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Chemical Industry
CJ HDC Biosol completes plant for green biodegradable materials
South Korea's CJ HDC Biosol on Thursday said it held a completion ceremony for its biodegradable material compounding plant at Gwanghyewon Industria...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
SK Hynix issues $1 bn sustainability-linked bonds
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. has raised $1 billion in sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) to become the world's first memory chipmaker to issue ...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Aekyung Industrial acquires green certification for eco-friendly detergent
Aekyung Industrial said on Thursday that it has obtained green technology certification from the Korea Technology Finance Corporation for its eco-fr...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea's Daehan Green Power invests in energy superstation biz
South Korea's Daehan Green Power has entered the green hydrogen sector, a new growth engine, through an energy super station project.The company on ...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Woori Financial wins MSCI ESG global leader rating for 2nd year
Woori Financial Group said on Thursday it has earned an AA rating for the second consecutive year in the global ESG rating announced by Morgan Stanl...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
POSCO Gwangyang Works obtains green data center certificiation
POSCO Gwangyang Works, one of the two pillar steel mills of POSCO Holdings Inc. together with Pohang Works, obtained a Green Data Center Bronze Grad...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Doosan Corp. starts building flexible copper-clad layer plant
South Korea's Doosan Corp. is expanding its production line for flexible cooper-clad layers (FCCL) to boost competitiveness in electronic materials ...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hyundai Rotem's new braking technology acquires green certification
Hyundai Rotem, a South Korean railway rolling stock supplier under Hyundai Motor Group, acquired a green certification for its zero-speed regenerati...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI to develop Korea's first mine-sweeper helicopter
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) is poised to start R&D on a minesweeper helicopter that specializes in removing underwater mines.The compa...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung Elec's green heat pump takes energy-starved Europe by storm
Samsung Electronics on Monday said its heat pump Eco Heating System (EHS), a green heating and cooling system, has seen explosive sales growth on th...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Inc. bulks up green investments to achieve net zero by 2035
SK Inc., the investment arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, is taking preemptive steps to expand its eco-friendly busin...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korean overseas card spending near 3-year high on resurgence in travel
Overseas card spending by residents in South Korea rose to a nearly three-year high in the third quarter as international travel surged with countri...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Fintech co. Awake Corp. provides financial management tool to creators
South Korean fintech startup Awake Corporation won the hearts and wallets of judges at the D.Day X D.Camp event on Thursday, garnering 20 million wo...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korea Zinc exchanges treasury shares with LG Chem, Hanwha Corp.
Korea Zinc Co. will exchange part of its treasury shares with those of LG Chem Ltd. and Hanwha Corp. in a move seen to strengthen the secondary batt...
Nov 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea, US to work on Busan-Seattle green cargo shipping corridor
South Korea and the US are looking to create a green cargo shipping corridor linking the port of Busan with the ports of Seattle and Tacoma as part ...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KT&G enlists Goldman Sachs to cope with shareholder activism
KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, appointed Goldman Sachs as an advisor to improve corporate governance after a Singapo...
Nov 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LS Cable to become No.2 shareholder in KT Submarine
South Korea’s LS Group will become the No. 2 shareholder in KT Submarine Co. after buying the undersea cable construction company’s new ...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Korea’s Aju to spin off key building material business
South Korea’s Aju Group is set to split its parent company into a construction material firm and an investment corporation to enhance its prof...
Sep 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK's Chey, Zambian president discuss EV battery material deal
South Korea’s SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has met with Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema to discuss potential mineral deals in core mate...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Internet lender K Bank gets green light for IPO
South Korea’s first internet-only lender K Bank on Tuesday received preliminary approval from the Korea Exchange to go public on the country&r...
Sep 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Broadband develops green, efficient network technology
South Korea's internet service provider SK Broadband Co. has developed optical communications technology that simultaneously provides differing degr...
Sep 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Growing Korean corporate VCs provide silver lining to startups
South Korean companies are rushing to set up their own venture capital units, so-called corporate venture capital firms, to seek new growth engines ...
Sep 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Samsung goes green as it eyes clean tech supremacy across supply chain
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone and memory chipmaker, said on Thursday it is aiming to power its entire operations wit...
Sep 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Korea's Hyundai E&C to build smart green city in Vietnam
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. is poised to become the first South Korean company to join Vietnam’s green smart city development p...
Aug 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG boost use of recycled materials for electronics
South Korean tech giants Samsung and LG are increasing their amount of electronic products made from recycled materials. The companies will showcase...
Aug 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai IONIQ 5: Car and Driver’s EV of the Year
Hyundai Motor Co.'s all-electric IONIQ 5 crossover has won another industry accolade in the US, gathering momentum to expand its market share in the...
Aug 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korea Zinc to invest $7.5 billion in green hydrogen, battery materials
Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, plans to spend 9.74 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in renewable energy, green hydrogen...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Korea Ginseng Corp. intensifies marketing efforts in the UAE
South Korea’s Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC) said on Tuesday it recently hosted its second annual conference for large retail pharmacy chains in th...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
APR Corp. generates $199 mn in revenue with advanced tech, branding
APR Corp. is a South Korean startup less than a decade old, which develops and manufactures skin care products and athleisure clothing. While t...
Aug 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
SK to build first chip packaging plant in US with $22 bn investment
WASHINGTON DC – SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, said on Wednesday it will build its first memory chip packaging fac...
Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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