Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
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Earnings
Korea's Hansol Technics enjoys profit on chip equipment unit
Hansol Technics Co., a South Korean company that makes modules for liquid crystal display (LCD) and solar panels, boosted earnings last year thanks ...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung ‘demanding customer’ for ASML as orders rise
VELDHOVEN, Netherlands – South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. is a “demanding customer” for the Netherlands-based ASML Hold...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix may not slash chipmaking investment in 2023: vice chairman
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, will not significantly cut its semiconductor output this year, Vice Chairman Park ...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung secures $16 bn loan from display unit for chipmaking
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has signed a deal to take out a cash loan of 20 trillion won ($15...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
South Korea's SK Ecoplant localizes core tech to make ultrapure water
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. is expanding its portfolio in the water industry through localizing core technology to produce ultrapure water (UPW), ...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SKC eyes M&As in semiconductor, rechargeable battery materials
SKC Inc., a South Korean chemical materials company under SK Group, is seeking to buy semiconductor and rechargeable battery materials companies in ...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience's SKYCellflu approved by Chilean health authority
SK Bioscience Co., a bio and pharmaceutical affiliate of South Korea's SK Group, announced on Thursday that its world-first cell culture-based quadr...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea likely to suffer recession as Jan exports tumble
South Korea is likely to head for a recession for the first time in three years as exports of Asia’s fourth-largest economy in January dropped...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Samsung Electronics' life cycle assessment gauges CO2 emission impact from chips
Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday said it set up a life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology for semiconductors to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.T...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
A-Team Ventures succeeds in attracting $4.1 mn investment from LX
A-Team Ventures, which runs an online manufacturing platform "Capa," said on Friday that it has raised a Series B funding of 5 billion won ($4.1 mil...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
LS Electric builds rail signal system in Taiwan for $39.8 million
South Korea's LS Electric Co. on Friday said the Railway Bureau of the Taiwanese Ministry of Transportation and Communications named the company the...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea’s economic contraction deepens recession woes
South Korea suffered its first economic contraction in two and half years due to sluggish exports and weak domestic demand during the fourth quarter...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Doosan participates in Asia's largest electronics exhibition
South Korea's Doosan Corp. is participating in Nepcon Japan 2023 held at Tokyo Big Site, Japan, from Jan. 25 through 27 to showcase its high-end tec...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
Samsung Biologics CEO focuses on global business
John Rim, chief executive of Samsung BioLogics will directly lead his company's global sales operations for biopharmaceuticals through contract deve...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix unveils industry’s fastest mobile DRAM chip LPDDR5T
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it has developed the world’s fastest mobile DRAM chip and ...
Jan 25, 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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Food & Beverage
Lotte to invest $55 mn in Indian ice cream subsidiary for 5 years
South Korea-based Lotte Confectionery Co. will invest 4.5 billion rupees ($55.1 million) in its Indian unit Havmor Ice Cream in the next five ...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Pulmuone builds data sharing cluster for factories
South Korea's major plant-based food company Pulmuone Co. Ltd. said on Monday that it has built a "digital cluster smart factory" that can share, in...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung CEO says construction of Taylor foundry on track
A US road in Taylor, Taxas, where global chip giant Samsung Electronics Co. is building a $17 billion fabrication plant on a scale of about 5 millio...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec's Tennessee plant named Lighthouse Factory by WEF
LG Electronics Inc.'s home appliance factory in Tennessee, the US, has been selected as a "Lighthouse Factory" by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
K-chicken chain Kyochon signs MOU with Taiwanese food conglomerate
Kyochon F&B, the company operating Kyochon Chicken, said on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for a master franchise agree...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Innotek eyes top spot in FC-BGA substrate market
South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. will boost the production of its flip chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) packages, or high-density package substrates,...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
POSCO Chemical moves into activated carbon business
POSCO Chemical Co. will join hands with Dong-Suh Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. to move into the activated carbon business, an eco-friendly material f...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha to build largest US solar energy hub for $2.5 bn
South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. said on Wednesday that it will invest 3.2 trillion won ($2.5 billion) to build the largest solar energy p...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix introduces AI solution to semiconductor process
SK Hynix Inc. said on Tuesday that it has started to improve production efficiency and yield by introducing an artificial intelligence (AI) solution...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Samsung Engineering wins $1.3 bn order to build ethylene plant in Qatar
South Korea's Samsung Engineering Co. said on Jan. 9 it has signed a 1.6 trillion won ($1.3 billion) contract to build the world's largest ethylene ...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Broadcom to give Samsung warranties to avoid Korea penalties
US chipmaker Broadcom Inc. agreed to provide three-year warranties and technical support for components equipped in products such as smart devices o...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Aekyung Industrial acquires green certification for eco-friendly detergent
Aekyung Industrial said on Thursday that it has obtained green technology certification from the Korea Technology Finance Corporation for its eco-fr...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding expected to lead manufacturing sectors in export growth
South Korea's shipbuilding exports this year are expected to jump 76.1% from last year to $32.4 billion to lead all major manufacturing industries i...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korean companies expect exports to decline in 1% range this year
South Korea's companies expect both sales and exports this year to decline in the 1% range from last year, predicting economic growth in the low 1% ...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)