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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor unveils AI-powered voice recognition technology
South Korea-based Hyundai Motor Group has unveiled new artificial intelligence-powered voice recognition technology to be installed in mass-produced...
Feb 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display to invest $750 million in Vietnam OLED module plant
LG Display Co., a major South Korean display panel maker, will invest $750 million in its display plant in Vietnam to meet rising demand from electr...
Feb 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung mulls $17 billion Austin chip plant, seeks tax breaks
Samsung Electronics Co. is seeking tax breaks of $805.5 million from the US state of Texas in return for a new $17 billion chip plant, which the Sou...
Feb 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyosung, Linde to create world's largest liquid hydrogen plant
South Korea-based Hyosung Heavy Industries Corp. and global industrial gas supplier Linde plc. have agreed to establish the world's largest liquid h...
Feb 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix completes construction of its largest $3.14 bn chip plant
SK Hynix Inc. has completed the construction of its largest chip plant, which will use cutting-edge technology to produce memory semiconductors to m...
Feb 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai-partnered world-first urban airport project gets UK govt backing
A British urban air mobility project, in which South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is a technology partner, has been chosen as the winner of the U...
Jan 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Innovation to build 3rd EV battery plant in Hungary for $2.3 bn
SK Innovation Co. will build its third electric-vehicle battery plant in Hungary for $2.29 billion, aiming to grab a greater share of the fast-growi...
Jan 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung says fully ready for M&As; silent on US foundry plant
Samsung Electronics Co. is well-geared up to chase M&A deals and expand its facilities over the next three years to make full use of its cash ho...
Jan 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKC to spend $600 mn to build copper foil plant in Malaysia
South Korea’s SKC Ltd. will build its first overseas plant of copper foils in Malaysia for 650 billion won ($588 million), as the chemical mat...
Jan 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung remains tight-lipped on new US chip plant reports
Samsung Electronics Co. was reported to be considering investing over $10 billion to build a new chip plant in the US. But the world’s top mem...
Jan 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai inks deal to build first overseas hydrogen fuel cell plant in China
Hyundai Motor Co. has signed a contract to build its first overseas hydrogen fuel cell systems plant in China as the South Korean company aims to en...
Jan 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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F&B Industry
CJ Cheiljedang to set up food production plant in South Dakota
South Korea's food and beverage giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. will establish a food production plant that makes mandu in the 560,000 square meters of l...
Jan 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK Group inks $1.5 bn deal to acquire US hydrogen fuel cell maker Plug Power
South Korea’s SK Group has signed a $1.5 billion deal to acquire a controlling stake in US hydrogen fuel cell maker Plug Power Inc. and launch...
Jan 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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EV Batteries
SK Innovation to raise $920 mn for US battery plant expansion
South Korea-based SK Innovation Co. is ramping up investment for its US-based electric vehicle battery business, with plans to raise up to 1 tri...
Jan 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
CPPIB owns one-quarter of Korea’s listed logistics REIT
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has emerged as the top shareholder in South Korea’s only listed logistics real estate inves...
Jan 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai Motor to build first overseas hydrogen fuel cell plant in China
Hyundai Motor Co. will build its first overseas hydrogen fuel cell systems plant in China as the South Korean company aims to enter the world’...
Jan 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Factory suspension
Ssangyong Motor to briefly halt production at main plant
South Korea’s Ssangyong Motor Co. is temporarily suspending production at its main plant due to disruptions of auto parts supplies from its co...
Dec 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Heavy clinches $562 mn Guam power plant deal
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. has clinched an order to build a combined cycle power plant in Guam from a consortium of Kore...
Dec 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
Finhaven to launch world's first blockchain-powered exchange
Canada-based fintech startup Finhaven is set to launch Finhaven Private Markets, the world's first blockchain-powered securities exchange using digi...
Dec 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKC to build first overseas copper foil plant in Malaysia
SKC Ltd., a chemical materials maker of South Korea’s SK Group, is planning to more than quadruple its production capacity of copper foils, a ...
Dec 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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EV Batteries
SK Innovation partners with EVE to launch third battery plant in China
South Korea-based SK Innovation Co. has entered into a joint venture with Chinese battery maker EVE Energy Co. to set up a third battery plant in Ch...
Dec 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LG Chem to power Wuxi plant with renewable energy bought from China
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. says it will power its battery component plant in China with renewable energy as part of its goal to be carbon neutral by...
Dec 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Project financing
KEXIM to finance Korean firms' Mozambique LNG plant project
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) will provide $500 million in project financing to South Korean companies for their $550 million construction...
Dec 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Samsung Engineering wins $1 bn Malaysia plant deal
Samsung Engineering Co. has received a letter of intent from Malaysia’s petrochemical firm Sarawak Petchem Sdn Bhd to build a methanol plant i...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Innovation opens 2nd China battery plant, eyes world’s top 3 spot
SK Innovation Co. has begun operating its second electric vehicle battery plant in China as the South Korean company expands its presence in the wor...
Nov 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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CFO Insight
S-Oil says at least 20 more years to go for oil-powered cars
The penetration of electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles into the transportation industry will unlikely become a major threat to refiners over the ne...
Nov 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC joins One Planet Sovereign Wealth Fund to bolster climate change efforts
In a move to bolster its climate change efforts, Korea Investment Corporation has joined a group of international sovereign wealth funds in their aim ...
Nov 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Stipop, taking on the world one sticker at a time
Emojis and stickers, pictorial icons used to convey emotions in messaging apps, help break down language barriers as users can intuitively recognize...
Nov 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Hynix and other affiliates to become 100% powered by renewable energy
South Korea's SK Holdings Co., along with seven of its affiliates have submitted applications to join RE100, a global coalition of multinational compa...
Nov 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business expansion
Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee visits plants in Vietnam
Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, currently in Vietnam, has toured its smartphone, TV and other electronics plants there, as the compa...
Oct 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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