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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co. to buy controlling stake in SK’s specialty gas unit for $1.9 bn
South Korea’s private equity firm Hahn & Co. is set to acquire a controlling stake in the world’s top specialty gas producer SK Speci...
Dec 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LX Pantos IPO delayed as Mirae Asset sells stake
South Korea’s leading brokerage firm Mirae Asset Securities Co. is poised to sell its stake in LX Pantos Co., adding to expectations of more de...
Dec 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
POSCO to buy Korean robotics firm stake for steel business
South Korea’s steel-to-battery materials conglomerate POSCO Group will invest in the leading domestic robotics company to boost its ailing stee...
Dec 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
LG Group affiliates unveil value-up plans
LG Group affiliates— LG Display Co., LG Innotek, LG Chem Ltd., and LG Energy Solution Ltd. —unveiled their ambitious growth strategies on...
Nov 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Apple supplier LG Innotek to invest $268.4 mn in Vietnam in 2025
South Korea’s LG Innotek Co., a major contractor for Apple Inc., said on Thursday it plans to spend 375.9 billion won ($268.4 million) next yea...
Nov 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 rivals and oversupply by e...
Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Zinc chair hatches plan to maintain management control
Korea Zinc Inc. Chair Choi Yun-birm said on Sunday he has a strategy for defending management control of the world’s top zinc and lead smelter ...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Salesforce outage disrupts businesses across Asia Pacific
Salesforce Inc., the world’s top customer relationship management (CRM) platform, is grappling with a major service outage affecting more than ...
Nov 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korean EV, battery makers to suffer from Trump’s plan to end incentives
WASHINGTON/SEOUL — US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is seeking to eliminate federal incentives for electric vehicles, de...
Nov 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG to expand appliance subscriptions to India to speed up leasing business
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, is considering expanding its subscription service into new overseas markets, such as In...
Nov 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to supply EV batteries to Rivian in $6.7 bn deal
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest battery maker, is set to supply cells to Rivian Automotive Inc., a US electric vehicle manuf...
Nov 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG’s telecom unit to spend $2.1 bn on transition into AX company
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, plans to invest up to 3 trillion won ($2.1 billion) in artificial intelligence and foster r...
Nov 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
First Korean American US Senator vows to cement Seoul-Washington ties
NEW YORK – Democratic US Representative Andy Kim, the first Korean American elected to the US Senate, has pledged to strengthen the relationshi...
Nov 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Energy Q3 profit more than doubles on higher sales; shares jump
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest battery maker, said its quarterly operating profit more than doubled from the previous three...
Oct 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, Stellantis’ EV battery JV in Canada mass-produces modules
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer, said on Wednesday its joint venture in Canada with mu...
Oct 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem targets functional cosmetics market with bio-materials
LG Chem Ltd., the world’s fourth-largest chemicals manufacturer, is targeting the functional cosmetics market with bio-materials derived from v...
Oct 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to supply batteries for Ford's electric commercial vehicles
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer, is set to supply battery cells and modules to US Ford...
Oct 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK wins enough stake in tender offer to control Korea Zinc
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd. has secured a large enough stake in Korea Zinc Inc. through a tender offer to take control o...
Oct 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Korea’s Dongkuk develops world’s 1st biodegradable film for steel plates
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co. (Dongkuk CM), the cold-rolled steel unit of South Korean steel conglomerate Dongkuk Holdings Co., on Friday unveiled the wor...
Oct 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Apologizes for Falling Behind in AI Chips Race
SEOUL—For a major maker of semiconductors such as Samsung Electronics Co. , the artificial-intelligence boom should be a time of great promise....
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG to invest $762 mn in webOS to transform into platform-based tech giant
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, plans to invest more than 1 trillion won ($762 million) in its multitasking operating s...
Sep 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai Motor Group to develop tech to cut Chinese precursor imports
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest carmaker, has started developing electric vehicle battery technology to cut costs and reduce the...
Sep 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK ups Korea Zinc bid price as management feud intensifies
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd. has raised its bid price to take control of Korea Zinc Inc. by 13.6%, increasing the cost fo...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Zinc to sell $301 mn in CPs amid management feud with MBK
Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s top zinc and lead smelter, is set to sell 400 billion won ($300.9 million) in commercial papers, its first fundrai...
Sep 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanwha, LG to support Korea Zinc in battle against MBK
South Korea’s Hanwha Group and LG Group are likely to help Korea Zinc Inc. fight against a takeover by MBK Partners Ltd. as the private equity ...
Sep 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK not to sell Korea Zinc to China after tender offer
MBK Partners Ltd. does not plan to sell Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest zinc and lead smelter, to China if MBK's takeover bid of up to 2 t...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
BMW, GS, LG open EV charging hub lounge in Seoul
BMW Group Korea said on Thursday it opened the electric vehicle (EV) Charging Hub Lounge with GS Group and LG Group in Hoehyeon-dong, Seoul.The Charg...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Human Interest
After 37 years of use, Kim returns trusty microwave to Samsung with love
For 37 years, a simple microwave made by Samsung Electronics Co. sat in the kitchen of Kim Kyu-won, providing much more than convenience.It was there...
Sep 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG’s telecom unit looks to lure foreigners with more K-pop-themed shops
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, is set to lure foreign customers by opening K-pop-themed stores in the country's major shop...
Sep 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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