SKorea factory activity
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North Korea
South Korea Revives Nuclear Debate as Tensions With the North Rise
SEOUL—Rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula and Pyongyang’s spree of weapons tests are fueling a debate in South Korea over the deploy...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Pulmuone builds data sharing cluster for factories
South Korea's major plant-based food company Pulmuone Co. Ltd. said on Monday that it has built a "digital cluster smart factory" that can share, in...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec's Tennessee plant named Lighthouse Factory by WEF
LG Electronics Inc.'s home appliance factory in Tennessee, the US, has been selected as a "Lighthouse Factory" by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, Honda to build $4.4 billion battery plant in Ohio
LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Honda Motor Co. have launched their first US joint venture to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Ohio, LG said o...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
POSCO Chemical moves into activated carbon business
POSCO Chemical Co. will join hands with Dong-Suh Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. to move into the activated carbon business, an eco-friendly material f...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SPC Group adopts integrated safety check system app for all biz sites
South Korea's SPC Group on Wednesday said it has developed an app for an integrated safety inspection system using information and communications te...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
KCCI launches Carbon Reduction Certification Center
The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry(KCCI) said Thursday that it has established the Carbon Reduction Certification Center, a professional org...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha to build largest US solar energy hub for $2.5 bn
South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. said on Wednesday that it will invest 3.2 trillion won ($2.5 billion) to build the largest solar energy p...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Anda pushes for right to copy KT&G shareholder list
South Korea's Anda Asset Management Co. said on Tuesday it applied for an injunction Jan. 9 to view and copy the shareholders’ list of KT&...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea's SK On scraps $3.2 bn Turkey EV battery factory plan
SK On Co., the world’s No. 5 electric vehicle battery maker, dropped a plan to build a 4 trillion won ($3.2 billion) plant in Turkey as higher...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SuperBin completes plastic recycling factory in Seoul suburb
SuperBin, a South Korean startup reshaping the waste recycling ecosystem using Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, on Thursday said it had co...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Electronics to open ESG zone at CES 2023 in January
South Korean conglomerates, including LG Electronics Inc., will introduce their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) visions and strategies a...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to spend $3.1 bn on 4680 battery plant in S.Korea
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 2 electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, is poised to spend $3.1 billion on facilities in South Korea t...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
S.Korean Airlines increase flights in anticipation of travel boom
South Korean airlines launched extensive marketing activities such as increasing international flights and giving free tickets in preparation for mo...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
CJ OliveNetworks develops factory big data solution
South Korea's IT service management firm CJ OliveNetworks Co. Ltd. said on Wednesday that it has developed a real-time database (RTDB), a data manag...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Chemicals obtains highest ESG rating among listed companies
SK Chemicals obtained the highest grade in a recent ESG (environmental, social, and governance) rating evaluation of 1,033 listed companies, the com...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Supply chain
Korea’s industrial losses balloon to $1.2 bn as truckers continue strike
South Korea’s manufacturing sector faces ballooning losses across industries as the trucker strike entered its eighth day on Thursday, disrupt...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
LG U+ and Korea Fanuc to devise smart factory solutions for SMEs
Korean telecom giant LG Uplus Corp. on Tuesday said it will develop a smart factory solution for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) jointly with th...
Nov 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem to build $3.2 billion US cathode plant in Tennessee
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Tuesday it is building a $3.2 billion cathode plant in Tennessee, its first facto...
Nov 22, 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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Korean food
Korea's kimchi maker Daesang to build factory in Europe
South Korea's Daesang Corp. plans to build a kimchi factory in Poland as an outpost for entering the European market, where Korean food is hotter th...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea's LS Electric, Thai SCG to cooperate on smart factory
South Korea’s leading automation equipment maker LS Electric Co. and Thailand’s construction and chemical conglomerate Siam Cement Group...
Nov 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KT&G taps top-tier law firm to defend itself against shareholder activism
KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, has appointed South Korea’s top-tier law firm Kim & Chang to take action ag...
Nov 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor to boost US presence with $5.5 bn new Georgia EV plant
Hyundai Motor Co. broke ground on a $5.54 billion electric vehicle and battery plant in the US state of Georgia on Tuesday, as the top South Korean ...
Oct 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Samsung Asset says to pursue global, active, bond-type ETFs
Samsung Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) manager, will focus on global, active and bond-type ETFs, as we...
Oct 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO breaks ground on nickel refining plant in Korea
POSCO Group, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, broke ground on Friday for a high-purity nickel refining plant in South Korea to meet risin...
Oct 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Biologics opens the world's largest CDMO factory
South Korea’s Samsung Biologics Co.’s new biopharmaceuticals plant launched operations on Tuesday, a move expected to widen the gap betw...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea's Naver to ramp up global IR activity as stock continues decline
South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp. is poised to hire an investor relations (IR) executive whose chief responsibility will be to com...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis, Luxoft to unveil infotainment system for future mobility
South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. and Swiss technology company Luxoft have jointly developed an advanced in-vehicle inf...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
K-pop giant SM up against Align Partner's shareholder activism
South Korea’s Align Partners Capital Management is intensifying its shareholder activism against K-pop music label giant SM Entertainment Co.,...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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