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Robotics Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics’ Spot embarks on public safety missions

Spot, a quadruped robot developed by Boston Dynamics Inc., will aid defense and safety agencies in Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia to assist in...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion wins Australian approval for eye, bone disease biosimilars

Celltrion Inc. said Wednesday it has received regulatory approval from Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for three biosimilar...

Steel POSCO eyes deeper steel, energy ties with global peers

POSCO Group, South Korea’s steelmaking giant, will further bolster its competitiveness in the global steel market and energy value chains thro...

Shipping & Shipbuilding S.Korea’s Hanwha acquires 9.9% in Australia’s Austal

South Korean chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group has taken a 9.9% stake in Austal Ltd., an Australian shipbuilder, for 183.3 million Aust...

Pension funds NPS to buy stake in Australia’s Metrics to expand alternative investments

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has agreed to buy a stake in Australian asset mana...

Sovereign bonds S.Korea courts active funds for $140 bn treasury issuance

South Korea’s finance ministry will hold its largest-ever investor relations (IR) event for global institutional investors at the end of this ...

Real estate PAG raises $4 bn for opportunistic Asia real estate fund

PAG, an Asia Pacific-focused alternative investment firm, on Friday announced the final close of its 10th opportunistic real estate fund at $4 billi...

Corporate investment LX International seeks to acquire nickel, copper mines in Indonesia

LX International Corp., the trading unit of South Korea’s LX Group, said on Friday it is seeking to acquire a nickel mine and a copper mine in...

Economy Foreign workers in S.Korea surpasses 1 million

The number of foreign workers in South Korea has broken past the 1 million mark.According to Statistics Korea on Tuesday, as of May, there were 1.56...

Energy POSCO Int'l starts commissioning of Senex Energy gas facility

South Korea's POSCO International Corp. said on Monday it has begun commissioning its first gas processing facility at Senex Energy’s Atlas ...

Food & Beverage Binggrae sells plant-based Melona at Costco in Australia

South Korean food and beverage company Binggrae said on Wednesday that it sells its plant-based Melona at Costco stores in Australia from November.P...

Food & Beverage Samyang enters Australia, New Zealand with allulose approval

South Korean chemical and food ingredient manufacturer Samyang Corp. said on Wednesday that it has become the first allulose producer to secure appr...

Automobiles Kia debuts Tasman to target $333 bn global pickup truck market

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Tuesday premiered the Tasman, its first pickup truck to target t...

Business & Politics Hyundai E&C, South Australia sign renewable energy, infrastructure deal

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. said on Tuesday it has signed a comprehensive deal on cooperation in the renewable en...

ASK 2024 Australia, Asia real estate whet Korean pension funds' appetite

South Korean pension funds and insurance companies are raising their bets on real estate as they diversify their US and Europe-focused portfolios in...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha teams up with Australian startup for space business

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. has joined hands with Australian startup Gilmour Space Technologies in the space business, bolstering coope...

Construction HD Hyundai affiliates participate in Mining Indonesia 2024

South Korea's HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co. and HD Hyundai Infracore Co. announced on Wednesday that they participated in Mining Indonesia 2...

Batteries POSCO to invest in Tanzanian mine to cut Chinese graphite imports

POSCO Group, South Korea’s steel and battery material conglomerate, is set to invest in the world's second-largest graphite reserve, in Tanzan...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha completes Australia plant for howitzers, armored vehicles

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. has completed building its first overseas plant — producing howitzers and ammunition carriers in Aust...

Artificial intelligence Korea’s Mirae Asset to open AI business unit in New York

Mirae Asset Group, the pioneer in South Korea’s mutual fund industry, plans to set up an artificial intelligence business unit in New York as ...

Construction Korea’s top landscaping firm Dawon to expand in SE Asia

South Korea’s Dawon Corporation aims to expand its business in Southeast Asia as it beat out major domestic builders such as Samsung C&T C...

Earnings Food giant CJ CheilJedang's profits rise for 3rd straight quarter

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s quarterly operating profit increased for the third consecutive quarter, reversing a decline in the th...

Construction Hyundai E&C unveils new Hillstate brand video

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Friday the release of a new Hillstate brand film titled "Wha...

Tech, Media & Telecom Hanwha, KT to cooperate on smart mining

South Korea's Hanwha Global, the global division of Hanwha Corp. and KT Corp. announced on Monday that they signed a memorandum of understanding (...

Electric vehicles Korea Eximbank to provide $150 mn PF to Australia

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) announced on Tuesday that it will provide $150 million in project financing (PF) for developing a rare ea...

Batteries POSCO seeks additional lithium deals from Argentina, Chile

POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO, aims to clinch additional deals from Argentina and Chile to secure lith...

Leadership & Management LG Chairman Koo to embark on US trip to oversee battery, AI projects

Koo Kwang-mo, chair of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, will embark on a weeklong business trip to the US next week to seek new g...

Batteries Ultium Cells Spring Hill: LG, GM’s EV battery bastion in North America

NASHVILLE – Some 60 km south of Nashville, the capital of Tennessee, lies a huge plant churning out battery cells that will eventually land in...

Tech, Media & Telecom SK Telecom launches AI pet diagnostic solution in Australia

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Wednesday that it launched its AI-based pet diagnostic assistance service X Caliber in Australia and has b...

Unlocking value in the Australian energy transition: QIC

Australia is primed to stand at the forefront of the global energy transition, boasting abundant solar and wind capacity, alongside substantial rese...