Samsung Display to build Micro OLED line for VR, AR devices
Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s largest display maker, is building a production facility for Micro OLEDs, a next-generation display technol...
Leading S.Korean trade body, 31 brokerages urge delay in financial investment tax
South Korea's Korea Financial Investment Association and 31 domestic securities companies on Sunday released a joint statement urging a delay in the...
Jobis&Villains selected as beneficiary of UK venture support program GEP
South Korea's Jobis & Villains Corp., which operates the tax return service "3o3," announced on Thursday that it has been officially registered ...
Hyundai, SK to build $1.9 bn EV battery plant in US
Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, and SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer, will b...
Finance ministry stresses need to reduce maximum corporate tax rate
A total of 103 companies, a mere 0.01% of the total number of corporations in South Korea, are paying more than 40% of the country’s total cor...
LG Chem to build $3.2 billion US cathode plant in Tennessee
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Tuesday it is building a $3.2 billion cathode plant in Tennessee, its first facto...
Nearly half of South Korea's economists urge repeal of inheritance tax
Nearly half of South Korea's economists want the inheritance tax abolished, according to a survey.The Korea Economic Association on Thursday release...
South Korea's economic bodies urge revision of US Inflation Reduction Act
Six leading economic organizations in South Korea have sent a joint letter to the US government and Congress requesting revision of the US Inflation...
Korea's NPS to get partial tax refund on US real estate sales
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is set to receive a tax refund of 30 billion won ($22.4 million) from the US Internal Revenue Ser...
Korea, Hyundai Motor request 3-year reprieve on US EV tax credit law
The South Korean government and the country’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. have requested the US government give Korean carmakers a three-y...
Hyundai, Kia post record hybrid vehicle sales in US in October
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., which are gradually increasing their presence in the US market, saw their hybrid vehicle sales reach an all-time hi...
EcoPro BM to build battery materials plant in Canada
EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s leading battery material producer, is set to build a plant in Canada with a $704 million investment in a partners...
Samsung SDI beats CATL in EV battery operating margin
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, reported a higher operating margin than that of the global leader C...
LG Energy set to ink graphite deal with Australia’s Syrah Resources
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Thursday it has signed an initial agreement to explore graphite procurement from Australia&rsquo...
S.Korea exempts foreign investors from treasury bond tax
South Korea on Oct. 17 started exempting foreign investors from two types of taxes on Korean treasury bonds and monetary stabilization bonds investm...
SK On in 10-year lithium deal with Australia’s Lake Resources
SK On Co., a leading South Korean battery maker, said on Wednesday it has signed a long-term contract to procure lithium, a key battery material, fr...
POSCO Holdings to invest extra $1.1 billion in Argentine lithium plant
POSCO Group, which owns South Korea’s largest steelmaker, plans to invest an additional $1.09 billion, or 5 trillion won, in its lithium produ...
Samsung’s new $2.8 bn OLED plant to benefit Korean device makers
South Korea’s electronics equipment manufacturers are set to benefit from Samsung Display Co.’s planned construction of a $2.8 billion n...
SK On inks lithium deal with Australian firm for US tax credit
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, has signed a deal with an Australian lithium producer. Securing the core ...
Korea to raise tax credits on OTT content for future growth
Studio Dragon Corp., South Korea’s leading drama production house, spent 26 billion won ($18.5 million) on Vincenzo, aired in 2021, and receiv...
EV tax credits may prove detrimental to the US: EU official
The US decision to remove tax incentives for cars produced outside North America may violate World Trade Organization (WTO) provisions and could be ...
Korean PM Han says EV tax credits may violate FTA rules
The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) appears to have violated the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the country and South Korea, Korean Prime Minis...
Ford CEO heads to Korea to discuss EV tax credit with LG Energy, SK On
Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Jim Parley will visit South Korea early next week to meet with chief executives of its battery suppliers LG Energy So...
Korea vows favorable taxation for US, foreign firms
South Korea's National Tax Service (NTS) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM) held a meeting on Sept. 16 to discuss favorable ta...
South Korea bans L&F from building a battery material plant in US
The South Korean government has banned L&F Co., a battery materials maker, from building a new plant in the US amid a controversy over the Infla...
Nexon late founder’s family inherits all his shares
The wife and two daughters of Nexon’s late founder Kim Jung-ju have inherited all his shares in the game developer’s holding company NXC...
Steelmaker Husteel's operating profit skyrockets 579% in first half
Shares of Husteel, the only public company within the golf course giant Shinan Group, have doubled in price in the last three months. Industry ...
Washington, Seoul to hold formal talks on US EV tax credit act
WASHINGTON D.C. – South Korea and the United States have agreed to launch formal negotiations over ways to address the negative impacts of the...
Hyundai’s Chung rolls up sleeves to counter US EV tax credit act
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun is off to the US to meet government officials and business leaders as the recently passed Inflation Reduct...
Tesla sweeps local EV subsidies as Korean firms at disadvantage in US
Tesla Inc. and other US electric vehicle makers are enjoying strong sales in South Korea thanks to government subsidies while the revised US EV tax ...
