green mobility business
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis steps up future mobility business
Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s largest auto parts maker, is accelerating its future mobility businesses as well as intensifying open innovat...
Aug 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
SK Telecom launches NFT marketplace open beta service
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. launched an open beta service of its non-fungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace TopPort as the com...
Aug 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Oilbank, Lotte Confectionery tie up for biodiesel business
Hyundai Oilbank Co., a South Korean refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, and food maker Lotte Confectionery Co. have forged a strategic partnership to jo...
Aug 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
New Delhi blocks Krafton’s Battle Ground Mobile India
The Indian government has ordered the country’s Alphabet Inc.'s Google Play Store and Apple Inc.’s App Store to delete South Korean ga...
Jul 31, 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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Electronics
LG Display to close LCD TV panel business for domestic use in Korea
LG Display Co., South Korea’s major display maker, is set to pull out of the liquid crystal display (LCD) TV panel business for domestic use. ...
Jul 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to ramp up hiring for foundry business
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. plans to sharply increase the number of local employees in its semiconductor division this year to address tal...
Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
SK to build first chip packaging plant in US with $22 bn investment
WASHINGTON DC – SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, said on Wednesday it will build its first memory chip packaging fac...
Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK Geo Centric, Veolia join forces to lead Asia’s plastic recycling business
SK Geo Centric, an SK Innovation Co. subsidiary focused on the eco-friendly chemical business, joined hands with Paris-based Veolia Environnement S....
Jul 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Indonesian president to visit Hyundai Motor during Korea visit
Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit Hyundai Motor Co. during his upcoming two-day official visit to South Korea as the automaker is aggressi...
Jul 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korea's top mobile game Odin creator Lionheart eyes IPO in H2
Lionheart Studio Corp., South Korea’s leading game developer behind the mobile game Odin, has begun the process to go public with its July 22 ...
Jul 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air, its white knight Naver close ranks in digital partnership
South Korea’s national flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. and online platform giant Naver Corp. are expanding their business cooperation in dig...
Jul 22, 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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Earnings
Hyundai Motor sees surprise Q3 after record quarterly sales, profit
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday posted its highest-ever quarterly sales and operating profit, driven by pricey sport...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Kolon Global to spin off auto unit, eyes Kolon Mobility IPO in 2023
Kolon Global Corp., an affiliate of South Korean conglomerate Kolon, will spin off its car import business unit to improve management efficiency and...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
POSCO Int'l tipped to merge with affiliated LNG terminal firm
POSCO International Co., a South Korean trading company, has embarked on a merger with its affiliate POSCO Energy Co. as their parent group is seeki...
Jul 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Patents, LG Elec.’s legacy from smartphone business
LG Electronics Inc., the global home appliance leader, is targeting the quickly growing global earbuds market with new products based on technologie...
Jul 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai’s Supernal showcases flying electric car at UK air show
Supernal LLC, the urban air mobility affiliate of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co., has unveiled the cabin concept of its flying ...
Jul 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korean LPG firm E1 starts hydrogen fueling business
South Korea’s major liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor E1 Corp. made inroads into the hydrogen industry by setting up the eco-friendly ...
Jul 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Beijing Hyundai to launch two EVs only for China for revival
Hyundai Motor Co.'s joint venture in China plans to launch two electric vehicle models dedicated to the mainland next year to revive its ailing busi...
Jul 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Uplus aims to recycle 100% of industrial waste in 3 years
LG Uplus Corp. announced it will recycle 100% of industrial waste from its plants by 2025.The mobile network arm of LG Corp. published a report titl...
Jul 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean micromobility startup Swing launches biz in Japan
South Korea’s shared micromobility startup The Swing Co. is making inroads in Japan, becoming the first domestic service provider in the secto...
Jul 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG stands out among conglomerates in race to strengthen robotics arms
South Korean conglomerates are rushing to nurture their robotics businesses, encouraged by surging demand for robots in the service industry.LG Elec...
Jul 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korean gaming entrepreneur Kim Jae-young joins billionaire ranks
Kim Jae-young, founder and chief executive of Lionheart Studio Corp., the company behind South Korea’s most popular mobile game Odin, has join...
Jul 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Blackpink to hold K-pop’s first in-game concert on PUBG mobile game
Blackpink, the female K-pop idol group, will hold an in-game concert, the first such event by Korean pop artists, in collaboration with Krafton Inc....
Jul 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Korean exporters fret over looming labor strife at Long Beach, Hamburg
South Korea’s major companies are anxious about looming labor strife at the Port of Long Beach, California and strikes at German ports –...
Jul 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
Samsung Elec. to launch Korea's first dual SIM smartphones in August
Samsung Electronics Co. is slated to enable embedded subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) into its new foldable smartphones available in South Korea ...
Jul 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Mobis to power all plants with 100% renewable energy by 2040
Automobile companies’ carbon-neutral activities often result in developing and producing eco-friendly vehicles such as electric vehicles and h...
Jul 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Kakao-invested game developer Shiftup becomes unicorn startup
Shiftup Co., a South Korean mobile game developer, has joined the ranks of unicorns, or private companies worth $1 billion or more.The studio behind...
Jul 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver executives’ treasury share sale may signal business slowdown
Executives at South Korea’s platform giant Naver Corp. are selling their shares in the company, an indication that the company’s busines...
Jul 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)