S.Korea’s petrochemical players boost plastic container recycling

S.Korea’s petrochemical players boost plastic container recycling

South Korea's major petrochemical companies have entered the sector for 100% recycled plastic containers through cooperation with food and cosmetics...

Retail investors test EcoPro’s upside as Korea’s GameStop

Retail investors test EcoPro’s upside as Korea’s GameStop

Shares of EcoPro Co., a South Korean battery materials maker, have skyrocketed this year, rising 848% year to date to break above the 1 million won ...

Korea’s NPS bets on more local semiconductor stocks in Q2

Korea’s NPS bets on more local semiconductor stocks in Q2

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund with 975.6 trillion won ($754.2 billion) in assets under...

KHNP participates in Australian green cement project

KHNP participates in Australian green cement project

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) will participate in the South Australia green cement transition project, which aims to produce green hydr...

Korea chip exports to rebound in Oct; car, cell exports to stay firm

Korea chip exports to rebound in Oct; car, cell exports to stay firm

South Korea expected overseas sales of semiconductors, the country’s top export item, to rebound from October while the auto, secondary batter...

Korea revives nuclear power for its 2024-2038 energy plan

Korea revives nuclear power for its 2024-2038 energy plan

South Korea is slated to bring forward action steps on its power supply plan for the 2024-2038 period, with a possibility to review building more nu...

S.Korea to launch K-Ricebelt project in Africa

S.Korea to launch K-Ricebelt project in Africa

South Korea has launched an official development assistance (ODA) project for a "K-Ricebelt" to produce rice for 30 million people every year in Afr...

Kia scouts ex-Stellantis executive Pierre-Martin Bos as PBV director

Kia scouts ex-Stellantis executive Pierre-Martin Bos as PBV director

Kia Corp. has brought a former Stellantis N.V.’s commercial vehicle specialist on board for its purpose-built vehicle (PBV) business in Europe...

S.Korea’s imports of LFP cathode reverses to growth after 8 years

S.Korea’s imports of LFP cathode reverses to growth after 8 years

South Korea's imports of cathode materials used to make lithium ferrophosphate (LFP) batteries in the first five months of this year rose for the fi...

S.Korea’s SKC seeks to sell fine ceramic business for $307 mn

S.Korea’s SKC seeks to sell fine ceramic business for $307 mn

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, is seeking to sell its fine ceramic business for an estimated 400 billion won ($307 million) as the unit o...

Hyundai Steel to open carbon-neutral steel lab by 2023

Hyundai Steel to open carbon-neutral steel lab by 2023

Hyundai Steel Co., a unit under South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Group, is set to kick off research on hydrogen-based steelmaking as its new la...

LG Electronics to offer energy-saving services in US

LG Electronics to offer energy-saving services in US

South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. is set to bring its auto demand response (DR) service to the US, utilizing its smart home platform, LG ThinQ, the ...

Hyundai Engineering to enter EV charging maintenance, service market

Hyundai Engineering to enter EV charging maintenance, service market

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of Hyundai Motor Group, unveiled its ambitious plans on Mon...

Korea tops US eco-friendly car import rankings despite IRA disadvantage

Korea tops US eco-friendly car import rankings despite IRA disadvantage

South Korea retained its top spot in exports of eco-friendly vehicles including electric cars to the US in the first quarter despite challenges pose...

Hyundai Motor chairman visits Intel, seeking stable supply of chips

Hyundai Motor chairman visits Intel, seeking stable supply of chips

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun toured Intel Corp.’s Leixlip Campus in County Kildare, Ireland last week to check out the latest tec...

Hyundai Transys wins Red Dot Design Award

Hyundai Transys wins Red Dot Design Award

South Korean auto powertrain and seat maker Hyundai Transys announced on Monday that it has won the Winner prize at the "2023 Red Dot Design Award."...

Hyundai Motor breaks out of 3-year slump in China

Hyundai Motor breaks out of 3-year slump in China

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. has broken out of its slump in China, with its Chinese joint venture posting its first sales growth in four ye...

Genesis rewrites Hyundai story, shedding Honda copycat image

Genesis rewrites Hyundai story, shedding Honda copycat image

Once dismissed as a Honda copycat, Hyundai Motor Co. is poised to pass yet antother milestone, with its luxury brand Genesis on track to top 1 milli...

Korean startups feel bite of funding drought in H1

Korean startups feel bite of funding drought in H1

The drought in venture capital funding worsened in South Korea in the first half of this year, taking an especially heavy toll on platform and b...

POSCO Int'l to build 1.26 mn tons of green hydrogen infrastructure by 2035

POSCO Int'l to build 1.26 mn tons of green hydrogen infrastructure by 2035

South Korea's largest trading company POSCO International revealed on Friday its strategy to establish a green hydrogen supply infrastructure with...

Korea logs current account surplus in May on brisk sales of goods

Korea logs current account surplus in May on brisk sales of goods

South Korea’s current account swung to the black in May from a deficit the prior month, thanks to a surplus in the goods account for the secon...

HD Hyundai Infracore to develop hydrogen gas turbine engine

HD Hyundai Infracore to develop hydrogen gas turbine engine

HD Hyundai Infracore Co., a construction equipment unit of South Korea’s HD Hyundai Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with...

LG Energy triples lithium orders from SQM for US benefits

LG Energy triples lithium orders from SQM for US benefits

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, agreed to nearly triple lithium procurement from Sociedad ...

POSCO gears up for big stride as green materials firm with Hyper NO

POSCO gears up for big stride as green materials firm with Hyper NO

South Korea’s steel pioneer POSCO under POSCO Holdings Inc. is preparing to take another big stride as an eco-friendly materials provider with...

Samsung Electronics creates $216 bn social wealth in 2022

Samsung Electronics creates $216 bn social wealth in 2022

Samsung Electronics Co. created 281.4 trillion won ($216 billion) worth of social wealth in 2022, meaning it distributed that amount of wealth to ot...

KB Financial pursues glocalization in Southeast Asia

KB Financial pursues glocalization in Southeast Asia

KB Financial Group Chairman and Chief Executive Yoon Jong-kyoo brought up “glocalization” as a key strategy for its global expansion at ...

Hyundai-LG’s Indonesia battery financing chosen as Asia deal of 2022

Hyundai-LG’s Indonesia battery financing chosen as Asia deal of 2022

The $711 million financing organized by Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. last year for their battery joint venture in Indonesia has bee...

Kumho Tire signs official sponsorship deal with AC Milan

Kumho Tire signs official sponsorship deal with AC Milan

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. has signed a sponsorship agreement as the official tire partner with the prestigious Italian football club AC Milan.Kum...

S.Korea’s contents export size surpasses home appliances, textiles

S.Korea’s contents export size surpasses home appliances, textiles

South Korea's contents export size recorded $13.3 billion last year, surpassing the export values of home appliances ($8 billion) and textile produc...

Hyundai Wia completes flying drone interception test

Hyundai Wia completes flying drone interception test

Hyundai Wia Corp., an auto parts and defense unit of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Thursday that the first shooting trial of its anti-drone syst...

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