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Batteries
L&F shares: Further upside potential after tenfold gains
Shares of L&F Co., South Korea’s top battery materials maker, have risen tenfold in the past year and a half, but many analysts bet the st...
Oct 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders turn focus to high-value vessels
South Korean shipbuilders, brimming with heavy order backlogs, are turning their focus to high-value and eco-friendly vessels for new orders as the ...
Oct 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
POSCO emerges from pandemic blues with record third-quarter profit
South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO is returning even stronger from the pandemic-caused economic slowdown, with an all-time high quarterly ...
Oct 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Samsung shares' underperformance deepens on growth concerns, won
Shares of Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s largest stock on the main bourse, are significantly underperforming as analysts slash price t...
Oct 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korean auto shares shine in gloomy stock market
South Korean car shares overcame slides in the country’s stock markets as the automotive chip shortage is showing some signs of easing.Global ...
Oct 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Electronics Q3 profit halves on GM recalls, sales at record-high
LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday it expects its third-quarter operating profit to plunge as heavy costs for General Motors Co.’s recall of ...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung makes industry’s smallest 14 nm DDR5 chip with EUV technology
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Tuesday it has begun mass production of the industry’s smallest 1...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KKR named as preferred buyer of SK E&S' $2 bn new shares
KKR & Co. has secured the exclusive negotiating rights to buy SK E&S Co.'s new preferred shares worth 2.4 trillion won ($2 billion), which t...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Tax burden pushes Samsung heirs to sell $1.8 bn worth of shares by April 2022
The heavy inheritance tax burden in South Korea is pushing the heirs of the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee to sell about 2.2 trillion won (...
Oct 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Shares in Woori Financial draw KT, builder and PEFs
South Korea's telecom giant KT Corp., mid-sized builder Hoban Construction Co. and about 10 private equity firms have submitted letters of intent to...
Oct 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Hanwha to raise $503 mn to expand China PVC production
South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. is set to raise $503 million to expand its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) business in China, the world&rsq...
Oct 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
ADT Caps seeks about $300 mn in pre-IPO funding
ADT Caps Co., South Korea's No. 2 security services provider, is seeking to raise up to 400 billion won ($336 million) from private equity firms ahe...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
POSCO to transfer hydrogen steel tech to industry peers for shared growth
The Hydrogen Iron & Steel Making (HyIS) Forum led by the steelmaker POSCO officially opened Oct. 6 in Seoul with more than 1,200 industry partic...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to make 2-nanometer GAA chips by 2025 to overtake TSMC
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Thursday it will be able to commercialize a 2-nanometer transistor process technology by 2025 to take on bigger foun...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK may develop LFP batteries for low-priced EVs
SK On, the recently-launched battery company of South Korea's SK Group, is considering manufacturing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries to suppl...
Oct 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK E&S' $2 bn share deal draws slew of funding providers
KKR & Co. and three other private equity firms, shortlisted for SK E&S Co.'s new preferred shares worth 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion), are n...
Oct 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKC drops plan for silicon anode JV on investment overlap woes
South Korea’s SKC Co. withdrew a plan to set up a joint venture with British battery materials maker Nexeon Ltd. for the silicon anode mater...
Oct 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor’s shares fall to 9-month low; new mobility key to rebound
Shares of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. have fallen to their lowest level in nine months, bucking the trend of its global peer...
Sep 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Small-size PCB makers in expansion mode to meet demand
The growing demand for larger-size printed circuit boards (PCBs), used to connect chips to the circuit boards of electronic devices, has been pushin...
Sep 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
BTS heads to LA for first live concert since COVID-19
BTS will travel to Los Angeles in November for its first live concert since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. BTS said on Sept. 28 on its offic...
Sep 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
S.Korean content shares surge with global success of Squid Game
South Korea’s major content production houses have made a big comeback in the local stock market on Sept. 27 after a period of downhill over t...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia take throne in Russia on decade of investment
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s fifth-largest carmaker, topped the Russian automobile market last month for the first time since January 2017...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Recycled plastic in growing demand as Korean firms pursue ESG business
Plastic recyclers have known for years that there is money to be made in plastic waste. And the stakes are high these days as the prices of recycled...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korean battery materials makers see stock prices surge
Shares of South Korean eco-friendly battery materials manufacturers have been soaring in September, with high expectations on big revenue jumps th...
Sep 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
US pressures Samsung, chipmakers to disclose key internal data
The American government is forcing global semiconductor manufacturers to submit internal information on their chip inventory as well as the number o...
Sep 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Commodity
Carbon neutrality reshapes global commodity markets
Global moves for carbon neutrality are reshaping commodity markets around the world. Iron ore prices have tumbled, while steel scrap prices have soa...
Sep 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Shares of Hyosung, Kolon Industries fly high propelled by hydrogen
Shares of hydrogen-related stocks such as Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. and Kolon Industries Inc. are flying high on expectations of significant ...
Sep 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem shares rise as GM resumes battery module replacement
Shares of LG Chem Ltd. are staging a rebound a month after falling sharply due to a decision by General Motors Co. to recall 73,000 Chevrolet Bolt e...
Sep 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Korea’s top cryptocurrency exchange operator becomes decacorn
Dunamu Inc., the operator of South Korea’s top cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, became a decacorn, a company valued at over $10 billion.Dunamu h...
Sep 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Cookie Run developer enjoys 1126% year-to-date growth in stock price
Devsisters Corporation, the developer of the globally popular mobile game Cookie Run, has become a “ten bagger” stock with its price ris...
Sep 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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