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Automobiles
Heavy cost pressure set to drive up car prices
South Korea’s automakers are facing a drastic increase in manufacturing costs. Raw material prices are soaring and the global chip shortage re...
Jun 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CJ ENM to spend $4.5 bn to become Asia's Marvel Studios
South Korean media company CJ ENM Co. on Monday announced a plan to spend 5 trillion won ($4.5 billion) to produce original content over the next fi...
Jun 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Nexilis, POSCO move forward with EV battery materials projects
With competition heating up in the global race for more eco-friendly cars, South Korea’s major companies are moving forward with their plans t...
May 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Lotte Chem in hydrogen deal with Air Liquide, invests $185 mn in materials
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is diversifying into electric vehicle raw materials and hydrogen businesses as new growth drivers, moving a...
May 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea’s major firms look for M&A targets in battery materials business
South Korea’s major companies are looking for merger and acquisition opportunities in the rechargeable battery materials sector, which is grow...
May 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Posco Chemical to supply EV battery materials to GM-LG Energy JV
Posco Chemical Co., the secondary battery materials unit of POSCO, will supply anodes, a key material used in electric car batteries, to the joint v...
Apr 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Paradigm shift
Hydrogen, aerospace, materials: key words for Korean business leaders
South Korea’s top conglomerates have enjoyed their domestic market leadership for decades with a focus on the steel, shipbuilding and petroche...
Apr 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyosung TNC’s Love Seoul made of recycled PET bottles
Hyosung TNC Corp., a South Korean textile and yarn maker, has unveiled garments made of eco-friendly polyester yarn extracted from recycled PET bott...
Mar 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK, POSCO agree to develop new lightweight materials for future mobility
South Korea’s SK Global Chemical, a wholly owned subsidiary of SK Innovation, and POSCO have joined hands to develop steel and plastic composi...
Mar 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Graphene Square aims global with mass production of 'wonder material'
Graphene is often called a “wonder material” because of the extraordinary properties that come from its nano-scale structure. It is an e...
Mar 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor, LG Energy team up on EV battery leasing, recycling
The Hyundai Motor Group will lead a government initiative to reduce battery-related environmental problems by collaborating with other companies on ...
Feb 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Industrial materials
PI Advanced Materials emerges as high-tech golden goose
Back in 2019, SKC Kolon PI, a maker of industrial film, was put up for sale as the company’s two largest owners thought the business’s g...
Feb 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO acquires stake in Tanzania graphite mine to boost battery materials biz
South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO's commitment to innovation and growth has been well demonstrated this year, as it wraps up acquisition ...
Jan 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
NPS boosts holdings in parts, materials, leisure stocks
The National Pension Service has raised exposure to parts, materials and leisure stocks in South Korea that had underperformed the broader markets, ...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Korean beauty chain draws Goldman, five domestic final bidders
Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area (PIA) and five South Korean companies, including four private equity firms, have made final bids for a min...
Dec 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Chem eyes No.1 spot in battery materials sector
South Korean steelmaker POSCO launched in 1968 with a mission to aid the country's economic growth through its steel business. True to its inten...
Dec 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO aims for top spot in EV battery materials market
Electric car batteries are often dubbed as "another semiconductor" in South Korea, a reference to the importance of semiconductor chips, key drive...
Dec 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Kolon Industries to mass produce key material for fuel cells
Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturing company, is readying for the mass production of a key material for fuel cells...
Nov 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s five-year journey to build a luxury car brand
At Hyundai Motor Co.'s brand launch event held on Nov. 4, 2015, someone made an unexpected appearance on the stage, surprising the crowd. It was curre...
Nov 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
IMM, four other local PEFs shortlisted for CJ Olive Young pre-IPO
IMM Private Equity and four other South Korean private equity firms have been shortlisted for health and beauty franchise CJ Olive Young’s pre-i...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Battery recycling
Hyundai Glovis, Hyundai Motor, LG Chem get nod on EV battery recycling
The South Korean government has eased regulations to allow local automakers and battery makers to collaborate on recycling used electric-vehicle batte...
Oct 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hyosung’s recycled yarn from PET bottles lures fashion brands
Hyosung TNC Corp. is experimenting with something that may seem strange in the eyes of some: making recycled yarn from discarded PET bottles, in a pro...
Oct 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Motor
Hyundai Motor unveils sustainable fashion collection from recycled car materials
Hyundai Motor Co. displayed fashion items made of discarded materials from the automotive manufacturing and scrapping process on Oct. 8, calling it a ...
Oct 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO partners with ExxonMobil to target LNG storage tank materials market
POSCO, South Korea’s largest steel producer, will collaborate with US-based oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. to develop liquefied natural gas (LNG) t...
Oct 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Hyundai Heavy, and five other Korean groups shortlisted for Doosan Infracore deal
Doosan Group has shortlisted six bidders, including Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co., and four local private equity groups, to acquire a controll...
Oct 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean building materials firm seals 4th US hotel purchase for $87 mn
South Korea’s construction materials company, Aju Group, closed a $87 million acquisition of a hotel near Seattle from Marriott International Inc. las...
Mar 22, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Five private debt firms win $120 mn mandates from Korean govt employee fund
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a South Korean savings fund for government employees, has wrapped up its selection of five overseas p...
Mar 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Graphene Square eyes global market with the next ‘wonder material'
Graphene is often called a “wonder material” because of the extraordinary properties that come from its nano-scale structure. It is an exc...
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Business & Politics
HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect Lee vows cash handouts
The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending including c...
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HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect Lee vows cash handouts
The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending including cas...
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