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Batteries
LG Energy wins estimated $1 bn ESS battery deal from Qcells
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Strong exports power S.Korea’s manufacturing job growth
South Korea’s job increases rebounded in April with growth in the manufacturing sector at a 17-month high on strong exports amid the semiconduc...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy unveils eco-friendly ships, AI tech in Europe
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., South Korea’s second-largest shipbuilder, showcased new eco-friendly ships and digital vessel technology to ride ...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Record $259 bn yet to find investment targets in South Korea
South Koreans parked a record 350 trillion won ($259 billion) in cash-equivalents such as money market funds (MMFs) as they failed to find investment...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha wins fighter jet radar antenna deal from Leonardo
South Korean aerospace and defense contractor Hanwha Systems Co. is set to supply antennas for active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars to I...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
CJ CheilJedang profit beats forecasts on overseas business
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on healthy overseas businesses and cost cuts...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s household debt growth at 5-month high on mortgages
South Korea’s household lending growth hit a five-month high in April as mortgage loans increased amid signs of a recovery in the property mark...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha buys S’pore Dyna-Mac’s stake for $73.8 mn from Keppel
South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group bought a stake in Dyna-Mac Holdings Ltd., a Singaporean floating facility designer...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KEPCO teams up with Kyrgyzstan for new energy technology
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the state-run utility company, has joined hands with Kyrgyzstan for new energy businesses including high-voltage ...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Netmarble sells stake in BTS label HYBE stake for $161 mn
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. is selling a stake in HYBE Co., the label behind global K-pop sensation BTS, for 219.9 billion won ($161 ...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai’s JV Motional delays robotaxi commercialization, cuts jobs
Self-driving technology developer Motional decided to delay robotaxi deployments with ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. aga...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Korea’s Koh Young to launch brain surgery robot in US in 2025
Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, aims to launch a brain surger...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Doosan to make new fuel cell for hydrogen power plant deals
South Korea’s Doosan Fuel Cell Co. plans to begin mass production of a new phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC) model, which is expected to raise p...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
South Korea to accept Indonesia’s KF-21 project cost cut proposal
South Korea plans to accept Indonesia’s request to cut its share of payments for a joint fighter jet development project to one-third of the or...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Medison buys AI medical startup Sonio
South Korea’s Samsung Medison, a medical equipment subsidiary of the global memory chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co., is taking over France&rsq...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Hasty overseas expansion hurts Korean entertainment sector
South Korea’s entertainment and content industries suffered from hasty expansions with investments of billions of dollars in the global market ...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Qcells launches commercial operations at new plant in Georgia, US
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group known as Qcells in overseas markets, has...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung sets up team to win AI chip deal from Nvidia
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, established a team for a billions-of-dollars high-bandwidth memory chip supply deal ...
May 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai set for revamped hydrogen-powered NEXO launch in Q2 2025
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. plans to introduce a next-generation model of its hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) NEXO...
May 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai to expand US hydrogen truck business with California nonprofit
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, is gearing up its hydrogen truck business in the US by teaming up with a California nonprofit t...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai to invest $923 million on self-driving JV Motional
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, is set to spend nearly $1 billion on Motional, its loss-making self-driving joint ven...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea’s Lotte Card injects $68 mn into Vietnamese unit
Lotte Card Co., South Korea’s No. 5 credit card issuer, has injected $68 million into its Vietnamese unit to expand its business in the Southea...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK Geo reconsiders extent of $1.3 bn plastic recycling plant project
South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. is reconsidering how much it will invest in a planned $1.3 billion waste plastic recycling complex project in ...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Korean retailers, hotels enjoy tourist boom in May holidays
South Korean retailers and hotels are enjoying a boom thanks to an expected surge in tourists at home and abroad as more than 180,000 foreigners are ...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
Korea desperately seeks global bond index inclusion to rescue won
South Korea is desperately working for inclusion on a global major bond index to save the ailing won, the second worst-performer among emerging Asian...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea’s KT to innovate media, content businesses with AI
South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. is set to innovate its media and content businesses with artificial intelligence as it seeks new growth dr...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Malaysia, OCI’s base set to beat Chinese polysilicon rivals
SARAWAK, Malaysia – OCI Group, South Korea’s leading chemical and green energy conglomerate, is expanding its polysilicon facility in Mal...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Genesis unveils GV70 facelift ahead of Korean debut in May
Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis on Friday unveiled the GV70 facelift as the leading South Korean automaker plans to launch the luxury midsi...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Honda, POSCO Future M to build cell materials plant in Canada
Japan’s Honda Motor Co. and South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. agreed to build a battery materials plant in Canada where the automaker will...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to produce hybrid cars at EV-only plant in US state of Georgia
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, plans to manufacture hybrid models at its electric vehicle and battery plant in the US state of...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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