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POSCO Chemical Co. announced Thursday that it won 13.8 trillion won ($10.6 billion) worth of cathode orders from General Motors. The company, w...

South Korea’s DL Chemical Co., a unit of the petrochemical-to-construction conglomerate DL Group, said on Thursday it is spending 500 billion ...

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) Co. and Samsung Engineering Co. were selected as official partners of N...

The much-touted sale of a controlling stake in Iljin Materials Co., a leading South Korean battery materials maker, is flagging as big spenders are ...

POSCO Chemical Co., a unit of South Korea’s top steel maker, and UK electric vehicle startup Britishvolt Ltd. have signed an initial agreement...

K-pop sensation BTS’ decision to temporarily split up and launch solo careers was made known after a pre-recorded video came out Wednesday of ...

South Korea’s petrochemical companies are set to halt operations as the work stoppage by unionized truck drivers stretched into an eighth day ...

SEOUL—The U.S. and South Korea are responding to North Korea’s unprecedented number of missile tests this year with a greater show of ...

SK Gas Co., a South Korean major liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) provider, and Korean chemicals firm Lotte Chemical Corp. are slated to set up a joint...

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has raised its stake in affiliate Lotte Fine Chemical Co. amid speculation that the two companies may merge...

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is advancing into the electric vehicle battery market by forming a $200 million joint venture with US batte...

POSCO Chemical Co., South Korean steelmaker POSCO Group’s chemical and battery material unit, said on April 8 that it will issue green bonds w...

South Korean companies listed on the main bourse Kospi broke records in terms of annual sales, operating profit and net profit last year. Some eco...

South Korea’s manufacturing sector saw an unexpected revival during the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, 23 ...

South Korea’s SK Chemicals plans to invest more than 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in eco-friendly material and biopharmaceutical businesses.T...

South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. invested $55 million in US plastic waste recycling company PureCycle Technologies Inc. in a move to transform...

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. plans to develop a decomposable bioplastic material in seawater for production based on petrochemicals for ...

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is set to spend 602 billion won ($501.5 million) in building eco-friendly materials plants at one of its pe...

South Korea's HDC Hyundai Development Co. plans to raise more than 1 trillion won ($832 million) in funding backed by its real estate holdings as th...

Hyosung Group is stepping up efforts to turn into an eco-friendly business, announcing huge investment plans on hydrogen and renewable energy projec...

South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. said on Thursday it is forming a new joint venture with US top automaker General Motors Co. to produce cathod...

Hyundai Oilbank Co. and S-Oil Corp. are discussing changing their names to join other South Korean oil refiners, which recently underwent corporate ...

Lotte Chemical Corp. is seeking to acquire major stakes in a few specialty chemical companies in Japan as the South Korean company aims to expand it...

Hyundai Oilbank Co. is set to produce naphtha by injecting plastic waste pyrolysis oil into the process of refining crude oil, poised to become the ...

SK Chemicals Co., the top shareholder of South Korea's SK Bioscience Co., is not considering reducing its stake in the vaccine maker in the immediat...

Tesla Inc.’s shift to less expensive batteries for its electric vehicles is expected to shake the global battery industry.The world’s to...

When DL Chemical Co. announced its $2.5 billion acquisition of US chemical manufacturer Kraton Corp. on Monday, it left many people bewildered.The a...

DL Chemical Co., South Korea's leading petrochemical company, has acquired Texas-based specialty chemical manufacturer Kraton Corp. for $2.5 billion...

Shares of South Korean eco-friendly battery materials manufacturers have been soaring in September, with high expectations on big revenue jumps th...

Rising coal prices in China will likely benefit South Korean petrochemical companies such as Lotte Fine Chemical and Hanwha Solutions, by strengthen...