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Batteries
LG Energy to expand smart factory systems to N.America JVs
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. will introduce smart manufacturing systems to all its joint venture battery plants under construction in...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
HD Hyundai Oilbank to build eco-friendly power plants
South Korea's HD Hyundai Oilbank is pursuing the construction of eco-friendly power plants powered by liquefied natural gas and blue hydrogen.The co...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea to develop supercomputer for industrial use
South Korea is set to develop a supercomputer for industrial use as Asia’s fourth-largest economy lags far behind on the performance of such d...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Holdings to produce nickel in Indonesia
POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of the world’s sixth-largest steel maker, will directly produce nickel, a key material for sec...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO to spend $900 mn to expand lithium, cathode output in Korea
South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Group is expected to spend 1.2 trillion won ($900 million) in total to add cathode manufacturing and lithium r...
May 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea launches foreign worker quota exclusively for shipbuilding sector
South Korea will set a separate quota of 5,000 foreign workers to solve the labor shortage in domestic shipbuilding and accept 120,000 such workers ...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M to inject $461 mn to bulk up cathode production
POSCO Future M Co., a unit of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Monday it has decided to invest 614.8 billion won ($460.5 millio...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
HD Hyundai Infracore targets Middle East and African markets with new brand Develon
HD Hyundai Infracore (formerly Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co.), a South Korean construction equipment maker, has ventured into the Middle East and Afr...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display to focus on automotive screens for turnaround
LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, is set to focus on the automotive scree...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
TSMC-Nvidia alliance step up 2 nm chip rivalry with Samsung
TSMC Co. appears to be at the forefront of efforts to produce ultra-advanced semiconductor chips as the world's largest contract chip manufacturer i...
Mar 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea's CJ Bioscience buys drug candidates from 4D pharma of the UK
South Korea’s pharmaceutical and healthcare company CJ Bioscience Inc. has acquired drug candidates from the UK's 4D pharma plc. to improve co...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea Western Power lands nation's first solar power order in Oman
Korea Western Power Co. (KOWEPO) has won its country's first project in solar power generation in Oman.The company on Tuesday announced its successf...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
POSCO Future M to spend $300 million on NCA cathode plant in Pohang
South Korea's battery component maker POSCO Future M, formerly POSCO Chemical, on Tuesday said it will build its first plant solely for cathode mate...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, Arm partner Gaonchips eyes US as next offshore base
Gaonchips Co., a long-term Samsung Electronics Co’s chip design house partner that also works with British fabless chip company Arm Inc., will...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SentBe, back from brink of collapse to play in major league
SentBe, a South Korean fintech startup operating a personal international remittance app of the same name, is readying to play in the bigger global ...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Korea’s sole foreign clinic operator CHA Healthcare to go public in 2025
CHA Healthcare Co. operating nearly 90 hospitals and infertility treatment centers across the world, is set to pave the way for South Koreans' inves...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
S.Korea's KIC to strengthen responsible investments
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) plans to actively voice its opinions on portfolio companies' management over the next two years to tighten its re...
Mar 06, 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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Electric vehicles
LS Cable to inject $53.3 million to set up EV parts JV with HAI
LS Cable & System Ltd. will spend 67.5 billion won ($53.3 million) to set up a joint venture with Austria’s Hammerer Aluminium Industries ...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Chanel Korea to power its stores with renewable energy
Chanel Korea has taken a step toward reducing its carbon footprint by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea East-West Power. The ag...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korean Air launches development of Korean regional GPS system
South Korea's national flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. on Tuesday announced the start of its development of the Korean Positioning System (KPS), a...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
GM Korea to launch Trax, Cadillac EV; likely turn to profit this year
GM Korea Co. expects to turn to profit this year after years of losses as the South Korean subsidiary of the US auto giant plans to bring six new an...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax to make inroads into Japanese market in earnest
Cosmax Inc., South Korea's cosmetics original design manufacturing (ODM) company, said on Thursday that it would start targeting the Japanese market...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, Honda to build $4.4 billion battery plant in Ohio
LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Honda Motor Co. have launched their first US joint venture to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Ohio, LG said o...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
S.Korea's automotive unit Kolon Mobility Group reborn as separate entity
South Korea's Kolon Mobility Group has been launched with Lee Kyu-ho, the great grandson of the Kolon Group founder Lee Won-man, as co-CEO. Formerly...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong submits new drug applications for Fexuclue in 10 countries
South Korea's leading drug company Daewoong Pharmaceutical is accelerating its global expansion efforts for its 34th domestically developed drug Fex...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Innovation, SungEel HiTech form discarded battery joint venture
South Korea's SK Innovation Co. is forming a joint venture with SungEel HiTech Co., a company that recycles discarded batteries, to extract metals f...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Motional expects profit structure improved by 2025
Motional, the US-based self-driving joint venture of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group, said it expects Motional's profit structure to improve by 20...
Nov 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Geo Centric to build Asia's biggest advanced recycling plant with British partner
South Korea's SK Geo Centric, the green chemical subsidiary of SK Innovation, will build Asia's largest advanced recycling (pyrolysis) plant in the ...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korea's SK E&S to produce 30,000 tons of liquid hydrogen per year
SK E&S, the energy affiliate of SK Group, from next year will start domestic output and distribution of up to 30,000 tons of liquid hydrogen ann...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)