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  • Batteries
    SK, Group14 Technologies to build $726 mn battery material plant

    SK Materials Co., the industrial gas manufacturing affiliate of SK Group, said on Tuesday it is jointly investing 850 billion wo...

    Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Chemical Industry
    LG Chem, ADM to build JV in US to produce bioplastics made from corn

    South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. said on Tuesday it is jointly building a corn-based bioplastic plant in the US with Archer Dani...

    Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Automobiles
    Volvo unveils new XC60 with SKT in-vehicle infotainment

    An artificial intelligence personal assistant sets up a destination for a GPS navigation. The AI assistant texts others the es...

    Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)

  • IPOs
    Regulatory moves delay Kakao Group’s IPO plans

    Toughening regulations on big tech firms in South Korea are impacting the IPO timeline of Kakao Pay Corp. and Kakao Mobility Cor...

    Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Tech, Media & Telecom
    S.Korea fines Google $180 mn for operating system market abuse

    South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday imposed a fine of 207.4 billion won ($180 million) on Google, alongside a c...

    Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Tech crackdown bites Korea Inc.

    Investors are selling technology stocks in a major Asian economy on regulatory worries just as one of the country’s bigges...

    Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Shipping & Shipbuilding
    Daewoo Shipbuilding tops 2021 order target

    Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. exceeded its order target for this year with a $846 million contract for liquef...

    Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
    KDB chairman urges FTC to approve merger of Korean Air, Asiana

    A speedy approval by South Korea’s top antitrust regulator of the proposed merger of Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) and its lo...

    Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Retail
    Millennials now S.Korea’s largest buyer of luxury goods

    The millennials have become the largest spenders on luxury goods at department stores in South Korea. According to joint researc...

    Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Private debt
    Monroe Capital opens first Asian outpost in Seoul

    The US private credit markets-focused Monroe Capital LLC has made its foray into Asia by opening an office in South Korea, where...

    Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Automobiles
    Automotive security in spotlight on growing EV market

    The automotive security technology for automotive electronics is in the spotlight as the global electric vehicle market is growi...

    Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)

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    Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)

  • S.Korea's potential growth rate drops to record low

    The COVID-19 pandemic has dampened South Korea's growth potential between this year and the next by 0.2 percentage points to its...

    Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)