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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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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE joins race to buy marine engine maker STX Heavy Industries
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has joined the race to acquire South Korean marine engine and equipment maker STX Heavy Ind...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver Webtoon, digital comics case for global MBA study
Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, is set to be a textbook case study for global students as a prominent business sc...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Pan Ocean buys 5% of Hanjin KAL from Hoban Construction
Pan Ocean Co., the shipping affiliate of Harim Group, on Tuesday said it bought a 5% stake or 3.3 million shares in Hanjin KAL Corp. in a block deal...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group proposes blueprint for sustainable marine utilization solution at 2023 CES
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group will participate in CES 2023, the world's largest information technology trade show, to showcase its maritime strateg...
Dec 01, 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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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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Real estate
Tiger Alternative, Ocean West sell 7 warehouses in US for $1 bn
A consortium led by South Korea’s Tiger Alternative Investors Co. and Los Angeles-based real estate firm Ocean West Capital Partners sold seve...
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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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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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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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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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Mobis to power all plants with 100% renewable energy by 2040
Automobile companies’ carbon-neutral activities often result in developing and producing eco-friendly vehicles such as electric vehicles and h...
Jul 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
LG eyes clean tech supremacy with $1.5 bn spending on green projects
South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG is setting its sights on clean energy technology as it steps up efforts to transform into an eco-...
Jun 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK to invest $30 mn in ammonia-based power solutions developer Amogy
SK Innovation Co. announced Tuesday it will inject $30 million into Brooklyn-based Amogy Inc. The intermediate holding company of SK Group and ...
Jun 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hugel accelerates European botox sales with Poland's approval
Hugel Inc., South Korea’s largest maker of botulinum toxin products used to treat overactive muscles and facial wrinkles, has won sales approv...
Jun 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai's self-sailing ship set for maiden cross-Pacific voyage
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier with autonomous sailing systems will embark on an ocean voyage next month to become the world's first large au...
Apr 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG bonds
POSCO Chemical to raise $244 mn in green bonds
POSCO Chemical Co., South Korean steelmaker POSCO Group’s chemical and battery material unit, said on April 8 that it will issue green bonds w...
Apr 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startups need to embrace ESG, industry insiders say
Environmental initiatives such as RE100 and high Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards are not just for conglomerates anymore, accor...
Apr 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Chemicals to invest $1.6 bn in green, biopharmaceutical sectors
South Korea’s SK Chemicals plans to invest more than 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in eco-friendly material and biopharmaceutical businesses.T...
Mar 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Shopping platform Queenit receives $43 mn funding from VC juggernauts
Online shopping platform Queenit recently received 36 billion won ($30 million) from Kakao Ventures Corp., SoftBank Ventures Korea Corp. and more,...
Feb 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK Group to establish $835 mn green biz R&D complex
SK Group, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate, plans to invest more than 1 trillion won ($835.3 million) in a research and development co...
Jan 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Engineering CEO: To spend $1.3 bn on green projects with IPO
Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to spend as much as 1.5 trill...
Jan 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
NPS approves POSCO's split into holding firm, steelmaker unit
The National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea, the largest shareholder of POSCO Co., has given its nod to the steelmaking giant’s plan to spli...
Jan 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyosung goes greener with $836 million green hydrogen project
Hyosung Group is stepping up efforts to turn into an eco-friendly business, announcing huge investment plans on hydrogen and renewable energy projec...
Jan 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
ESG fever puts Korean oil refiners in quandary over facility upgrades
South Korea’s four major oil refiners have for decades been at the forefront of the industry push to upgrade facilities, a combined multi-bill...
Jan 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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