Korea steps up pressure on private sector to ease inflation

Korea steps up pressure on private sector to ease inflation

South Korea is intensifying pressure on the private sector to curb inflation by forcing companies such as food and beverage makers not to raise prod...

NJ certifies Taihan Cable as major power grid supplier

NJ certifies Taihan Cable as major power grid supplier

South Korean fiber optic cable manufacturer Taihan Cable & Solution Co. on Thursday said it has been certified as a major power grid supplier by...

SK Hynix may block Kioxia-Western Digital merger

SK Hynix may block Kioxia-Western Digital merger

South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix Inc. is rumored to be frowning on the integration of Japan’s Kioxia Holdings Corp. with US-based Weste...

LG Innotek gains int'l licensor status for EV charging tech

LG Innotek gains int'l licensor status for EV charging tech

South Korean electronic parts maker LG Innotek has received global recognition for its international standard patents for electric vehicle (EV) char...

HiteJinro to build first overseas soju plant in Vietnam

HiteJinro to build first overseas soju plant in Vietnam

South Korea's leading soju maker HiteJinro Co. on Monday unveiled its plan to build a plant in Vietnam. HiteJinro Singapore confirmed a lease a...

Korea game makers lure more female users with Hello Kitty

Korea game makers lure more female users with Hello Kitty

South Korean game developers have teamed up with Hello Kitty and other fictional characters of Japanese entertainment company Sanrio Co. to lure mor...

Dongwon F&B to accelerate global push with StarKist

Dongwon F&B to accelerate global push with StarKist

COLOGNE, Germany – Dongwon F&B Co., South Korea’s largest canned tuna manufacturer, will break away from its domestic sales-focused ...

CJ CheilJedang to sell off its Brazilian soybean crusher

CJ CheilJedang to sell off its Brazilian soybean crusher

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. said Tuesday it will sell its full ownership in Brazilian soybean crusher CJ Selecta S.A., or a 66% sta...

KT&G faces another legal battle with Korean activist fund

KT&G faces another legal battle with Korean activist fund

Singapore-based private equity firm Flashlight Capital Partners Pte. said Monday that it has filed court injunctions against KT&G Corp., beginni...

Daedong wins $52 mn engine order from Doosan Bobcat

Daedong wins $52 mn engine order from Doosan Bobcat

South Korea’s No. 1 agricultural machinery maker Daedong Corp. will supply multicylinder diesel engines to Doosan Bobcat Inc. for five years, ...

SK On named to Fortune’s Change the World list

SK On named to Fortune’s Change the World list

South Korea’s electric vehicle (EV) battery maker SK On is among innovative companies that have changed the world according to Fortune, a le...

Korean lab-grown diamond maker KDT to build plant in India

Korean lab-grown diamond maker KDT to build plant in India

South Korea’s sole lab-grown diamond producer KDT Diamond Co. will build its first overseas production facility in India by early next year to...

Samsung set to keep supremacy in low power DRAM with game changer

Samsung set to keep supremacy in low power DRAM with game changer

South Korea’s No. 1 memory chip maker Samsung Electronics Co., also the world’s top player, is set to further break away from the pack w...

LG Chem, Huayou to build LFP cathode plant in Morocco

LG Chem, Huayou to build LFP cathode plant in Morocco

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. said on Sunday it will build a lithium phosphate iron (LFP) cathode materials plant in Morocco in partnership with ...

LG Energy may partner with JSW to make EV batteries in India

LG Energy may partner with JSW to make EV batteries in India

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s largest battery makers, is in talks with Indian steel-to-energy conglomerate J...

Samsung may use Qualcomm’s new AP for next Galaxy top model

Samsung may use Qualcomm’s new AP for next Galaxy top model

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, may use Qualcomm Inc.’s new application processor (AP) for the top-end model ...

Samsung SDI gets top int'l grade for zero-waste landfills

Samsung SDI gets top int'l grade for zero-waste landfills

South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. on Wednesday said all of its domestic business sites received the highest grade of Platinum in the Zero Waste to...

Hankook Tire cuts more jobs as it struggles to recover from fire

Hankook Tire cuts more jobs as it struggles to recover from fire

South Korea’s largest tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. plans to cut more jobs through a voluntary retirement scheme as the company...

SK becomes top shareholder of US contract drug maker CBM

SK becomes top shareholder of US contract drug maker CBM

SK Pharmteco Co., a South Korean contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), said on Wednesday it has secured management rights of t...

Seoul Semiconductor secures key EV LED patents

Seoul Semiconductor secures key EV LED patents

Seoul Semiconductor Co., the world’s No. 3 light-emitting diode (LED) maker, has secured key patents for LEDs to be used in electric vehicles ...

Lotte Energy Materials to build copper foil plant in US for EV makers

Lotte Energy Materials to build copper foil plant in US for EV makers

Lotte Energy Materials Corp., one of South Korea’s leading battery materials makers, plans to build a copper foil plant in the US to meet grow...

Samsung hikes memory chip prices on depleting client inventories

Samsung hikes memory chip prices on depleting client inventories

There are signs of a memory chip market recovery, particularly in the mobile DRAM chip segment, although demand for personal computer chips remains ...

Doosan Robotics aims to draw $256 mn in IPO subscriptions

Doosan Robotics aims to draw $256 mn in IPO subscriptions

South Korea’s Doosan Robotics Inc. aims to attract an estimated 340.2 billion won ($255.8 million) in the initial public offering bookbuilding...

Snack maker Orion earns dividends from Vietnam for 1st time

Snack maker Orion earns dividends from Vietnam for 1st time

South Korea’s confectionery and snack manufacturer Orion Corp. collected dividends from its Vietnamese unit for the first time as the company ...

Korea's National Geographic Apparel steps up push into China

Korea's National Geographic Apparel steps up push into China

South Korean fashion company The Nature Holdings Co. is set to expand the presence of its outdoor clothing brand National Geographic Apparel in Chin...

SK Nexilis inks $1.5 bn copper foil deal with Envision AESC

SK Nexilis inks $1.5 bn copper foil deal with Envision AESC

SK Nexilis Co. has signed a 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) contract to supply copper foil, a core material in electric vehicle cells, to Chinese seco...

Hyundai Mobis eyes over 30% growth in Europe through 2030

Hyundai Mobis eyes over 30% growth in Europe through 2030

MUNICH, GERMANY – Hyundai Mobis Co., an auto part-making unit of Hyundai Motor Group, is targeting average annual sales growth of 30% in Europ...

LG Elec to fend off challengers with tech supremacy: H&A Head Ryu   

LG Elec to fend off challengers with tech supremacy: H&A Head Ryu   

LG Electronics Inc., the South Korean home appliance giant that is also the world’s No. 1 home electronics seller, is sure it can hold its mar...

Hanwha Q Cells brings forward US solar module production

Hanwha Q Cells brings forward US solar module production

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group, brought forward operations of a US pla...

S.Korea’s Coreline Soft teams up with HCK of Switzerland

S.Korea’s Coreline Soft teams up with HCK of Switzerland

South Korea's Coreline Soft, a maker of artificial intelligence (AI)-based imaging diagnostic materials, on Wednesday said it will sell its chest di...

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