LG Chem's water filter business thrives amid high demand in Middle East

LG Chem's water filter business thrives amid high demand in Middle East

LG Chem Ltd., the parent company of South Korea’s leading battery maker LG Energy Solution Co., is enjoying a strong rise in demand for its wa...

LG Group to invest $106 mn in advanced AI tech development

LG Group to invest $106 mn in advanced AI tech development

South Korea’s LG Group will spend about 120 billion won ($106 million) over the next three years to establish a massive high-performance compu...

LG Chem to invest $134 mn in incubator fund for firms with ESG tech

LG Chem to invest $134 mn in incubator fund for firms with ESG tech

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemical and battery maker, said on Tuesday it is investing 150 billion won ($134 million) in an incubator...

Samsung, LG go all out to lure adult gamers to LED TVs

Samsung, LG go all out to lure adult gamers to LED TVs

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s two largest TV makers, are striving to attract gamers to their large-size LED T...

Color coated steel shines in style on Samsung, LG home appliances

Color coated steel shines in style on Samsung, LG home appliances

At Dongkuk Steel Mill Co.’s main plant in Busan, some 430 km southeast of Seoul, huge rollers churning out colorful sheets never stop except w...

LG Electronics, Mirae Asset to launch $90 mn fund to invest in startups

LG Electronics, Mirae Asset to launch $90 mn fund to invest in startups

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. and Mirae Asset Group have agreed to launch a 100 billion won ($90 million) joint venture-capital fund to he...

LG Electronics expects auto parts business to turn profitable in H2

LG Electronics expects auto parts business to turn profitable in H2

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday it expects its loss-making auto parts business to turn to profit in the second half of this...

LG Chem delivers Q1 earnings surprise on cash-cow petrochem business

LG Chem delivers Q1 earnings surprise on cash-cow petrochem business

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. said on Wednesday that its quarterly revenue and operating profit rose to all-time highs in the January-March perio...

Lotte Chem eyes global EOA leadership with capacity expansion

Lotte Chem eyes global EOA leadership with capacity expansion

Lotte Chemical Corp. plans to further expand the production line for ethylene oxide adduct (EOA), a specialty material used in the construction indu...

Dholic Commerce seeks unicorn status as trendsetter in Japan

Dholic Commerce seeks unicorn status as trendsetter in Japan

South Korea-based Dholic Commerce is an online retail platform that sells Korean fashion items and cosmetics to the Japanese market. The startup is ...

LG Display set to turn profitable as LCD shortage boosts prices

LG Display set to turn profitable as LCD shortage boosts prices

LG Display Co., a major South Korean display panel maker, has been in the red for years, weighed by subdued panel prices amid a supply glut caused b...

LG Electronics set to overtake Whirlpool as top home appliance maker

LG Electronics set to overtake Whirlpool as top home appliance maker

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. will likely post its best-ever sales revenue for its home appliance business this year, overtaking Whirlpool...

GM, LG to build second US EV battery plant in Tennessee

GM, LG to build second US EV battery plant in Tennessee

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and General Motors Co. will spend 2.7 trillion won ($2.4 billion) to build their second US electric vehicle battery plant in...

POSCO Chem to build cathode factories in EU, US from 2022

POSCO Chem to build cathode factories in EU, US from 2022

POSCO Chemical Co., the secondary battery materials unit of POSCO, plans to ramp up its cathode production by building new plants in Europe and the ...

LG Corp shares surge ahead of relisting after LX Holdings split-off

LG Corp shares surge ahead of relisting after LX Holdings split-off

Shares of LG Corp. are significantly outperforming the broader market on expectations the company will be fairly valued when it’s relisted on ...

LG Chem expands carbon nanotube production with new plant

LG Chem expands carbon nanotube production with new plant

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. has completed an extension of its production line for carbon nanotubes (CNTs), known as a wonder material for its strengt...

SK agrees to pay $1.8 billion to LG, settles battery legal dispute

SK agrees to pay $1.8 billion to LG, settles battery legal dispute

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK Innovation Co. have reached an 11th-hour agreement to end their two-year legal dispute in the US over trade secret in...

Samsung, LG Elec deliver above-consensus Q1 earnings

Samsung, LG Elec deliver above-consensus Q1 earnings

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., the world's two largest TV makers, surprised the market on Wednesday with forecast-beating quarterl...

Kakao Japan seeks $446 million from Anchor Equity

Kakao Japan seeks $446 million from Anchor Equity

Kakao Corp.’s Japanese unit, which operates Japan’s largest webtoon platform Piccoma, is in talks to attract as much as 500 billion won ...

Posco Chemical to supply EV battery materials to GM-LG Energy JV

Posco Chemical to supply EV battery materials to GM-LG Energy JV

Posco Chemical Co., the secondary battery materials unit of POSCO, will supply anodes, a key material used in electric car batteries, to the joint v...

LG Elec to fold mobile phone business in 26 yrs

LG Elec to fold mobile phone business in 26 yrs

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday its exit from the loss-making mobile phone business, which has accumulated operating losses of 5 trillion wo...

ITC rules in favor of SK Innovation over LG Energy in US battery patent suit

ITC rules in favor of SK Innovation over LG Energy in US battery patent suit

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled in favor of SK Innovation Co. in a US battery patent suit filed by LG Energy Solution Ltd., which...

Nexon invests $874 mn in Hasbro, Japan’s game giants

Nexon invests $874 mn in Hasbro, Japan’s game giants

South Korea’s Nexon Co. has disclosed investments in the global entertainment sector made last year, totaling $874 million or 58% of the amoun...

LG shareholders approve spin-off plan amid activist opposition

LG shareholders approve spin-off plan amid activist opposition

Shareholders of LG Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group, on Friday gave the nod to the company's p...

SK reiterates rejection of LG’s hefty demand for battery dispute settlement

SK reiterates rejection of LG’s hefty demand for battery dispute settlement

SK Innovation Co. again refused to accept LG Energy Solution Ltd.’s demand that SK pay a hefty amount of compensation for its involvement in a...

LG Chem CEO vows stern action against SK in battery legal dispute

LG Chem CEO vows stern action against SK in battery legal dispute

The chief executive of LG Chem Ltd. said on Thursday that the company will sternly deal with SK Innovation Co. in the battery technology trade secre...

LG strengthens ESG push with committee set-up

LG strengthens ESG push with committee set-up

LG will create ESG (environment, social and corporate governance) Committee and Internal Trading Committee within the holding company and key affili...

Proxy advisers ISS, Glass Lewis urge LG shareholders to reject spin-off plan

Proxy advisers ISS, Glass Lewis urge LG shareholders to reject spin-off plan

Proxy advisers Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. have urged shareholders of LG Corp. to vote against the South...

SK Lubricants draws Japan's refiner Enoes, three PEFs

SK Lubricants draws Japan's refiner Enoes, three PEFs

Japan's biggest refiner Enoes Corp. is one of the four final bidders for a minority stake in South Korea's SK Lubricants Co., wholly owned by SK Inn...

Hu-Chems set to solidify nitric acid leadership with Asia’s largest capacity

The semiconductor chip manufacturing process requires wafer – a thin slice of semiconductor on which integrated circuits are fabricated – ...

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