biogas-based hydrogen
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant: World’s second most productive
Hyundai Motor Co.'s US manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Alabama is the world’s second most productive assembly plant, contributing to the So...
Jan 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SK Networks invests in AI-based US healthcare startup LVIS
South Korea’s SK Networks Co. said on Tuesday it joined a $15 million in Series B-2 funding for US healthcare startup LVIS Corp.LVIS, headquar...
Jan 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biotech
SK invests $350 mn in US CDMO firm
SK Inc., the holding company of SK Group, announced Sunday that it invested $350 million into Pennsylvania-based Center for Breakthrough Medicines (...
Jan 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Motor unveils world’s first hydrogen garbage truck
Hyundai Motor Group revealed a clip of the world’s first hydrogen-powered garbage truck Thursday. The video titled “Dear My Hero” ...
Dec 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display reveals 30% brighter OLED EX
LG Display Co. revealed a 30% brighter OLED panel during Wednesday’s press event. During the media event held in Seoul’s LG Science...
Dec 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis opens firm in Chengdu for logistics to Europe
Hyundai Glovis Co., a logistics unit of Hyundai Motor Group, has founded an affiliate in Chengdu, the largest trade city in western China, for rai...
Dec 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
POSCO mothballs Korea’s oldest blast furnace for carbon neutrality
Park Tae-joon, the late honorary chairman of POSCO Co., and other key founding members of the global steel giant celebrated on June 9, 1973, when So...
Dec 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea’s No.1 bakery franchise successfully settles in US
Paris Baguette, South Korea’s top bakery franchise, has successfully settled in the US market, paving the way to expand its business throughou...
Dec 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Oilbank to build LNG-hydrogen power plant for $335 mn
South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. plans to build an eco-friendly power plant fueled with liquefied natural gas (LNG) and blue hydrogen to mee...
Dec 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Engineering to make hydrogen from plastic waste
Hyundai Engineering Co., a construction unit of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group, is spending 400 billion won ($336 million) to build a plant to pr...
Dec 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
WeMade buys $100 mn stake in social casino game developer
WeMade Co., a pioneer in South Korea's play-to-earn (P2E) game industry, has agreed to buy a controlling stake in smaller rival SundayToz Corp., bet...
Dec 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative Investments
Tiger Alternative liquidates its structured fund with over 15% IRR
South Korea’s Tiger Alternative Investors Co. has liquidated its structured fund backed by shares of US-based business development companies...
Dec 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK to co-invest $50 mn in US-based Fulcrum BioEnergy
South Korea's SK Inc. on Thursday said it would co-invest $50 million in the US-based Fulcrum BioEnergy with a domestic private equity fund, in a bi...
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO approves holding company plan for eco-friendly business
South Korea’s POSCO Co. is set to split off the company to launch an investment holding firm, 21 years after its privatization. The move aims ...
Dec 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK Gas invests in Bill Gates-backed hydrogen tech startup
SK Gas Co., the top liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) company in South Korea, has invested in Series B funding for C-Zero Inc., a California-based start...
Dec 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
VR meetings with holograms, powered by metaverse startup DoubleMe
Come next year, attending meetings as a hologram version of yourself is set to become more common.Metaverse startup DoubleMe plans to commercialize ...
Dec 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Oilbank to start IPO process this month
South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. plans to begin the process for a stock market listing in the first half of 2022 as early as this month with...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
NPS adds Warburg Pincus as real estate asset manager in Q3
The National Pension Service added New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC to its pool of 58 global real estate investment manager...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Gaming platform Planetarium attracts $42 mn, valued at $293 mn
South Korea’s non-fungible token (NFT)-based open source gaming platform Planetarium, under Nine Corp. Inc., is slated to attract around 50 ...
Nov 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
SEMA to increase Asia-based infra assets, CIO says
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Association (SEMA), one of the fastest-growing retirement pension fund in South Korea, will increase inf...
Nov 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
NCSoft to unveil NFT-based, play-to-earn games in 2022
NCSoft Corp., South Korea's leading game developer, will dip its toes into the realm of the blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFT) by releasing pl...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Korea’s state electric companies to cease coal power generation by 2050
State-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) and its six subsidiaries declared an aim to cease coal power generation by 2050 in a bid to pla...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Energy to raise $130 mn for Australia hydrogen project
Hanwha Energy Corp. of South Korea's Hanwha Group will raise about 150 billion won ($130 million) from Woori Private Equity to fund its solar energy...
Nov 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea’s Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen maker to issue first bond
South Korea’s Samyang Foods Co., the maker of the Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, plans to issue its first corporate bonds ever as it is expanding b...
Nov 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Data Republic creates AI-based crypto investment solution
South Korean startup Data Republic is pioneering a smart way of investing for global cryptocurrency investors. Founded in 2018, the company has ra...
Nov 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Pulmuone to expand alternative meat business in the US
South Korea’s major food company Pulmuone. Co. is slated to expand sales of its in-house developed meat alternatives in the US market. The foo...
Nov 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
North Korea can make more uranium for nuclear bombs than previously thought
SEOUL—North Korea has the capacity to make more base ingredients for nuclear bombs than previously believed, according to new research, sugg...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
SK Group’s Chey vows half of $52 bn US spending in batteries, hydrogen
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has vowed to spend $26 billion, or half of the group’s planned investment in the US by 2030, on electric vehicl...
Nov 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
SeAH set for record earnings on steel supercycle, offshore wind projects
SeAH Group, a South Korean mid-size special steel conglomerate, is set to post record earnings this year on the back of the global steel supercycle ...
Oct 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
NPS to up strategic partnerships with global institutions
The National Pension Service (NPS) will increase strategic investments with leading global institutional investors to boost overseas alternative inv...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)