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Electronics
Gloves off for Samsung, LG in high-end OLED display fight
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Innotek ups automotive electronics patents for future mobility
South Korea’s electronics parts maker LG Innotek Co. actively increased patents related to its new growth driver automotive electronics while s...
Aug 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Lotte develops nickel-plated foil for solid-state batteries
Lotte Energy Materials Corp., a major South Korean battery materials maker, said on Tuesday it has developed a nickel-plated copper foil for use in s...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Fire-plagued Mercedes uses Chinese cells for most EVs in S.Korea
Mercedes-Benz AG, a German luxury carmaker hit by an electric vehicle fire in South Korea, said most of its EV models in the country are equipped wit...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Seoul Semiconductor overtakes Japan’s Nichia as top backlight LED maker
South Korea’s Seoul Semiconductor Co. has overtaken Japan’s Nichia Corp. as the world’s top backlight light-emitting diode (LED) di...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG unveils Korea’s 1st open source AI to take on Meta, Google
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, on Wednesday introduced the country’s first open-sourced artificial intelligence lar...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Electronics posts record Q2 profit, to accelerate transition into AI leader
LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean electronics maker, on Thursday posted its highest quarterly operating profit and sales for the April-June...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
LG Display cuts vendors’ stakes, axes jobs for turnaround
LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, reduced stakes in its vendors while cutt...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
High power bills drive Korean manufacturers out of country
South Korean manufacturers are increasingly moving abroad as the country's electricity bills are hovering about 30% higher than those of major econo...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Innotek to foster car communication parts business with digital key
South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. aims to accelerate growth in the global auto communication parts market with a new digital car key as its parent L...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG to foster smart factory business as new B2B growth driver
PYEONGTAEK, Gyeonggi Province -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, aims to foster its smart factory business as a new gro...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung OS Tizen embedded in Loewe TV Stellar to rival Google, Apple
Samsung Electronics Co.'s open-source smart TV operating system Tizen will be embedded in German premium TV brand Loewe’s latest model Stellar,...
Jul 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte to halve basic chemicals in portfolio for profitability
South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemicals manufacturer Lotte Chemical Corp. is set to more than halve its basic chemicals business by 2030 in its port...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI to ink $726 mn ESS deal with NextEra Energy
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, is set to provide batteries for energy storage systems (ESS) to NextEra...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Electronics acquires Athom to facilitate AI smart home push
South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. said on Wednesday it has acquired Athom B.V., a Netherlands-based home automation compan...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy halts Arizona battery plant building on weak EV sector
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle (EV) cell maker, has suspended construction of a plant in Arizona for batte...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom to launch AI assistants for corporate clients
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, plans to introduce customized services to connect major large language models (LLMs) and corp...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy wins estimated $1 bn ESS battery deal from Qcells
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest battery maker, won an estimated $1 billion energy storage system (ESS) deal from the US unit...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung aims to overtake TSMC, Apple with 3 nm Exynos W1000 chip
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to apply its latest 3-nanometer chip processing technology to the manufact...
May 13, 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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Batteries
LG Chem, Korea Zinc JV to mass-produce EV battery materials
A joint venture between LG Chem Ltd. and Korea Zinc Inc. is slated to start the mass production of precursor, a key electric vehicle battery material...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Tesla supplier L&F wins $6.8 bn cell materials deal in Europe
L&F Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery materials supplier to Tesla Inc., has won a $6.8 billion contract to sell cathodes to a major ce...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s LG telecom unit unveils AI agent with own technology
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, has introduced an artificial intelligence agent platform based on its own ixi AI technology...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Group’s AI academy to foster young talent bears fruit
On April 6, at LG Inwhawon, called LG Academy in English, in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, 99 college students and twenty-somethings were wrestling with...
Apr 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung ups smaller OLED workforce to fend off Chinese rivals
Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s top screen maker, increased its workforce for smaller organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels used for po...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
CJ Olive Young beats Amorepacific to become K-beauty king
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, took the throne in the domestic cosmetics market last year, beating industry giants...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
LG injects $97 mn into Vista Equity’s fund for new tech investments
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, injected $97 million into a fund run by Vista Equity Partners Management LLC for investmen...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Elec expands workforce to enhance AI cyber security
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, is actively increasing its workforce to improve artificial intelligence cyber security ...
Mar 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Korea Zinc, LG Chem team up for US recycling business
Korea Zinc Inc., the leading global zinc and lead smelter, and LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top petrochemical producer, joined hands for the pla...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG invests $60 million in Bear Robotics as robot OS war intensifies
South Korea’s high-tech giant LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday it has invested $60 million in Bear Robotics Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ser...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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