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Shipping & Shipbuilding
SM Line sees light at the end of the tunnel: SM Group’s Woo
When SM Group, formerly known as Samla Midas Group, took over assets of bankrupt Hanjin Shipping Co., for 37 billion won ($32 million) at the end of...
Oct 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
FNC Entertainment next in line for global success, shares surge
Shares of FNC Entertainment Co., a mid-size South Korean entertainment agency, are surging on expectations that offline concerts will soon resume wi...
Oct 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korean OTT platform TVing to go abroad with Naver's LINE
South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) streaming platform TVing Co. will make its inroads into Japan and Taiwan next year and into the US in 2023, tapping...
Oct 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Moderna co-founder
Giving away patents not in line with capitalist society
WASHINGTON D.C. -- US-based biotechnology company Moderna Inc. wasn’t a household name until the beginning of last year, when its fate changed...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Merchant liner SM Line to list on Kosdaq in November
South Korea’s merchant liner SM Line Corp. is set to become a publicly-traded company in November. SM Line has submitted its securities regist...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO breaks ground on $101 million battery recycling plant
South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO on Thursday broke ground on its 120 billion won ($101 million) plant to extract nickel, lithium and cobalt,...
Oct 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Dongkuk Steel adds another production line of color coated steel
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of color coated steel, has expanded its production capacity even further. The company...
Sep 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel, Samsung develop tech to recycle chip waste for steelmaking
Hyundai Steel Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday they have developed technology that can recycle the chipmaker’s wastewater sludge...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Recycled plastic in growing demand as Korean firms pursue ESG business
Plastic recyclers have known for years that there is money to be made in plastic waste. And the stakes are high these days as the prices of recycled...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kakao Pay pushes back IPO to November despite tight schedule
Kakao Group’s payment services unit Kakao Pay Corp. has pushed back its IPO to November due to growing concerns regarding the impact of regula...
Sep 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics turns home appliance plant into smart factory
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday it is turning its main home appliance plant into a smart factory, which improves productivi...
Sep 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
GS E&C to build EV battery recycling plant near POSCO
GS Engineering & Construction Co. (GS E&C) has launched the construction of its first lithium-ion battery recycling plant in a South Korean ...
Sep 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Strategic buyers line up for IMM-led $1.3 bn Hanssem deal
LX Hausys Ltd., South Korea's leading building materials maker, on Monday announced a plan to join Seoul-based IMM Private Equity in acquiring a con...
Sep 06, 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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Corporate rebranding
SK Global Chemical rebrands as plastic recycler SK Geocentric
SK Innovation Co.’s petrochemical unit SK Global Chemical Co. has undergone a corporate name change to SK Geocentric Co., in a move to reident...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire, YASE unveil shoes made of recycled tires
Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s largest tire maker, said on Tuesday it is collaborating with local leather shoe brand YASE to...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display to invest $2.8 billion in small OLED line to rival Samsung
South Korea’s LG Display Co. said on Tuesday it will invest 3.3 trillion won ($2.8 billion) in small-sized panels for smartphones and tablets ...
Aug 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Battery recycling: Carmakers, battery companies in new turf war
With electric vehicles increasingly going mainstream, the world’s major carmakers and battery companies face another type of turf war: battery...
Aug 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Shinsegae's e-commerce arm SSG.COM seeks 2022 IPO
SSG.COM, the e-commerce brand of South Korea's retail titan Shinsegae Inc., has begun the process to go public next year, with its valuation estimat...
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to launch much-anticipated QD-OLED TV, expand MicroLED lines
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest TV maker, will launch the much-anticipated QD-OLED TV in the first half of next year, while expan...
Jul 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
SM Line files for IPO review, aims for Kosdaq listing in second-half
South Korean merchant liner SM Line Corp. has filed for a preliminary review by the Korea Exchange of its plan to go public on the junior Kosdaq mar...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Global Chemical to start plastic waste recycling business in Asia
SK Global Chemical (SKGC), a petrochemical subsidiary of SK Innovation Co., plans to build a plastic waste recycling plant in South Korea to extract...
Jul 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Indonesia's HappyFresh draws half of new funding from Korea
Indonesia's online grocery platform HappyFresh will receive another $33 million from South Korean investors, including the Asian startup fund of Nav...
Jul 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
POBA CIO advises against traditional asset mix, definition
Rapid technological change that is blurring the lines between industries has altered the definition of asset classes, forcing investment managers to...
Jun 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Hyundai Motor, Naver offer metaverse driving experience on its N Line
Hyundai Motor Co. is offering a unique driving experience for its high-performance brand, N Line, in a metaverse world created on Zepeto. Zepeto is ...
Jun 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Naver's Line makes remote working the new norm; who will be next?
South Korea-based Line Plus Corp. is set to become the country's first large business group to allow employees to work from home permanently. T...
Jun 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Financial partners with Line to launch digital bank in Indonesia
Naver Corp.’s Japan-based messaging app affiliate Line Corp. is rapidly expanding its digital banking business in Asian countries outside Kore...
Jun 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Display to expand small OLED line with $2.7 bn investment
Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s largest display maker, plans to spend as much as 3 trillion won ($2.7 billion) to build a new organic light...
May 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Riding cargo boom, H-Line Shipping resumes IPO process
H-Line Shipping Co., South Korea's second-largest bulk transportation company, has resumed its initial public offering process after three years, as...
May 03, 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)