nanometer semiconductor chips, notching its lead in the race ...
Jul 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Korean smartphone parts makers' stocks rebound in July
South Korea’s smartphone parts makers' shares are showing signs of a rebound following a steady decline since early this year. China’s s...
Jul 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea's Hyundai Mobis bolsters its own chipmaking capabilities
Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s largest auto parts maker, is aiming to produce the majority of its automotive semiconductors with its own tec...
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Energy to double Ford battery pack production line in Poland
LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK Innovation Co., and other South Korean companies are poised to strengthen their business ties with Michigan-based Ford M...
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI targets to sell 1,000 units of FA-50 light attack aircraft worth $30 billion
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, is seeking to sell 1,000 units of the FA-50 light combat a...
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI to build new battery plant in Malaysia by 2025
South Korea’s battery manufacturer Samsung SDI Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony for Plant 2 to make cylindrical batteries in Seremban, Mal...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea's domestic jet fighter KF-21 completes first flight test
KF-21 Boramae, South Korea’s first advanced supersonic jet fighter, successfully completed its first flight test on Tuesday more than six year...
Jul 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Yellen calls for trade overhaul to diversify from China
SEOUL—Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for a reorientation of the world’s trading practices in the wake of Russia’s invasion...
Jul 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK E&S to invest $25 mn in turquoise hydrogen firm Monolith
SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Monday it is set to invest $25 million in US turquoise hydrog...
Jul 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung develops world’s fastest graphics DRAM chip
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled a sample of the industry’s fastest graphics DRAM, designed to significantly advance the graphics ...
Jul 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean firms eye alternative assets for safer investments, survey finds
South Korean corporates are increasingly eyeing alternative assets seeking downside protection amid interest rate hikes and equity and bond price dr...
Jul 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SD Biosensor seeks more M&As, to build diagnostic kit plant in US
SD Biosensor Inc., the world's largest COVID-19 test kit seller, is seeking additional merger and acquisition targets in the US following its recent...
Jul 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKC breaks ground on Europe’s largest copper foil plant in Poland
SKC Ltd., the chemical materials unit of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, said on Friday it has begun construction of a 900 billion ...
Jul 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy surrenders No. 2 EV battery position to BYD
LG Energy Solution Ltd., South Korea’s leading battery maker, gave up its second-largest position in the global electric vehicle cell market...
Jul 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung's 3 nm chip narrows microchip gap with TSMC
Samsung Electronics Co. has kicked off mass production of 3-nanometer chips based on the industry’s smallest process node as a global first, a...
Jun 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung nears 3-nano chip mass production ahead of TSMC
Samsung Electronics Co. is close to mass producing 3-nanometer chips based on a next-generation ultramicro fabrication process as a global first and...
Jun 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Doosan Infracore to develop hydrogen engines for commercial use
Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co., a South Korean construction equipment company, said on June 26 that it will start a state-run project to develop hydro...
Jun 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI inks $6.6 bn deal for 60% of elecfoil needs
Samsung SDI Co., South Korea’s major battery maker, inked a $6.6 billion contract to secure 60% of its needs for elecfoil, an ingredient for c...
Jun 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis’ smart cabin: Healthcare center on the move
Many traffic accidents are caused by drowsy driving, fatigue or the driver’s abnormal health conditions.Automakers around the world have str...
Jun 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
[ASK 2022] Tailored strategies outperform in European credit market: Arrow Global
As a leading European private credit asset manager, Arrow Global operates its own servicing platforms that most accurately fit E...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Hyundai Mobis CEO runs for ISO president as first Korean candidate
Hyundai Mobis Co. CEO Cho Sung-hwan has registered as a candidate for the next presidential election of the International Organization for Standar...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec looks to pluck AI talent from Amazon, Microsoft
LG Electronics Inc.’s artificial intelligence head Lee Hyun-chul flew to Seattle this week to lure AI talent from Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.c...
Jun 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO to treble natural gas production in Australia by 2025
South Korea’s POSCO International Co. plans to more than treble the natural gas production from the two gas fields of its newly-acquired Austr...
Jun 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Elon Musk’s mother Maye named Ceragem's global ambassador
Maye Musk, the mother of Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk, has been named the global ambassador for South Korea’s Ceragem Co., a manufacturer of therm...
Jun 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display to raise $1 billion to ramp up OLED module line in Vietnam
LG Display Co., a major South Korean display panel maker, said on Wednesday it is raising $1 billion in new funding from global banks to expand its ...
Jun 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea webtoon startup Kenaz acquired by hedge fund
South Korea’s leading webtoon production startup Kenaz was taken over by a domestic hedge fund as it aims to reduce dependence on major platfo...
Jun 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Bioepis’ SB12 shows same clinical effects as Alexion’s Soliris
Samsung Bioepis Co., a biopharmaceutical unit of Samsung Group, said its SB12, a proposed biosimilar to Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s rare bl...
Jun 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to invest $451 mn in mass production of Tesla’s 4680 battery cells
LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced Monday it will invest 580 billion won ($451 million) to manufacture battery cells for Austin-based Tesla, Inc.The ...
Jun 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Mirae Asset Securities develops world's first virtual trading system
Mirae Asset Securities Co. announced Thursday it has developed the prototype for the world’s first virtual trading system (VTS,) which allows ...
Jun 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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