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Carbon neutrality
HD Hyundai forms S.Korea's first integrated carbon footprint team in shipbuilding
South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. has teamed up with domestic shipbuilders and classification societies to form the first integrated "carbon footprint" t...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
LB Investment draws record demand in IPO bookbuild
LB Investment Inc., formerly known as LG Group’s venture capital arm, has attracted the most orders ever for an initial public offering of a S...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Kolon Industries showcases hydrogen fuel cell materials at Tokyo Expo
Kolon Industries Inc., a Korean manufacturer of chemical and textile products, said on Wednesday that it was exhibiting its hydrogen fuel cell parts...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Noroo Paint, GS E&C jointly develop anti-carbonation paint for concrete
Noroo Paint, in collaboration with GS Engineering & Construction Co., announced on Tuesday the development of "Qfit Protect," a high-performance...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Asiana Airline boosts flights to China as demand recovers
Asiana Airlines Inc. said on Thursday that it would increase its flights to China by nearly nine times from this month, aiming to restore half of it...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Number of commercial building transactions in Seoul hits all-time low
The number of commercial and office building transactions in Seoul hit an all-time low in January.Realty Planet, a big data-based commercial real es...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
GS Caltex, KOEN to establish clean hydrogen hub in Korea
GS Caltex Corp., a South Korean oil refiner jointly owned by Chevron and GS Group, announced a partnership with Korea South-East Power Co., Ltd. (KO...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
S.Korea to establish voluntary carbon credit exchange
South Korea will introduce a voluntary carbon market (VCM) later this year, which is expected to broaden the scope of carbon credits and speed up ef...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea lags Taiwan in GNI per capita for first time since 2002
South Korea’s gross national income (GNI) per capita dropped 7.7% on-year last year, coming in below that of its smaller rival Taiwan for the ...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
SK Earthon to be reborn as carbon-neutral company
SK Earthon, an oil development subsidiary of South Korea's SK Innovation Co., plans to transform into a carbon-neutral company focused on oil explor...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK Incheon Petrochemical invests in domestic recycling waste tire startup
SK Incheon Petrochemical, a subsidiary of South Korea’s SK Innovation Co., on Sunday said it made an equity investment in the eco-friendly sta...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea's NPS likely to log 8.2% loss for 2022, record-low return
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is expected to post a negative return of 8.2% for 2022, according to its preliminary report on Th...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
S.Korea’s HMM tops carbon efficiency ranking on key shipping route
South Korea’s largest container line HMM Co. said on Thursday it had the lowest carbon emission intensity on East Asia–US West Coast rou...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Dongkuk Steel to develop carbon-saving hyper electric furnace
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. has begun its research on carbon emission-reducing hyper-electric furnace processes.The company announced on Friday that it p...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
LowCarbon, Space Florida sign agreement to build hydrogen hub
LowCarbon, South Korea's climate tech company, has signed an agreement on Thursday with Space Florida and Ocean Green Hydrogen, a Tampa-based climat...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea hits historic low fertility rate in 2022, adding to economic woes
South Korea saw its fertility rate, which has been already the world’s lowest in the past few years, hit its historic low of 0.78 last year, a...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO decides to build electric furnace at Gwangyang Works
South Korea’s leading steelmaker POSCO on Tuesday said it will begin its transition to a low-carbon production system by building an electric ...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Dream Tour partners with Air France-KLM for eco-friendly fuel
On Monday, Hyundai Dream Tour, a travel company affiliated with Hyundai Department Store Group, announced a partnership with Air France-KLM to promo...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Chemicals joins global initiative to cut carbon emissions
South Korea's SK Chemicals said on Monday that it has joined a global initiative that aims to set science-based targets for reducing greenhouse gas ...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lexus, Volvo: Koreans' top picks among foreign brands in after-sales service
Lexus, the premium brand of Japanese carmaker Toyota Corp., offers the best after-sales service among imported cars in South Korea, followed by Swed...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korean won near 2-month low as US data fans Fed hike views
The South Korean won skidded to a near two-month low on Friday as hotter-than-forecast US inflation data added to expectations that the Federal Rese...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK to build $480 mn recycling plant in France with partners
SK Geo Centric Co. is set to build a 450 million euro ($479.6 million) plastic recycling plant in France with the country’s utility company SU...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Ecoplant enters bioenergy sector with waste-to-fuel tech
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. will supply fuel made from the conversion of food waste.The company on Thursday said it entered the bioenergy market a...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korean jobs up by 22-month low of 411,000 in Jan, with signs of cooling
South Korea added the smallest number of payrolls in nearly two years in January, with mainly part-time jobs taken by people in their 60s and older,...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel co-hosts symposium on low-carbon construction materials
Hyundai Steel has joined hands with the construction industry to increase the recycling of steel byproducts.On Tuesday, the steel maker organized a ...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO to produce low-carbon steel raw material in Australia
South Korea's top steelmaker POSCO has launched a project in Australia to produce hot briquetted iron (HBI), an essential raw material for the adopt...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korean LPG importers' profits surge on replacement demand
South Korea’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) importers such as E1 Corp. and SK Gas Ltd. saw their operating profit skyrocket in 2022, as a surg...
Feb 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Samsung Electro-Mechanics achieves highest ranking in CDP evaluation
Samsung Electro-Mechanics has achieved its highest ranking in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) evaluation of climate change response. The company...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Electric vehicles in S.Korea beat diesel cars in sales
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in South Korea last year including hybrids surpassed those of diesel cars for the first time due to the price of di...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom develops reconfigurable surface tech for 6G transmission
SK Telecom Co. on Thursday said it developed the world's first reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology that transmits 6G candidate frequ...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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