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Energy
SK-backed TerraPower breaks ground on nuclear power plant in US
Bill Gates’ nuclear energy firm TerraPower LLC, backed by South Korean conglomerates SK Inc. and HD Hyundai Co., has broken ground on its firs...
Jun 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
LG Chairman Koo to embark on US trip to oversee battery, AI projects
Koo Kwang-mo, chair of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, will embark on a weeklong business trip to the US next week to seek new g...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
US, China to serve as Kia’s key offshore EV production bases
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest carmaker after its sibling Hyundai Motor Co., has upped the stakes in China and the US to bolster its ...
Jun 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to launch EV model of Staria minivan in 2026
South Korea’s top automaker, Hyundai Motor Co., is slated to launch an electric vehicle model of its Staria van in 2026 to respond to the inte...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Doosan Bobcat ramps up Chennai plant in India
Doosan Bobcat Inc., the construction and agricultural machine manufacturer of South Korea’s Doosan Group, announced on Wednesday that it compl...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, ADI tie up for fast-charging EV battery technologies
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 3 electric vehicle battery maker, joined hands with US chipmaker Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) on advance...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG-Kakao EV charger JV LG Uplus VoltUp sets sail
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, and the country’s largest taxi-hailing platform Kakao Mobility Corp. officia...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
South Korean steelmakers run plants only at night as demand plummets
South Korea’s major steelmakers are running their plants only at night to cut costs as demand for rebars, or reinforced bars, widely used in t...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ultium Cells Spring Hill: LG, GM’s EV battery bastion in North America
NASHVILLE – Some 60 km south of Nashville, the capital of Tennessee, lies a huge plant churning out battery cells that will eventually land in...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Eco-friendly cars reboot Hyundai, Kia’s US sales in May
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., car manufacturers of the global No. 3 automaker Hyundai Motor Group, reported a rebound last month on sales in the ...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Gas eyes commercial operations of LNG power plant in 2nd half
SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier seeking to transform into a clean energy company, has moved a step c...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai Glovis, EcoPro team up for EV battery recycling business
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, and EcoPro Co., the country’s leading electric vehicle batt...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution to discover startups in battery sector
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Monday that it will host Battery Challenge 2024, an open innovation program to discover startup...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea to build 3 nuclear plants, 1 SMR under new energy policy
South Korea plans to build as many as three new nuclear power plants by 2038 and put into operation at least one small modular reactor (SMR) by 2035...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai E&C to build Korea's 1st electrolysis-based hydrogen plant
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) has broken ground on South Korea’s first hydrogen production plant using water el...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK embarks on business overhaul to focus on mainstays
South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group has embarked on a reshuffling process to focus on core units such as semiconductors and bat...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On invests in Yuilrobotics for its US battery plants
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery producer, is slated to invest in South Korean robot automation system developer ...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor India to file for IPO in June: reports
Hyundai Motor Co. plans to file for an initial public offering of its wholly owned Indian subsidiary as early as June to raise up to $3 billion in w...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
South Korea steps on accelerator for record 2024 car exports
ASAN, South Chungcheong Province – At Hyundai Motor Co.'s manufacturing plant in Asan, over 60 km south of Seoul, thousands of robots were bus...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Innovation’s Ulsan plant goes smarter with AI, robot dog, AR tech
ULSAN, South Gyeongsang Province – At a petrochemical plant run by SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest oil refiner, Spot, a robot d...
May 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hanwha Aerospace, Hanwha Ocean to develop hydrogen fuel cells
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. announced on Friday that it will join Hanwha Ocean Co. in a joint R&D initiative to target the eco-friendly...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix mulls HBM production in Japan, US
SK Hynix Inc. is investigating the possibility of building a plant for high-bandwidth memory (HBM), vital for generative artificial intelligence, in...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG targets India’s edtech market with interactive whiteboards
LG Electronics Inc. is acclerating its foray into India’s business-to-business (B2B) market, zooming in on the country’s rapidly-growing...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Indonesia discuss hydrogen, EV cooperation
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun has discussed cooperation on hydrogen-fueled cars and electric vehicles (EVs) with the Indonesian economy ...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Korean construction machine makers set sights on India, Brazil, Mexico
South Korea’s leading construction machine makers are actively advancing into emerging markets such as India, Brazil, Mexico and Saudi Arabia,...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea’s Mobase to build US plant as it wins $733 mn Hyundai deal
SUWON, Gyeonggi Province -- Mobase Electronics Co., a South Korean automotive electronics parts maker, is planning to establish a plant in the US as...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
SM Bexel supplies $14.7 mn lithium ampoule batteries to KDI
SM Bexel Co., the battery manufacturing arm of South Korea's SM Group, announced on Tuesday that it signed a supply contract worth 20 billion won ($...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Enerbility wins deal for fuel conversion project in Chile
South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. announced on Tuesday that it has won a contract for a fuel conversion project at a t...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to develop hydrogen supercar for launch in 2026
Hyundai Motor Group, the global No. 3 automaker, is set to develop the world’s first hydrogen-powered supercar for launch in 2026 as the South...
May 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
EuBiologics gets WHO certification for cholera vaccine facility
South Korea's EuBiologics Co. announced on Friday that the vaccine bulk production facility at its Chuncheon Plant No. 2 for the oral cholera vacc...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)