SGC eTEC E&C wins $160 mn plant order in Malaysia

SGC eTEC E&C wins $160 mn plant order in Malaysia

South Korea's SGC eTEC E&C Co. said on Tuesday it has won a 204.7 billion won ($158 million) order to build epichlorohydrin (ECH) and chlor-alka...

LG's SC9S named 2nd best premium soundbar: Consumer Reports

LG's SC9S named 2nd best premium soundbar: Consumer Reports

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is highly recognized for its TV sound systems in the US, the world’s largest home appliance market. Ea...

Samsung to build $281 million chip packaging R&D center in Yokohama

Samsung to build $281 million chip packaging R&D center in Yokohama

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will build a 40 billion yen ($281 million) advanced chip pa...

LG Energy Solution Vertech wins 10GWh ESS projects in the US

LG Energy Solution Vertech wins 10GWh ESS projects in the US

LG Energy Solution Vertech Inc., a Texas-based energy storage system (ESS) supplier, has secured a combined 10-gigawatt hours (GWh) of grid-scale ba...

LG Chem breaks ground on its 1st US cathode plant

LG Chem breaks ground on its 1st US cathode plant

CLARKSVILLE, TN – South Korea’s No. 1 chemical maker LG Chem Ltd. striving to become a leading global battery materials player broke gro...

Hyundai to sell Russian car plants at about $100 for exit

Hyundai to sell Russian car plants at about $100 for exit

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top carmaker, has decided to sell its plants in Russia for only about $100 to a local company although it has...

Samsung Elec unveils new image sensors for robotics, XR

Samsung Elec unveils new image sensors for robotics, XR

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, on Tuesday introduced new image sensors tailored for advanced content platforms...

OCI signs $1 billion polysilicon supply deal with US solar firm CubicPV

OCI signs $1 billion polysilicon supply deal with US solar firm CubicPV

OCI Holdings Co., a leading South Korean chemical and green energy company, said on Tuesday it has clinched a $1 billion deal to supply polysilicon ...

New Samsung, LG laptops drive industry shift toward on-device AI

New Samsung, LG laptops drive industry shift toward on-device AI

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are unveiling new artificial intelligence-powered laptops next month, joining an industry move to in...

Samsung tech leak suspects allegedly bribed by Chinese firm

Samsung tech leak suspects allegedly bribed by Chinese firm

A former senior manager at Samsung Electronics Co. and an ex-subcontractor employee are among those accused of receiving several tens of million dol...

Samsung to release Galaxy Book4 laptop series in January

Samsung to release Galaxy Book4 laptop series in January

Samsung Electronics Co. will release its laptop lineup Galaxy Book4 series on Jan. 2, 2024, with a new intelligent processor for high performance an...

Samsung, ASML to build joint research plant in Hwaseong

Samsung, ASML to build joint research plant in Hwaseong

Samsung Electronics Co. and ASML Holding NV plan to build their joint research plant in Dongtan township in Hwaseong, South Korea, in which the me...

Korea's NPS taps Jun Ahn as real estate investment head

Korea's NPS taps Jun Ahn as real estate investment head

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, appointed Jun Ahn (Ahn Jun-sang) as its real estate inv...

Samsung to relocate packaging unit workplace to lure talent

Samsung to relocate packaging unit workplace to lure talent

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is set to relocate its advanced packaging department’s workplace in South Kor...

CJ Foodville attracts $54 mn investment from Arges PE

CJ Foodville attracts $54 mn investment from Arges PE

CJ Foodville, the food service subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group and the operator of bakery brand Tous les Jours announced on Thursday that it at...

IT device recovery to power Korean parts makers in 2024

IT device recovery to power Korean parts makers in 2024

Global sales of consumer information technology electronics such as smartphones, PCs and TVs are expected to rebound in 2024, fueling hopes of an ea...

Samsung C&T to join Oman's green ammonia project

Samsung C&T to join Oman's green ammonia project

South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corp. announced on Wednesday it will participate in the Salalah H2 green ammonia project in Oman, a major init...

SK Ecoplant completes battery recycling plant in China

SK Ecoplant completes battery recycling plant in China

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant announced on Wednesday that it completed a battery recycling plant in the Yancheng Economic and Technological Develo...

ASML, Samsung to build R&D center in Korea for $760 mn

ASML, Samsung to build R&D center in Korea for $760 mn

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Samsung Electronics Co. and ASML Holding N.V. have reached a preliminary agreement to build a research and development fac...

Samsung launches new growth engine control tower at mobile division

Samsung launches new growth engine control tower at mobile division

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips and smartphones, has created a business control tower within its Digital eX...

Hyundai Movex to supply smart logistics for Hankook Tire US plant

Hyundai Movex to supply smart logistics for Hankook Tire US plant

South Korea’s Hyundai Movex Co., the logistics automation solutions affiliate of Hyundai Group, secured a $82 million contract to equip Hank...

Samsung SDI forms ASB commercialization team

Samsung SDI forms ASB commercialization team

South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. formed a new team to promote the commercialization of the all-solid-state battery (ASB), the so-called “ba...

Palliser Capital urges Samsung C&T reform for $25 bn value-up

Palliser Capital urges Samsung C&T reform for $25 bn value-up

London-based hedge fund Palliser Capital said on Wednesday that Samsung C&T Corp. is 63% intrinsically undervalued and could increase its value ...

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE due in Korea; to premiere S24 model in January

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE due in Korea; to premiere S24 model in January

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone maker by volume, is launching the Galaxy S23 FE series – its latest fan edition ...

GC Biopharma breaks ground on blood product plant in Indonesia

GC Biopharma breaks ground on blood product plant in Indonesia

South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. broke ground on Wednesday on Indonesia’s first blood product plant through technology transfer.Indonesi...

Hanwha to re-enter biopharma market, targeting biomaterials

Hanwha to re-enter biopharma market, targeting biomaterials

South Korea’s Hanwha Group will re-enter the biopharmaceutical market to become the country’s sole producer of tris buffers, a key reage...

Korean shipbuilders slide to 2nd place after China in November orders

Korean shipbuilders slide to 2nd place after China in November orders

South Korean shipbuilders slid to second place in new shipbuilding orders last month, yielding the top spot back to their Chinese rivals.According t...

POSCO starts building industrial gas facilities in Pohang

POSCO starts building industrial gas facilities in Pohang

South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO started to construct an industrial gas production facility with a capacity of 250,000 tons at its seconda...

Global NAND chip sales up in Q3 amid Samsung output cut

Global NAND chip sales up in Q3 amid Samsung output cut

Global sales of NAND flash chips slightly grew in the third quarter as industry leaders such as Samsung Electronics Co. cut output, a report showed ...

Samsung names new smartphone, TV platform head

Samsung names new smartphone, TV platform head

Samsung Electronics Co. has promoted Kim Yong-soo, vice president and former Google and Oracle software expert, to lead its smartphone and TV platfo...

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