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Real estate
IGIS, KKR delay plan to set up Seoul-based real estate JV
IGIS Asset Management Co., the largest real estate investment firm in South Korea, and US private equity giant KKR & Co. have indefinitely postp...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea to dispatch key minerals investigation teams to Chile, Argentina
South Korean government will dispatch a public-private partnership key minerals business survey team to Chile and Argentina to revitalize overseas r...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
GS Group's petrochem equipment unit eyes up to $154 mn via pre-IPO
GS Entec Corp., a South Korean equipment maker for petrochemical and power plants, is set to raise 150 billion to 200 billion won ($115 million-$154...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea, Kazakhstan to expand cooperation on mineral resource
South Korea's Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang and Kazakhstan's first deputy prime minister Roman Sklyar, held a meeting in Seo...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korea must nurture chip materials, parts, facilities: Jusung
South Korea needs to nurture its materials, parts and facilities industries to keep competitiveness in the semiconductor sector, said the chief exec...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C, Samsung C&T to jointly establish construction robot ecosystem
Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Samsung C&T Corp.'s construction unit andannounced on Tuesday that they have signed a strategic bus...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS, Microsoft to jointly develop new ChatGPT-based services
South Korea’s largest cloud computing service provider LG CNS Co. announced on Tuesday that it will strengthen its strategic partnership with ...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
S.Korean corporate investment in Vietnam plunges 70% in first quarter
South Korean corporate investment in Vietnam, which has led the economic development of the Southeast Asian nation, has plunged this year due to fac...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK Energy opens S.Korea's first hydrogen charging station for large trucks
SK Energy is the first company in South Korea to launch a station for charging large hydrogen-powered trucks. The company on Sunday said it held a c...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
HD Hyundai Elec commercializes DC distribution facilities for 1 MW bldgs
HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical power equipment and energy solution affiliate of South Korean conglomerate HD Hyundai Co. Group, on Friday s...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK, Samsung accelerate S.Korea’s CO2 capture biz growth
Samsung and SK, South Korea’s two largest conglomerates, are speeding up the growth in the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) busi...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LS Electric wins order $94 mn for energy storage system in UK
LS Electric Co. announced on Tuesday that it has secured a contract for a £73.6 million ($93.5 million) energy storage system (ESS) project in...
Apr 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Foreigners can enter S.Korean casino without physical passport
Visitors to South Korea will be able to enjoy tax-free shopping and casino experiences with ease, thanks to the mobile passport identity verificatio...
Apr 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Mipo wins $184 mn order four mid-sized PC carriers
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., a subsidiary of HD Hyundai Group's shipbuilding division, has secured a construction contract for four medium-sized PC (p...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver to aid in Saudi’s digital transformation, green light for Neom deal
South Korea’s online business giant Naver Corp. said on Thursday it has signed an initial agreement with the Saudi Arabian government to assis...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Dongkuk Steel installs solar power generation facility at Pohang plant
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., the world's leading manufacturer of color-coated steel, announced on Wednesday that it has installed a 10-megawatt solar pow...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
POSCO Int'l expands into bioplastic recycling business
POSCO International, a subsidiary of South Korea's steel-making-oriented POSCO Group, announced on Wednesday its entry into the biodegradable biopla...
Mar 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
CJ CheilJedang signs ESG agreement with Jincheon County in Korea
South Korea's largest food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Monday that it has signed a business agreement with Jincheon County in North Ch...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's microneedle maker Raphas to enter US market
South Korea's microneedle maker Raphas Co. is expediting its entry into the American pharmaceutical market after entering the country's cosmetics se...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korea's Hyundai E&C, KHNP to promote clean hydrogen projects
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., a major construction contractor in South Korea, signed on March 24 a memorandum of understanding (MOU) w...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to build $5.6 billion battery complex in Arizona
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Friday it is investing 7.2 trillion won ($5.6 billion) to build a b...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Instant noodle maker Nongshim eyes 3rd plant in US
South Korean instant noodle giant Nongshim Co. is looking to build its third manufacturing plant in the US as the company is seeing sales of its pro...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai launches 2023 season of HMG Driving Experience Center
Hyundai Motor Group announced the commencement of the 2023 season for its HMG Driving Experience Center, which is the largest of its kind in South K...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LS Cable wins $86 mn contract to supply submarine cables to Taiwan
LS Cable & System Ltd. announced on Thursday that it has won a contract worth about 110 billion won ($86 million) to supply submarine cables for...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Ecoplant Americas completes fuel cell project at US hospitals
SK Ecoplant Americas has completed a project to supply and install solid oxide fuel cells at US hospitals in collaboration with Bloom Energy. The pr...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem supplies RO filters for Chinese lithium extraction project
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. has supplied reverse osmosis (RO) filters for a project to extract lithium from China's largest salt lake.The company on ...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea Western Power lands nation's first solar power order in Oman
Korea Western Power Co. (KOWEPO) has won its country's first project in solar power generation in Oman.The company on Tuesday announced its successf...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
NHN, KT, Naver to jointly build AI semiconductor farm
Three large cloud service providers (CSPs) in South Korea will participate as a team in the project K-Cloud pursued by the government to verify dome...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Bespin Global to work with GBike for smart mobility business in Vietnam
Bespin Global, a cloud delivery platform company based in South Korea, announced on Thursday that it had partnered with GBike, a micromobility tech ...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Toray Advanced Materials acquires S.Korea's water treatment company
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. announced on Monday the acquisition of Hanmee Entec Co., Ltd., the industry's longest-running water treatment fa...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)