vaccine manufacturing
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Economy
S.Korea to see 240K drop in number of manufacturing workers by 2032
The number of workers in South Korea's manufacturing sector is expected to drop by 240,000 over the next 10 years, a report says, caused by the decl...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lemonex signs MOU with WHO mRNA vaccines tech hub
South Korea's gene therapeutics developer Lemonex announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the World Health ...
May 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience to produce MSD’s new Ebola vaccine candidate
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Monday that it has signed a contract with MSD, a global pharma...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
S.Korea’s Doosan to supply robots to Rockwell Automation
South Korea’s plant and machinery powerhouse Doosan Group has joined hands with North America’s top industrial automation solution provi...
Apr 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience to invest $1.8 billion, seeks M&As for inorganic growth
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, plans to spend 2.4 trillion won ($1.8 billion) over the next five years and...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
S.Korea gov’t hosts sales event for domestic, US SMEs
South Korean small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) expanded their exchange and cooperation with US firms during President Yoon Suk yeol's state...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Energy’s Q1 profit soars on gains from US battery tax credits
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Friday its first-quarter operating profit likely more than doubled,...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire's iON evo tops Auto Bild's electric car tire test
Korean tire manufacturer Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Friday that its electric vehicle-dedicated high-performance tire, the iON evo, h...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Hyosung TNC to team up with Samsung for eco-friendly protective clothing
Hyosung TNC Corp., a South Korean textile and yarn manufacturer, is teaming up with Samsung Electronics Co. to produce eco-friendly protective cloth...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma wins $44 mn flu vaccine order from WHO agency
South Korea's pharmaceutical firm GC Biopharma Corp. said on Monday that it has won a $44.3 million (57.9 billion won) order for flu vaccines in a d...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire halts fire-hit Korean plant, threatens a fifth of global capacity
South Korea’s top tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. shut down a local production complex on Sunday due to a fire, stoking concerns ...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma's licensed flu vaccine gets approval in Taiwan
South Korea's pharmaceutical firm GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Monday that its quadrivalent flu vaccine has received marketing approval from the ...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma to develop mRNA flu vaccine with Canadian pharma
South Korea's GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Thursday that it will start developing a flu vaccine based on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA).The dr...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
LS Electric unveils smart factory solutions
South Korea’s LS Electric Co. on Wednesday said it has unveiled its future factory automation solutions for the digital transformation era at ...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Phase 3 clinical plan for SK Bioscience's booster shot approved in Colombia
SK Bioscience Co., a leading South Korean vaccine and biotech company, announced on Monday that its phase 3 clinical trial plan for a heterogeneous ...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
US CHIPS Act threatens Samsung, SK Hynix’s memory supremacy
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Biden administration’s “Chips for America” program aims to keep China’s growing clout in the sem...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's EuBiologics to receive support from Gates Foundation
South Korea's biopharmaceutical company EuBiologics Co. announced on Wednesday that its meningococcal pentavalent conjugate vaccine EuMCV5 under dev...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ford, LG Energy to build Turkey EV battery plant for Europe
US automaker Ford Motor Co. and South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution Ltd. are targeting the electric commercial vehicle sector in Eu...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma gets WHO pre-qualification approval for chickenpox vaccine
South Korea's GC Biopharma Corp. is set to regain the No. 1 spot in global production of chickenpox vaccines after earning qualification to enter th...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung ‘demanding customer’ for ASML as orders rise
VELDHOVEN, Netherlands – South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. is a “demanding customer” for the Netherlands-based ASML Hold...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma's Ochang facility gets WHO PQ certification
GC Biopharma Co.'s production facility in Ochang (North Chungcheong Province) secured a pre-qualification (PQ) certification from the World Health O...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Red ginseng prevents flu, pneumonia: research
Studies have shown that South Korea's hongsam (red ginseng) is effective in preventing respiratory diseases such as the flu and pneumonia.The Korean...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
South Korea's SK Ecoplant localizes core tech to make ultrapure water
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. is expanding its portfolio in the water industry through localizing core technology to produce ultrapure water (UPW), ...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience's SKYCellflu approved by Chilean health authority
SK Bioscience Co., a bio and pharmaceutical affiliate of South Korea's SK Group, announced on Thursday that its world-first cell culture-based quadr...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
A-Team Ventures succeeds in attracting $4.1 mn investment from LX
A-Team Ventures, which runs an online manufacturing platform "Capa," said on Friday that it has raised a Series B funding of 5 billion won ($4.1 mil...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
Samsung Biologics CEO focuses on global business
John Rim, chief executive of Samsung BioLogics will directly lead his company's global sales operations for biopharmaceuticals through contract deve...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax to make inroads into Japanese market in earnest
Cosmax Inc., South Korea's cosmetics original design manufacturing (ODM) company, said on Thursday that it would start targeting the Japanese market...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte to invest $55 mn in Indian ice cream subsidiary for 5 years
South Korea-based Lotte Confectionery Co. will invest 4.5 billion rupees ($55.1 million) in its Indian unit Havmor Ice Cream in the next five ...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Pulmuone builds data sharing cluster for factories
South Korea's major plant-based food company Pulmuone Co. Ltd. said on Monday that it has built a "digital cluster smart factory" that can share, in...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec's Tennessee plant named Lighthouse Factory by WEF
LG Electronics Inc.'s home appliance factory in Tennessee, the US, has been selected as a "Lighthouse Factory" by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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