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Advertising & Marketing
Innocean to invest $370 million in new growth drivers
Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, will invest 500 billion won ($370 million) for four years u...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion gets FDA approval for Remsima SC
South Korea's Celltrion Inc. announced on Monday it received a new drug approval for an autoimmune disease treatment Remsima SC (active ingredient i...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia aim for 20% share in Middle East with EVs by 2030
Hyundai Motor Co. and its sibling Kia Corp. together target selling 550,000 cars annually in the Middle East by 2030 to control about 20% of the reg...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO completes automotive steel plates plant in China
South Korea’s POSCO announced on Thursday it completed the new plant for automotive steel plates in Tangshan, Hebei province, China.As a joi...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
POSCO FutureM cuts carbon by recycling waste refractories
South Korea's battery materials maker POSCO Future M Co. announced on Monday its achievement in reducing significant carbon footprints by fully re...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung beats Apple, Google to earn title as world’s best employer
Samsung Electronics Co. has retained the world’s best employer title this year for the fourth consecutive year, according to US business magaz...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea expects inflation to ease from Oct after 5-month high
South Korea predicted headline inflation to ease from October after hitting a five-month high last month, adding to expectations that the central ba...
Oct 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI to invest $2 bn to build 2nd US battery plant with Stellantis
Samsung SDI Co. will inject $1.98 billion to build a second battery manufacturing plant in the US jointly with Netherlands-based automaker Stellanti...
Sep 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SKC plans world’s largest biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam
South Korea’s SKC Ltd., secured an investment registration certificate (IRC) to establish the world’s largest biodegradable plastics m...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver Smart Store's 100 mn won club reaches 45,000 members
Around 45,000 sellers on South Korea's Naver Smart Store as of June raked in annual sales of 100 million won ($72,250) or more, or 7.9% of the overa...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
HBM market to nearly double; next-gen DRAM to revive demand: KIW
SK Hynix Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. are confident that a new memory chip market renaissance is just around the corner thanks to the generative...
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK E&S signs PPA agreement with Iljin Group affiliates
South Korea's SK E&S announced on Friday that it has entered into a direct power purchase agreement (PPA) with Iljin Global and Bearing Art, bot...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
S.Korea’s web novel sector hits $750 mn in value: Study
South Korea's rising web novel industry, which has seen popular works like "Reborn Rich" and "The Red Sleeve" made into TV series, has exceeded 1 tr...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
LG seeks outside innovators' ideas on new growth drivers at Superstart Day
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest business group, is actively embracing collaboration with outside innovators to foster its new growth dr...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion to expand new plant for drug products
South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. announced on Tuesday that it plans to enlarge its finished pharmaceuticals manufacturing facility...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea's Posco International secures graphite in Africa
South Korea's POSCO International Corp. is broadening its footprint in Africa's secondary battery raw material sector, with plans to secure an annua...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C ranks 11th on global construction market
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction on Tuesday said it ranks 11th in the world in overseas sales in the annual rankings of ...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
LG Innotek inks renewable energy deal with SK E&S
South Korea's LG Innotek Co. announced on Wednesday that it has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with a domestic energy company...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
HiteJinro to strengthen soju marketing in UK
South Korea’s leading soju maker HiteJinro Co. announced on Tuesday that its soju sales in the UK are showing consistent growth year by year. ...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro BM, SK On, Ford to invest $886 mn to build cathode plant in Canada
EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s leading battery material producer, will invest $886 million jointly with SK On Co. and Ford Motor Co. to build a ...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Lotte Energy ups elecfoil factory capacity in Spain to 30,000 tons
Lotte Energy Materials Corp., formerly Iljin Materials Co., will build a smart factory in Catalonia, Spain to produce 30,000 tons of high-end copper...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Nexilis to sell copper foil to German battery maker Varta
South Korea’s SK Nexilis Co. is set to supply copper foil, core materials for electric vehicle cells, to German battery maker Varta AG, expand...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
S.Korea’s Brand X establishes Taiwanese corporation
South Korea's media and e-commerce company Brand X Corp. announced on Friday that it has established a Taiwanese corporation. The move seeks to ampl...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE secures order for world's largest liquefied CO2 carrier
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), an intermediate subsidiary of HD Hyundai Co., has successfully won a contract to build t...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
E1 to invest $75 mn in Canadian blue ammonia project
South Korea’s major liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor E1 Corp. said on Tuesday its plans of investing 10 million Canadian dollars (US ...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
NHN Cloud to boost mobile games operations in Japan
South Korea's NHN Cloud on Friday said that at this year's Game Tools & Middleware Forum (GTMF) in Japan, it gave a presentation on security bre...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE secures $319 mn contract for three VLGC
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the intermediate shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Co., announced on Friday tha...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Hanwha TotalEnergies completes building POE pilot plant
Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical Co., a South Korean joint venture between Hanwha Group and TotalEnergies, announced on Thursday that it has compl...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Hyundai Engineering's petrochemical plant in Poland starts pilot output
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering has started pilot small-scale output ahead of mass production at its petrochemical plant in Poland. ...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea’s Enchem to build lithium salt plant in Saemangeum
Enchem Co., South Korea’s top electrolyte manufacturer, on Thursday announced the investment of 600.5 billion won ($473.5 million) to build ...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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