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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Mobis to build battery pack plant in Spain for Volkswagen
NAVARRA, Spain -- Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Wednesday it has broken ground for an electric vehicle battery pack plant in Spain for stable supply to ...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
OCI to invest up to $1.5 bn in Malaysia’s polysilicon plant
KUALA LUMPUR -- OCI Holdings Co., South Korea’s leading chemical and green energy company, plans to invest up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion)...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
HYBE to fire NewJeans agency CEO; Min refutes accusation
HYBE Co. is seeking to sack Min Hee-jin, the chief of ADOR, its label behind globally popular girl group NewJeans, as it investigates allegations th...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor, Matrix Renewables in solar deal to power Georgia EV plant
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Monday it has signed a 15-year power purchase contract with a US solar energy generati...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Polestar 4 electric SUV coupe to hit South Korean roads in June
The Polestar 4 electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) coupe is set to make its debut in South Korea in June and targets deliveries from October, Swedi...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Pepero enters Thailand’s King Power Duty Free
South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Friday that its thin chocolate-coated cookie sticks Pepero and no-sugar ice cream Zero entered King Po...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Paris Baguette opens first store in Philippines
SPC Group’s bakery franchise Paris Baguette announced on Thursday that it opened its first store in the Philippines. The Mall of Asia bra...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
HD Hyundai Oilbank kicks off biodiesel mass production
HD Hyundai Oilbank Co., South Korea’s refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, started mass production of biodiesel to expand its eco-friendly energy b...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to mass-produce industry’s fastest LPDDR5X DRAM in H2
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday it has developed an LPDDR5X DRAM chip that supports the industry’s fastest d...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai, Scottish firms to cooperate on offshore wind power
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Scottish Enterprise and...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Growing controversy over call to share profits for using wind energy
Renewable energy companies in South Korea are facing growing pressure to share their profits from wind or solar energy electricity generation, stirr...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG look to Europe with AI-powered built-in kitchen appliances
MILAN, ITALY – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are big names in the US home appliances market. The two South Korean electronic...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On, Siemens DISW to build smart factory system
South Korean rechargeable battery maker SK On Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Siemens Digital Industries Software (Siemens DISW)...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Power transformer sales explode on AI boom: HD Hyundai Electric CEO
Cho Seok, chief executive of HD Hyundai Electric Co., is an outsider at Korea Inc.When he was named CEO of the power equipment maker in December 201...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Samsung C&T to build Korea’s first $103 mn hydrogen tank for power plant
Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, has clinched a 140 billion won ($103 million) deal to...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS' former key players move to law firms as its voting power increases
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is seeing more and more of its former senior managers moving to top-tier domestic law firms. Ther...
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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Corporate restructuring
Hanwha's holding firm to hive off non-core businesses
Hanwha Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate, will hive off its wind power and offshore plant building...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG’s $5.5 billion LFP, ESS battery plants in Arizona to kick off in 2026
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Thursday its 7.2 trillion won ($5.5 billion) battery complex in Ari...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
Hyosung TNC to invest $1 bn in new bio-fiber plants in Vietnam
Hyosung TNC Corp., the world’s top spandex maker, plans to invest $1 billion in new bio-textile materials plants in Vietnam to accelerate its ...
Apr 03, 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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Construction & Planning
Samsung, GS win $7.2 bn gas plant project in Saudi
South Korea’s Samsung Engineering (new name: Samsung E&A) and GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) won a $7.2 billion co...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, GM’s 2nd Ultium Cells plant begins production in Tennessee
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Tuesday that the second plant of Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture ...
Apr 02, 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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Energy
Taihan Cable wins $81 mn power network replacement order in US
South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Friday that it secured a project of 110 billion won ($81.5 million) to replace aging po...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea’s HD KSOE, Infineon team up for ship electrification
South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) joined hands with German chipmaker Infineon ...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea’s Doosan Enerbility to develop aircraft engines
South Korea’s major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. plans to develop aircraft engines based on its turbine technology as its new gro...
Mar 27, 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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Food & Beverage
Nongshim to build instant noodle plant in Korea for exports
Nongshim Co., South Korea’s top instant noodle maker, is set to build a new factory in the country for exports of ramen, or ramyun, for the fi...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung Electronics collects $4.3 bn in dividends from display unit
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is slated to receive about 5.64 trillion won ($4.3 billion) worth of dividends ...
Mar 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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