SK, AWS to build South Korea’s largest, multibillion-dollar AI data center

SK, AWS to build South Korea’s largest, multibillion-dollar AI data center

South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK and Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), the world's largest cloud platform provider, will build a 103...

POSCO Future M breaks with China in cathode supply chain

POSCO Future M breaks with China in cathode supply chain

GWANGYANG, SOUTH JEOLLA – POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s leading battery materials maker, has secured itself a China-free cathode mat...

Now, it’s K-vehicle: KG Mobility, Kia lead S.Korea’s military vehicle exports

Now, it’s K-vehicle: KG Mobility, Kia lead S.Korea’s military vehicle exports

South Korea’s once domestically focused automakers are making significant inroads into the global defense sector, with a string of recent cont...

KT&G seeks $200 mn acquisition of Nordic nicotine pouch maker

KT&G seeks $200 mn acquisition of Nordic nicotine pouch maker

KT&G Corp. is in talks to acquire a leading nicotine pouch company in Northern Europe for about 300 billion won, or  $200 million, investme...

SpaceX’s Starlink, Eutelsat’s OneWeb land in Korea for LEO satellite services

SpaceX’s Starlink, Eutelsat’s OneWeb land in Korea for LEO satellite services

South Korea has officially cleared the way for low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet services, granting regulatory approval for SpaceX’s St...

Hanwha Aerospace to build defense plant in Germany as European base

Hanwha Aerospace to build defense plant in Germany as European base

Hanwha Aerospace Co. plans to build a precision missile manufacturing plant in Germany as part of its global strategy to expand its presence across ...

Samsung to equip Galaxy Z Flip7 with Exynos AP at home

Samsung to equip Galaxy Z Flip7 with Exynos AP at home

Samsung Electronics Co. plans to power its upcoming foldable smartphone with its new in-house application processor (AP), marking a significant step...

LG Energy, Samsung SDI to build 1st US LFP battery plants with GM

LG Energy, Samsung SDI to build 1st US LFP battery plants with GM

In a pivotal shift for the North American electric vehicle battery landscape, South Korea’s two leading battery makers – LG Energy Solut...

KKR sells 9.5% stake in HD Hyundai Marine, recoups $450 million

KKR sells 9.5% stake in HD Hyundai Marine, recoups $450 million

Global private equity firm KKR & Co. Inc., formerly known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., has sold a 9.5% stake in HD Hyundai Marine Solut...

UK chip testing device maker TeraView seeks Kosdaq debut

UK chip testing device maker TeraView seeks Kosdaq debut

TeraView Ltd., a UK semiconductor inspection device maker, is aiming to list on South Korea’s Kosdaq market in the second half of this year, i...

LG Innotek, Boston Dynamics team up to develop Atlas eyes

LG Innotek, Boston Dynamics team up to develop Atlas eyes

LG Innotek Co., a leading South Korean electronics parts maker, will jointly develop new vision sensing systems with Boston Dynamics Inc., a major g...

BYD’s Atto 3 overtakes Tesla’s Model Y as best-selling EV in South Korea

BYD’s Atto 3 overtakes Tesla’s Model Y as best-selling EV in South Korea

China’s BYD Co. has dethroned Tesla Inc. in South Korea with its compact sport utility vehicle, the BYD Atto 3, becoming the best-selling impo...

South Korea’s renewed stock market darlings: Weapons makers

South Korea’s renewed stock market darlings: Weapons makers

South Korea’s defense industry is once again capturing investor attention, as exports of tanks, armored vehicles and other weapons systems soa...

Packaging rides K-beauty wave: Shares of cosmetics container makers soar

Packaging rides K-beauty wave: Shares of cosmetics container makers soar

As South Korea’s independent beauty brands continue to take the global stage by storm, investors are now looking beyond the creams and serums ...

Doosan enters race to acquire SK Siltron in strategic semiconductor push

Doosan enters race to acquire SK Siltron in strategic semiconductor push

South Korea’s Doosan Group has entered the bidding war for SK Siltron Co., the world’s third-largest manufacturer of semiconductor wafer...

Kumho Tire eyes Poland, Serbia, Portugal for 1st European plant

Kumho Tire eyes Poland, Serbia, Portugal for 1st European plant

Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, is evaluating Poland, Serbia and Portugal as a potential site for its first plant in Europe as...

SK Hynix beats Samsung to become global No.1 DRAM maker

SK Hynix beats Samsung to become global No.1 DRAM maker

SK Hynix Inc. has snatched the crown from Samsung Electronics Co. to become the world’s largest memory chip supplier for the first time since ...

Samsung, LG review strategies as Trump slaps Vietnam with steeper tariffs

Samsung, LG review strategies as Trump slaps Vietnam with steeper tariffs

South Korea’s two leading electronics makers – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. – are being forced to reassess thei...

Aekyung Industrial up for sale as group struggles to ease liquidity crunch

Aekyung Industrial up for sale as group struggles to ease liquidity crunch

South Korea’s Aekyung Group has put its flagship subsidiary, Aekyung Industrial Co., up for sale as part of broader restructuring efforts to s...

KKR, Carlyle, Hillhouse race to buy Korean beauty device maker Classys

KKR, Carlyle, Hillhouse race to buy Korean beauty device maker Classys

Global private equity giants such as KKR & Co., Carlyle Group and Hillhouse Capital Group Holdings are vying to acquire Classys Inc. as the Sout...

Korea eyes laws akin to US AMPC to offer subsidies for its battery makers

Korea eyes laws akin to US AMPC to offer subsidies for its battery makers

South Korea, home to global top battery makers such as LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK On Co. and Samsung SDI Co., is seeking to enact laws that would l...

Daol PE buys Youngil Glass to ride Korean cosmetics boom

Daol PE buys Youngil Glass to ride Korean cosmetics boom

Daol Private Equity has acquired Youngil Glass Industry Co., a South Korean manufacturer of glass containers, in a 65 billion won ($44.5 million) de...

LG Energy, Doosan Bobcat tie up for construction equipment battery packs

LG Energy, Doosan Bobcat tie up for construction equipment battery packs

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest battery maker, and Doosan Bobcat Inc., a global construction machinery producer, said on We...

Hanwha wins $1.6 billion order to build 6 container ships for Evergreen

Hanwha wins $1.6 billion order to build 6 container ships for Evergreen

Hanwha Ocean Co., a leading South Korean shipbuilder, said on Monday it has won a 2.33 trillion won ($1.61 billion) order to build six eco-friendly,...

Samsung SDI to raise $1.4 bn in rights offering for facility expansion

Samsung SDI to raise $1.4 bn in rights offering for facility expansion

Samsung SDI Co. will issue new shares worth 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion), its first rights offering in two decades, to fund bold facility and R&...

Gaming company NXC looks to unload stroller maker Stokke

Gaming company NXC looks to unload stroller maker Stokke

NXC Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s Nexon Games Co., is looking to unload Stokke AS, a premium baby stroller brand, for around 700...

KKR recoups $206 mn in block sale of HD Hyundai Marine shares

KKR recoups $206 mn in block sale of HD Hyundai Marine shares

Global private equity firm KKR & Co. Inc. has succeeded in cashing out of its stake in HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co. for 295 billion won ($206 ...

Korean tractor maker Daedong ends two-decade partnership with Deere

Korean tractor maker Daedong ends two-decade partnership with Deere

Daedong Corp., South Korea’s leading tractor and farm machinery maker, has ended its two-decade-long partnership with Deere & Co., the wor...

HD Korea Shipbuilding premieres nuclear-powered ship design

HD Korea Shipbuilding premieres nuclear-powered ship design

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE), the parent of the world’s largest shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.,...

HD Hyundai in talks to buy back Korean ship parts maker

HD Hyundai in talks to buy back Korean ship parts maker

HD Hyundai Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is in talks with a private equity firm to buy back a South Korean ship parts manufactu...

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