10th Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand
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BTS’ NFT venture hits sour note with fans
SEOUL—When BTS unveiled plans last month to break into the NFT business, the South Korean boy band’s supporters revolted online, threate...
Jan 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Korea 2021 steel output set to top 70 mn tons on supercycle
South Korea’s steel output last year was estimated to have topped 70 million tons as the industry enjoyed a steel supercycle for the first tim...
Jan 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung cuts NAND output in Xian on COVID-19 lockdown
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest NAND flash memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it is adjusting operations at its manufacturing fa...
Dec 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
China’s tighter grip on supply chain hurts Korean battery makers
While the recent urea crisis laid bare South Korea’s heavy dependence on China for the basic raw material, concerns are growing that the count...
Dec 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Oilbank to build LNG-hydrogen power plant for $335 mn
South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. plans to build an eco-friendly power plant fueled with liquefied natural gas (LNG) and blue hydrogen to mee...
Dec 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display OLED TV panel sales top 20 mn units on strong demand
South Korea’s major display panel maker LG Display Co. is estimated to have sold more than 20 million units of organic light-emitting diode (O...
Dec 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Engineering to make hydrogen from plastic waste
Hyundai Engineering Co., a construction unit of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group, is spending 400 billion won ($336 million) to build a plant to pr...
Dec 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Korean steel mills rush to secure metal scrap from abroad
South Korean steelmakers, led by POSCO Co., are rolling up their sleeves to secure metal scrap as they are shifting into less carbon-intensive steel...
Dec 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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New York Life Investments
[Discussion] Think twice before heavy inflation hedge: NYLIM
November’s inflation print, while mostly in line with market expectations, was staggeringly high. Headline inflation increased ...
Dec 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung supplies self-driving, infotainment chips to global carmaker
Samsung Electronics Co. is supplying advanced memory chips to an unidentified global automaker for use in its self-driving and infotainment systems....
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung flexes foundry muscle amid supply chain woes
Samsung Electronics Co. may emerge a winner in the prolonged pandemic era, making full use of fabless chipmakers' efforts to diversify the manufactu...
Dec 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix makes industry’s highest density 24Gb DDR5 DRAM chip
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. said on Wednesday it has shipped samples of 24 Gigabit (Gb) double data rate 5 (DDR5) DRAM, the industry’s h...
Dec 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biotech
Korea’s MedPacto, Merck plan phase 3 trials of colorectal cancer drug
MedPacto Inc., a South Korean biotechnology company that develops therapeutics for cancer and autoimmune diseases, has agreed with global drugmaker ...
Dec 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
K-startups take note of growing demand for 'meta fashion'
Meta fashion, a combination of fashion, metaverse, and NFT, is becoming a global trend. The MZ generation, as those in their 20s and 30s are ca...
Dec 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Defense to supply howitzers to Australia in $788 mn deal
South Korea’s Hanwha Defense Co. inked a $788 million deal to supply K9 self-propelled howitzers to Australia, marking its first sale of the s...
Dec 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy, DSME merger set for collapse on expected EU veto
The European Union’s expected objection to the combination of the world’s two largest shipbuilders – Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. ...
Dec 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO approves holding company plan for eco-friendly business
South Korea’s POSCO Co. is set to split off the company to launch an investment holding firm, 21 years after its privatization. The move aims ...
Dec 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hyundai Oilbank attracts $20 million from Palantir ahead of IPO
South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. has attracted $20 million in investment from US data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. ahead of its...
Dec 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Mobis to unveil two future concept cars via metaverse at CES 2022
South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Wednesday it is unveiling two future mobility concept cars at the upcoming CE...
Dec 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ROK-U.S. SCM
US and South Korea to update wartime plans for North Korea
SEOUL—The U.S. and South Korea said they would update their joint wartime contingency plans for North Korea, as the Kim Jong Un regime has&n...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
POSCO International signs parts supply deal with US EV startup Rivian
POSCO International Corp., the trading unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO, said on Thursday it has signed a $6 million contract to supply...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korean inflation nears 10-year peak in November, fanning rate hike views
South Korea’s consumer inflation hit a near-decade peak in November, fanning expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates agai...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO mulls holding company structure to raise enterprise value
South Korea's largest steelmaker POSCO is considering splitting up the company to launch an investment holding firm as part of efforts to enhan...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Japan's Aeon proceeds with plan to sell Ministop Korea
Japan's Aeon Co. has received preliminary bids for its wholly-owned subsidiary of Ministop Korea, which is estimated at around 200 billion won ($170...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Mental health app Spring Health emerges amid pandemic
Spring Health, a US-based mental health care provider, has emerged stronger in the prolonged pandemic era, with the five-year-old startup valued at ...
Nov 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
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...
Nov 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Global cities with young elites will survive in long term, RXR chairman says
Now it is time to invest in e-commerce, healthcare and multifamily housing, or the so-called three megatrends, which have increased in demand during...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
SK On seeks $2.5 bn in new funding for battery plants
SK On Co., one of South Korea's top three rechargeable battery makers, plans to raise around 3 trillion won ($2.5 billion) in a pre-IPO share sale n...
Nov 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
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...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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