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Fiber & Textile
Taekwang Industrial begins modacrylic wig yarn exports
South Korea's Taekwang Industrial Co. announced on Monday that it started to export its modacrylic, a high-quality wig material yarn.Modacrylic is a...
May 20, 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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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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Earnings
Kia logs record profit, revenue in Q1 on weak won
Kia Corp., the second-largest automaker in South Korea, posted record quarterly profit and revenue for the first three months of this year, backed b...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Honda, POSCO Future M to build cell materials plant in Canada
Japan’s Honda Motor Co. and South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. agreed to build a battery materials plant in Canada where the automaker wil...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
Toray Advanced Materials obtains AS9120 certification
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. announced Wednesday that it attained the AS9120 certification for aerospace industry quality management systems ...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
POSCO tightens belts, seeks M&A within 3 years: new chairman
Chang In-hwa, chairman and chief executive of POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO, has vowed to take drastic...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
HD Hyundai, Hyundai Dept. Store to co-work for recycling plastic waste
South Korea's HD Hyundai Oil Bank Co. and Hyundai Department Store Co. have partnered to create a closed-loop plastic film recycling system, a first...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO-Pilbara JV delivers 1st order of lithium hydroxide
South Korea’s top steel group POSCO has shipped lithium hydroxide, a rechargeable battery’s key raw material produced jointly with Austr...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai, Toray to team up to develop mobility materials
Hyundai Motor Group said on Thursday it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Japan's Toray Industries Inc. to jointly develop carbon fi...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem, Korea Zinc JV to mass-produce EV battery materials
A joint venture between LG Chem Ltd. and Korea Zinc Inc. is slated to start the mass production of precursor, a key electric vehicle battery materia...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Lotte Home Shopping expands Japan tour packages
South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping said on Tuesday that it will expand its range of travel packages to Japan, including trips to Kyushu and Okinawa, ...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Tesla supplier L&F wins $6.8 bn cell materials deal in Europe
L&F Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery materials supplier to Tesla Inc., has won a $6.8 billion contract to sell cathodes to a major c...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Hanatour makes turnaround through restructuring, premium packages
When IMM Private Equity Inc. acquired a 16.68% stake in South Korea’s top travel agency Hanatour Service Inc. for 128.9 billion won ($95.7 mil...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to build advanced packaging plant in Indiana for $3.9 bn
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s leading high bandwidth memory (HBM) chip producer, will plow in $3.87 billion to build advanced packaging and resea...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem, Ansan City to team up for waste vinyl recycling
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. has decided to recycle waste vinyl generated in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, into plastic raw materials. The company announc...
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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Chemical Industry
Lotte Chemical applies recycled plastic to packaging
South Korea's Lotte Chemical announced on Thursday that it has applied recycled materials to all 25 kg packaging bags for polyethylene (PE) and poly...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M named Fortune Asia Future 30
South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. has been named Asia Future 30 by the US economic media Fortune on Mar. 27, according to the company on Thursd...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Solus Advanced Materials poised to lead EV copper foil market: CEO
Solus Advanced Materials Co. is not a household name among ordinary electric vehicle drivers. But the South Korean company is a little giant to gl...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
STX to supply car CKD to Bangladeshi company
STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to supply the complete kno...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO new chief vows to keep fostering battery materials business
POSCO Holdings Inc.'s new Chairman Chang In-hwa on Thursday pledged to keep fostering its electric vehicle battery materials business, the group&rsq...
Mar 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Solutions expands cable insulation materials units
South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp. is accelerating its entry into the global market with proprietary technology in high-voltage cable materials.Ha...
Mar 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
LG Chem reshuffles R&D unit to turn into EV materials maker
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest petrochemical company, is strengthening its research & development capabilities as it aims to transfor...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Kolon Plastics to be rebranded as Kolon ENP
Kolon Plastics Inc. announced on Thursday that it will change its name to Kolon ENP. The rebranding will be confirmed if approved at the regular sha...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai L&C targets US, India with premium finishing material
Hyundai L&C, South Korea’s Hyundai Department Store Group’s building materials unit, said on Tuesday that it will increase the propo...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Yanolja, Interpark Triple, Modetour to team up for package travel
South Korea’s top travel and accommodation platform Yanolja Co., its subsidiary Interpark Triple, and Modetour Network Inc. announced on Tuesd...
Mar 12, 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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Logistics
Hyundai Movex to supply smart logistics for EcoPro BM Canada plant
South Korea’s Hyundai Movex Co., the logistics automation solutions affiliate of Hyundai Group, announced on Wednesday that it signed a 20 bil...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korea commercializes recycled materials EV tire
South Korea's Hyosung Advanced Materials, SK Chemicals Co., and Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Mar. 6. that they commercialized a dedica...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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