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P&O Chemicals completes pitch plant for cathode materials
South Korea's P&O Chemical, a joint venture of POSCO Future M Co. and OCI Holdings Co. completed the pitch plant in Tancheon Industrial Complex,...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, Ford’s battery JV in Turkey scrapped as EV uptake slows
A planned battery manufacturing joint venture between South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., US carmaker Ford Motor Co. and ...
Nov 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG accelerate push into virtual reality displays
South Korea’s two leading display makers Samsung Display Co. and LG Display Co. are in the early stages of developing screens for extended, or...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia’s new Carnival RV rides on growing popularity of hybrid cars
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, is riding on the growing popularity of hybrid vehicles as pure electric vehicle uptakes slo...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Polestar 4 EV to be built at Renault’s Korean plant from 2025
Swedish electric vehicle maker Polestar will build its upcoming Polestar 4 SUV coupe at Renault Group’s manufacturing plant in South Korea fro...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Automotive supplier Hanon Systems delivers Q3 earnings shock
South Korea's Hanon Systems Corp., a world-leading heat pump systems maker for automobiles, on Thursday reported worse-than-expected results in the ...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Barings taps John Park as S.Korean asset management head
Barings LLC has appointed Chong Hak (John) Park as head and sole representative director of its South Korean asset management arm, effective Jan. 1,...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hankook Tire develops AI-based EV customer analysis system
South Korea's Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Thursday that it has developed a voice of the customer (VOC) analysis system for electric v...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
POSCO Int’l to invest $519 mn in EV parts output expansion
POSCO International Corp., the energy and trading unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., plans to spend 680 billion won ($519....
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
VCs give thumbs up to EV, parts/materials, travel tech
The venture capital funding crunch has continued through this year in South Korea but VCs have raised their stakes in select companies in the electr...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung to feature AI-based real time translation in Galaxy
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday it plans to feature AI-based translation in its upcoming Galaxy AI smartphone. AI Live Translate Call ...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
POSCO International wins $761 mn EV parts supply deal from US carmaker
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., has won a 1 trill...
Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Mobis raises $940 mn via loan for EV parts plants in US
Hyundai Mobis Co., an auto part-making unit of Hyundai Motor Group, has raised $940 million via an overseas loan to build facilities for its electri...
Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Used electric vehicle prices drop in Korea with declining EV appeal
Prices of secondhand electric vehicles are falling in South Korea as drivers are increasingly less enchanted with eco-friendly vehicles due to weak ...
Nov 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LX International to buy Indonesia's PT AKP for nickel mining
LX International Corp., the trading unit of South Korea’s LX Group, said on Tuesday it is slated to acquire a 60% stake in Indonesian miner PT...
Nov 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, SK On to delay battery JVs with Ford as demand slows
South Korea’s leading battery makers are postponing their plans to start operations of their joint ventures with Ford Motor Co. as the growth ...
Nov 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK On signs deal to supply NCM battery cells to Sweden’s Polestar 5 EV
SK On Co., the battery-making affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, has signed a deal to supply nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) battery cell modu...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
Korea bans short selling; battery stocks lead market rally
South Korea has temporarily suspended short selling partly to prevent illegal, naked short selling, a decision buoying stocks heavily targeted by sh...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Nexilis launches copper foil production in Malaysia
KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia – South Korea’s SK Nexilis Co., the world’s largest copper foil maker, started commercial production at it...
Nov 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Innovation targets profit from EV battery unit in Q4
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, said its electric vehicle (EV) battery subsidiary aims to turn to the black in the fourth...
Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Kolon set to host Aramco Team Series golf event in Korea
South Korea’s Kolon Group said on Thursday it has signed a non-binding agreement with Golf Saudi, a unit of Saudi Golf Federation, to jointly ...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia's US electric vehicle sales at record-high in October
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group set a historic sales record in the US electric vehicle market, posting its best-ever performance in October. The a...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
DRAM contract prices rebound after 27 months on rising demand
DRAM contract prices rebounded for the first time in more than two years last month amid the recovery in the consumer electronics market.The price g...
Nov 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai bets big on deep discounts to survive EV plateau
Hyundai Motor Co. is going all out to revive drivers’ interest in electric vehicles with significant price cuts in the US, the world’s s...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank to add two new branches in India 2024
South Korea's Woori Bank plans to open two new branches in India in the first half of next year. The bank announced on Tuesday it has obtained ...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Harman’s record profits prop up Samsung's Q3 earnings
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip maker, on Tuesday reported a triple-digit quarterly increase in third-quarter profit ...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Uplus developing communications GenAI ixi-GEN
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. on Sunday said it is developing the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) ixi-GEN.The large language model (...
Oct 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus completes second hyperscale data center
South Korea’s telecommunications company LG Uplus Corp. on Thursday announced the completion of a hyperscale data center – its second --...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Korean garment maker Hansae targets growth amid economic woes
HO CHI MINH CITY – South Korean garment maker Hansae Co. expects to see decent growth in sales and profits next year despite the global clothi...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai’s record Q3 profit beats Samsung; no EV output cut planned
Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday posted its highest-ever quarterly operating profit for the July-September period, driven by robust sales of pricey car...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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