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Business & Politics
Concerned about CHIPS Act, Korea says US investment less attractive
South Korea on Monday expressed concerns about the guidelines of the US Chips and Science Act, saying that some of the conditions the US government ...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
S.Korea's Taekwang Industrial acquires ISO 45001 certification
Taekwang Industrial Co., a textile and petrochemical subsidiary of Taekwang Group, announced on Sunday that it has achieved ISO 45001 certification ...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's Namyang R&D Center acquires safety management certification
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Friday that the polymer materials analysis lab and the metal component analysis lab in the Basic Materials Research...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s DRAM market share rises amid industrywide revenue drop
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, saw its DRAM market share rise in the fourth quarter of last year despite a sig...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Plant, machinery maker Doosan seeks future from chips, robots
BARCELONA -- South Korea’s plant and machinery powerhouse Doosan Group is seeking its future growth engines from the semiconductor and robot s...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Lotte to produce clean ammonia in US with CF Industries
Lotte Chemical Corp., a major South Korean petrochemical manufacturer, joined hands with CF Industries Holdings Inc., the world’s largest ammo...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hanwha Solutions receives green certification for recycled plastic materials
South Korean chemical and renewable energy firm Hanwha Solutions Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has received a global certification for its recy...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, SK Hynix face cap on tech level of chips made in China
WASHINGTON D.C. – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, might be unable to manufacture a...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
POSCO Chemical changes name to POSCO Future M
POSCO Chemical, a chemical subsidiary of the POSCO Group, announced on Friday that it had approved an agenda to change its company name to "POSCO Fu...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Dongwon solo bidder for Boryung Biopharma estimated at $385 mn
South Korea’s leading seafood and logistics conglomerate Dongwon Group is seeking to buy local biopharmaceutical company Boryung Biopharma Co....
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea to spur defense sector tech with $1.5 bn R&D investment
South Korea plans to accelerate growth in the defense industry, a future growth engine of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, by investing more tha...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Chemicals joins global initiative to cut carbon emissions
South Korea's SK Chemicals said on Monday that it has joined a global initiative that aims to set science-based targets for reducing greenhouse gas ...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
POSCO ICT to be rebranded as POSCO DX for digital transformation
POSCO ICT Co., the IT services subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Sunday that it will rebrand itself as POSCO D...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip designers in high demand despite industry slowdown
The semiconductor industry is reeling from a chip supply glut amid a broader global economic slowdown. However, as the saying goes, every cloud has ...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea's battery industry looks for staff fluent in European languages
South Korea's battery companies are seeking human resources fluent in the languages and familiar with the cultures of countries where plants are loc...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO affiliates mull name changes to represent green push
South Korean steel giant POSCO Group is considering changing the name of some of its affiliates in a move to rebrand them as sustainable materials a...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Vietnam’s rise: An ominous sign for Korean chipmakers
Just a few years back, it was Taiwan that was on everyone’s lips in the semiconductor industry.The small East Asian island country, home to th...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea's extended reality sector forms industry convergence alliance
The Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a convergence alliance of the domestic exte...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean PE firm STIC to buy stake in copper foil maker Iljin
South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments is poised to become the second-largest shareholder of Iljin Materials Co., a Kosdaq-listed battery...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte Fine Chemical transforms from ugly duckling to golden swan
For Samsung Group, the fine chemicals business was an ugly duckling losing money while other affiliates, including Samsung Electronics Co., were flu...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
S.Korea's Kyung Dong Navien expands its business in Central Asia
South Korea's heating systems manufacturer Kyung Dong Navien Co. held a conference for 100 local dealers in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Feb. 10.The con...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Aekyung Chemical to expand surfactant plant in Vietnam
Aekyung Chemical plans to expand its surfactant plant in Vietnam, with the aim of targeting global markets in Southeast Asia, the company said on Fr...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Financial returns to top in Korea with record NP in 2022
Shinhan Financial Group Co. reported a record-high net profit of 4.6 trillion won ($3.6 billion) last year, snatching back the crown of South Korea&...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Lotte Chemical, RWE, Mitsubishi form alliance for clean ammonia
South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp. has joined forces with German energy company RWE and Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation to create a global consortium...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SKC eyes M&As in semiconductor, rechargeable battery materials
SKC Inc., a South Korean chemical materials company under SK Group, is seeking to buy semiconductor and rechargeable battery materials companies in ...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Innovation steps up carbon offset, green investments
SK Innovation Co., the refinery and chemicals unit of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK, is poised to strengthen its eco-friendly b...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
South Korean companies rattled by activist shareholders
South Korea’s major companies are under attack by activist shareholders, who are exerting ever-increasing clout over critical corporate decisi...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Aekyung commences mass production of eco-friendly plasticizers
Aekyung Chemical, an affiliate of South Korea's Aekyung Group, has begun mass-producing eco-friendly plasticizers derived from recycled waste plasti...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Ineos Chemical to expand vinyl acetate monomer plant
Lotte Ineos Chemical, South Korea's lone maker of acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer (VAM), on Monday said it will expand its VAM output capacity...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Dongwon Industries in talks to buy McDonald’s Korea as exclusive suitor
Dongwon Industries Co. will discuss a deal with McDonald’s Corp. to buy the latter’s Korean operations in hopes of riding on the renewed...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)