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  • Corporate restructuring
    S.Korea to restructure ailing petrochemical industry

    South Korea plans to restructure the struggling domestic petrochemical industry amid intensifying competition with Chinese rival...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Leadership & Management
    LG Group carries out modest management reshuffle

    Cho Joo-wan will continue to lead LG Electronics Inc. as chief executive after its parent LG Group on Thursday carried out modes...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Electric vehicles
    Hyundai premieres IONIQ 9 to be made in US, Korea

    LOS ANGELES -- Hyundai Motor Co. on Wednesday unveiled the IONIQ 9 with a plan to produce the leading South Korean automaker&rsq...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Shareholder value
    SK Square to buy back $72 mn shares amid Palliser's value-up push

    SK Square Co., the investment arm of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, announced shareholder-friendly measures on...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Electronics
    Samsung Electronics, LG Uplus to jointly develop ixi-O AI smartphone

    South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has joined forces with mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. to unveil an AI smartphone ...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Shipping & Shipbuilding
    Samsung Heavy sails autonomous demonstration vessel

    The South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Thursday the launch ceremony for Samsung Heavy Industries' ...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Bio & Pharma
    Hanmi Pharma to move up launch of anti-obesity drug

    South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Thursday the launch of its anti-obesity drug candidate efpeglenatide h...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Bio & Pharma
    Celltrion to acquire additional $72 mn in treasury shares

    South Korea's Celltrion Inc. announced on Thursday that it decided to repurchase additional treasury shares worth 100 billion wo...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
    Hyosung Chemical scraps specialty gas unit sale to IMM, STIC

    Hyosung Chemical Corp. has failed to reach an agreement with a consortium of IMM Private Equity and STIC Investments Inc. to sel...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean chipmakers
    SK Hynix starts mass production of 321-High NAND

    SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, announced on Thursday the mass production of its 321-layer 1...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean startups
    Bering Lab eyes 7-fold jump in revenue in 5 years

    Bering Lab Inc., a South Korea-based artificial intelligence technology-powered translation startup with specialties in legal, f...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean food
    CJ CheilJedang to invest $584 mn to build food factories in Europe, US

    CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food company, will spend a total of $584 million to build new food-manufacturi...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Energy
    KEPCO wins Saudi Arabia's two gas power plant projects

    Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) announced on Thursday that it was selected as the final successful bidder to build and operat...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • K-pop
    Former ADOR CEO Min unfollows NewJeans' SNS

    Min Hee-jin, the former CEO of ADOR, HYBE Co. 's label behind the K-pop girl group NewJeans, announced her resignation as the la...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Batteries
    LG Chem signs deal to secure 100,000 tons of lithium from ExxonMobil

    South Korea’s top chemicals maker LG Chem Ltd. said on Thursday it has signed an initial agreement to secure a key battery...

    Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)