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LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to spend more on global capacity expansion than init...

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea’s leading color-coated steel manufacturer, said on Wednesday it has acquired a 15% stake in VSSC Steel Cen...

Foreign investors’ holding rate in South Korea’s main bourse Kospi has plunged to the lowest level since 2010. The investors have dispos...

LG Chem Ltd. and Korea Zinc Inc. will set up a joint venture to produce precursor, a key material in the production of cathode materials for electri...

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. has sold its four undelivered drillships to a domestic private equity fund for a combined 1.04 trillion w...

South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s industrial gas-making unit is set to sell a local production facility for about 1 trillion won ($809 mill...

A consortium led by LG Energy Solution Ltd., the global No. 2 electric vehicle battery maker, will invest $9 billion in a battery value chain in Ind...

South Korea’s logistics centers are ramping up the financial pressure on real estate investment firms. Previously a favored property type, i...

South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO is returning even stronger from the pandemic-caused economic slowdown, with an all-time high revenue an...

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea’s third-largest steelmaker, is expected to continue to benefit from the strong earnings of its Brazilian u...

South Korean brokerage companies have been criticized for inflating corporate value and IPO prices to boost their underwriting fees. Now they are un...

POSCO Chemical Co., South Korean steelmaker POSCO Group’s chemical and battery material unit, said on April 8 that it will issue green bonds w...

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, reported a lower-than-expected decline in quarterly profit...

South Korea’s instant noodle stocks, such as Ottogi Co., Nongshim Co. and Samyang Foods Co. are rebounding amid expectations of performance im...

South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. started construction of a battery material plant in the country as a part of its plan to boost production cap...

South Korea’s initial public offerings are seeing lackluster investor interest in bookbuildings this year. Drops in some recent public offerin...

South Korea’s major companies are drastically cutting their capital spending as heightened macroeconomic risks coupled with growing external u...

Bitcoin mining hit a 19 million milestone in recent days, leading to a jump in its price. Tokyo-based SBI Crypto Co., under the parent company ...

The increase in the price of carbon emission rights is dealing another blow to South Korean companies reeling from soaring raw materials and logisti...

China’s leading battery makers are actively advancing into overseas markets with plans to build manufacturing factories close to their clients...

Foreign investors in March sold a net 4.84 trillion won ($3.97 billion) worth of shares on South Korea's main bourse Kospi, their highest-ever mon...

NexFlex Co., South Korea's largest manufacturer of flexible copper clad laminates (FCCLs) used for smartphones, has drawn around half a dozen prelim...

South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO Co. and Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd, a leading Australian mining firm, are slated to collaborate in low-car...

South Korean exporters such as Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are jittery as the country’s won currency hit its strongest level versus the Ja...

South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. is set to split off its advanced materials business and sell a stake in the unit to raise $491 million fo...

Global TV prices rose by a third last year and are expected to continue their uptrend this year, which could be a boon for the world’s two lar...

South Korea’s SK Chemicals plans to invest more than 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in eco-friendly material and biopharmaceutical businesses.T...

Seven out of 10 South Korean companies predict they will swing to operating losses if global oil prices soar to $150 a barrel, a survey showed on Su...

South Korea’s nominee for its new central bank governor stoked expectations that the Bank of Korea may raise interest rates less than predicte...

South Korea’s largest container line HMM Co. has seen its shares trapped in a boxed range over the past few months despite its spectacular ear...