Global folding screen market to explode as Samsung set to supply to China

Global folding screen market to explode as Samsung set to supply to China

Samsung Display Co., a leading South Korean display panel maker, will supply foldable displays to select smartphone makers in China amid industry fo...

SK, China’s Geely eye investment fund for hydrogen, eco-friendly business

SK, China’s Geely eye investment fund for hydrogen, eco-friendly business

South Korea’s SK Holdings Co. and China’s Geely Auto Group are looking to set up a joint fund designed to invest in hydrogen and other e...

SM Line eyes H2 IPO on Korean bourse, aims to expand US trade

SM Line eyes H2 IPO on Korean bourse, aims to expand US trade

South Korea’s SM Group, formerly known as Samla Midas Group, is pushing for an initial public offering of its merchant liner, SM Line Corp., o...

S.Korean chem firms hasten shift to bioplastics amid China's plastic ban

S.Korean chem firms hasten shift to bioplastics amid China's plastic ban

South Korea’s chemical industry is in crisis mode as China declares war on plastics, likely to deliver a heavy blow to Korean companies that b...

SK Innovation buys 13% stake in China’s EV battery-swap station operator

SK Innovation buys 13% stake in China’s EV battery-swap station operator

SK Innovation Co. has signed a deal to acquire a 13% stake in a Chinese electric vehicle battery-swap station operator, as the South Korean company ...

Hyundai inks deal to build first overseas hydrogen fuel cell plant in China

Hyundai inks deal to build first overseas hydrogen fuel cell plant in China

Hyundai Motor Co. has signed a contract to build its first overseas hydrogen fuel cell systems plant in China as the South Korean company aims to en...

SKC in talks to sell stake in PET film-making China unit

 SKC in talks to sell stake in PET film-making China unit

SKC Ltd. of South Korea’s SK Group is in negotiations to sell a stake in its polyester (PET) film unit in China, which it values at 150 billio...

Hyundai Motor to build first overseas hydrogen fuel cell plant in China

Hyundai Motor to build first overseas hydrogen fuel cell plant in China

Hyundai Motor Co. will build its first overseas hydrogen fuel cell systems plant in China as the South Korean company aims to enter the world’...

Hyundai-Daewoo shipbuilding merger wins China approval, awaiting EU

Hyundai-Daewoo shipbuilding merger wins China approval, awaiting EU

China has granted unconditional approval of the world’s largest shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Group’s acquisition of hometown riv...

SK Innovation partners with EVE to launch third battery plant in China

SK Innovation partners with EVE to launch third battery plant in China

South Korea-based SK Innovation Co. has entered into a joint venture with Chinese battery maker EVE Energy Co. to set up a third battery plant in Ch...

LG Chem to power Wuxi plant with renewable energy bought from China

LG Chem to power Wuxi plant with renewable energy bought from China

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. says it will power its battery component plant in China with renewable energy as part of its goal to be carbon neutral by...

Seoul shares tipped to benefit from global indices' China exclusions

Seoul shares tipped to benefit from global indices' China exclusions

Global index providers' recent decisions to remove Chinese companies from their benchmarks are expected to draw additional global and institutional ...

Korea’s KIP eyes Europe, China VC fund launches in 2021

Korea’s KIP eyes Europe, China VC fund launches in 2021

Korea Investment Partners Co. (KIP), South Korea’s largest venture capital firm, is aiming to launch two overseas investment funds next year &...

MBK looks to exit China’s Apex Logistics for $1 bn

MBK looks to exit China’s Apex Logistics for $1 bn

MBK Partners has begun the process to sell Apex Logistics, China’s leading air freight company, for about 10 times the amount of its investmen...

S.Korean games, entertainment eye China return after 3-year ban

S.Korean games, entertainment eye China return after 3-year ban

South Korea's game and entertainment companies saw their share prices surge on rising expectations of a return to the Chinese market after a Korea...

MBK buys $228 mn stake in China’s No. 1 car rental firm

MBK buys $228 mn stake in China’s No. 1 car rental firm

MBK Partners has now become the second-largest shareholder in both of China’s two biggest rental car companies after purchasing a 20.86% stake...

Mirae Asset wins lawsuit against China’s Anbang over $5.8 bn US hotel deal

Mirae Asset wins lawsuit against China’s Anbang over $5.8 bn US hotel deal

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. will be able to recover a $580 million deposit it paid to Anbang Insurance Group for a $5.8 billion deal to buy 1...

LG Chem, China’s CATL neck and neck in race for top battery player’s spot

LG Chem, China’s CATL neck and neck in race for top battery player’s spot

Global competition for the world’s top spot for the manufacture of electric-vehicle batteries is getting fiercer as major players in South Kor...

LG to hive off trading, four other units into new group

 LG to hive off trading, four other units into new group

South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group will split off its trading arm LG International Corp. and four other non-core units into a ...

SK Innovation opens 2nd China battery plant, eyes world’s top 3 spot

SK Innovation opens 2nd China battery plant, eyes world’s top 3 spot

SK Innovation Co. has begun operating its second electric vehicle battery plant in China as the South Korean company expands its presence in the wor...

LG Group ex-chair eyes spin-off of trading, logistics units

LG Group ex-chair eyes spin-off of trading, logistics units

LG Group’s ex-Vice Chairman and senior advisor Koo Bon-joon is in talks to take the trading arm LG International Corp. and other non-core units ...

S.Korea, Japan ink first free trade deal via 15-country trade bloc

S.Korea, Japan ink first free trade deal via 15-country trade bloc

South Korea joined the world’s biggest free trade regime on Nov. 15 by signing a mulilateral FTA pact that covers 15 countries in the Asia-Pacif...

Hyundai Motor eyes entry into China’s hydrogen truck market, signs MOU

Hyundai Motor eyes entry into China’s hydrogen truck market, signs MOU

Hyundai Motor Co. has signed two initial agreements with several Chinese companies toward establishing business platforms for hydrogen trucks in China...

Hyundai Corp to rival China's CRCC in bid for $18 bn Ukrainian infra deal

Hyundai Corp to rival China's CRCC in bid for $18 bn Ukrainian infra deal

South Korea’s trading company Hyundai Corporation will face China’s Railway Construction Corporate (CRCC) in a bid to secure an $18 billio...

Why Korea struggles to manage the US, China

Why Korea struggles to manage the US, China

As the United States and China fight like proverbial whales in the ocean, middle power dolphins like South Korea must strategize to avoid being crushe...

US-China tensions push S. Korea to find middle way

US-China tensions push S. Korea to find middle way

The US and China trade disputes are unlikely to fade, whoever wins the Nov. 3 US presidential election, and South Korea needs to find a middle way bet...

China’s CATL poised to overtake LG Chem as top EV battery maker

China’s CATL poised to overtake LG Chem as top EV battery maker

Global competition for the world’s top spot for the manufacture of rechargeable batteries is getting fiercer as China is stepping up efforts to ...

Korean chipmakers rewrite China business strategy amid US trade ban

Korean chipmakers rewrite China business strategy amid US trade ban

South Korean chipmakers and display manufacturers will lose a major client in China when US trade sanctions targeting the technology giant Huawei Tech...

Korean airlines zoom in on China routes, target transit passengers

Korean airlines zoom in on China routes, target transit passengers

South Korean airlines are buckling down to resume flights to and from China to satisfy the demands of Korean businesspeople and overseas resident...

Online portal Naver steps up Europe startup investment against US, China

Online portal Naver steps up Europe startup investment against US, China

South Korea’s largest internet portal Naver Corp. has committed 110.4 billion won ($93 million) to two Europe-focused startup funds since late l...

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