POSCO Chemical, GM to launch new battery material JV in US

South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. said on Thursday it is forming a new joint venture with US top automaker General Motors Co. to produce cathod...

IONIQ 7 to beome home on wheels with LG appliances

Hyundai Motor Co.’s IONIQ 7, its new all-electric sport utility vehicle to be launched in 2024, will be equipped with the home appliances of L...

Hanwha Solutions invests $100 mn in US energy startup Lancium

South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. has invested in a US data center energy management startup as part of its new business model to embrace t...

Samsung orders US chips, with a side of geopolitics

Every country wants a cutting-edge semiconductor plant. Samsung Electronics’ plan to build one in the U.S. is taking advantage of th...

Korea Inc. braces for rising costs, supply chain risks, volatile FX

Hopes for improving corporate earnings are rising as countries around the world are relaxing their anti-COVID-19 measures, but South Korean companie...

Hyundai Oilbank to make naphtha from plastic waste

Hyundai Oilbank Co. is set to produce naphtha by injecting plastic waste pyrolysis oil into the process of refining crude oil, poised to become the ...

Jay Y. Lee meets Verizon CEO and Moderna co-founder

Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee has met with biopharmaceutical conglomerate Moderna’s co-founder and telecommunications g...

Global carmakers deliver unfinished cars due to chip shortage

Global carmakers are now delivering unfinished cars, or vehicles without popular convenience features such as USB ports, to appease customers runnin...

SeAH to supply monopiles for Orsted’s UK offshore wind farm project

SeAH Steel Holdings Corp. ’s UK subsidiary is set to supply monopiles, steel tubes that serve as a fixed foundation for offshore wind turbines...

Korea DEF crisis may ease as China will export urea

South Korea is expected to ease the diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) shortage for the short term as China has decided to resume customs clearance procedur...

Global supply crisis endangers S.Korea’s manufacturers

A South Korean electric equipment maker has decided not to seek any new orders as a spike in prices of commodities such as copper and supply disrupt...

Korea scrambles to address DEF supply shortage

South Korea is stepping up efforts to secure diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) such as diversification of supply sources as the shortage of the liquid used...

LG Energy Solution to supply batteries to US fuel cell truck maker Nikola

LG Energy Solution Ltd., a leading South Korean battery maker, has signed a deal to supply batteries to Nikola Corp., a US hydrogen fuel cell electr...

Deepening diesel exhaust fluid crisis puts Korea’s key industries at risk

The diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) shortage in South Korea stemming from China's suspension of urea exports is getting worse, as local DEF inventories a...

US startup SES unveils game-changing lithium-metal battery

SES Holdings Pte. Ltd., one of the world’s top solid-state battery makers, unveiled a hybrid lithium-metal rechargeable battery with better pe...

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...

Hyundai's Genesis beats Lexus' selling price in US

The rising demand for high-end vehicles, despite dwindling production caused by semiconductor shortages, are driving new vehicle prices to record hi...

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...

Hyundai Motor swings to profit in Q3 on Genesis, SUVs

Hyundai Motor Co. South Korea’s top automaker, turned to an operating profit in the third quarter on strong sales of the premium Genesis model...

POSCO Chem to supply materials to Morrow Batteries

South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. agreed to provide materials to Morrow Batteries, a Norwegian electric vehicle battery maker, in a move to tap...

POSCO reaps rewards from Australia’s Roy Hill investment

POSCO, the world’s fifth-largest steelmaker by output, has reaped the rewards of a $1.1 billion investment it made in Australia’s Roy Hi...

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...

Hyundai Motor, Kia winners in sagging European car market in September

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., the two automaking units of Hyundai Motor Group, saw their market share in Europe rise to a level never seen before...

GM says it will recover $1.9 billion of Bolt-recall costs from LG

General Motors Co. said it would recover from supplier LG Electronics Inc. nearly all of the $2 billion cost of recalling Chevrolet B...

New Mercedes-Benz C-Class equipped with LG ADAS camera

The new Mercedes-Benz C-Class is equipped with LG Electronics Inc.’s advanced driving assistance system (ADAS) camera module, helping the Sout...

S.Korea shows rare unease against US request for Samsung data

The South Korean government has expressed open concern about the recent request by the US Department of Commerce for more information on the global ...

Chip shortage slams Korean carmakers’ new car rollouts

The unprecedented global chip shortage is thwarting automakers’ plans to roll out new vehicles, with some popular models set to be delivered t...

SK may develop LFP batteries for low-priced EVs

SK On, the recently-launched battery company of South Korea's SK Group, is considering manufacturing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries to suppl...

China, Japan, Korea race for wafer capacity expansion

China, Japan and South Korea are racing for expanding wafer production as surging chip demand and increase in semiconductor makers’ capacity t...

SK becomes first Korean oil producer from plastic waste

SK Group has become South Korea's first company to extract oil from plastic waste and use the eco-friendly oil as a feedstock of oil refining and pe...