Hanwha heir apparent named senior advisor at US energy investor

Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan, the heir apparent of the South Korean energy-to-defense conglomerate, has been named a senior advisor at S...

Korea Coal Corp. to sell Mongolian mine amid energy resource boom

Korea Coal Corporation, a South Korean state-owned firm, is preparing to sell its Khotgor Shanaga coal mine in Mongolia, which it acquired in 2010...

LG tops in market cap gain, beating Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor

The total market value of companies under South Korea’s fourth-largest business group LG increased the most in a year, beating out its bigger ...

SK Energy opens S.Korea's first hydrogen charging station for large trucks

SK Energy is the first company in South Korea to launch a station for charging large hydrogen-powered trucks. The company on Sunday said it held a c...

LG Energy’s Q1 profit soars on gains from US battery tax credits

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Friday its first-quarter operating profit likely more than doubled,...

Korea's InnoGrid to collaborate with Hyosung for cloud business

InnoGrid Co., South Korea's cloud computing and digital transformation (DT) specialist, announced on Friday that it has signed an agreement with dat...

Lotte Group secures $3.8 bn funding from four major Korean banks

Lotte Group announced on Friday that it has signed a financial support agreement worth 5 trillion won ($3.8 billion) with four major South Korean ba...

Korean PE firm STIC taps Bain & Co senior partner for PE business

South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc. is set to hire Lee Hyukjin, a senior partner of global management consulting firm Bain & ...

SK C&C partners with Storm Ventures to discover promising B2B startups

South Korean IT services company SK C&C announced on Wednesday a partnership with American venture capital firm Storm Ventures to discover and c...

LG Energy to secure lithium hydroxide in Morocco

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. will secure a key battery material in Morocco to strengthen its battery supply chain. LG Energy ...

S.Korea to focus on secondary batteries, lunar landing vehicles

The Korean government has decided to develop electric vehicle batteries that can travel more than 600 km on a single charge and lunar landing vehicl...

LS Electric wins order $94 mn for energy storage system in UK

LS Electric Co. announced on Tuesday that it has secured a contract for a £73.6 million ($93.5 million) energy storage system (ESS) project in...

TIMWORK lifts trophy at March D.Camp startup pitch competition

TIMWORK Inc., a South Korean digital construction plan management software developer, won first prize at D.Camp’s March startup pitch competit...

LG Energy tops global EV battery market excluding China

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in January and February maintained its No. 1 position on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries...

Energy storage devices firm LS Materials launches IPO process

South Korea’s energy storage devices maker LS Materials Co. began the process for an initial public offering later this year as it aims to dev...

POSCO pursues future energy cooperation with Malaysia's Petronas

South Korea’s POSCO Group on Sunday said its Chairman Choi Jeong-woo and Petronas Group of Malaysia CEO Tengku Muhammad Taufik in Kuala Lumpur...

Rolex resale prices tumble as the wealthy young tighten belts

The most sought-after luxury items such as Rolex watches and Chanel bags are selling at a much lower premium, or even below their original prices in...

KB Securities signs MOU with Korea East-West Power, Hikive

KB Securities Co. announced on Thursday that it had entered into a business agreement with Korea East-West Power Co. and Hikive to collaborate on a ...

NPS to launch committee for portfolio firms' governance improvement

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), one of the world’s largest pension funds, is slated to establish a committee to improve th...

POSCO Int'l expands into bioplastic recycling business

POSCO International, a subsidiary of South Korea's steel-making-oriented POSCO Group, announced on Wednesday its entry into the biodegradable biopla...

Korea's Mirae Asset, SK Telecom tie up for security token ecosystem

Mirae Asset Securities Co. and SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top brokerage house and mobile carrier, are set to join hands to establish an eco...

Hyundai Glovis, GS Energy jointly pursue clean hydrogen biz

South Korea's logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. on Monday said it signed a memorandum of understanding on the clean hydrogen and ammonia business...

SK Energy wins first place in K-BPI gas station sector in Korea

SK Energy, an energy and petrochemical unit of South Korea's SK Group, has won first place for 17 consecutive years in the gas station sector of the...

Samsung Chairman Lee to meet new premier in China

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee arrived in Beijing on March 23 to review the chipmaker’s business in China, which is gradually rec...

LG Energy to build $5.6 billion battery complex in Arizona

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Friday it is investing 7.2 trillion won ($5.6 billion) to build a b...

Hanwha to build solar cell components plant in Georgia

South Korea’s Hanwha Advanced Materials Corp. will spend $147 million to build a solar panel components plant in the US state of Georgia, acco...

HD Hyundai, Korea Univ. open internship to develop future talent

South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. and Korea University will jointly develop next-generation personnel to lead core business lines of the future.Chung Ki-...

DB HiTek mulls $780 mn capex in foundry after fabless demerger

South Korea’s chip foundry company DB HiTek Co. is mulling about 1 trillion won ($780 million) in capital expenditures to enhance its foundry ...

SK Innovation invests an extra $50 million in US clean energy firm Amogy

South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. has newly invested $50 million in Amogy Inc., a US ammonia-based power system developer, to expand its green b...

Doosan Fuel Cell teams up with Kolon Global for hydrogen fuel cell

South Korean fuel cell manufacturer Doosan Fuel Cell, and Kolon Global Corp., a South Korean company that specializes in the production of industria...