MS CEO Summit 2024
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Corporate strategy
Hanwha Group needs to stay innovative to succeed, CEO says
South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group needs to look ahead and prepare for the next century, its Chairman and CEO Kim Se...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Mobis to spend $1.3 bn to build US EV parts, module plants
South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. will spend $1.3 billion until 2030 to build auto parts and module plants for electric veh...
Oct 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Display debuts world's first 17-inch slidable display PC
South Korea’s Samsung Display Co. announced the world’s first 17-inch slidable display PC prototype at the Intel Innovation developer co...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea to introduce advanced supercomputer by 2024
South Korea will introduce a high-performance supercomputing system by 2024, more than 24 times faster than the current model, a government-run rese...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Korea's Hyundai Mobis CEO Cho elected ISO president
South Korean auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co.’s CEO Cho Sung-hwan has been elected as the next president of the International Organization f...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
S.Korea's fund of funds to form new fund worth $215 mn with VCs in the US
NEW YORK – The South Korean government is poised to tap into its fund of funds to form a joint investment fund with venture capital firms in t...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
S.Korea’s SK Gas expands LNG, hydrogen biz for future
ULSAN -- SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier, is expanding its liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen ...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung’s Lee, SoftBank’s Son to discuss partnership on ARM
Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee will meet with Japan’s SoftBank Group Chairman Masayoshi Son next month to discuss a deal reg...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ford CEO heads to Korea to discuss EV tax credit with LG Energy, SK On
Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Jim Parley will visit South Korea early next week to meet with chief executives of its battery suppliers LG Energy So...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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The Deep Dive
Typhoon may offer Korea excuse it needs to oust POSCO CEO
South Korea is set to investigate POSCO, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, to clarify who is responsible for the damage to its typhoon-hit...
Sep 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Tel CEO says low valuation tops list of his concerns
South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. is undervalued relative to its robust earnings and steady dividend payouts and needs to boost new AI-driven growt...
Sep 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
US chipmaking association chief stresses Chip 4 Alliance not about China
John Neuffer, president and CEO of the United States Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), visited South Korea earlier this week on the primary ...
Sep 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
DRX aims to be first Korean e-sports firm to go public with 2024 IPO
South Korea’s e-sports company DRX is aiming to become the first e-sports firm to list on the secondary bourse Kosdaq with its planned 2024 IP...
Sep 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai CEO says on track for hydrogen-fueled NEXO’s new model
Hyundai Motor Co. is on track to develop a revamped model of its hydrogen fuel car NEXO, its chief executive said on Wednesday, as the South Korean ...
Sep 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Hanwha's heir apparent promoted as group's vice chair
South Korea’s Hanwha Group promoted its petrochemical and energy unit Hanwha Solutions Corp. CEO Kim Dong Kwan as the group’s new vice c...
Aug 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s Iljin sticks to higher stake sale price than bid
Iljin Materials Co.’s sale process has reached a deadlock as its Chief Executive Heo Jae-Myeong is holding to its price to sell a controlling ...
Aug 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung C&T to build solar power plants worth $595 mn in Qatar
South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corp. is set to build solar power plants worth 800 billion won ($595.2 million) in Qatar, helping the Middle Eas...
Aug 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung Group CEOs drum up support for Busan Expo 2030
Samsung Group affiliates’ CEOs are working to bring the World Expo 2030 to Busan in South Korea using their overseas networks. Samsung Electro...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Korean LED maker’s winning streak in global patent wars
Seoul Semiconductor Co., the world’s second-largest light-emitting diode (LED) display maker, has scored another win in patent litigation agai...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korea Zinc to invest $7.5 billion in green hydrogen, battery materials
Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, plans to spend 9.74 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in renewable energy, green hydrogen...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle CEO Lee’s sudden exit puts the PE’s Korea strategy in spotlight
The sudden resignation of The Carlyle Group Inc. Chief Executive Kewsong Lee has not just surprised the global investment community but raised quest...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor to buy Korean self-driving startup 42dot
South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Group is set to purchase autonomous driving startup 42dot, intensifying the automaker’s competi...
Jul 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI to build new battery plant in Malaysia by 2025
South Korea’s battery manufacturer Samsung SDI Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony for Plant 2 to make cylindrical batteries in Seremban, Mal...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startup CEOs suffer depression, anxiety: survey
About one-third of South Korean startups' chief executives are more prone to stress and depression than general adults, with funding constraints and...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Orion enters China’s vaccine market with tuberculosis plant in Jining
Orion Holdings Corp., one of South Korea’s largest confectionery companies, said on Wednesday it will build a vaccine plant in China by 2024 t...
Jul 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Hyundai Mobis CEO runs for ISO president as first Korean candidate
Hyundai Mobis Co. CEO Cho Sung-hwan has registered as a candidate for the next presidential election of the International Organization for Standar...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung holds emergency CEO meeting on technology, risk
Chief executives of Samsung Group’s technology units, led by Samsung Electronics Co., held an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss new techn...
Jun 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Temasek VC unit CEO sees recent downturn as investment opportunity
Vertex Venture Holdings, a venture capital unit of Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings, expects the recent global downturn to offer investment...
Jun 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec CEO pledges cross-industry design innovation
MILAN, Italy – South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. will focus on upgrading its home appliance designs to reflect the latest design trends ...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Private markets embrace wider swath of economy: Partners Group CEO
Private equity is regarded as an alternative asset class while shares of listed companies are known as traditional assets. This classification may n...
Jun 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)