CJ dreams to build new kingdom in US with massive investment

CJ dreams to build new kingdom in US with massive investment

CJ Group, a major South Korean conglomerate with a wide range of businesses spanning everything from food to bio, livestock feed, logistics, enterta...

SKIET secures $300 mn green loan from IFC

 SKIET secures $300 mn green loan from IFC

SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), a global top lithium-ion battery separator (LiBS) player under South Korea’s energy and battery maker SK Innovat...

SK On wins $909 mn from BlackRock, QIA, MBK consortium

SK On wins $909 mn from BlackRock, QIA, MBK consortium

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, has confirmed it will receive a 1.2 trillion won ($908.7 million) investment for a minorit...

Korea’s L&F to build $609 mn EV battery precursor plant

Korea’s L&F to build $609 mn EV battery precursor plant

L&F Co., a major South Korean electric vehicle battery material maker, is set to spend up to 800 billion won ($608.8 million) on a factory in ...

S.Korea's UAM group to develop tourism transportation on southern coast

S.Korea's UAM group to develop tourism transportation on southern coast

Urban air transportation (UAM) in South Korea will open a tourism road on the country's southern coast, which is dubbed "the nation's Mediterranean ...

Korean biodiesel firm Dansuk sets sights on battery recycling business

Korean biodiesel firm Dansuk sets sights on battery recycling business

KUNSAN, North Jeolla Province – Dansuk Industrial Co., a South Korean fine chemical company, has for decades produced polyvinyl chloride (PVC)...

Funds from West to emerging Asia power S.Korean stocks

Funds from West to emerging Asia power S.Korean stocks

Foreigners reported a record purchase of South Korean shares despite a global economic slowdown, as money moved from the US and Europe into emerging...

Samsung, SK Hynix face collateral damage from Micron chip ban

Samsung, SK Hynix face collateral damage from Micron chip ban

South Korea’s two major chipmakers — Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. — are feeling the heat as they are dragged further ...

Korea's SK E&S plans $14 bn joint investment in hydrogen biz

Korea's SK E&S plans $14 bn joint investment in hydrogen biz

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. is poised to spend 18.5 trillion won ($13.9 billion) with partners by 2025 to set up a hydrogen industry value ch...

SK C&C to develop solution to prevent recycling fraud

SK C&C to develop solution to prevent recycling fraud

SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, on Thursday said it is developing a system for t...

LG Energy Solution secures lithium concentrate in N.America

LG Energy Solution secures lithium concentrate in N.America

South Korea's battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Friday that it has signed a lithium concentrate supply contract with Australian c...

SK Ecoplant to join Canada's $4.5 bn green hydrogen project

SK Ecoplant to join Canada's $4.5 bn green hydrogen project

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. on Wednesday signed an agreement to join the first-stage, $4.5 billion construction of green hydrogen and ammoni...

S.Korea, Canada to bolster key minerals supply partnership

S.Korea, Canada to bolster key minerals supply partnership

South Korea and Canada will make close cooperation to strengthen their supply chains of critical minerals such as uranium and nickel, key materials ...

SK Hynix seeks to raise $373 million as chip recovery looms large

SK Hynix seeks to raise $373 million as chip recovery looms large

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is seeking to raise as much as 500 billion won ($373 million) in bank loans to sec...

SK Telecom develops quantum cryptography-based VPN

SK Telecom develops quantum cryptography-based VPN

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Wednesday that has completed the development of quantum key distribution (QKD) technology-based virtual pr...

SK, Hana Financial groups to jointly develop credit rating model

SK, Hana Financial groups to jointly develop credit rating model

South Korea’s SK Group and Hana Financial Group are jointly developing a next-generation credit rating model for the financially disadvantaged...

LG Chem aims higher for battery materials with diverse portfolio

LG Chem aims higher for battery materials with diverse portfolio

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. on Tuesday revised up its 2030 sales goal for battery materials by 45% after it delivered stronger-than-expected re...

Canada’s Trudeau to visit Seoul as LG-Stellantis battery JV suspended

Canada’s Trudeau to visit Seoul as LG-Stellantis battery JV suspended

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. have stopped construction at a $ 4 billion electric vehicle ...

SK Chemicals, Comex jointly develop eco-friendly food storage containers

SK Chemicals, Comex jointly develop eco-friendly food storage containers

South Korea's SK Chemicals announced on Monday the launch of "Eco Clear," an airtight container developed in collaboration with Comex Industrial Co....

SK Geo Centric to attend event hosted by French president

SK Geo Centric to attend event hosted by French president

South Korea’s recycling specialist SK Geo Centric on Monday said its CEO Na Kyung-soo will attend the next day the Choose France summit at the...

Hyundai to invest $2.45 bn in India, eyes spot in global EV top 3

Hyundai to invest $2.45 bn in India, eyes spot in global EV top 3

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will invest 200 billion rupees ($2.45 billion) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu over the next d...

Lotte Chemical projects recovery in Q2 after 4th consecutive loss in Q1

Lotte Chemical projects recovery in Q2 after 4th consecutive loss in Q1

Lotte Chemical Corp. suffered its fourth consecutive operating loss in the first quarter due to a prolonged petrochemical slowdown amid the global e...

SK Chemicals to show eco-friendly cosmetic containers in China

SK Chemicals to show eco-friendly cosmetic containers in China

South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. will participate in the China Beauty Expo 2023, hold in Shanghai, China, from May 12 for three days. This event is ...

US eyes new rules for Samsung, SK to bring chip machines to China

US eyes new rules for Samsung, SK to bring chip machines to China

The US government is considering establishing new rules for South Korea’s chipmakers to import advanced equipment to China to upgrade their fa...

SK Telecom to further develop AI, its growth driver in Q1

SK Telecom to further develop AI, its growth driver in Q1

SK Telecom Co. beat market expectations for its first-quarter earnings thanks to its robust non-telecom businesses and vowed to continue to bolster ...

SK Telecom launches Seoul, LA tours in metaverse

SK Telecom launches Seoul, LA tours in metaverse

SK Telecom Co., South Korea's top mobile carrier, said Monday it has created a virtual space of tourist attractions on its metaverse platform Ifland...

SK Bioscience to produce MSD’s new Ebola vaccine candidate

SK Bioscience to produce MSD’s new Ebola vaccine candidate

SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Monday that it has signed a contract with MSD, a global pharma...

SK Ecoplant to build waste EV battery recycling plant in China

SK Ecoplant to build waste EV battery recycling plant in China

South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. will build a recycling facility for electric vehicle (EV) waste batteries in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, ...

SK Innovation’s battery sales at record high, production yield improved

SK Innovation’s battery sales at record high, production yield improved

SK Innovation Co. said on Thursday its battery affiliate SK On Co. posted record quarterly sales following a facility ramp-up in the US to meet risi...

LS Group opens LS Dream Center in Hanoi for Korean-Vietnamese families

LS Group opens LS Dream Center in Hanoi for Korean-Vietnamese families

South Korea's LS Group said on Thursday that it has partnered with a domestic non-government organization (NGO) Cooperation and Participation in Ove...

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