eco-friendly construction
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Corporate strategy
Hyundai Motor unveils details of $3.4 billion new GBC headquarters
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group on Monday unveiled detailed plans for its 4.6 trillion won ($3.4 billion) new headquarters, or...
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy unveils eco-friendly ships, AI tech in Europe
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., South Korea’s second-largest shipbuilder, showcased new eco-friendly ships and digital vessel technology to ride...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Meritz leaves door open for an M&A, to stay shareholder friendly
Meritz Financial Group Inc., boasting the fourth-biggest market capitalization among South Korean financial holding companies, will look into an acq...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korea Zinc to invest $146 mn in green business R&D hub
Korea Zinc Inc., South Korea’s and the world’s No. 1 lead and zinc smelter, will build its second research and development center, which...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Lotte Global Logistics, KOBC to partner for global logistics
South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Ocean Business Corporatio...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SKC to build world's top biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam
SKC Ltd., a chemicals arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, said on Sunday its biodegradable material unit has broken g...
May 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea's Taeyoung to sell local hotel to speed up debt workout
South Korea’s Taeyoung Group, which is undergoing a debt workout of its construction unit, is considering selling a four-star hotel and releva...
May 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Taeyoung E&C kickstarts debt workout with loan sale to IGIS
Creditors to Taeyoung Engineering & Construction Co. (Taeyoung E&C) gave the go-ahead to a debt workout program for the cash-strapped South ...
May 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Overseas projects boost Korean builders’ earnings; GS profit cut in half
Large-scale overseas construction projects boosted major Korean builders’ quarterly results while lackluster domestic construction work, coupl...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
HD Hyundai aims for world’s No. 5 spot in construction machinery
HD Hyundai Co., a South Korean shipbuilding and machinery conglomerate, is making big bets on Europe and South America to achieve its goal of seizin...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to produce hybrid cars at EV-only plant in US state of Georgia
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, plans to manufacture hybrid models at its electric vehicle and battery plant in the US state o...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Taeyoung E&C lets chairmen go as part of restructuring
Belt-tightening Taeyoung Engineering & Construction Co. (Taeyoung E&C), the 16th-largest construction company in South Korea and undergoing ...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Foreign banks expand Korean operations amid China’s slowdown
Major foreign banks have actively increased staff at their operations in South Korea to offset growing uncertainty in their business in China, grapp...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia to boost hybrid lineup to lead eco-friendly car market
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to strengthen its hybrid lineup and launch cheaper electric vehicles to lead the glob...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hyundai Commercial to enter online used equipment auction business
Hyundai Commercial Inc., Hyundai Motor Group's vehicle financing arm, announced on Friday that it has signed a business agreement with HD Hyundai Co...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Hyundai Engineering, Trimble Solution to develop BIM
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering Co. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with Trimble Solution Korea to co-develop a building information mode...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM, SIPG to cooperate on eco-friendly fuel
South Korea’s major ocean carrier HMM Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a Shanghai Port Clean Marine Fuel memorandum of understanding ...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Geo Centric, Youlchon Chemical to develop recyclable plastic
South Korea's SK Geo Centric Co. and Youlchon Chemical Co. announced on Sunday that they signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-develop re...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Tata Daewoo to build plant for producing trucks in Saudi Arabia
South Korea's Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company announced on Monday that it will build a production plant in Saudi Arabia.Tata Daewoo signed a ...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
HD Hyundai Develon wins iF Design Award
South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. announced on Thursday that its construction machinery brand Develon received the grand prize in the branding ...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea’s EcoPro invests $11 mn in Indonesian nickel smelter
South Korea’s leading electric vehicle battery materials producer EcoPro Group is expanding its investment in Indonesia for stable procurement...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart's credit rating drops on weak retail earnings
The credit rating of E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s top hypermarket chain operator, was downgraded to AA- by local agency NICE Information Service...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Ecoplant, Vietnam’s BCGE tie up for 700 MW wind, solar projects
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company, said on Friday it has agreed with BCG Energy (BCGE), a wholly...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix earmarks $91 bn to construct world's largest chip fab
SK Hynix Inc., the global No. 2 memory chipmaker, is slated to invest more than 120 trillion won ($90.7 billion) by 2046 to build the world’s ...
Mar 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
HD Hyundai to supply 60 excavators to Sudan
South Korea's HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co. announced on Wednesday that it recently signed a contract to supply 60 construction equipment un...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea business lobby group eyes tax reform in new parliament
The Korea Enterprises Federation will reinforce efforts to win lawmakers’ nod to its long-desired campaign to slash corporate taxes and inheri...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai strengthens eco-friendly remodeling vessels
South Korea's HD Hyundai Marine Solution said on Friday that it signed a contract with the Greece-based Neptune to deliver engine part load optimi...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
HD Hyundai Chemical to produce eco-friendly bio-naphtha
South Korea's HD Hyundai Chemical Co. announced on Thursday that it will collaborate with CJ CheilJedang Corp. to produce eco-friendly bio-naphtha...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LS Eco Energy to supply UHV cables to Singapore's EMA
South Korea's LS Eco Energy Ltd. announced on Tuesday that its Vietnamese production subsidiary, LS-VINA, will supply 12 billion won ($8.99 million)...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Palliser Capital backs proxy fight with Samsung C&T
Palliser Capital, a London-based hedge fund, said on Sunday it will vote in favor of other activist shareholders’ proposals for Samsung C&...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)