Solus aims to mass-produce copper foil in Canada from 2026

Solus Advanced Materials Co., a South Korean copper foil supplier to Tesla Inc., on Tuesday broke ground on its third overseas plant in Quebec, Cana...

China, beneficiary of Korea’s surging EV cell material exports

South Korea’s exports of cathodes for secondary batteries are surging with the booming electric vehicle industry, but the country’s trad...

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...

Kakao Mobility to collaborate with Indonesia on digital economy

South Korea's Kakao Mobility announced on Tuesday that it is discussing ways to collaborate on building the digital ecosystem with major platform co...

Hana Bank to enter digital asset custody sector with BitGo

South Korea's Hana Bank on Tuesday said it signed a strategic business agreement with BitGo, a Palo Alto, California-based global digital asset cust...

SK On’s prismatic battery push fares well: Vice chair

MUNICH -- SK On Co. is making good progress in developing prismatic battery cells, its Senior Vice Chairman Chey Jae-won said on Tuesday, five month...

CJ Foodville to invest $37 mn to build bakery plant in US

Tous les Jours, the bakery brand under South Korea's CJ Foodville, unveiled plans on Tuesday to invest over 50 billion won ($37 million) in its firs...

Samsung signs contract to supply camera modules to US EV company

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. has signed a contract to supply camera modules for vehicles to the US electric vehicle company. The company is believe...

Samsung trio premiere future mobility solutions at IAA Mobility 2023

MUNICH, GERMANY – The automotive electronics and parts-making units of Samsung Group are making a grand debut together at this year’s IA...

SK Ecoplant to supply fuel cells to Singapore data center

South Korea's SK Ecoplant will supply solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) for the power supply system of a data center to be built in Singapore by GDS, Ch...

Hyundai, Kia see US sales increase for 13th consecutive month

South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Corp. posted a record 13th consecutive month sales increase last ...

Samsung to apply GenAI to all home appliances from 2024

BERLIN, GERMANY - Samsung Electronics Co. from next year will incorporate generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into all home appliances and de...

Netmarble, Hana Financial team up for metaverse service

South Korean game company Netmarble Corp. announced on Monday that it will partner with Hana Financial Group to develop new financial experiences an...

CJ ENM launches domestic fashion brand of Barneys New York

CJ ENM Co., South Korea’s entertainment and e-commerce giant, has launched the domestic fashion brand Barneys New York, a luxury department st...

S.Korea's Posco International secures graphite in Africa

South Korea's POSCO International Corp. is broadening its footprint in Africa's secondary battery raw material sector, with plans to secure an annua...

Hyundai Motor unveils N brand’s first EV IONIQ 5 N

Hyundai Motor Co. on Monday announced the launch of its first-ever high-performance electric vehicle (EV) of its N brand, the IONIQ 5 N.The new EV b...

HD Hyundai posts big exports to Argentina, S.Arabia

South Korea's HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co. (HCE) on Sunday said it recently concluded deals to supply 73 machines including excavators and ...

Land use for SK Ecoplant's wind power venture in Canada approved

The green hydrogen Nujio’qonik project in Canada, a venture that South Korea's SK Ecoplant is taking part in, has secured approval to use go...

Corning stepping stone for Samsung's global leap: Chairman Lee

Their relationship dates back to 1973 when Samsung founder Lee Byung-chull and Amory Houghton Jr., then-chairman of Corning Inc., met to discuss a b...

Hyundai, LG to spend combined $7.6 bn to build EV, battery plants in US

Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Ltd. will spend a combined $7.59 billion to build electric vehicle and battery cell plants in Georgia, th...

Home & Shopping, Teleken signs business agreement

South Korea's TV and online shopping operator Home & Shopping Co. announced on Friday that it has signed a business agreement with the Japanese ...

Samsung Welstory unveils robots for company cafeterias

South Korean food and beverage company Samsung Welstory Inc. is forming a robotic process automation (RPA) ecosystem in the food service sector. In ...

Hanmi Semiconductor wins $31 mn order HBM equipment for SK Hynix

South Korean chip equipment company Hanmi Semiconductor Co. said on Friday that it has secured a 41.5 billion won ($31.4 million) deal with SK Hynix...

SK eyes $1 bn gains from Chinese copper foil firm exit

SK Inc. has embarked on the process to sell its 30% stake in Londian Wason Energy Tech, the owner of the world’s largest copper foil maker, in...

KAI inks deal with Airbus for production of 300 helicopters

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, and Airbus Helicopters SAS (AH) announced on Thursday that...

WEMIX listed on US virtual asset exchange Tapbit

South Korean game publisher WeMade Co. announced on Thursday that its cryptocurrency WEMIX will be listed on the US cryptocurrency exchange Tapbit.&...

Samsung Heavy to expand maritime business with CCS

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries announced on Thursday that it has secured Approval In Principle from a Norwegian classification so...

SK On unveils new material to improve EV battery capacity

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, has unveiled a new material to improve its competitiveness in the solid-stat...

Handok to import treatment for rare autoimmune disorder

South Korean pharmaceutical company Handok Inc. on Wednesday said it signed a deal with Dutch immunology specialist Argenx to sell the latter's Vyvg...

LG H&H's The Whoo unveils Cheongidan renewal line in Shanghai

LG H&H Co. announced on Thursday its strategy to focus on the Chinese market by unveiling a renewal version of "Cheongidan," the flagship produc...