SK Ecoplant, Ascend Elements in $66 mn US battery recycling JV deal

SK Ecoplant, Ascend Elements in $66 mn US battery recycling JV deal

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management firm, and its two overseas affiliates are launching a $65.8 million ba...

Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi: Litte Korea transplanted in Vietnam

Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi: Litte Korea transplanted in Vietnam

HANOI – On a late summer day in Vo Chi Cong, Tay Ho district, a colossal commercial complex was packed with people wanting to savor all things...

Lotte Global Logistics, CoEvolution to develop automatic solutions

Lotte Global Logistics, CoEvolution to develop automatic solutions

South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a strategic partnership with ...

Korea’s Lotte Shopping aims to double profit, seek new biz

Korea’s Lotte Shopping aims to double profit, seek new biz

Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea’s retail giant, aims to double its profit in three years by expanding its Southeast Asian operations and cemen...

Lotte Chemical launches eco-friendly material brand Ecoseed

Lotte Chemical launches eco-friendly material brand Ecoseed

South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp. has launched its eco-friendly material brand, "Ecoseed." The company announced on Tuesday that it unveiled the Ec...

Lotte Energy Materials to build copper foil plant in US for EV makers

Lotte Energy Materials to build copper foil plant in US for EV makers

Lotte Energy Materials Corp., one of South Korea’s leading battery materials makers, plans to build a copper foil plant in the US to meet grow...

Lotte Healthcare to launch AI-based health management platform

Lotte Healthcare to launch AI-based health management platform

South Korea's Lotte Healthcare has entered the digital healthcare market through the launch next week of its personalized healthcare management pl...

Lotte Mart at Seoul Station redesigned to lure foreign shoppers

Lotte Mart at Seoul Station redesigned to lure foreign shoppers

South Korea’s Lotte Mart reopened its hypermarket at Seoul train station on Thursday following a four-month renovation to attract more foreign...

IMM PE invites potential buyers for Genuone worth $752 mn

IMM PE invites potential buyers for Genuone worth $752 mn

South Korea’s top-tier contract drugmaker Genuone Sciences Inc. with an estimated value of up to 1 trillion won ($752 million) is smooth saili...

S.Korea to receive $1 bn in unpaid bills from Uzbek gas project

S.Korea to receive $1 bn in unpaid bills from Uzbek gas project

South Korean firms are poised to receive $1 billion in unpaid bill that has accumulated since 2017 from Uzbekistan’s Surgil gas project as the...

S.Korea's Lotte Group helps SMEs penetrate Indonesian market

S.Korea's Lotte Group helps SMEs penetrate Indonesian market

South Korea's Lotte Group through Friday is holding the event Korea Expo in Jakarta in the Indonesian capital with the Korea Trade-Investment Promot...

Kia, Lotte Global Logistics to develop logistics-specific PBV

Kia, Lotte Global Logistics to develop logistics-specific PBV

South Korea's Kia Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lotte Global Logistics at its headquarters in Y...

LG Magna to build plant in Hungary for European EV market

LG Magna to build plant in Hungary for European EV market

MUNICH -- LG Magna e-Powertrain Co., a joint venture between South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. and Canada’s Magna International Inc., ha...

Duty-free shops in Jeju welcome return of Chinese cruise tourism

Duty-free shops in Jeju welcome return of Chinese cruise tourism

For the first time since Beijing lifted restrictions on group tourism to South Korea, Chinese cruise tourists have flocked to Jeju Island's duty-fre...

NewJeans selected as global ambassador for Pepero

NewJeans selected as global ambassador for Pepero

Lotte Wellfood announced on Friday that it has appointed K-pop girl group NewJeans as the global ambassador for its iconic snack brand, Pepero. Know...

Lotte’s intra-group merger, business integration fare well

Lotte’s intra-group merger, business integration fare well

Lotte Mart and Lotte Super are leading Lotte Group’s efforts to streamline the overlapping businesses of its units. Their second-quarter resul...

Young Poong, Lotte Global Logistics to form battery recycling supply chain

Young Poong, Lotte Global Logistics to form battery recycling supply chain

South Korea’s non-ferrous metal company Young Poong Co. has teamed up with Lotte Global Logistics Co. to form a supply chain system for recycl...

Lotte Chemical sells off debt-ridden JV to China's Sanjiang

Lotte Chemical sells off debt-ridden JV to China's Sanjiang

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has divested all shares it owns in Chinese joint venture Lotte Sanjiang Chemical Co., according to people f...

Lotte Hotels & Resorts to launch premium kimchi product

Lotte Hotels & Resorts to launch premium kimchi product

Lotte Hotels & Resorts, a leading South Korean hospitality company, announced on Thursday its intention to penetrate the domestic kimchi market,...

Lotte Chemical posts fifth straight quarterly operating loss in Q2

Lotte Chemical posts fifth straight quarterly operating loss in Q2

 South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has posted an operating loss for a fifth straight quarter due to sluggish petrochemical demand.The co...

Lotte Energy ups elecfoil factory capacity in Spain to 30,000 tons  

Lotte Energy ups elecfoil factory capacity in Spain to 30,000 tons  

Lotte Energy Materials Corp., formerly Iljin Materials Co., will build a smart factory in Catalonia, Spain to produce 30,000 tons of high-end copper...

S.Korea's Lotte Department Store launches 'K-Beauty' tour service

S.Korea's Lotte Department Store launches 'K-Beauty' tour service

South Korea's Lotte Department Store on Monday announced the launch of a "K-Beauty tour" service for foreign tourists.The company will first give fr...

Virtual human Lucy to sell Galaxy Z in live commerce

Virtual human Lucy to sell Galaxy Z  in live commerce

Lotte Home Shopping's virtual human Lucy expands her activities by selling The Galaxy Z Flip 5 and "Z Fold 5" on live commerce, following her attend...

Lotte Tour's Jeju Island casino hits record revenue in July

Lotte Tour's Jeju Island casino hits record revenue in July

South Korea’s Lotte Tour Development's Jeju-based casino saw record revenue in July thanks to an increased number of foreign tourists to the c...

IMM PE seeks to sell Korean contract drugmaker at $784 mn

IMM PE seeks to sell Korean contract drugmaker at $784 mn

IMM Private Equity has put a South Korean contract drugmaker on the market for up to 1 trillion won ($784 million) in a deal likely to attract major...

Lotte to open Vietnam's largest shopping mall in Hanoi

Lotte to open Vietnam's largest shopping mall in Hanoi

Lotte Shopping Co., the retail arm of South Korea's fifth-largest conglomerate Lotte Group, announced plans on Thursday to inaugurate its extensive ...

Lotte's virtual human Lucy to debut in Thailand

Lotte's virtual human Lucy to debut in Thailand

South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping unveiled a plan on Wednesday to introduce its virtual influencer, Lucy, to Southeast Asia's burgeoning live commer...

Lotte Group's Shin stresses unlearning as key to innovation

Lotte Group's Shin stresses unlearning as key to innovation

Disregarding existing ways and being open to new opportunities are challenging in South Korea’s large conglomerates, where a strict corporate ...

Lotte Chemical, DL Energy team up to produce renewable energy

Lotte Chemical, DL Energy team up to produce renewable energy

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. and DL Energy have joined forces to spread carbon neutrality and environmental, social and governance (ESG)...

EcoPro, Hanwha Ocean, JYP among top MSCI inclusion candidates

EcoPro, Hanwha Ocean, JYP among top MSCI inclusion candidates

EcoPro Co., Hanwha Ocean Co., JYP Entertainment Corp. and Kumyang Co. are the top candidates for inclusion in the MSCI Korea Index when the global s...

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