Samsung SDI to ink $726 mn ESS deal with NextEra Energy

Samsung SDI to ink $726 mn ESS deal with NextEra Energy

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, is set to provide batteries for energy storage systems (ESS) to NextEr...

Jollibee to acquire Korea’s Compose Coffee in $340 mn deal

Jollibee to acquire Korea’s Compose Coffee in $340 mn deal

Jollibee Foods Corp., the Philippines’ largest fast-food chain, is set to take over a majority stake in Compose Coffee Co., South Korea’...

LG Energy signs multi-billion-dollar LFP battery deal with Renault

LG Energy signs multi-billion-dollar LFP battery deal with Renault

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, has clinched a multi-billion-dollar deal to supply LFP batteries for low-en...

UBS tops Korea’s M&A advisor list on Asiana, Affinity deals

UBS tops Korea’s M&A advisor list on Asiana, Affinity deals

UBS Group AG topped the South Korean mergers and acquisitions (M&A) league table in the second quarter as the global investment bank worked on m...

Hanwha Ocean wins $1.57 billion deal for LNG carriers, VLCCs

Hanwha Ocean wins $1.57 billion deal for LNG carriers, VLCCs

Hanwha Ocean Co., a shipbuilding unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group, said on Monday it has won a combined 2....

Eugene PE, KDB PE to acquire Boryung Biopharma for $231 million

Eugene PE, KDB PE to acquire Boryung Biopharma for $231 million

A consortium of Eugene Private Equity and Korea Development Bank Private Equity will acquire 80% of South Korean vaccine maker Boryung Biopharma Co....

SK On signs MOU to secure US-sourced lithium from ExxonMobil

SK On signs MOU to secure US-sourced lithium from ExxonMobil

SK On Co. has inked an MOU with ExxonMobil Corp. to buy lithium extracted by the US oil giant from a salt well in the US state of Arkansas. The deal...

KAI inks $1.4 bn supersonic fighter jet mass production deal

KAI inks $1.4 bn supersonic fighter jet mass production deal

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, said on Tuesday it signed a 2 trillion won ($1.4 bil...

Hyundai Glovis enters LNG transport business with Woodside Scarlet Ibis

Hyundai Glovis enters LNG transport business with Woodside Scarlet Ibis

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is entering the liquefied natural gas transportation business wit...

QCells wins 2GW solar panel deal for US community solar farms

QCells wins 2GW solar panel deal for US community solar farms

Hanwha Q Cell Co., better known as QCells in overseas markets, has signed a solar panel supply and partnership agreement for energy storage system (...

Hanwha Aerospace closes in on Romania’s howitzer deal

Hanwha Aerospace closes in on Romania’s howitzer deal

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s major aerospace and defense system developer, is highly expected to bag a $920 million contract to supply ...

POSCO seeks additional lithium deals from Argentina, Chile

POSCO seeks additional lithium deals from Argentina, Chile

POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO, aims to clinch additional deals from Argentina and Chile to secure lith...

PwC's Korean member taps new chiefs, creates finance unit

PwC's Korean member taps new chiefs, creates finance unit

Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a South Korean member firm of PwC International Ltd., has appointed new chiefs of its key units and created a fi...

Hyundai Rotem wins express train supply deal from Uzbekistan

Hyundai Rotem wins express train supply deal from Uzbekistan

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean rolling stock and defense equipment maker, has secured a 270 billion won ($196 million) order from Uzbekistan to s...

Hyundai, Hanwha in uphill battle vs Japan for A$11 billion frigate deal

Hyundai, Hanwha in uphill battle vs Japan for A$11 billion frigate deal

South Korea’s two warship builders are striving to win an A$11 billion (US$7.3 billion) deal from Australia to build 11 advanced frigates &nda...

Korea’s KT, Microsoft form strategic alliance on AI, cloud sectors

Korea’s KT, Microsoft form strategic alliance on AI, cloud sectors

South Korea’s leading telecommunications service provider KT Corp. has formed a strategic alliance with US tech giant Microsoft Corp. to colla...

Hyundai Glovis, EcoPro team up for EV battery recycling business

Hyundai Glovis, EcoPro team up for EV battery recycling business

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, and EcoPro Co., the country’s leading electric vehicle batt...

Korea’s HD Hyundai Electric wins $60 mn transformer deal in UK

Korea’s HD Hyundai Electric wins $60 mn transformer deal in UK

South Korea’s electric equipment maker HD Hyundai Electric Co. said on Wednesday it has won a power transformer supply deal worth 47.1 million...

Kolon Global inks Korea’s 1st private wind power supply deal

Kolon Global inks Korea’s 1st private wind power supply deal

Kolon Global Corp., the leading South Korean wind farm developer, signed the country’s first private wind power supply deal with local compani...

Doosan Enerbility to supply SMR parts to NuScale Power

Doosan Enerbility to supply SMR parts to NuScale Power

Doosan Enerbility Co., a leading South Korean power plant engineering company, is slated to supply nuclear reactor equipment to Nuscale Power Corp.,...

Hanwha Ocean ties up with Polish firm for submarine deal

Hanwha Ocean ties up with Polish firm for submarine deal

Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s third-largest shipbuilder, has joined hands with Polish state-run defense group Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. ...

Samil PwC expands global foothold with Carlyle's Japan KFC deal

Samil PwC expands global foothold with Carlyle's Japan KFC deal

Global accounting industry leader PricewaterhouseCoopers’ South Korean member firm is expanding its foothold with global mergers and acquisiti...

HL Holdings wins exclusive AS parts deal from Stellantis

HL Holdings wins exclusive AS parts deal from Stellantis

HL Holdings Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s construction-to-auto parts conglomerate HL Group, will be the exclusive supplier of af...

Korea’s Mobase to build US plant as it wins $733 mn Hyundai deal

Korea’s Mobase to build US plant as it wins $733 mn Hyundai deal

SUWON, Gyeonggi Province -- Mobase Electronics Co., a South Korean automotive electronics parts maker, is planning to establish a plant in the US as...

Doosan Enerbility wins deal for fuel conversion project in Chile

Doosan Enerbility wins deal for fuel conversion project in Chile

South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. announced on Tuesday that it has won a contract for a fuel conversion project at a t...

Hotel Lotte resumes global push with management deals

Hotel Lotte resumes global push with management deals

Hotel Lotte Co., South Korea’s leading hospitality, leisure and travel retail giant, has resumed its global expansion push after its hotel and...

Block deals of Korean stocks surge ahead of tighter regulation

Block deals of Korean stocks surge ahead of tighter regulation

Block trades of South Korean listed shares have surged by six times so far this year from the same period in 2023, according to the Financial Superv...

Young rich Koreans set sights on M&As, commercial property deals

Young rich Koreans set sights on M&As, commercial property deals

Young rich Koreans have emerged as big players in South Korea’s asset management market, expanding into M&As and commercial real estate, a...

Korean landfill companies put on market after Affirma deal

Korean landfill companies put on market after Affirma deal

South Korea’s landfill companies are increasingly being put up for sale, drawing interest from private equity firms and environmental companie...

LG Energy wins estimated $1 bn ESS battery deal from Qcells

LG Energy wins estimated $1 bn ESS battery deal from Qcells

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest battery maker, won an estimated $1 billion energy storage system (ESS) deal from the US uni...

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