Hanwha CEO reshuffle
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Private equity
KKR Co-CEO Joe Bae meets NPS, KIC execs in S.Korea
KKR Co. Co-Chief Executive Joseph Bae made a visit to South Korea last week to meet with senior managers of the country’s top limited partners...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
TPG to fully acquire cosmetics container firm Samhwa at around $237 mn
Texas-based private equity firm TPG Inc. is poised to fully acquire Samhwa Co., a South Korean cosmetic packaging supplier to global beauty powerhou...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korea Zinc ties up with SK, Hanwha for Aussie green ammonia
Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, has joined hands with SK Gas Ltd. and Hanwha Impact Corp. for the green ammonia bu...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer
Match Group Inc., operating online dating and chat platforms like Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid in some 40 languages, has appointed its subsidiary Hyper...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean succeeds in localizing key submarine acoustic equipment
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. has successfully achieved the localization of key acoustic equipment for submarines. The company has replaced equipme...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hanwha Solutions, SK D&D team up for hydrogen fuel cell, solar power
South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp. and SK D&D have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly pursue hydrogen fuel cell...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems pursues space internet service
South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. on Tuesday announced completion of its registration the day before as a facility-based communications operator with...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Ad-tech unicorn Moloco’s endeavor to unlock potential continues
SILICON VALLEY – Moloco Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ad-tech solution startup valued at more than $2 billion, is dreaming big to become a vers...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean mulls large investments in warship facilities
Hanwha Ocean Co., the world’s fourth-largest shipbuilder, is considering large investments in new facilities to manufacture warships as the co...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Lotte Energy Materials aspires to become copper foil leader: CEO
South Korea’s Lotte Energy Materials Corp. said on Tuesday that growing demand for reasonably priced electric vehicles will expand the market ...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells captures 35% of US solar module market
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, retained its leading position in the US resid...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Hanwha TotalEnergies completes building POE pilot plant
Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical Co., a South Korean joint venture between Hanwha Group and TotalEnergies, announced on Thursday that it has compl...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
POSCO’s Choi traverses Canada, US to pitch for battery material projects
Choi Jeong-woo, chairman of South Korea’s largest steel group POSCO, is crisscrossing Canada and the US to meet with politicians and business ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai showcases its future green vessel tech in Vietnam
South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. on Thursday said its CEO Chung Ki-sun visited the affiliate Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding in the central Vietnamese prov...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Impact develops 50% hydrogen gas turbine technology
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Wednesday that Hanwha Impact Corporation, a South Korean petrochemical manufacturer, has dev...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems, Leonardo collaborate on developing AESA radar
Hanwha Systems Co., a South Korean defense contractor, has joined forces with Leonardo SpA, a leading European defense company, to jointly develop a...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lotte Rental CEO becomes first owner of Kia EV9
The first owner of Kia Corp.'s EV9 large electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) is Mr. Choi Jin-hwan, President and CEO of Lotte Rental, South Korea'...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hanwha Aerospace partners with UK's Vertical Aerospace for UAM
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Vertical Aerospace (VA), a UK compan...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hanwha Solutions to form industrial complex for chips, auto parts
South Korea's energy service, petrochemical and real estate development company Hanwha Solutions Corp. will build H-Techno Valley, an industrial com...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems joins C-130H airplane modification project
Hanwha Systems Co. announced on Monday that it has been awarded a second contract by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration for the South Ko...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
GM names Hector Villarreal as new CEO for S.Korean operations
General Motors (GM) on Friday named Hector Villarreal as the new president of GM Korea. After more than 40 years with the company, GM Korea Presiden...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha to reveal S.Korean rocket Nuri, UAM techs in Paris
South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group plans to showcase its cutting-edge technology, specifically those applied to home...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Seoul Semiconductor beats Samsung Elec in LED market
Seoul Semiconductor Co., South Korea’s hidden tech champion, beat Samsung Electronics Co., a global electronics giant, in the world’s li...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea’s Hanwha Securities to acquire Ciptadana in Indonesia
Hanwha Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that it has decided to acquire Indonesia's Ciptadana Securities and Ciptadana Asset Managem...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean's hiring shows shipbuilding's competition for talent
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co., formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), is showing the intense hiring battle in shipbuildi...
Jun 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea’s cathode supplier L&F aims to make it big with anodes: CEO
DAEGU – L&F Co., a former LCD backlight unit maker, has long been a stranger even to locals in Daegu, a provincial city 165 km away from S...
Jun 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells sweeps global solar energy industry awards
Hanwha Q Cells Co.'s winning of major global solar energy industry prizes is expected to help the unit of South Korean Hanwha Solutions Corp. cement...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LS Cable, Hanwha to build S.Korea’s largest offshore wind farm
South Korea's LS Cable & System announced on Wednesday that it has been selected as the priority negotiator for the supply of submarine cables f...
Jun 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air says it can conclude Asiana takeover via big concessions
The head of Korean Air Lines Co. has expressed confidence over the airliner's proposed acquisition of Asiana Airlines, saying, "We will make it happ...
Jun 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean LCC Air Premia to spur growth through IPO, more aircraft
Air Premia Inc., a South Korean low-cost carrier (LCC) that was established in 2017 and started flight operations last July, is gearing for fast gro...
Jun 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)