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Batteries
LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate by assets, should step up its efforts to foster future growth with promising technologies,...
6 HOURS AGO
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Business & Politics
Lee Jae-myung vows to end politics of division, seek pragmatic diplomacy
Lee Jae-myung was formally sworn in as South Korea’s new president on Wednesday, pledging to unite a divided nation, revitalize the economy an...
Jun 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS logs 0.87% return from first-quarter investment
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, announced on ...
May 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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...
May 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
K-Beauty defies seasonal slump with record $980 mn in April exports
The global appetite for Korean beauty products shows no sign of slowing, with their exports in April surging 20% year on year to a record high, ev...
May 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
POSCO Future M to raise $771 million to bolster battery materials business
POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s leading battery materials maker, is set to raise 1.1 trillion won ($771 million) through a rights offering a...
May 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
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...
May 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean shares sink after KDB's sale of 4.2% stake
Investors rushed to dump Hanwha Ocean Co. shares early Tuesday after its second-largest shareholder, Korea Development Bank, cashed in on a 4.2% sta...
Apr 29, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On seals $2.8 bn battery deal with Bezos-backed US EV start-up Slate
SK On Co., the battery subsidiary of South Korea’s energy conglomerate SK Group, has signed a supply agreement worth an estimated 4 trillion w...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Motor posts solid Q1; rough road ahead on Trump's auto tariffs
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. defied mounting global trade headwinds and a fresh round of US import tariffs to deliver record ...
Apr 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan to lead financing for battery storage project in Japan
Shinhan Financial Group will lead 4.9 billion yen ($35 million) in financing for a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) construction pro...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI, Hanwha Ocean to usher in battery-driven submarine era
Hanwha Ocean Co. and Samsung SDI Co. will start evaluating their jointly developed lithium-ion battery system for a submarine with South Korea&rsquo...
Apr 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution clinches multibillion-dollar ESS deals in Japan, Europe
LG Energy Solution Ltd. has secured a string of billion-dollar energy storage system (ESS) deals in Japan and Europe, outmaneuvering Chinese rivals ...
Apr 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI launches mass production of 46 mm-diameter batteries
Samsung SDI Co. has become South Korea’s first company to mass-produce cylindrical 46-millimeter(46 mm)-diameter batteries, regarded as ...
Apr 01, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy bags 1-GWh ESS battery deal from Poland’s PGE
LG Energy Solution Ltd. will supply 1 gigawatt-hour of energy storage system (ESS) batteries to a state-owned utility company in Poland in a deal ex...
Mar 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
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...
Mar 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to supply 100 GWh of EV batteries to Nissan
SK On Co. has landed a deal to supply nearly 100 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electric vehicle batteries to Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co., which cou...
Mar 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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...
Mar 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
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&...
Mar 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Meritz drops bid for troubled MG Non-Life Insurance; Liquidation looms
Meritz Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s second-most valuable financial holding firm, has dropped its bid to acquire financial distressed MG...
Mar 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem unveils precursor-free cathode material for batteries
LG Chem Ltd. is set to become the first South Korean company to mass-produce precursor-free cathode materials, designed for high- and mid-nickel bat...
Mar 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea’s pension fund NPS posts record return in 2024 on US stock rally
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, said on ...
Feb 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea welcomes more babies after downward birth rate spiral
South Korea’s fertility rate bounced back last year for the first time in nearly a decade following a surge in marriages, raising hopes for a ...
Feb 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Coupang posts profit for 2 straight years in 2024 on new growth drivers
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s answer to global e-commerce giant Amazon.com, ended last year with profit for the second straight year thanks to t...
Feb 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai, Samsung deepen ties to win humanoid race
South Korea’s household technology and automotive names Samsung and Hyundai have reinforced their alliance to capture the global humanoid robo...
Feb 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
S.Korea’s corporate bond market cools amid poor earnings
Investors’ appetite for corporate debts sold by South Korea’s petrochemical, retail and battery companies has waned this month amid grim...
Feb 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
LG companies flock to debt, equity markets to raise $2.8 billion
Companies under South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group scrambled to sell shares and bonds to raise 4 trillion won ($2.8 billion) e...
Feb 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korean state think tank cuts 2025 growth forecast, flags US tariff risk
South Korea’s state-run think tank has cut its growth forecast for the country this year, citing President Donald Trump’s trad...
Feb 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
LX International seeks to acquire nickel, copper mines in Indonesia
LX International Corp., the trading unit of South Korea’s LX Group, said on Friday it is seeking to acquire a nickel mine and a copper mine in...
Feb 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Naver founder to return as board chair; 2024 earnings solid
Lee Hae-jin, the founder of South Korea’s No. 1 internet portal operator Naver Corp., is set to return to the company to lead the board amid t...
Feb 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 2 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 3 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 4 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet