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EV Charging
Hyundai to set up EV chargers at Shell gas stations
Hyundai Motor Co. plans to set up chargers for electric vehicles at gas stations of Shell Inc. worldwide as South Korea’s top automaker aims t...
Feb 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea Inc. revises business plans as rising oil prices hit economy
South Korean companies are revising their business plans for this year as soaring oil prices slam Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Inflation is ...
Feb 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korean chipmakers to cut core solvent imports for EUV process
South Korean chipmakers are expected to reduce imports of a core solvent of the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process for semiconductor manufacturing as...
Feb 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
KT provides AI-powered voice recognition service to Mercedez
South Korea’s top wireless carrier KT Corp. announced Thursday that it has launched an AI-powered voice recognition service for Mercedez-Benz ...
Feb 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lotte to develop seawater-degradable bioplastic material
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. plans to develop a decomposable bioplastic material in seawater for production based on petrochemicals for ...
Feb 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia: New king in J.D. Power’s most reliable auto brand rankings
Kia Corp. is the top-ranked automaker in J.D. Power’s 2022 US Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) ahead of General Motor Co.’s Buick as we...
Feb 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to benefit from Western Digital production disruption
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is expected to be a key beneficiary from production disruption...
Feb 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s 2021 current account surplus misses BOK forecast
South Korea’s current account surplus last year missed the central bank’s forecast as higher raw materials prices boosted imports of Asi...
Feb 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea urged to embrace nuclear power to go carbon free
The topic of RE100, a multinational campaign to make a full switch to renewable energy by 2050, was brought up last week during a debate among four ...
Feb 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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EV Charging
With the Genesis GV60, you can charge without a plug
Hyundai Motor Co. is rolling out a wireless charging system for its latest premium electric crossover, the GV60, amid intensifying competition among...
Feb 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung C&T to invest $70 mn in US nuclear fission tech provider
Samsung C&T Corp. is set to invest up to 85 billion won ($7 million) in US nuclear fission technology provider NuScale Power, LLC. NuScale Power...
Feb 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung’s 2022: Year of war on uncertainty, shaky supply chain
Samsung Electronics Co.'s spectacular 2021 earnings report on Thursday was overshadowed by its murky business outlook, as the world’s top make...
Jan 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Rotem to mass produce hydrogen extractors
South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem is set to start in February mass production of hydrogen extractors that derive hydrogen from natural gas as it aim...
Jan 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKC co-invests $80 mn in battery materials maker Nexeon
Chemical materials producer SKC Co. said on Jan. 26 its consortium has completed an $80 million investment in UK battery materials startup Nexeon ...
Jan 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyosung goes greener with $836 million green hydrogen project
Hyosung Group is stepping up efforts to turn into an eco-friendly business, announcing huge investment plans on hydrogen and renewable energy projec...
Jan 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
POSCO logs record profit on steel supercycle in 2021
POSCO Co., the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, reported record earnings in 2021, adding to the bullish outlook, as China sustained a policy ...
Jan 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
LG Household’s China strategy put to test as shares crash
LG Household & Health Care Ltd.’s shares have been flying high since its market debut in 2001, and have more recently basked in the global...
Jan 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO breaks ground on China automotive steel plant with HBIS
China’s HBIS Group Co., the world’s third-largest steelmaker, and South Korea’s POSCO Co., the No. 6 player, broke ground on an au...
Jan 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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CES 2022
Samsung ushers in era of bespoke homes with AI butlers
Samsung Electronics Co. is showcasing an unprecedented immersive home electronics experience at CES 2022 (Jan. 5-8.) YOUR HOME AS A METAVERSE...
Jan 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean Air’s post-merger plan hits snag after conditional approval
Korean Air Lines Co. faces growing pressure from the country’s antitrust regulator to drastically adjust its post-merger integration plans aft...
Jan 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE bags $1.4 billion ship orders in first 2022 deals
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), Hyundai Heavy Industries Group’s intermediate holding company, has kicked off 2022 w...
Jan 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Korea to join Egypt’s 1st nuclear power plant project
South Korea is set to participate in Egypt’s first nuclear power plant project built by Russia as a state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power ...
Jan 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung cuts NAND output in Xian on COVID-19 lockdown
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest NAND flash memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it is adjusting operations at its manufacturing fa...
Dec 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang's No. 2 shareholder unloads over $1 bn shares
Coupang Inc.'s second-largest shareholder Geenox Capital sold about 1.6 trillion won ($1.4 billion) worth of shares in the South Korean e-commerce p...
Dec 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
SK Group’s Chey rebuts FTC charges of unfair business practice
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has imposed a fine of 1.6 billion won ($1.3 million) on SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and the conglomerat...
Dec 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
KEPCO to develop subsea transmission for ADNOC
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) awarded a $3.6 billion contract to a consortium led by Kore...
Dec 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Oilbank to build LNG-hydrogen power plant for $335 mn
South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. plans to build an eco-friendly power plant fueled with liquefied natural gas (LNG) and blue hydrogen to mee...
Dec 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Energy-saving chips emerge as new battleground
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements are expected to drive high-performance chip demand higher, in particular from data center op...
Dec 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s DL Energy to expand US power plant business
South Korea’s DL Energy is set to expand its power plant business in the US.DL Energy, formerly known as Daelim Energy, said on Dec. 17 that i...
Dec 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
VR meetings with holograms, powered by metaverse startup DoubleMe
Come next year, attending meetings as a hologram version of yourself is set to become more common.Metaverse startup DoubleMe plans to commercialize ...
Dec 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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