POSCO Future M breaks with China in cathode supply chain

POSCO Future M breaks with China in cathode supply chain

GWANGYANG, SOUTH JEOLLA – POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s leading battery materials maker, has secured itself a China-free cathode mat...

SpaceX’s Starlink, Eutelsat’s OneWeb land in Korea for LEO satellite services

SpaceX’s Starlink, Eutelsat’s OneWeb land in Korea for LEO satellite services

South Korea has officially cleared the way for low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet services, granting regulatory approval for SpaceX’s St...

POSCO Future M to raise $771 million to bolster battery materials business

POSCO Future M to raise $771 million to bolster battery materials business

POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s leading battery materials maker, is set to raise 1.1 trillion won ($771 million) through a rights offering a...

CJ CheilJedang scraps $3.5 bn green bio sale, shifts gears to expansion

CJ CheilJedang scraps $3.5 bn green bio sale, shifts gears to expansion

CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food and beverage company, said on Wednesday it has scrapped a planned sale of its green bio busin...

Ritz-Carlton to return to Seoul, tapped by IGIS Asset for landmark project

Ritz-Carlton to return to Seoul, tapped by IGIS Asset for landmark project

IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s leading real estate investment firm, has named The Ritz-Carlton the preferred hotel brand for its amb...

Hyundai, Kia ready to ramp up EV output in Europe, US

Hyundai, Kia ready to ramp up EV output in Europe, US

South Korea’s top two automakers Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are expected to ramp up electric vehicle production in Europe and the US to b...

LG Chem unveils precursor-free cathode material for batteries

LG Chem unveils precursor-free cathode material for batteries

LG Chem Ltd. is set to become the first South Korean company to mass-produce precursor-free cathode materials, designed for high- and mid-nickel bat...

POSCO seeks $1 bn restructuring amid weak steel, battery materials sectors

POSCO seeks $1 bn restructuring amid weak steel, battery materials sectors

South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. said on Monday it plans to sell 61 unprofitable and non-core assets to raise 1.5 trillion won ($1 billion) a...

HS Hyosung Advanced Materials seeks to sell tire steel cord business

HS Hyosung Advanced Materials seeks to sell tire steel cord business

South Korea’s HS Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. is seeking to sell its tire steel cord business to secure funds for its new growth ventures ...

Diary of a Dead North Korean Soldier Reveals Grisly Battlefield Tactics

Diary of a Dead North Korean Soldier Reveals Grisly Battlefield Tactics

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Hyundai, Kia’s green car exports hit record in 2024

Hyundai, Kia’s green car exports hit record in 2024

Hyundai Motor Co. and its sibling Kia Corp. together shipped a record-high number of eco-friendly cars to overseas markets last year thanks to stron...

S.Korea's office cafeteria firms expand into overseas markets

S.Korea's office cafeteria firms expand into overseas markets

South Korea's office cafeteria companies, including Hyundai Green Food Co., Ourhome, and Samsung Welstory plan to expand overseas markets with the p...

Hyundai Rotem delivers driverless metro cars to Taiwan

Hyundai Rotem delivers driverless metro cars to Taiwan

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean rolling stock and defense equipment maker, said on Friday it held a ceremony to mark the arrival of the first ba...

POSCO Holdings unveils aggressive value-up plan, hike in cash dividends

POSCO Holdings unveils aggressive value-up plan, hike in cash dividends

South Korea’s steel-to-battery materials conglomerate POSCO Group on Monday unveiled a spate of corporate value-up measures, including a highe...

POSCO to raise up to $691 million as next year’s 1st corporate bond issuer

POSCO to raise up to $691 million as next year’s 1st corporate bond issuer

South Korea’s steel-to-battery materials conglomerate POSCO Group plans to raise up to 1 trillion won ($691 million) in the country’s fi...

GC Biopharma acquires ABO Holding for $96 mn

GC Biopharma acquires ABO Holding for $96 mn

South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. said on Thursday it acquired the US-based medical-grade source blood plasma company ABO Holding Inc. The...

LIG Nex1, Electroninks to team up for component materials

LIG Nex1, Electroninks to team up for component materials

South Korea's LIG Nex1 Co. said Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the US-based Electroninks Inc. to research and develop ne...

LS Cable, Denmark's CIP sign LOI for floating offshore wind

LS Cable, Denmark's CIP sign LOI for floating offshore wind

South Korea's LS Cable & System Ltd. said on Wednesday that it signed a letter of intent (LOI) for offshore wind cooperation with Copenhagen Inf...

Hyundai Mobis develops leaf spring with advanced materials

Hyundai Mobis develops leaf spring with advanced materials

South Korea's Hyundai Mobis, the world’s fifth-largest auto parts supplier, said on Monday that it developed a leaf spring using lightweight p...

MSCI Korea Index adds Hyundai Rotem

MSCI Korea Index adds Hyundai Rotem

MSCI announced on Wednesday that South Korea's Hyundai Rotem Co. will be added to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Korea Index. ...

Hyundai Motor completes mobile hydrogen charging station in Jeju

Hyundai Motor completes mobile hydrogen charging station in Jeju

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Monday that it completed the H Jeju Moving Station, a mobile hydrogen charging facility, at the Carbon-Free Island (CFI) E...

HD Hyundai OCI supplies recycled tire materials to Hankook Tire

HD Hyundai OCI supplies recycled tire materials to Hankook Tire

HD Hyundai OCI, the petrochemical affiliate of HD Hyundai Oilbank, said on Tuesday it started to supply Hankook Tire & Technology with recycled ...

DS Dansuk wins $750 mn SAF material order from Phillips 66

DS Dansuk wins $750 mn SAF material order from Phillips 66

South Korea's DS Dansuk Co., which operates bioenergy, battery, and plastic recycling businesses, said on Monday it signed a 1 trillion won ($750 mi...

LG Chem opens Europe Innovation Center in Germany

LG Chem opens Europe Innovation Center in Germany

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd., the world’s fourth-largest chemicals manufacturer, said on Sunday the opening of its Europe Innovation Center in F...

LG Chem targets functional cosmetics market with bio-materials

LG Chem targets functional cosmetics market with bio-materials

LG Chem Ltd., the world’s fourth-largest chemicals manufacturer, is targeting the functional cosmetics market with bio-materials derived from ...

Toyota, Hyundai chiefs to meet in Seoul for hydrogen alliance

Toyota, Hyundai chiefs to meet in Seoul for hydrogen alliance

The leaders of Toyota Motor Corp. and Hyundai Motor Group will meet in South Korea later this month, raising expectations of a deepening partnership...

SK Enmove, SQM ink supply deal for refrigerant material iodine

SK Enmove, SQM ink supply deal for refrigerant material iodine

SK Enmove Co. a lubricant-producing arm of SK Innovation Co., said on Thursday that it has signed a preliminary agreement to buy iodine from Socieda...

LG Elec tops US sustainable brand rankings for HVAC, appliances

LG Elec tops US sustainable brand rankings for HVAC, appliances

LG Electronics Inc. said on Wednesday it was named the most sustainable brand in the US for its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) so...

LG Chem develops material blocking battery thermal runaway

LG Chem develops material blocking battery thermal runaway

LG Chem Ltd. has developed a material that can prevent thermal runaway in a lithium-ion battery, one of the major hurdles to the expansion of the el...

LG Innotek develops AI for raw material inspection

LG Innotek develops AI for raw material inspection

LG Innotek, a leading South Korean electronics parts maker, said on Wednesday it developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can filter ou...

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