Samsung SDI global plant
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Electronics
LG’s global HVAC push takes off with new deal in Singapore
LG Electronics Inc. has landed a deal to supply its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system to a fulfillment center in Singapore, a...
Apr 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung mobile chief fills leadership void in device division
Samsung Electronics Co. has appointed TM Roh, president and head of its mobile eXperience (MX) business, as the new chief of its device eXperience (...
Apr 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor launches global talent recruitment program
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has launched a global talent recruitment program, beginning April 1 via its official hiring webs...
Apr 01, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
MicroDigital's Disco Pang Pang-inspired bioreactors debut in US
MicroDigital Co., a bio-instrument and diagnostic kit manufacturer, is set to launch single-use bioreactors in the US, marking the first shipment of...
Apr 01, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI launches mass production of 46 mm-diameter batteries
Samsung SDI Co. has become South Korea’s first company to mass-produce cylindrical 46-millimeter(46 mm)-diameter batteries, regarded as ...
Apr 01, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel picks Donaldsonville as $5.8 bn US plant site, seeks investors
South Korea’s Hyundai Steel Co. has chosen Donaldsonville, Louisiana, as the location for its $5.8 billion US steel mill, marking a major stra...
Mar 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung's Lee meets with Xi amid Beijing’s balancing act vs Washington
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong, along with other global tech leaders, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday as C...
Mar 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Koreans’ craving for luxury goods fades
Until recently, it was not unusual to see people waiting in a long line in front of foreign haute couture brands’ stores early in the morning ...
Mar 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel to shut down Incheon rebar plant in April
Hyundai Steel Co. is set to shut down its reinforced bar plant in Incheon in April to trim output as steel bar prices are hovering near a four-and-a...
Mar 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s new American dream comes with new plant, more spending
ELLABELL, Georgia – When Hyundai Motor Group Honorary Chairman Chung Mong-koo opened the South Korean automaker’s first US plant in Alab...
Mar 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy makes breakthrough in FLNG liquefaction technology
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a major Korean shipbuilder, has made a breakthrough in its liquefaction technology for floating liquefied natural gas ...
Mar 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Global assets drive Korean teachers' fund to 11.1% return in 2024
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) achieved an 11.1% return on investments in 2024, with overseas portfolios in stocks, infrastructure a...
Mar 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Obituary
Samsung Electronics' TV guru Han Jong-hee dies of cardiac arrest at 63
Han Jong-hee, vice chairman and co-chief executive of Samsung Electronics Co., has died from cardiac arrest, the company said on Tuesday. He was 63....
Mar 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung Chairman Lee meets with Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun for partnership
BEIJING – Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong has met with Xiaomi Inc. Chief Executive Lei Jun in the Chinese capital, raising specu...
Mar 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics restarts home appliance plant in Russia
LG Electronics Inc. has resumed operations at its home appliance plant in Russia amid prospects of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, signaling...
Mar 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Aerospace plans record $2.5 bn rights offering for plant expansion
Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Thursday it is raising 3.6 trillion won ($2.5 billion) in new capital through ...
Mar 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
OCI to build $265 mn solar cell plant in Texas, expects $80 mn tax credit
South Korean solar cell company OCI Holdings Co. said on Thursday it will build a solar cell manufacturing plant in Texas through its US subsidiary ...
Mar 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to expand in robotics, medtech; eyes sizeable M&As
Samsung Electronics Co. will accelerate its push into robotics, medical technology and next-generation semiconductor markets to secure new growth dr...
Mar 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG takes on Big Tech AI in reasoning with Exaone Deep
LG AI Research, the artificial intelligence (AI) research and development unit of South Korea's LG Group, has unveiled Exaone Deep, an open-source A...
Mar 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung in 'do or die' situation'; Lee sounds crisis alarm
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong has warned the company's executives that the South Korean tech giant has lost its characteristic "rele...
Mar 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
KB, Samsung SRA, Capstone named NPS’ core property fund operators
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has selected three asset managers to oversee its domestic core real estate platform fund — ...
Mar 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
Samsung SDI to raise $1.4 bn in rights offering for facility expansion
Samsung SDI Co. will issue new shares worth 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion), its first rights offering in two decades, to fund bold facility and R&...
Mar 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia to ramp up Seltos output to meet high global demand
Kia Corp. will expand production of its compact sport utility vehicle, the Seltos, after selling 310,000 units of the model across the globe, making...
Mar 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Samsung to invest $10 million in US-based C2N Diagnostics
Samsung Group companies will jointly invest $10 million in C2N Diagnostics LLC, a U.S.-based company specializing in blood-based Alzheimer’s d...
Mar 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Enerbility wins $1.5 bn in orders from Saudi Arabia
Doosan Enerbility Co., South Korea’s leading gas turbine maunfacturer for power plants, said on Thursday that it has secured a combined $1.5 b...
Mar 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
HD Hyundai, TerraPower to commercialize next-gen SMR
South Korea’s largest shipbuilder, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., is deepening its partnership with TerraPower LLC, the US nuclear venture f...
Mar 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Global real estate market poised for strong rebound: Savills
The global real estate market is expected to pick up significantly over the next few years, with around $500 billion worth of real estate assets, he...
Mar 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Samsung E&A buys Norwegian Nel stake for hydrogen business push
South Korea’s Samsung E&A Co. has purchased a stake in Norway’s hydrogen technology company Nel ASA at 47.6 billion won ($32.8 milli...
Mar 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
South Korea emerges as private equity firms’ global hub
New York-based Apollo Global Management and London-based Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) have joined the ranks of global private equity firms that ...
Mar 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy eyes $5.5 bn FLNG ship deals as Trump sanctions China
GEOJE, South Gyeongsang – At a huge shipyard operated by Samsung Heavy Industries Co. on Geoje, an island in South Gyeongsang province some 39...
Mar 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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