GS E&C secures €70 mn green loan from BNP Paribas for warehouses

GS E&C secures €70 mn green loan from BNP Paribas for warehouses

South Korea’s construction conglomerate GS Engineering & Construction (GS E&C) said on Dec. 16 it has become the first Korean constr...

Samsung launches merged set division as DX; robotics new growth driver

Samsung launches merged set division as DX; robotics new growth driver

Samsung Electronics Co. has officially launched its new set division, which combines its mobile and consumer electronics businesses into a single un...

Korea’s November exports top $60 bn for first time to fresh high

Korea’s November exports top $60 bn for first time to fresh high

South Korea’s exports in November exceeded $60 billion for the first time in terms of monthly shipments to an all-time high, although caution ...

LG Energy to secure $1.36 bn to raise US battery output

LG Energy to secure $1.36 bn to raise US battery output

LG Energy Solution Ltd. is set to secure $1.36 billion to expand US battery output capacity, joining the fundraising race among South Korean battery...

Hyundai E&C teams up with US Holtec on SMR business

Hyundai E&C teams up with US Holtec on SMR business

South Korea’s builder Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C). is set to join the small modular reactor (SMR) business in...

Costa Rican president: His family K-drama fans, seeks joint production

Costa Rican president: His family K-drama fans, seeks joint production

Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Quesada has praised South Korean movies such as the Oscar-winning Parasite and drama series such as Squid Game...

Korea Zinc to double battery material output capacity

Korea Zinc to double battery material output capacity

Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s top lead and zinc smelter, plans to double its production capacity of nickel sulfate, a key raw material for cath...

Robots, AI replace human workers at Kia’s EV6 manufacturing factory

Robots, AI replace human workers at Kia’s EV6 manufacturing factory

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, has unveiled the automated manufacturing process at its smart factory for the EV6, its firs...

LG Chem, GS Caltex to produce biodegradable plastic material

LG Chem, GS Caltex to produce biodegradable plastic material

South Korea’s top petrochemical maker LG Chem Ltd. and the No. 2 refiner GS Caltex Corp. have agreed to jointly produce a biodegradable plasti...

Korea’s SKC to build $761 mn copper foil plant in Poland

Korea’s SKC to build $761 mn copper foil plant in Poland

South Korea’s SKC Co. decided to build a copper foil factory for $761 million in Poland, its first European plant to produce the core electric...

POSCO to quadruple steel sheet production for eco-friendly cars

POSCO to quadruple steel sheet production for eco-friendly cars

South Korean steelmaking giant POSCO Co. is slated to quadruple its production of non-grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, a key material in the...

Samsung unveils 2.5D chip packaging tech for high-end products

Samsung unveils 2.5D chip packaging tech for high-end products

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new chip packaging technology, called H-Cube, which stacks high-performance chips in mu...

Korea’s state electric companies to cease coal power generation by 2050

Korea’s state electric companies to cease coal power generation by 2050

State-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) and its six subsidiaries declared an aim to cease coal power generation by 2050 in a bid to pla...

Korea’s Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen maker to issue first bond

Korea’s Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen maker to issue first bond

South Korea’s Samyang Foods Co., the maker of the Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, plans to issue its first corporate bonds ever as it is expanding b...

Dongkuk eyes $1.7 billion sales from color steel business in 2030

Dongkuk eyes $1.7 billion sales from color steel business in 2030

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea’s third-largest steelmaker, said on Monday that it aims to grow its color coated steel business to 2 trill...

Steel scrap in high demand in steelmakers' push to cut emissions

Steel scrap in high demand in steelmakers' push to cut emissions

Steel scrap, once derided as trash, is emerging as a national strategic resource as steelmakers are increasingly recycling metal scrap to reduce rel...

CJ Group Chief unveils $8.5 billion investment plans for growth

CJ Group Chief unveils $8.5 billion investment plans for growth

South Korea’s CJ Group, which operates the country’s largest food and beverage company CJ Cheiljedang Corp. as well as entertainment gia...

Diesel exhaust fluid shortage threatens Korea’s supply chain

Diesel exhaust fluid shortage threatens Korea’s supply chain

A diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) shortage in South Korea is feared to disrupt the supply chain in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The lack of the l...

SeAH set for record earnings on steel supercycle, offshore wind projects

SeAH set for record earnings on steel supercycle, offshore wind projects

SeAH Group, a South Korean mid-size special steel conglomerate, is set to post record earnings this year on the back of the global steel supercycle ...

Chips, auto, display stocks rebound as supply shortage eases

Chips, auto, display stocks rebound as supply shortage eases

Shares in South Korea’s chipmakers, automakers and display producers have begun to rebound on growing signs that the global supply shortage wi...

LCS Group, Bosung Powertec to form $40 mn fund for telecom tower project

LCS Group, Bosung Powertec to form $40 mn fund for telecom tower project

LCS Group Korea, a South Korean corporate set up by the Philippines' LCS Group of Companies, signed a joint venture establishment contract on Oct. 2...

EcoPro BM to build battery materials plants in US, Europe

EcoPro BM to build battery materials plants in US, Europe

EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s top cathode producer, plans to set up factories in the US and Europe to expand its business in the global marke...

Samsung SDI, Stellantis to build billion-dollar battery JV in US

Samsung SDI, Stellantis to build billion-dollar battery JV in US

Samsung SDI Co. has partnered with Dutch-domiciled multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. to build a multi-billion-dollar battery facility in the U...

Hyundai Glovis to build hydrogen supply chain with Air Products

Hyundai Glovis to build hydrogen supply chain with Air Products

Hyundai Glovis Co., a logistics unit of Hyundai Motor Group, agreed to set up a liquid hydrogen supply chain with Air Products, the world’s la...

POSCO emerges from pandemic blues with record third-quarter profit

POSCO emerges from pandemic blues with record third-quarter profit

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

Luxury reseller EndAnd offers one-of-a-kind authentication service

Luxury reseller EndAnd offers one-of-a-kind authentication service

One of the biggest concerns in purchasing a secondhand luxury item is being uncertain if the item is real or fake. And South Korea-based luxury resa...

LG Chem to build technical support centers in EU, US

LG Chem to build technical support centers in EU, US

LG Chem Ltd. will expand global clients’ accessibility to its technical support professionals. The chemical company said on Oct. 11 that it wi...

Samsung surprises foundry industry with plan for 2 nm chips

Samsung surprises foundry industry with plan for 2 nm chips

Samsung Electronics Co. caught its global semiconductor competitors off guard last week at the Samsung Foundry Forum 2021 with its announced plan to...

Shares in Woori Financial draw KT, builder and PEFs

Shares in Woori Financial draw KT, builder and PEFs

South Korea's telecom giant KT Corp., mid-sized builder Hoban Construction Co. and about 10 private equity firms have submitted letters of intent to...

Hanwha to raise $503 mn to expand China PVC production

Hanwha to raise $503 mn to expand China PVC production

South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. is set to raise $503 million to expand its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) business in China, the world&rsq...

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