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Batteries
LG Chem, LG Energy acquire 2.6% of battery startup Li-Cycle for $51 million
South Korea’s top chemical manufacturer LG Chem Ltd. and its battery affiliate LG Energy Solution Ltd. have acquired a combined 2.6% stake in ...
Dec 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Games
Values from games should be widely used in reality, says CCP Games CEO
The play-to-earn (P2E) model is not a new concept in the gaming industry and will be more important in the long term, global online gaming company C...
Dec 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to adopt Siemens' digital factory technology
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. plans to adopt Siemens AG's smart factory technology to accelerate the digitization of its battery manufacturi...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG unveils multimodal ‘supergiant AI’ with unprecedented parameters
LG Corp.'s artificial intelligence research institute unveiled what it dubs a “supergiant AI” on Tuesday.The big reveal was for EXAONE, ...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Will LG Energy’s IPO overcharge?
The world’s second-largest electric-vehicle battery maker, LG Chem-owned LG Energy, is hoping a separate listing will give the ...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO CEO says split-off units will never be listed
POSCO Group Chairman and Chief Executive Choi Jeong-woo on Monday reaffirmed the group's determination not to list on the stock market the steelmaki...
Dec 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Elec expands global auto electronics market share
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is raising its market share in the global automotive electronics industry with the company’s audio, vi...
Dec 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Energy unveils IPO price band for Korea’s largest listing
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. has set an initial public offering price band for the largest-ever initial listing in the country next...
Dec 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung reshuffles three major CEOs, combines mobile and consumer electronics units
Samsung Electronics Co., in a surprise move, has merged its mobile and consumer electronics businesses into a single unit, and replaced chief execut...
Dec 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Halla’s autonomous driving unit HL Klemove eyes $3.4 bn sales by 2030
Halla Group’s newly-launched autonomous driving solutions subsidiary HL Klemove targets 4 trillion won ($3.4 billion) in revenue by 2030 by ac...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
KRX approves preliminary review of LG Energy IPO
The Korea Exchange (KRX) on Nov. 30 approved a preliminary review of LG Energy Solution Ltd.’s listing, paving the way for one of the largest-...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Mental health app Spring Health emerges amid pandemic
Spring Health, a US-based mental health care provider, has emerged stronger in the prolonged pandemic era, with the five-year-old startup valued at ...
Nov 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
IONIQ 7 to beome home on wheels with LG appliances
Hyundai Motor Co.’s IONIQ 7, its new all-electric sport utility vehicle to be launched in 2024, will be equipped with the home appliances of L...
Nov 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Koo Ja-eun takes helm of Korea’s cable, machinery conglomerate LS Group
Koo Ja-eun, chairman of South Korea’s LS Mtron Co., a machinery and components maker, will lead the country’s 14th-largest conglomerate ...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to secure $1.36 bn to raise US battery output
LG Energy Solution Ltd. is set to secure $1.36 billion to expand US battery output capacity, joining the fundraising race among South Korean battery...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
KakaoPay chief tapped as co-CEO in Kakao management shakeup
Young-joon Ryu and Min-soo Yeo, slated as Kakao Corp. co-CEOs come March Korea’s largest mobile messenger provider Kakao Corp. is slated ...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Electronics names strategy chief as new CEO
South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday appointed its strategy chief Cho Joo-wan as the company's new chief executive officer, in a major resh...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Energy to list end-January with enterprise value up to $67 billion
LG Energy Solution Ltd. will list its shares on the main bourse around the end of January, valuing the top South Korean battery maker between 70 tri...
Nov 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung likely to announce US foundry investment plan this week
Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to announce an investment plan for its second US-based semiconductor foundry plant this week. As the South Kor...
Nov 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
LG Elec brings GeForce Now games to smart TVs
LG Electronics Inc., the global home appliance giant, will now enable gamers to enjoy Nvidia Corp.’s game streaming service GeForce Now on the...
Nov 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
LG Chem, GS Caltex to produce biodegradable plastic material
South Korea’s top petrochemical maker LG Chem Ltd. and the No. 2 refiner GS Caltex Corp. have agreed to jointly produce a biodegradable plasti...
Nov 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Oilbank to make naphtha from plastic waste
Hyundai Oilbank Co. is set to produce naphtha by injecting plastic waste pyrolysis oil into the process of refining crude oil, poised to become the ...
Nov 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Jay Y. Lee meets Verizon CEO and Moderna co-founder
Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee has met with biopharmaceutical conglomerate Moderna’s co-founder and telecommunications g...
Nov 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Millennial tapped to head online giant Naver
Naver Corp. has chosen Choi Soo-yeon, 40, to lead the top online platform in South Korea, in the 22-year-old company's most dramatic top management ...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Chem's rise from brickworks to EV materials leader
POHANG, South Korea - When POSCO Chemical Co., better known as a refractory brick manufacturer until the early 1990s, announced its entry into the a...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG to expand medical equipment business with pain-relieving device
LG Electronics Inc. is expanding its business scope to the medical equipment sector with a plan to unveil a pain-relieving device in an effort to ga...
Nov 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2021] European NPL market growth creates investment opportunities
Global asset managers will see great opportunities in the European non-performing loan market amid challenges facing the EU banking industry, such...
Nov 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai mulls reentry into Japan with EVs, FCEVs
Hyundai Motor Co. is considering a return to Japan with electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles after South Korea’s top carmaker r...
Nov 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution to supply batteries to US fuel cell truck maker Nikola
LG Energy Solution Ltd., a leading South Korean battery maker, has signed a deal to supply batteries to Nikola Corp., a US hydrogen fuel cell electr...
Nov 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
SK Chem says no immediate plan to sell SK Bioscience stake
SK Chemicals Co., the top shareholder of South Korea's SK Bioscience Co., is not considering reducing its stake in the vaccine maker in the immediat...
Nov 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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