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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hansol Chemical to enter bio industry with BiOCS acquisition
Hansol Chemical Co., a unit of South Korea’s paper-focused conglomerate Hansol Group, is expanding its business scope to biomaterials by acqui...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT builds hyper-connected R&D network KOREN data site
KT Corp. said on Monday that it will start operation on Jan. 5 after completing the construction of KOREN data lake portal site, which provides vari...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha takes over satellite technology from gov't institute
The state-run Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) said on Monday it had transferred to Hanwha Systems Co. the technology for satellit...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1 signs maritime surveillance radar-II defense contract
LIG Nex1 Co. said on Friday that it has signed an agreement with the Naval Logistics Command for the Maritime Surveillance Radar-II project, which w...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Doosan Enerbility to introduce ammonia co-fired power plant in Vietnam
Doosan Enerbility Co. plans to introduce an ammonia co-fired power plant in Vietnam jointly with South Korean and Vietnamese research institutes.Sou...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy Industries lands $1.5 bn deal for offshore plant order
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has bagged a $1.5 billion order to build an offshore plant from an Asian shipper, the company reve...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group develops dual LNG-hydrogen engine
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group has developed South Korea's first hybrid engine that uses liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen.The group's ...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
KTNET shows off logistics platform for tracking cargo, documents
The Korea Trade Network (KTNET) held a grand opening event for its uTH 2.0, a digital trade logistics platform, in partnership with the Korea Intern...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee flies to Vietnam for global business
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee embarked on a business trip to Vietnam on Wednesday to attend an opening ceremony for a research and dev...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK E&S builds world's largest production base for blue hydrogen
South Korea's SK E&S has accelerated a blue hydrogen project in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, in what will be the world's largest comple...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
LabGenomics unites with Humanscape on Asia, US genetic testing biz
LabGenomics Co., a molecular diagnostics company, said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with digital healthcare company Humanscape to deve...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Samsung Heavy receives approval from US on gas recovery system
Samsung Heavy Industries, a major shipbuilder in South Korea, said on Tuesday that its boil-off gas recovery system (BReS) for LNG-powered vessels h...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
LG Chem, GS EPS to build $248 million biomass power plant
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top chemicals maker, said on Tuesday it has signed a contract with GS EPS Co. to build a 320 billion won ($248 mil...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Korea’s Poongsan earnings to improve on copper rebound
Poongsan Corp., South Korea’s top copper processing company, is expected to benefit as China’s exit from the zero-COVID policy bolstered...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SGC Energy signs 10-year contract to supply liquid CO2
South Korea’s SGC Energy Co. recently signed a contract to supply liquid carbon dioxide to a domestic company for 10 years starting January 20...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus secures compliance management system certification
LG Uplus Corp. announced on Sunday it has obtained ISO 37301 certification for its compliance management system, marking a first among the three Sou...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to debut university-specific metaverse platforms early next year
South Korea's mobile telecom operator LG Uplus said on Thursday that it would introduce a specialized metaverse platform for which all universities ...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Doosan obtains certification on hydrogen batteries for drones
Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) said on Wednesday that its hydrogen fuel cell power pack DP30M2S product, which is mounted on hydrogen-fueled drone...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
S.Korea's Bespin Global, Daewoo E&C sign smart city deal with Aussie company
South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global on Wednesday said its subsidiary Bespin Global Vietnam formed a strategic partnership with Daew...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Electric joins hands with GE to enter offshore wind power business
Hyundai Electric will advance into the offshore wind power market jointly with GE Renewable Energy.Hyundai Electric, an electric systems spinoff fro...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Innovation, SungEel HiTech form discarded battery joint venture
South Korea's SK Innovation Co. is forming a joint venture with SungEel HiTech Co., a company that recycles discarded batteries, to extract metals f...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor enters Israeli market for hydrogen-powered trucks
Hyundai Motor Co. is expanding in the Middle East through the debut in Israel of its hydrogen fuel cell truck line Xcient. The carmaker on Tuesday ...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
POSCO, Malaysia’s Petros to join forces on carbon capture business
POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO, said on Monday it has joined forces with Malaysia’s ener...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Enerbility gets int'l certification for offshore wind power system
South Korea's heavy industry company Doosan Enerbility Co. on Monday said it is Korea's first to receive international certification for an eight-me...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Hotel Shilla CEO Lee ranks 85th on Forbes' 100 most powerful women
Samsung heiress and Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin ranked 85th on The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women selected by Forbes. Lee, who leads Samsung Group's...
Dec 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor sells hydrogen-powered truck Xcient in S.Korea
Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday said it launched sales of its hydrogen-powered fuel cell truck Xcient Fuel Cell in South Korea.The model is the worl...
Dec 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Iljin Electric moves into DC power transmission device market
Iljin Electric, an integrated heavy electric device unit of South Korea's Iljin Group, will participate in the domestic MVDC (medium-voltage direct ...
Dec 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Macquarie bids for transportation card operator Loca Mobility
Macquarie Asset Management participated in a bid on Dec. 6 to acquire Loca Mobility Corp., Lotte Card Co.’s subsidiary and the second-largest ...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Twelve Labs secures $12 mn for AI-powered video analysis platform
Twelve Labs Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence-powered video search platform developer, closed its seed extension round with an additional...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung, Naver agree to partner in developing next-gen AI semiconductor solutions
Samsung Electronics Co. and Naver Corp. have agreed to cooperate in developing next-generation AI semiconductor solutions optimized for artificial i...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)