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Tech, Media & Telecom
Amazon poised for Fire tablet launch in Korea next year
Amazon, the world’s largest online shopping mall, is set to release its own Fire tablets in South Korea from as early as next year, penetratin...
Nov 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution to supply batteries to US fuel cell truck maker Nikola
LG Energy Solution Ltd., a leading South Korean battery maker, has signed a deal to supply batteries to Nikola Corp., a US hydrogen fuel cell electr...
Nov 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Oilbank to develop eco-friendly e-fuels with Danish firm
Hyundai Oilbank Co. plans to develop eco-friendly electrofuels, or e-fuels, jointly with Denmark's Haldor Topsoe as the South Korean oil refiner has...
Nov 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Inflation in Korea nears decade high, fuels fears of more rate hikes
South Korea’s consumer inflation accelerated to a near-10-year high in October, while exports reported an eighth straight month of double-digi...
Nov 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea Aerospace Industries, Airbus to jointly enter satellite business
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. and Airbus SE, a European multinational aerospace company, are jointly entering the satellite business to capture ...
Oct 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
Korea scientists fund sees US-China conflict create infra investments
The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Association's (SEMA) Chief Investment Officer Huh Sung-moo said on Wednesday that climate change and g...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Zero-carbon, self-driving still in distant future for top Kospi stocks
Shares in Samsung Engineering Co., a leading South Korean plant builder, have skyrocketed about 90% year to date, far outstripping the average rise ...
Oct 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Won hits 15-month low as global inflation woes spur equity outflow
The South Korean won weakened past the psychologically important 1,200 per dollar mark for the first time in 15 months as growing worries about glob...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
S.Korea sees tenfold rise in hydrogen fuel use by 2030
South Korea will sharply increase the adoption of hydrogen as a fuel of transportation, industrial plants and power generators to become the world's...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Mobis breaks ground on $1.1 bn hydrogen fuel cell plants
Hyundai Mobis Co., the auto parts unit of Hyundai Motor Group, on Thursday broke ground on a hydrogen fuel cell plant, part of its 1.32 trillion won...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK, Plug Power launch JV to grab Asia’s hydrogen fuel cell market
SK Group’s city gas supplier SK E&S Co. said on Oct. 6 that it has officially kicked off the joint venture (JV) with the American hydrogen...
Oct 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK may develop LFP batteries for low-priced EVs
SK On, the recently-launched battery company of South Korea's SK Group, is considering manufacturing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries to suppl...
Oct 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Kospi lowest in nearly 7 months; outlook dim on inflation, US debt standoff
South Korea's main stock index has fallen below the psychologically important 3,000 points for the first time in nearly seven months, with investors...
Oct 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKC drops plan for silicon anode JV on investment overlap woes
South Korea’s SKC Co. withdrew a plan to set up a joint venture with British battery materials maker Nexeon Ltd. for the silicon anode mater...
Oct 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor’s shares fall to 9-month low; new mobility key to rebound
Shares of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. have fallen to their lowest level in nine months, bucking the trend of its global peer...
Sep 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea stocks, won tumble as foreigners dump $1 bn in equity futures
South Korean stocks and the won currency lost ground with the main Kospi ending below the 3,100 mark for the first time in five weeks as foreign inv...
Sep 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Commodity
Carbon neutrality reshapes global commodity markets
Global moves for carbon neutrality are reshaping commodity markets around the world. Iron ore prices have tumbled, while steel scrap prices have soa...
Sep 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea's potential growth rate drops to record low
The COVID-19 pandemic has dampened South Korea's growth potential between this year and the next by 0.2 percentage points to its historic low of 2.0...
Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea refiners' recovery accelerates on strong margins
South Korean refiners are gathering recovery momentum as refining margins hit a two-year high on falling petroleum product supply from China and r...
Sep 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
S.Korea to allow brokerages to trade carbon credits
Financial services companies, including brokerage firms, will be able to participate in South Korea's carbon emission trading market by year's end a...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Motor’s Chung Euisun: Vision 2040 for hydrogen society
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group has set out its vision for a hydrogen society, in which the clean energy source is harnessed not just for tr...
Sep 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Steel stocks rally on iron ore price falls, Q3 outlook
Shares in South Korean steelmakers rose sharply in active trade on Tuesday, on the prospect that the declining iron ore price and Chinese rivals' ou...
Sep 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor vows carbon neutrality by 2045
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 as global automakers are going for broke to accompl...
Sep 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
US, Korea approve nuclear fuel recycle technology
Authoritie of the United States and South Korea officially endorsed the results of a joint research on Pyro-SFR, a cutting-edge technology that re...
Sep 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korea’s hydrogen council to launch Sept. 8; Hyundai to unveil new tech
The South Korean version of the Hydrogen Council, a global CEO-led initiative to harness the clean energy source, will officially launch on Sept. 8 ...
Aug 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Oilbank to make hydrogen fuel cell components from 2023
Hyundai Oilbank Co. will enter the hydrogen fuel cell components market by building separator production plants within this year with commercializat...
Aug 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE in $1.4 billion deal to build 8 methanol-powered ships for Maersk
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) said on Tuesday it has won a 1.65 trillion won ($1.42 billion) order to build eight methano...
Aug 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Korean conglomerates' ESG investment nears $100 bn
South Korea's top 10 conglomerates are rushing to foster eco-friendly businesses models with their investments into environment, social and governan...
Aug 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Mobis to invest $1.1 bn to make hydrogen fuel cells
Hyundai Motor Group’s long-term ambition to create a full-fledged hydrogen value chain, from fuel cell production to hydrogen-powered logist...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
US may return to low rates after modest inflation
The rising inflationary risk in the US, fueled by strong recovery from the pandemic-induced slowdown, is likely to be short-lived and modest, and in...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Hyundai, Waymo forge multi-year, strategic partnership for self-driving vehicles
- 2 AI startup MarqVision raises $16.5 mn to close Series A
- 3 Taihan Cable wins $630 mn power grid project in Singapore
- 4 Korean startup scene is gloomy, say 2 out of 5 startup CEOs
- 5 MBK ups stakes for Korea Zinc to match buyback offer