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Rights offerings Samsung SDI to raise $1.4 bn in rights offering for facility expansion

Samsung SDI Co. will issue new shares worth 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion), its first rights offering in two decades, to fund bold facility and R&...

Hydrogen economy Hyundai Motor to build fuel cell plant in South Korea

Hyundai Motor Co. will build a local fuel cell plant in South Korea, accelerating its bid to create an entire hydrogen fuel cell value chain in line...

Bio & Pharma Chong Kun Dang to build new plant for foray into biologics market

Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp. is discussing building a research center and a plant in Siheung, about 30 kilometers southwest of Seoul, with th...

Artificial intelligence AI data center with up to 3 gigawatts of power envisioned for South Korea

An investor group is planning one of the world’s largest data centers for artificial intelligence in South Korea, a sign of red-hot AI de...

Electronics SK Hynix to receives $958 mn subsidy from US

SK Hynix Inc. secured a combined subsidy of $458 million in grants and $500 million in loans, a total of $958 million from the US Department of Comm...

Bio & Pharma Hanmi breaks ground pharmaceuticals complex in Beijing

South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. said on Friday that Beijing Hanmi Pharm, its subsidiary in China, held the groundbreaking ceremony for a proj...

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 ...

Korean food CJ CheilJedang to invest $584 mn to build food factories in Europe, US

CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food company, will spend a total of $584 million to build new food-manufacturing factories in Euro...

Business & Politics Korea mulls raising US oil imports to cope with Trump trade policies

South Korea, the world’s fourth-largest oil importer, is considering increasing US oil imports to ease potential pressure from President-elect...

Logistics CJ Logistics opens cold-chain logistics center in Georgia

South Korea's CJ Logistics said on Thursday that it completed the construction of a large-scale cold-chain logistics center in the US and has begu...

Construction HJ S&C wins $200 mn Philippines new port construction project order

HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Co. (HJ S&C) said on Thursday its construction division secured a 280 billion won ($200 million) contract to ...

Beauty & Cosmetics Cosmax China to build new headquarters in Shanghai

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's cosmetics original development and design manufacturer (ODM), will build a new headquarters in Shanghai's Xinzhuang Indus...

Bio & Pharma SK Pharmteco to invest $260 mn in new peptide factory in S. Korea

SK Pharmteco, the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) of South Korea's SK Inc., said on Tuesday that it plans to invest $260 ...

Chemical Industry Doosan completes high-end copper foil plant in Gimje, Korea

South Korea's Doosan Corp. completed the construction of a high-end copper foil plant to produce materials widely used in automotive electronic comp...

Energy Korea's SK Energy to start commercial operations of SAF production line

SK Energy Co., South Korea’s largest oil refiner, is set to start commercial operations of a production line for sustainable aviation fuel (SA...

Batteries LG Energy Solution's AVEL opens ESS power plant in Jeju

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Friday that its company in company (CIC) AVEL has launched South Korea’s first distribution grid...

Travel & Leisure Seoul breaks ground on Mt. Namsan gondola facility

The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Thursday held a groundbreaking ceremony for gondola facilities that will shuttle passengers from the base of Mt...

Construction SGC E&C wins $366 mn chemical plant project in Saudi Arabia

SGC Engineering & Construction (E&C), a company specializing in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), said on Wednesday that it s...

Food & Beverage Orion seeks M&As, facility expansion with dividends from China, Vietnam

Orion Holdings Corp., a leading South Korean confectionery and snack maker, has been active in overseas markets for decades, particularly in China a...

Construction SGC E&C secures $189 mn petrochem facility project in Saudi Arabia

SGC Engineering & Construction (E&C), a specialist in design, procurement and construction (EPC), said on Thursday that it has signed a cont...

Retail CJ Olive Young establishes new logistics center

South Korean beauty store chain CJ Olive Young said on Thursday that it has established the Olive Young Anseong Logistics Center in Anseong-si, Gyeo...

Energy SK Gas delays $1 bn combined cycle power plant operation

SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s No. 1 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor, has postponed the commercial operation of its combined cycle power...

Electric vehicles LS Cable breaks ground for bus ducts plant in Mexico

South Korea's LS Cable & System Ltd. broke ground for two factories in Mexico on August 2: one for bus ducts, or a large-scale power distributio...

Real estate Korea's warehouses suffer oversupply, rising vacancies

Logistics centers in Seoul suburbs are suffering oversupply and rising vacancy rates, according to a report from South Korean commercial real estate...

Electronics HD Hyundai Electric expands power transformer facility in Alabama

HD Hyundai Electric Co., an energy solution provider under South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai, said on Sunday it completed a 12,690-square-meter st...

Automobiles Hyundai Motor forms EV Charging Alliance in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that it established the Hyundai EV Charging Alliance with six local private charging operators at the Gaikindo...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD Hyundai Samho expands berthing facilities

South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Samho Co. has expanded its berthing facilities to meet the growing number of orders for eco-friendly ships.The s...

ESG Samsung boosts renewable energy in Vietnam facilities

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday its Vietnam facilities will ramp up eco-friendly operations by directly purchasing renewable energy under ...

Beauty & Cosmetics Cosmax mulls building cosmetics factory in Latin America

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's biggest cosmetics original development and design manufacturer (ODM), is considering building a new offshore plant in Lat...

Machinery DN Solutions to build plant, R&D center in India

DN Solutions, the world's third-largest and South Korea's top machine tool manufacturer, said on Tuesday that it will establish a new plant and rese...