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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor, Kia to develop alternative to rare earth materials
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have partnered with South Korea's universities to secure materials for vehicle electrification components.Hyundai Mo...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
Taekwang Industrial begins modacrylic wig yarn exports
South Korea's Taekwang Industrial Co. announced on Monday that it started to export its modacrylic, a high-quality wig material yarn.Modacrylic is a...
May 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha wins fighter jet radar antenna deal from Leonardo
South Korean aerospace and defense contractor Hanwha Systems Co. is set to supply antennas for active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars to ...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
CJ CheilJedang profit beats forecasts on overseas business
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on healthy overseas businesses and cost cut...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korea Zinc to invest $146 mn in green business R&D hub
Korea Zinc Inc., South Korea’s and the world’s No. 1 lead and zinc smelter, will build its second research and development center, which...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea's Taeyoung to sell local hotel to speed up debt workout
South Korea’s Taeyoung Group, which is undergoing a debt workout of its construction unit, is considering selling a four-star hotel and releva...
May 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Beauty store chain CJ Olive Young to launch Japan unit
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s largest beauty store chain, will set up a subsidiary in Japan in the first half of this year to mark its f...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to sell 50% stake in Wuxi foundry unit to Chinese firm
SK Hynix Inc. will sell nearly a half stake in its foundry unit in China to a Chinese state-run enterprise for $349.3 million in a bid to expand its...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Woongjin reborn as IT solution company beyond education firm
Woongjin Co., better known as the home-study workbook brand Woongjin ThinkBig in South Korea, has been transforming into an information technology s...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Blackpink label YG to sell drama production unit
K-pop sensation Blackpink’s label YG Entertainment Inc. is slated to sell 60% of its drama production subsidiary Studioplex later this year, t...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Jusung Engineering to spin off major units
South Korea's Jusung Engineering Co. plans to spin off its semiconductor, solar, and display equipment businesses and transform into a holding com...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea’s Lotte Card injects $68 mn into Vietnamese unit
Lotte Card Co., South Korea’s No. 5 credit card issuer, has injected $68 million into its Vietnamese unit to expand its business in the Southe...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean brokerages' foreign profits up on IB, bond trading
South Korean brokerage firms expanded their net profits from overseas operations last year, backed by increased gains from their investment banking ...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Enerbility to export nuclear plant equipment to Romania
South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. said on Thursday it won a contract with Canadian nuclear reactor manufacturer Candu ...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Overseas projects boost Korean builders’ earnings; GS profit cut in half
Large-scale overseas construction projects boosted major Korean builders’ quarterly results while lackluster domestic construction work, coupl...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Malaysia, OCI’s base set to beat Chinese polysilicon rivals
SARAWAK, Malaysia – OCI Group, South Korea’s leading chemical and green energy conglomerate, is expanding its polysilicon facility in Ma...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kia logs record profit, revenue in Q1 on weak won
Kia Corp., the second-largest automaker in South Korea, posted record quarterly profit and revenue for the first three months of this year, backed b...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Genesis unveils GV70 facelift ahead of Korean debut in May
Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis on Friday unveiled the GV70 facelift as the leading South Korean automaker plans to launch the luxury mids...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Honda, POSCO Future M to build cell materials plant in Canada
Japan’s Honda Motor Co. and South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. agreed to build a battery materials plant in Canada where the automaker wil...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
MBK, Air Premia team up for Asiana’s cargo unit; Jeju Air exits
South Korea's low-cost carrier Air Premia Inc. has teamed up with North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners to win Asiana Airlines Inc.'s ...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
Toray Advanced Materials obtains AS9120 certification
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. announced Wednesday that it attained the AS9120 certification for aerospace industry quality management systems ...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
OCI to invest up to $1.5 bn in Malaysia’s polysilicon plant
KUALA LUMPUR -- OCI Holdings Co., South Korea’s leading chemical and green energy company, plans to invest up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion)...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
POSCO tightens belts, seeks M&A within 3 years: new chairman
Chang In-hwa, chairman and chief executive of POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO, has vowed to take drastic...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
HD Hyundai, Hyundai Dept. Store to co-work for recycling plastic waste
South Korea's HD Hyundai Oil Bank Co. and Hyundai Department Store Co. have partnered to create a closed-loop plastic film recycling system, a first...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO-Pilbara JV delivers 1st order of lithium hydroxide
South Korea’s top steel group POSCO has shipped lithium hydroxide, a rechargeable battery’s key raw material produced jointly with Austr...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
SK Chemicals' bond oversubscribed with $526 mn demand
SK Chemicals Co., a unit of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, is set for a successful debt issue as the company’s bond sale has...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Hanjin KAL to sell Waikiki Resort Hotel to Sono for $101 mn
Hanjin KAL Corp., the holding firm of South Korean flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co., is set to sell a 100% stake in its Hawaii-based subsidiary Wai...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hyundai Capital to set up units in Indonesia, Australia
Hyundai Capital Services Inc., the consumer finance unit of the world’s third-largest automaker Hyundai Motor Group, plans to establish subsid...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai, Toray to team up to develop mobility materials
Hyundai Motor Group said on Thursday it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Japan's Toray Industries Inc. to jointly develop carbon fi...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem, Korea Zinc JV to mass-produce EV battery materials
A joint venture between LG Chem Ltd. and Korea Zinc Inc. is slated to start the mass production of precursor, a key electric vehicle battery materia...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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