EcoPro taps mines in the Americas to secure cathode materials: EcoPro CEO

EcoPro taps mines in the Americas to secure cathode materials: EcoPro CEO

EcoPro Group, South Korea’s leading battery materials producer, is mulling investments in mines in the Americas to source cathode materials, a...

Hyundai Heavy tops global 2-stroke engine production

Hyundai Heavy tops global 2-stroke engine production

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. became the world’s first shipbuilder to have marked 200 million brake horsepower (bhp) in cum...

POSCO Future M to spend $300 million on NCA cathode plant in Pohang

POSCO Future M to spend $300 million on NCA cathode plant in Pohang

South Korea's battery component maker POSCO Future M, formerly POSCO Chemical, on Tuesday said it will build its first plant solely for cathode mate...

S.Korea's brewery Seoul Jangsu forms marketing tie-up with fashion industry

S.Korea's brewery Seoul Jangsu forms marketing tie-up with fashion industry

With South Korea's traditional milky rice wine makgeolli seeing its second heyday centered on the 20- and 30-something crowds, marketing tie-ups tar...

Samsung Biologics to invest $1.5 bn for 5th CDMO factory

Samsung Biologics to invest $1.5 bn for 5th CDMO factory

Samsung Biologics Co. is slated to inject 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) to build its fifth plant in South Korea. It will be a fast follow-up investm...

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...

Hyundai Const. Equipment unveils new BI, slogan at CONEXPO 2023

Hyundai Const. Equipment unveils new BI, slogan at CONEXPO 2023

Hyundai Construction Equipment Co., a construction equipment subsidiary of HD Hyundai Co., announced on Thursday the release of its new brand identi...

Korea Ginseng Corporation opens new R&D center in California

Korea Ginseng Corporation opens new R&D center in California

Korea Ginseng Corporation (KGC), a leading producer of Korean ginseng products, said on Wednesday that it has opened a new research and development ...

LG Electronics showcases new products in Dubai

LG Electronics showcases new products in Dubai

LG Electronics Inc. held a two-day event in Dubai to unveil its latest products and solutions for the Middle East and African markets.The South Kore...

Daewoong wins approval for GERD treatment Fexuclu in Chile

Daewoong wins approval for GERD treatment Fexuclu in Chile

South Korean pharmaceutical company Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Tuesday that it has received marketing authorization from Chile's National ...

Hyundai to boost India presence via takeover of GM plant

Hyundai to boost India presence via takeover of GM plant

Hyundai Motor Co., the leading South Korean carmaker, is set to expand its presence in India with a takeover of General Motors Co.’s plant in ...

Hankook Tire halts fire-hit Korean plant, threatens a fifth of global capacity

Hankook Tire halts fire-hit Korean plant, threatens a fifth of global capacity

South Korea’s top tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. shut down a local production complex on Sunday due to a fire, stoking concerns ...

SK Networks renames its EV charger unit to SK Electlink

SK Networks renames its EV charger unit to SK Electlink

SK Networks Co., the general trading and rental arm of South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group, said on Monday that it has changed t...

GC Biopharma's licensed flu vaccine gets approval in Taiwan

GC Biopharma's licensed flu vaccine gets approval in Taiwan

South Korea's pharmaceutical firm GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Monday that its quadrivalent flu vaccine has received marketing approval from the ...

LG Elec to showcase eco-friendly cooling, heating solutions at ISH 2023

LG Elec to showcase eco-friendly cooling, heating solutions at ISH 2023

LG Electronics Inc. is aiming to expand its presence in the European air conditioning market with its high-efficiency heat pump cooling and heating ...

Pulmuone looks to enter US plant-based convenience food market

Pulmuone looks to enter US plant-based convenience food market

Pulmuone, a leading South Korean producer of plant-based foods such as tofu and bean sprouts, is trying to expand the K-food territory in the global...

Hyundai L&C targets China’s interior materials market

Hyundai L&C targets China’s interior materials market

Hyundai L&C, a South Korean building materials company under the Hyundai Department Store Group, said on Sunday that it has entered the Chinese ...

Dayou A-Tech completes building EV seat production facility

Dayou A-Tech completes building EV seat production facility

Dayou A-Tech Co., a South Korean car seat manufacturer under the Dayou Winia Group, announced on Thursday that it has built a seat production facili...

LG Energy, SK On to showcase LFP battery prototypes at InterBattery 2023

LG Energy, SK On to showcase LFP battery prototypes at InterBattery 2023

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK On Co. will showcase their lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery prototypes next week, as the two South Korean battery...

S.Korea's DB HiTek to split off fabless, bulk up foundry business

S.Korea's DB HiTek to split off fabless, bulk up foundry business

DB HiTek Co., a leading chipmaker in South Korea, said on March 7 it is set to split off its fabless unit by May 2 to ramp up its foundry business.D...

SK Plasma to build blood products plant in Indonesia

SK Plasma to build blood products plant in Indonesia

South Korea’s SK Plasma will build a blood products plant in Indonesia.Industry sources on Tuesday said the company recently received approval...

S.Korea to establish voluntary carbon credit exchange

S.Korea to establish voluntary carbon credit exchange

South Korea will introduce a voluntary carbon market (VCM) later this year, which is expected to broaden the scope of carbon credits and speed up ef...

S.Korea's LS Materials set to boost earnings ahead of IPO process

S.Korea's LS Materials set to boost earnings ahead of IPO process

LS Materials Co., a South Korean energy storage devices maker, is slated to ramp up earnings to accelerate its initial public offering process this ...

S.Korea's imports of Japanese beer in January hit $2 million

S.Korea's imports of Japanese beer in January hit $2 million

Japanese beer imports in January exceeded $2 million, the most since a bilateral row erupted in July 2019 after Japan imposed export restrictions on...

KTO promotes travel to Korea in ITB Berlin

KTO promotes travel to Korea in ITB Berlin

The Korea Tourism Organization announced on Monday its participation in ITB Berlin 2023, the world's largest tourism fair held in Berlin, Germany, f...

LG Electronics wins US air conditioning award for 7th year

LG Electronics wins US air conditioning award for 7th year

LG Electronics Inc. said on Monday that it has won a performance award from the Air-Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), a US...

Dongsuh Foods applies green certification package to products

Dongsuh Foods applies green certification package to products

South Korea's food processing company Dongsuh Foods Corporation announced on Monday the launch of new green technology-certified packaging.This gree...

Shilla Duty Free Shop selected as excellent partner by Changi Airport

Shilla Duty Free Shop selected as excellent partner by Changi Airport

The Shilla Duty Free Shop announced on Monday that it had received the Gold Award at the 2022 OneChangi App Awards held by Singapore's Changi Airpor...

S.Korea ranks fifth in global auto output for third straight year

S.Korea ranks fifth in global auto output for third straight year

South Korea’s auto production last year ranked fifth worldwide for the third year in a row.A report on world automotive output from the Korea ...

S.Korea's KGC to spur ginseng sales in China with state-run CR Group

S.Korea's KGC to spur ginseng sales in China with state-run CR Group

Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., is set to accelerate sales of its ginseng products across Chin...

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