SK, BlackRock team to bet on EV charging station maker

SK, BlackRock team to bet on EV charging station maker

  SK Inc., the holding company of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, has committed to invest $5 million in US electric vehicle charging stati...

SK Hynix posts record Q1 sales buoyed by Solidigm, may build another fab

SK Hynix posts record Q1 sales buoyed by Solidigm, may build another fab

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it is considering building another chip fabrication line after p...

Hyundai opens world's first UAM takeoff, landing area in UK

Hyundai opens world's first UAM takeoff, landing area in UK

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group has opened the world's first urban air mobility (UAM) takeoff and landing area in central England.Supernal LLC, Hy...

SeAH to supply steel pipes for LNG export base in Qatar via Samsung

SeAH to supply steel pipes for LNG export base in Qatar via Samsung

  SeAH Steel Corp., the largest steel pipe manufacturer in South Korea, signed a contract on April 25 to offer Samsung C&T Corp. its stain...

Doosan to supply key SMR equipment to US NuScale Power

Doosan to supply key SMR equipment to US NuScale Power

Doosan Enerbility Co., South Korea's major power plant builder, will participate in a nuclear power plant in the US as a key equipment supplier for ...

Korean drugmakers close to commercializing COVID-19 vaccine, pill

Korean drugmakers close to commercializing COVID-19 vaccine, pill

South Korea’s biopharmaceutical companies are close to commercializing a COVID-19 vaccine and treatment pill as they are on the brink of compl...

SK Ecoplant to build largest commercial data center in Korea

SK Ecoplant to build largest commercial data center in Korea

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co., formerly known as SK Engineering & Construction Co., is slated to develop the largest commercial data cen...

Hyundai Rotem to kick off liquid hydrogen fueling station project

Hyundai Rotem to kick off liquid hydrogen fueling station project

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korea’s railway system maker under Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday that it has won a demonstration project to b...

Hilton Seoul to transform into UAM landing area

Hilton Seoul to transform into UAM landing area

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) plans to build the country's first landing area for urban air mobility (U...

Warehouses pile financial burden on investment firms

Warehouses pile financial burden on investment firms

South Korea’s logistics centers are ramping up the financial pressure on real estate investment firms. Previously a favored property type, i...

SK's biotech bets step closer to commercialization

SK's biotech bets step closer to commercialization

Biotechnology startups in Europe, backed by South Korea's SK Inc., are speeding up their development of next-generation drug candidates by joining h...

Hyundai to build EVs at US plant; Electrified GV70 to roll out in Dec.

Hyundai to build EVs at US plant; Electrified GV70 to roll out in Dec.

NEW YORK – Hyundai Motor Co. is spending $300 million to add an electric vehicle production line to its manufacturing plant in Alabama as the ...

Kolon Life inks technology transfer deal with Juniper Biologics

Kolon Life inks technology transfer deal with Juniper Biologics

South Korea’s pharmaceutical company Kolon Life Science Inc. signed a technology export deal worth up to 723.4 billion won ($589.1 million) wi...

POSCO Chem breaks ground for battery material plant

POSCO Chem breaks ground for battery material plant

South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. started construction of a battery material plant in the country as a part of its plan to boost production cap...

KT to build media value chain with $4.1 bn content sales by 2025

KT to build media value chain with $4.1 bn content sales by 2025

KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, on Thursday unveiled an ambitious goal to become the country’s leading media and co...

POSCO, Hancock partner for low-carbon steel materials production

POSCO, Hancock partner for low-carbon steel materials production

South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO Co. and Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd, a leading Australian mining firm, are slated to collaborate in low-car...

LG Energy, Stellantis to build $4.1 billion battery plant in Canada

LG Energy, Stellantis to build $4.1 billion battery plant in Canada

The world’s second-largest battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. and multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. have agreed to build a $4.1 billi...

Lotte seeks first-mover advantage in senior market

Lotte seeks first-mover advantage in senior market

South Korea's Lotte Group will build a luxury residential town for retirees in Seoul by 2025 to plunge into the senior housing market.Lotte Hotels a...

SK Geo Centric invests $55 mn in US plastic waste recycling firm

SK Geo Centric invests $55 mn in US plastic waste recycling firm

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

POSCO to build largest solid electrolyte plant for batteries

POSCO to build largest solid electrolyte plant for batteries

POSCO Group, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, said on March 14 it has started construction on a solid electrolyte manufacturing facilit...

Hyundai Heavy targets $2.5 bn Saudi escort ships deal

Hyundai Heavy targets $2.5 bn Saudi escort ships deal

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. targets Saudi Arabia’s project for new escort ships worth up to $2.5 billion. The wo...

President-elect pledges to build S.Korea as 'pivotal' global power

President-elect pledges to build S.Korea as 'pivotal' global power

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol pledges to build South Korea into what he dubs a global 'pivotal' power that contributes to freedom, peace, and prospe...

AI startup InterMinds builds Smart Stores with conglomerates

AI startup InterMinds builds Smart Stores with conglomerates

Convenience stores are hotbeds for South Korean IT companies to test their artificial intelligence (AI) technology.That is because the establishment...

POSCO Chem, GM to build $400 mn battery material plant in Canada

POSCO Chem, GM to build $400 mn battery material plant in Canada

South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. and US top automaker General Motors Co. decided to build a battery material plant in Canada.POSCO Chemical an...

Hyundai, Iveco to cooperate on commercial vehicles

Hyundai, Iveco to cooperate on commercial vehicles

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, and Iveco Group NV, Italia's truck maker, have agreed to join hands on their commercial vehicl...

Hyundai accelerates electrification strategy, targets 7% of EV market

Hyundai accelerates electrification strategy, targets 7% of EV market

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group on Wednesday set out its vision to become a top-tier eco-friendly auto brand by accelerating i...

NPS picks Allspring, BlackRock, Morgan Stanley for multi-assets in Q4

NPS picks Allspring, BlackRock, Morgan Stanley for multi-assets in Q4

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said on Feb. 28 it hired Allspring Global Investments LLC, BlackRock Inc. and Morgan Stanley Investm...

Hanwha Defense secures land for K9 howitzer production in Australia

Hanwha Defense secures land for K9 howitzer production in Australia

Hanwha Defense Co. announced Wednesday it has secured a large property in Australia for building a production facility for the K9 Thunder self-prope...

US Novelis to build $53 mn aluminum recycle center in Korea

US Novelis to build $53 mn aluminum recycle center in Korea

Novelis Inc., the world’s top aluminum recycler, is set to invest $53 million in another recycling and casting center in South Korea to meet t...

Korean biotech startup signs license deal with US firm

Korean biotech startup signs license deal with US firm

South Korea's biotech startup Novelty Nobility Inc. has signed a global license agreement for its antibody treatment candidate with a US biopharmace...

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