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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix develops high-capacity SSD for AI data center
SK Hynix Inc. unveiled on Wednesday its high-capacity solid-state drive (SSD) product PS1012 U.2, designed for AI data centers with 61 terabyte (TB)...
Dec 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Lotte to supply advanced copper foil to Doosan for Nvidia’s Blackwell
Lotte Energy Materials Corp., a leading South Korean battery materials maker, said on Tuesday it will supply advanced copper foil to Doosan Corp.'s&...
Dec 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Samsung E&A enters SAF EPC market with $955 mn Malaysian bioplant deal
Samsung E&A Co., the construction and engineering unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, said on Wednesday it has clinched ...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s OCI, US partner CPS Energy sign 20-year energy storage deal
South Korean solar cell company OCI Holdings Co. said on Tuesday it has signed a deal with US power supplier CPS Energy to jointly build a 120-megaw...
Dec 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hanwha's financial companies open AI center in San Franciso
South Korea’s seventh-largest conglomerate’s financial companies have opened a joint artificial intelligence center in San Francisco, a ...
Dec 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung SDS to build AI-focused data center at Samsung Electronics’ plant
Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, plans to build an artificial intelligence data center...
Dec 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung C&T, Hitachi Energy to team up for HVDC projects
South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. said Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Sweden's Hitachi Energy to cooperate for high-vol...
Dec 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung C&T, Sweden's Karnfull Next to team up for SMR
South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. said Friday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Swedish energy company Karnfull Next AB to jointl...
Dec 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean stocks diverge: Winners, losers of Yoon’s martial law debacle
South Korean stocks showed clear divergences on Wednesday amid a mixed market outlook as President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration, re...
Dec 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia to build Hyundai Center of Excellence in India
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) to build the Hyundai Cente...
Dec 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
GIC to pick preferred bidder in $1.1 bn Seoul landmark building sale
Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund, is set to select a preferred bidder for the sale of a lan...
Dec 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy set to acquire GM’s $1 bn stake in Ultium JV plant in Michigan
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. plans to acquire General Motors Co.’s stake in their battery joint venture plant in Lansing, Michi...
Dec 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Rebellions · Sapeon Korea merger, the first domestic AI chip unicorn
Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, officially merged with Sapeon Korea to form the first domestic AI chi...
Dec 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Latvian President Rinkēvičs seeks closer ties with S.Korea in bio, defense
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, who is on a four-day working trip to South Korea, said on Friday he hopes for deeper cooperation between the two...
Nov 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea Zinc, Hanwha to co-work on Austrailian BESS project
Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s top lead and zinc smelter, said on Tuesday its Australian subsidiary Ark Energy selected Hanwha Corp. as the pref...
Nov 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO Int'l starts commissioning of Senex Energy gas facility
South Korea's POSCO International Corp. said on Monday it has begun commissioning its first gas processing facility at Senex Energy’s Atlas ...
Nov 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LS Electric shares jump on $358mn HVDC transformer order news
LS Electric Co., a South Korean industrial energy facility and systems supplier, is expected to sign a 500 billion won ($358 million) deal with a GE...
Nov 25, 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 o...
Nov 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LS Cable, Denmark's CIP sign LOI for floating offshore wind
South Korea's LS Cable & System Ltd. said on Wednesday that it signed a letter of intent (LOI) for offshore wind cooperation with Copenhagen Inf...
Nov 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung vows to regain chip lead with new R&D center
Samsung Electronics Co. is pinning its hopes on its new research and development complex, which will cost the company 20 trillion won ($14.4 billion...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to supply 2170-type cells to Bear Robotics
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Monday it has signed an initial agreement to supply cylindrical battery cells to Bear Robotics I...
Nov 18, 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, d...
Nov 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics opens cold-chain logistics center in Georgia
South Korea's CJ Logistics said on Thursday that it completed the construction of a large-scale cold-chain logistics center in the US and has begu...
Nov 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy bags 8-GWh ESS deal from Terra-Gen in US
LG Energy Solution Ltd. will supply US renewable energy power producer Terra-Gen LLC with an energy storage system (ESS) with an 8 Gigawatt-hour (GW...
Nov 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
S.Korea to build cold chain logistics center in Haiphong, Vietnam
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on Wednesday that South Korean company Jeil Construction has begun building a cold chain complex logi...
Nov 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus tests energy efficiency tech for 6G network
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. said on Tuesday it tested the All-Photonic Transport Network, a key technology designed to reduce power consumpti...
Nov 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Kakao Mobility, Samyang Logistics partner on fulfillment services
Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s most popular ride-hailing app operator, said on Monday that it partnered with logistics firm Samyang Logis...
Nov 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SpaceX to use LG Energy batteries for Starship rocket
Spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, will use LG Energy Solution Ltd.'s batteries for its next-generation Starship rocket, marking its ...
Nov 11, 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 manu...
Nov 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor designs the future of mobility in Irvine studio
IRVINE, Calif. -- White sneakers, gray nail polish, pink goggles and orange remote controls are not something visitors expect to see in car design s...
Nov 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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