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Electric vehicles
Tesla to face fine over allegedly overstated mileage
Tesla Inc. has faced accusations in South Korea of failing to inform drivers of a sharp drop in the mileage of its electric vehicles at sub-zero tem...
Feb 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to debut IONIQ 6 in July to rival Tesla Model 3
Hyundai Motor Co. will unveil the much-anticipated IONIQ 6, its first all-electric sedan on an exclusive EV platform, in July, to compete with the l...
Feb 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
Tighter rules on business split-ups may benefit SK Inc.
As South Korean securities regulators are moving to tighten their grip on the growing trend of splitting up businesses and listing the spun-off arms...
Jan 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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CES 2022
Convergence, metaverse, green: Korea Inc.’s themes at CES 2022
South Korea’s major companies are showcasing robots, mobility and the metaverse rather than cutting-edge models of their conventional products...
Jan 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea battery makers suffer under growing China dominance
South Korean battery manufacturers are suffering from the growing dominance of their Chinese competitors in the world’s electric vehicle marke...
Dec 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korean core companies’ stocks underperform global peers
The world sought new opportunities in 2021, recovering from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global major companies have been in cutthroat compet...
Dec 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung supplies self-driving, infotainment chips to global carmaker
Samsung Electronics Co. is supplying advanced memory chips to an unidentified global automaker for use in its self-driving and infotainment systems....
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Ex-quant developer on a mission to save traders' microseconds
A Korean startup about a year old has succeeded in creating a microchip that speeds up trading by a few microseconds -- a huge difference in the w...
Dec 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Inc 2021: Year of record M&As, tie-ups and spin-offs
South Korea’s corporate sector has seen record deals through mergers and acquisitions, tie-ups and spin-offs this year, as big companies and s...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
POSCO International signs parts supply deal with US EV startup Rivian
POSCO International Corp., the trading unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO, said on Thursday it has signed a $6 million contract to supply...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Supply chain
Korea Inc. braces for rising costs, supply chain risks, volatile FX
Hopes for improving corporate earnings are rising as countries around the world are relaxing their anti-COVID-19 measures, but South Korean companie...
Nov 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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EV Batteries
Tesla’s shift to LFP cells to shake global battery industry
Tesla Inc.’s shift to less expensive batteries for its electric vehicles is expected to shake the global battery industry.The world’s to...
Oct 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Edison CEO aspires to be Korea’s Elon Musk with Ssangyong takeover
Kang Young-kwon, chairman and chief executive of South Korea’s Edison Motors Co., was virtually unheard of in the country’s automobile i...
Oct 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Battery materials
SK Inc. to invest $102 million in China’s copper foil firm Lingbao Wason
SK Inc., the holding and investment company of South Korea’s SK Group, plans to invest 120 billion won ($102 million) in China’s Lingbao...
Oct 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
S.Koreans' global stock, bond holdings at record high
South Korean investors maintained their buying spree in overseas equities and bond markets, with the balance of their holdings in both securities re...
Oct 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Inc emerges as big buyer in global M&A market
South Korean companies are emerging as big buyers in the global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) markets. They are actively looking for future gro...
Oct 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative food
SK Inc, STIC invest $55 million in US alternative dairy maker Perfect Day
SK Inc., the investment arm of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, and private equity firm STIC Investment Inc., have invested a combined 65 billion...
Oct 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
China power crisis, US tightening chill sentiment on Korea IT sector
Sentiment on the South Korean IT sector has deteriorated on rising US interest rates and a severe shortage of electricity in China. The 10-year US T...
Sep 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung to make Tesla’s HW 4.0 self-driving auto chip
SILICON VALLEY – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s leading chipmaker, will manufacture Tesla Inc.’s next-generation hardware 4 ...
Sep 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech crackdown bites Korea Inc.
Investors are selling technology stocks in a major Asian economy on regulatory worries just as one of the country’s biggest online payment com...
Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Software giant Hancom joins space race with satellite launch
South Korean software and ICT conglomerate Hancom Group will be the first private company in the country to launch a micro-satellite, or a satellite...
Sep 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Koreans foreign stock holdings jump to record $545.4 bn
South Koreans’ foreign stock holdings jumped 50% to an all-time high as retail investors sought high returns from US shares whose gains ramped...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korean love for foreign stocks tops 100 tn won mark
South Koreans’ appetite for foreign stocks continued to grow with holdings of overseas shares by retail investors exceeding the 100 trillion w...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Korea Inc. rush to sell property, new shares to fund new business
South Korea’s major companies are rushing to secure cash to fund new business. Some have sold or securitized property, while others issued n...
Jul 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Qraft's AI-powered ETFs wow Wall Street with winning stock picks
South Korea-based fintech startup Qraft Technologies Inc. captured the attention of Wall Street in May 2019, when it listed two artificial intellige...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Stronghold Technology aims to become Tesla of coffee roasters
South Korea-based Stronghold Technology Inc. is the first startup to have applied artificial intelligence technology to coffee roasting machines. Th...
Apr 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia debuts all-electric EV6; runs faster, longer than Tesla, IONIQ 5
Kia Corp. on Tuesday debuted the EV6, its first dedicated electric vehicle built on Hyundai Motor Group’s new EV platform, amid intensifying com...
Mar 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy may build US, Europe plants to supply new batteries to Tesla
LG Energy Solution Ltd. may build an electric vehicle battery plant in the US to supply advanced battery cells to Tesla Inc. for its new models to b...
Mar 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean companies sit on record dry powder, may open M&A floodgates
South Korea’s major companies are sitting on a record amount of cash reserves, setting the foundation for the merger and acquisition (M&A)...
Jan 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
South Korean police look into fatal crash of Tesla Model X
South Korean police are looking into a fatal crash of a Tesla Inc. electric vehicle after its driver told them it went out of control after sudden a...
Dec 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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