2023 Wards 10 Best Engines and Propulsion Systems
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Korean chipmakers
System on chips: Samsung’s new high-stakes foundry business
Samsung Electronics Co. is setting its sights on system on chips (SoCs) to continue to drive growth in its foundry business amid a protracted slowdo...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, SK On to showcase LFP battery prototypes at InterBattery 2023
LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK On Co. will showcase their lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery prototypes next week, as the two South Korean battery...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Square’s Swiss unit joins EU quantum satellite project
A Swiss company owned by South Korea’s SK Square Co. has joined a European project to develop a quantum communications satellite, the company ...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
POSCO Engineering & Construction renames itself POSCO E&C
POSCO Engineering & Construction, the builder affiliate of South Korea's POSCO Group, has changed its name to "POSCO E&C" to mark the first ...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
LS Electric unveils smart factory solutions
South Korea’s LS Electric Co. on Wednesday said it has unveiled its future factory automation solutions for the digital transformation era at ...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells jumps into distributed energy biz with forecast service
Hanwha Q Cells, the Q Cells division of Hanwha Solutions Corp., said on Wednesday that it had started a renewable energy generation forecast service...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LG Energy Solution to collaborate on Jeju offshore wind power pilot project
LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Wednesday that its subsidiary AVEL had signed an agreement with Korea South-East Power Co. (KOEN) and Tamra Offshore...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
S.Korea's builders diversify biz portfolios to waste battery, other sectors
South Korea's construction companies are exploring other sectors to find new growth engines amid deteriorating profitability in the housing industry...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai eyes greater SUV market share with new Kona EV
Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled the all-new Kona Electric, its first fully revamped compact sport utility vehicle in five years, as the top So...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea's LS Materials set to boost earnings ahead of IPO process
LS Materials Co., a South Korean energy storage devices maker, is slated to ramp up earnings to accelerate its initial public offering process this ...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Global PC, tablet market to shrink over 10% in 2023: research
The global market for personal computers and tablets is expected to shrink by more than 10% this year, as the demand for remote work and learning de...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Global smartphone shipments to edge lower in 2023: IDC
Global smartphone shipments will decline 1.1% this year to 1.2 billion units, down from the previous 2.8% growth forecast due to weak demand and m...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korean inflation rises at slowest rate in 10 months in February
South Korea’s headline inflation gain eased in February, rising at the slowest pace in 10 months on a drop in oil product prices but utility p...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea-Indonesia central banks renew currency swap agreement
Central banks of South Korea and Indonesia renewed a bilateral local currency swap arrangement to keep supporting trade and financial cooperation fo...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Motor develop vehicle height adjustment system
Hyundai Mobis, a global auto parts vendor and affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Monday that it has co-developed an electronic levelling cont...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems tests AESA radar system for Korean fighter jet
Hanwha Systems Co., a South Korean defense and IT service company, said on Sunday that it had installed and tested its own radar system on a prototy...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Electronics picks private 5G network as next growth engine
LG Electronics Inc. is seeking to make inroads into the private 5G network market, set to grow rapidly amid accelerated migration to automation in a...
Mar 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
South Korean tire makers raise prices despite weak sales
South Korea’s three largest tire makers are raising product prices despite their weak sales in anticipation of an imminent market rebound amid...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Musinsa selected as one of Asia's most innovative companies
Musinsa, a fashion e-commerce platform based in South Korea, on Friday was named one of this year's "Top-10 Most Innovative Companies in Asia-Pacifi...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems begins developing active protection system for combat vehicles
South Korea's defense and IT service company Hanwha Systems Co. will develop core technology for an active protection system (APS), or state-of-the-...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
S.Korea's Aekyung opens Luna brand store on Chinese TikTok
Aekyung Industrial, a South Korean consumer products company, announced on Thursday the opening of a stand-alone brand shop for their make-up specia...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE wins order for 4 petrochem product carriers
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), HD Hyundai Co.'s intermediate shipbuilding subsidiary, announced on Tuesday that it had signed...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea's GEPS logs 10.2% return on alternative assets in 2022
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) had a 4.4% loss on investment last year, seeing its assets under management (AUM) dr...
Mar 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to show off total smart factory solutions at trade show
LG Uplus Corp., a mobile telecom service carrier in South Korea, announced on Tuesday that it would present a complete set of smart factory solution...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hanwha Solutions receives green certification for recycled plastic materials
South Korean chemical and renewable energy firm Hanwha Solutions Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has received a global certification for its recy...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
S.Korea's elderly population to exceed 10 million in 2024
The number of people in South Korea aged 65 or over next year is expected to break 10 million, with the country to enter an era in which 20% of the ...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
BC Card shows one-stop payment int'l network at MWC 2023
BC Card, the only credit card company from South Korea taking part in this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, is displaying at ...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung leader eyes solid-state batteries as future growth engine
Samsung Group appears set to up its investment in solid-state batteries, a game changer in the electric vehicle sector, as South Korea’s top c...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
S.Korea's Hyundai L&C launches engineered stone Opimo
Hyundai L&C, an interior solutions provider under the Hyundai Department Store Co. Group in South Korea, announced on Monday the launch of its h...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK Ecoplant's Singaporean affiliate, Thailand's No. 2 conglomerate to develop green power
Singapore's TES, an electronic waste management specialist and subsidiary of South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co., will jointly pursue the development of e...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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- 2 AI startup MarqVision raises $16.5 mn to close Series A
- 3 Taihan Cable wins $630 mn power grid project in Singapore
- 4 Korean startup scene is gloomy, say 2 out of 5 startup CEOs
- 5 MBK ups stakes for Korea Zinc to match buyback offer