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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Aerospace ventures into eco-friendly ship market
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. announced on Thursday that it has completed the development of a megawatt-hour (MWh) energy storage system (ESS)....
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia America’s new normal: Record car sales month after month
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, has been dismissed as the weaker sibling or smaller sister firm of Hyundai Motor Co., the c...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
SK C&C begins to construct S.Korea's first ATS
SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group announced on Wednesday it has started constructio...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Westinghouse, KHNP seek licensing dispute arbitration
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and Westinghouse Electric Corp. have taken their almost one-year dispute over South Korea’s nuclear...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s Bespoke Jet AI sweeps global acclaim
Bespoke Jet AI, the cordless stick vacuum cleaner of Samsung Electronics Co., continues to receive international recognition for its superior techno...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C bags $145 mn order to build HVDC line in Saudi Arabia
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has won a $145 million deal in Saudi Arabia, boding well for the leading South Korean builder’s bus...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
KT, LG Elec, Hyundai Elevator join robot-elevator project
A robot freely gets on and off an elevator and moves around a building, doing everything from coffee to parcel delivery and route guidance.This is t...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Steel extends profit streak in Q2 on brisk auto steel sales
Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea’s second-largest steelmaker, plans to ramp up automotive and eco-friendly steel production after posting an ope...
Jul 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
ISTE to develop eco-friendly hydrogen with British company
An innovative South Korean small business has secured technology to simultaneously produce eco-friendly hydrogen and cathode materials for secondary...
Jul 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI, Stellantis agree to build 2nd US battery plant
South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. and the Netherlands-based automaker Stellantis N.V. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build the...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korea’s car exports hit H1 record high on brisk EV sales
South Korea’s automobile export value in the first six months of this year hit the highest-ever $35.7 billion for a half-year period, mainly d...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG AI Research launches patent screening AI
South Korea's think tank LG AI Research has teamed up with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) to develop the world's first patent screen...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hanwha Solutions, SK D&D team up for hydrogen fuel cell, solar power
South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp. and SK D&D have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly pursue hydrogen fuel cell...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea revives nuclear power for its 2024-2038 energy plan
South Korea is slated to bring forward action steps on its power supply plan for the 2024-2038 period, with a possibility to review building more nu...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Doosan Robotics to expand smart factory deployment using cobot
Doosan Robotics, a robot solution subsidiary of South Korea's Doosan Group, said on Tuesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with d...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korea tops US eco-friendly car import rankings despite IRA disadvantage
South Korea retained its top spot in exports of eco-friendly vehicles including electric cars to the US in the first quarter despite challenges pose...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Transys wins Red Dot Design Award
South Korean auto powertrain and seat maker Hyundai Transys announced on Monday that it has won the Winner prize at the "2023 Red Dot Design Award."...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
SK Shieldus to verify performance of self-driving patrol robot
South Korean security company SK Shieldus will demonstrate the performance of a self-driving patrol robot.The company on Thursday said it received r...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
POSCO Int'l to build 1.26 mn tons of green hydrogen infrastructure by 2035
South Korea's largest trading company POSCO International revealed on Friday its strategy to establish a green hydrogen supply infrastructure with...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean mulls large investments in warship facilities
Hanwha Ocean Co., the world’s fourth-largest shipbuilder, is considering large investments in new facilities to manufacture warships as the co...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Lotte Energy Materials aspires to become copper foil leader: CEO
South Korea’s Lotte Energy Materials Corp. said on Tuesday that growing demand for reasonably priced electric vehicles will expand the market ...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries starts building next-gen Aegis-equipped ship
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the shipbuilding affiliate of HD Hyundai Co., has embarked on the full-scale construction of the next...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO to spend $92 bn by 2030 to boost eco-friendly business
POSCO is a symbol of South Korea’s economic modernization. Five decades ago, it emerged from the nation's agriculture-based economy as one of ...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
KT, Samsung to cooperate in building S.Korean-style full stack AI
South Korea's KT Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. will pool their capabilities to build domestically developed full stack artificial intelligence...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Doosan vice chairman visits robotics trade show Automatica
South Korea’s Doosan Group Vice Chairman Park Ji-won visited Automatica 2023 on Wednesday, a leading trade fair for smart automation held in M...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Hanwha TotalEnergies completes building POE pilot plant
Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical Co., a South Korean joint venture between Hanwha Group and TotalEnergies, announced on Thursday that it has compl...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Kakao Healthcare to build metaverse healthcare platform
Kakao Healthcare, a digital healthcare platform unit of South Korea's Kakao, announced on Wednesday that it has been selected as the final operato...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics to build logistics centers in US with $416 mn investment
CJ Logistics Corp. and Korea Ocean Business Corporation (KOBC) will together build three logistics centers in the US with an estimated investment of...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
KT to build hyperscale AI cloud infrastructure
South Korea has paved the way to use artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors based on neural processing units (NPU) on cloud platforms to conduc...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Hancom, POSCO DX pursue robotic process automation solutions
South Korea’s office suite software maker Hancom and engineering and information and communications technology service provider POSCO DX will ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)