ViGenCell obtains approval for HLA-B5801 genetic diagnostic kit for adverse reactions to gout treatment

ViGenCell obtains approval for HLA-B5801 genetic diagnostic kit for adverse reactions to gout treatment

ViGenCell, a company specializing in immunotherapy, announced on Friday that it has obtained approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFD...

Lotte to restructure bio business to focus on CDMO

Lotte to restructure bio business to focus on CDMO

South Korea’s retail-to-chemical conglomerate Lotte Group will restructure its bio business to focus on the profit-making medicine bio develop...

GC Biopharma sells HK subsidiary to CR Pharm Group for $254 mn

GC Biopharma sells HK subsidiary to CR Pharm Group for $254 mn

South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Wednesday that it signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) to sell all its shares in its Hong Kon...

LX Hausys Benif receives EPD certification

LX Hausys Benif receives EPD certification

South Korea's LX Hausys Co. announced on Thursday that its interior film product Benif obtained the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certific...

LX Pantos to enter Indonesian resource logistics market

LX Pantos to enter Indonesian resource logistics market

South Korea's LX Pantos said on Thursday that it signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with KSA, Indonesia's largest bulk carrier, to tap into the S...

HD Hyundai Oilbank kicks off biodiesel mass production

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...

Samsung gets AWS platinum certification for water stewardship

Samsung gets AWS platinum certification for water stewardship

Samsung Electronics Co. has been awarded the highest level of certification for water management by the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS), a le...

POSCO Future M to import natural graphite from Africa

POSCO Future M to import natural graphite from Africa

South Korea’s only anode materials producer POSCO Future M Co. will import a maximum 60,000 tons of natural graphite products from Balama Grap...

S.Korea, Indonesia to strengthen battery materials supply chain

S.Korea, Indonesia to strengthen battery materials supply chain

South Korea and Indonesia plan to strengthen the collaboration to establish an electric vehicle (EV) battery ecosystem, capitalizing on Indonesia'...

Hyundai Motor in deal to secure lithium hydroxide from China’s Chengxin

Hyundai Motor in deal to secure lithium hydroxide from China’s Chengxin

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group has agreed to secure lithium hydroxide, a key raw material for electric vehicle batteries, fro...

EcoPro establishes Global Resources Office for securing core minerals

EcoPro establishes Global Resources Office for securing core minerals

South Korean battery materials manufacturer EcoPro Co. announced on Tuesday that it has established a "Global Resources Office" to expedite the acqu...

Korea, Chile launch 8th round of FTA upgrade negotiations

 Korea, Chile launch 8th round of FTA upgrade negotiations

The eighth round of negotiations for modernizing the Korea-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will take place in Seoul from November 29 to December 1....

SK Earthon starts shipping crude oil from South China Sea

SK Earthon starts shipping crude oil from South China Sea

SK Earthon Co., the resources development unit of South Korean energy major SK Innovation Co., said Wednesday that it has started shipping crude oil...

ADNOC awards steel pipe order contracts to Korea’s SeAH

ADNOC awards steel pipe order contracts to Korea’s SeAH

South Korea’s SeAH Steel Holdings Corp. said on Tuesday it has signed a five-year contract to provide 200,000 tons of steel pipes to Abu Dhabi...

Naver-invested ichrogene enters Thai market

Naver-invested ichrogene enters Thai market

South Korea's digital healthcare startup ichrogene, with investment from Naver D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), entered into Thai market. Naver Corp....

HD Hyundai, POSCO to team up for unmanned technology

HD Hyundai, POSCO to team up for unmanned technology

South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a business agreement with POSCO Group for the development of unmanned technolog...

Gencurix supplies companion diagnostic kits to cancer center in India

Gencurix supplies companion diagnostic kits to cancer center in India

South Korean biotech company Gencurix Inc. on Friday said it started supplying its companion diagnostic test Droplex to a national cancer center in ...

Rebidding Notice of Share Sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk

Rebidding Notice of Share Sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk

Rebidding Notice of Share Sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk I. Overview of sale 1. Sellers: Korea Southern Power Co., Ltd.(“KOSPO”), K...

Hyundai, Kia firm up ranking as world's 3rd; first-half profits improve

Hyundai, Kia firm up ranking as world's 3rd; first-half profits improve

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group solidified its position as the world’s third-largest carmaker with improved profit margi...

Lotte Chemical, DL Energy team up to produce renewable energy

Lotte Chemical, DL Energy team up to produce renewable energy

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. and DL Energy have joined forces to spread carbon neutrality and environmental, social and governance (ESG)...

Kolon Industries to develop new materials for space exploration

Kolon Industries to develop new materials for space exploration

Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, announced on Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) wi...

Extension Notice of Share Sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk

Extension Notice of Share Sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk

Extension Notice of Share Sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk I. Overview of sale 1. As part of efforts to ensure a successful deal, we are extendin...

Notice of share sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk & Moolarben Joint Venture

 Notice of share sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk & Moolarben Joint Venture

Notice of Share Sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk I. Overview of sale 1. Sellers: Korea Southern Power Co., Ltd.(“KOSPO”), Korea S...

SK On to develop anode materials with Westwater Resources of US

SK On to develop anode materials with Westwater Resources of US

South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) battery maker SK On and the American graphite company Westwater Resources will jointly develop anode materials f...

S.Korea, Kazakhstan to expand cooperation on mineral resource

S.Korea, Kazakhstan to expand cooperation on mineral resource

South Korea's Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang and Kazakhstan's first deputy prime minister Roman Sklyar, held a meeting in Seo...

POSCO conducts pilot release of rare metal ferrochrome

POSCO conducts pilot release of rare metal ferrochrome

South Korea's steelmaker POSCO and the government-run Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corp. (KOMIR) on Friday announced the first pi...

Korea Coal Corp. to sell Mongolian mine amid energy resource boom

Korea Coal Corp. to sell Mongolian mine amid energy resource boom

Korea Coal Corporation, a South Korean state-owned firm, is preparing to sell its Khotgor Shanaga coal mine in Mongolia, which it acquired in 2010...

KT launches cloud-based engineering platform

KT launches cloud-based engineering platform

KT Corp., South Korea's largest telecommunications company, announced the launch of its cloud-based high-performance engineering platform service on...

S.Korea's Elice, FuriosaAI to develop training for AI semiconductor talent

S.Korea's Elice, FuriosaAI to develop training for AI semiconductor talent

South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) digital education provider Elice on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the AI semi...

Samsung reaffirms commitment to water conservation on World Water Day

Samsung reaffirms commitment to water conservation on World Water Day

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip producer, reaffirmed its corporate pledge to protect water resources, which are criti...

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