S.Korea's iNtRON launches halal test kit to target Middle Eastern market

S.Korea's iNtRON launches halal test kit to target Middle Eastern market

South Korean biotech firm iNtRON Biotechnology Inc. is focusing on the Middle Eastern market with the introduction of its "LiliF Halal Real-time PCR...

S.Korean stocks at 8-month high as foreigners chase Samsung

S.Korean stocks at 8-month high as foreigners chase Samsung

South Korean stocks hit an eight-month high on Monday as foreign investors continued to chase Samsung Electronics Co., the country’s most valu...

Verismo's CAR-T therapy designated fast-track status by FDA

Verismo's CAR-T therapy designated fast-track status by FDA

Verismo Therapeutics, a US affiliate of South Korean pharmaceutical firm HLB Co., has received fast-track designation from the US Food and Drug Admi...

HLB Cell develops organoid biomaterial based on human normal cells

HLB Cell develops organoid biomaterial based on human normal cells

HLB Cell, a subsidiary of HLB Life Science Co., which specializes in the development of cell therapy products, announced on April 4 that it succeede...

Lotte Biologics, Excellgene to collaborate on CDO biz

Lotte Biologics, Excellgene to collaborate on CDO biz

Lotte Biologics, South Korea's biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) company, announced on Sunday that it has...

Doosan Mobility Innovation, MIT to develop hydrogen motorcycle

Doosan Mobility Innovation, MIT to develop hydrogen motorcycle

South Korea's Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI), a hydrogen fuel cell-making subsidiary of Doosan Corp., on Thursday announced a partnership with the...

Korea’s LG Elec, POSCO Future M receive GM supplier awards

Korea’s LG Elec, POSCO Future M receive GM supplier awards

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. and POSCO Future M said on Sunday that they won annual supplier awards from US top automaker General Motors ...

Hanwha to build solar cell components plant in Georgia

Hanwha to build solar cell components plant in Georgia

South Korea’s Hanwha Advanced Materials Corp. will spend $147 million to build a solar panel components plant in the US state of Georgia, acco...

US affiliate of Korea's cell therapy company NK Max eyes NYSE listing in 3Q

US affiliate of Korea's cell therapy company NK Max eyes NYSE listing in 3Q

NKGen Biotech, the US affiliate of South Korea's natural killer (NK) cell therapy developer NK Max, on Friday said it signed a letter of intent (LOI) ...

Hyundai Motor, Kia develop ultra-high-temp hydrogen fuel cells with US firm

Hyundai Motor, Kia develop ultra-high-temp hydrogen fuel cells with US firm

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. has joined forces with Advent Technologies, an American maker of membrane electrode assemblies (MEA), a key componen...

Doosan Fuel Cell teams up with Kolon Global for hydrogen fuel cell

Doosan Fuel Cell teams up with  Kolon Global for hydrogen fuel cell

South Korean fuel cell manufacturer Doosan Fuel Cell, and Kolon Global Corp., a South Korean company that specializes in the production of industria...

SK Ecoplant Americas completes fuel cell project at US hospitals

SK Ecoplant Americas completes fuel cell project at US hospitals

SK Ecoplant Americas has completed a project to supply and install solid oxide fuel cells at US hospitals in collaboration with Bloom Energy. The pr...

OCI to expand polysilicon line, buy back shares to boost corporate value

OCI to expand polysilicon line, buy back shares to boost corporate value

OCI Co., a leading South Korean chemical and green energy company, plans to significantly increase the size of its upcoming share buyback and cancel...

Korea EV cell makers unveil new products to expand market

Korea EV cell makers unveil new products to expand market

South Korea’s electric vehicle battery makers on Wednesday unveiled prototypes of new products, especially lithium iron phosphate (LFP) models...

Kolon Industries showcases hydrogen fuel cell materials at Tokyo Expo

Kolon Industries showcases hydrogen fuel cell materials at Tokyo Expo

Kolon Industries Inc., a Korean manufacturer of chemical and textile products, said on Wednesday that it was exhibiting its hydrogen fuel cell parts...

Hanwha Q Cells jumps into distributed energy biz with forecast service

Hanwha Q Cells jumps into distributed energy biz with forecast service

Hanwha Q Cells, the Q Cells division of Hanwha Solutions Corp., said on Wednesday that it had started a renewable energy generation forecast service...

Samsung SDI, GM to build $3.8 bn EV battery plant in US

Samsung SDI, GM to build $3.8 bn EV battery plant in US

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s No. 6 electric vehicle battery maker, is set to build a plant in the US with General Motors Co., spending about 5...

Korea's ST Pharm completes new R&D hub for gene therapy

Korea's ST Pharm completes new R&D hub for gene therapy

ST Pharm Co., a South Korean drug raw material-producing subsidiary of Dong-A Socio Holdings, said on Friday that it has finished building an R&...

Cha Biotech sells eye-cell technology to Japan's Astellas for $32 mn

Cha Biotech sells eye-cell technology to Japan's Astellas for $32 mn

Cha Biotech, a South Korean biotechnology company, said on Thursday that it agreed to sell its technology for developing eye-cell therapies to Astel...

SK Ecoplant's Singaporean affiliate, Thailand's No. 2 conglomerate to develop green power

SK Ecoplant's Singaporean affiliate, Thailand's No. 2 conglomerate to develop green power

Singapore's TES, an electronic waste management specialist and subsidiary of South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co., will jointly pursue the development of e...

S.Korea's ETRI creates software for faster 5G using small cells

S.Korea's ETRI creates software for faster 5G using small cells

The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), a non-profit government-funded research institute in South Korea, said on Tuesday ...

Will CATL’s bargain sales hurt Korean EV battery makers?

Will CATL’s bargain sales hurt Korean EV battery makers?

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), the leading global electric vehicle battery manufacturer, has started a price war in the w...

Korea's Hanwha Q Cells halts litigation against Chinese module maker

Korea's Hanwha Q Cells halts litigation against Chinese module maker

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, has signed a contract to transfer technology licenses to Chinese s...

Ford EV production halt casts doubts over SK cell quality

Ford EV production halt casts doubts over SK cell quality

Ford Motor Co. said on Tuesday it has stopped production and shipments of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck due to a possible battery issue,...

POSCO ties up with Aussie firm on US EV cell mineral project

POSCO ties up with Aussie firm on US EV cell mineral project

South Korea’s POSCO Group has joined hands with an Australian company to work on an electric vehicle battery material project in the US as it ...

HLB’s Rivoceranib, Hengrui's Camrelizumab approved as combination therapy in China

HLB’s Rivoceranib, Hengrui's Camrelizumab approved as combination therapy in China

South Korea's HLB Co. announced on Thursday that the combination therapy of its drug candidate rivoceranib and Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., ...

Korea EV cell materials firms race for silicon anode market

Korea EV cell materials firms race for silicon anode market

South Korea’s secondary battery ingredient makers are rushing to develop silicon anode materials, next-generation core substances that signifi...

GC Cell's AB-101 NK therapy achieves FDA fast-track status

GC Cell's AB-101 NK therapy achieves FDA fast-track status

South Korea's bio firm GC Cell announced on Wednesday that its US affiliate Artiva Biotherapeutics has received fast-track designation from the US F...

POSCO Chem, Samsung SDI ink $33 bn EV battery material deal

POSCO Chem, Samsung SDI ink $33 bn EV battery material deal

POSCO Chemical Co., a battery material unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., and Samsung SDI Co., the world’s No. 6 ele...

Hanwha Solutions, Microsoft sign solar energy partnership in US

Hanwha Solutions, Microsoft sign solar energy partnership in US

Hanwha Solutions Corp., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, said on Thursday it has formed a strategi...

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