overseas construction orders
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE secures $432 mn order for 4 ammonia carriers
HD Hyundai has successfully secured a contract for building mega-sized ammonia carriers worth 557.4 billion won ($432.4 million). HD Korea Shipbuild...
Dec 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO completes construction of Korea’s 1st lithium hydroxide plant
POSCO Holdings Inc., the investment and holding company of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO, said on Wednesday it has completed the constructio...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
HD Hyundai taps RCE to go global with used heavy machinery
HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co., the construction machinery provider under South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate HD Hyundai Group, will ventu...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Biologics reaches record-breaking annual orders
Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s top contract manufacturing organization (CMO) by capacity, surpassed the annual contract manufacturing orde...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean wins $125.5 mn order for VLAC
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Monday that it secured an order for one very large ammonia carrier (VLAC) from a shipowner in Oceania fo...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders seek overseas yards for surging orders
South Korean shipbuilders are seeking overseas production bases through mergers and acquisitions to meet soaring demand across the world as they hav...
Nov 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kakao Mobility looks abroad to expand taxi services
South Korea’s Kakao Mobility Corp. is expanding overseas services in the face of criticism over its business practices, including the alleged ...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
HD Hyundai wins $72 mn power equipment order in Saudi
HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical equipment and energy solution company under South Korea’s shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co., has won a...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma wins $10 mn order for flu vaccine in Thailand
South Korea's GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Thursday that its flu vaccine GC Flu secured a $10 million order in the upcoming bid by Thailand's Gov...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
ADNOC awards steel pipe order contracts to Korea’s SeAH
South Korea’s SeAH Steel Holdings Corp. said on Tuesday it has signed a five-year contract to provide 200,000 tons of steel pipes to Abu Dhabi...
Nov 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean PE VIG Partners soaks up shampoo brand Kundal’s growth
South Korean private equity firm VIG Partners is enjoying rapid growth of The Skinfactory Co., the maker of local shampoo and body wash brand Kundal...
Nov 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
S.Korean Keumsil Strawberries exports to SE Asia
"Keumsil," one of South Korea's representative strawberry varieties, has been exported to Southeast Asia. Jinju City in South Gyeongsang Province an...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE secures order for two VLEC
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) announced on Friday it has recently signed a shipbuilding contract for two very large-sc...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Hyundai Motor Group to replace heads of auto parts, steel units
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, is set to replace the heads of its auto parts and steel-making affiliates in an earl...
Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Hyundai’s Chung: 1st Korean awarded top UK Order from King Charles
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun has been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for promoting economic and cultural co...
Nov 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
HD Hyundai Infracore to sell excavator in dept. store
South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. will sell excavators at a department store for the first time in the domestic construction equipment indust...
Nov 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
South Korean bio, pharma industry set to take leap
South Korea’s chemical maker LG Chem Ltd. is expected to reap more than 1 trillion won ($768.5 million) in sales this year from its new growth...
Nov 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI participates in Dubai Airshow 2023
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, announced on Tuesday that it has participated in the "Duba...
Nov 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean wins world's largest ammonia carriers order
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. secured 656.2 billion won ($496 million) worth of four very large ammonia carriers (VLAC) order from the Greek shippi...
Nov 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung Elec, Naver tie up for smart building business
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, and Naver Corp., South Korea’s online giant, have joined hands to develop...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea Post resumes kimchi delivery to US
South Korea's state-run postal service agency Korea Post announced on Monday it resumed Express Mail Service (EMS) for shipping kimchi all over the ...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Saudi Aramco’s $7 bn Korea project mired by labor shortage
Saudi Aramco’s $7 billion petrochemical project in South Korea, in what would be its largest-ever investment in the country, has hit a stumbli...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
KDI cuts Korea growth forecasts, ups inflation predictions
A South Korean government think tank has cut its growth forecast in Asia’s fourth-largest economy for this year and next but raised inflation ...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea's Emart24 to sell prefabricated house
South Korea’s convenience store chain Emart24 partnered with YMK Construction to launch an innovative range of prefabricated houses, a first i...
Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea tops global shipbuilding orders in October, surpassing China
South Korean shipbuilders won the most shipbuilding orders worldwide in October 2023. The country overtook China and claimed the lead in the global ...
Nov 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI, Volvo Trucks celebrate 5th year of cooperation
South Korea's Samsung SDI Co. and global commercial vehicle manufacturer Volvo Trucks held a commemorative event to discuss the expansion of their p...
Nov 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Kkanbu Chicken opens first overseas store in Philippines
South Korea's chicken franchise Kkanbu Chicken opened its first overseas branch in Manila's Solaire Resort.According to the company on Tuesday, the ...
Nov 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Naver posts record Q3 sales, profit on e-commerce
South Korea’s web portal giant Naver Corp. on Friday posted record sales and operating profit in the third quarter, driven by robust sales gro...
Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver Webtoon seizes 150 illegal overseas sites
South Korea’s Naver Webtoon announced on Thursday it shut down 150 illegal overseas sites, which unauthorizedly posted more than 80 webtoons i...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ecopro to develop lithium mine in Nevada with Australian firm
South Korean battery materials maker EcoPro Co. announced on Wednesday its subsidiary EcoPro Innovation signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) w...
Nov 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)