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Aerospace & Defense South Korean defense industry thriving on strong overseas demand

The South Korean defense industry's current heyday is expected to continue for a while as global demand for Korean-made weapons and combat systems h...

Energy Doosan Enerbility wins $1.5 bn in orders from Saudi Arabia

Doosan Enerbility Co., South Korea’s leading gas turbine maunfacturer for power plants, said on Thursday that it has secured a combined $1.5 b...

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...

Bio & Pharma Korean drugmakers control more than half of European biosimilar market

South Korea’s two leading drugmakers, Celltrion Inc. and Samsung Bioepis Co., have achieved a significant milestone in the European biosimilar...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion’s 4 new biosimilars win EU approval recommendation

Celltrion Inc. is one step closer to commercializing its four new biosimilars in Europe after a committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) rec...

Private equity Eximbank of Korea to commit $143 mn to 4 Korean PEs

IMM Investment, Korea Investment Private Equity (PE), Corstone Asia, and Paratus Investment have been selected for the Export-Import Bank of Korea's...

Energy KEPCO, LS Electric to co-work on predictive diagnostics solutions

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the South Korean state-run utility company, said on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with ...

Batteries S.Korea's Solus mass-produces copper foil in Hungary

Solus Advanced Materials, a South Korean copper foil supplier, said on Tuesday it started mass production at its second plant in Hungary, Europe&rsq...

Tech, Media & Telecom LG Uplus publishes white paper on 6G services

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Wednesday the release of its "6G White Paper: Non-Terrestrial Networks," which explores the future direction of...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD Hyundai to build int'l standards for carbon emissions

South Korea's HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co. said on Wednesday that it signed a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Agreement with HD Hyundai Samho and the ...

Insurance DB Insurance outshines domestic rivals in global business

DB Insurance Co. raked in the biggest profits from overseas operations among South Korean insurance companies in the first half of this year, leadin...

Artificial intelligence AI startup MarqVision raises $16.5 mn to close Series A round

MarqVision Inc., a startup developing an artificial intelligence-powered intellectual property (IP) protection platform, raised 22 billion won ($16....

Electronics LG Elec, Ricoh to team up for B2B DX business

LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with global office solutions company Ricoh to discover servi...

Bio & Pharma Gencurix, Hitachi to cooperate on molecular diagnostics

South Korean biotech company Gencurix Inc. said on Tuesday that it will cooperate with Japan's Hitachi High-Tech Corporation to enter the Japanese c...

Electronics Samsung, Trek Bicycle launch Ultra Riding Challenge

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday that it launched the Ultra Riding Challenge in collaboration with global bicycle brand Trek Bicycle, offerin...

Korean chipmakers Memory chip demand to stay firm until H1 2025: SK Hynix CEO

The memory chip market is expected to remain upbeat for some time after the industry was resurrected by robust demand for high-performing memory chi...

Steel Dongkuk buys Aju Steel to create No.1 color coated steel maker

Dongkuk Coated Metal Co. (Dongkuk CM), the cold-rolled steel unit of South Korea's Dongkuk Holdings Co., has agreed to buy Aju Steel Co. specializin...

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...

Corporate restructuring SK Ecoplant to merge tech unit for group restructuring

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company, is set to merge a profit-making technology subsidiary of the ...

Artificial intelligence Rebellions, Igloo partner for AI-based security

South Korea’s fabless AI chip startup Rebellions Inc. announced on Tuesday that it partnered with AI-based security operations and analysis pl...

Bio & Pharma Samsung Elec invests in US bio startup Element Biosciences

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, said on Friday it has invested in US biotech startup Element Biosciences Inc. to ex...

Batteries Korea to keep track of EV battery life cycles for recycling

The South Korean government will monitor electric vehicle (EV) battery life cycles to share information on the lifespan, performance and accident hi...

Automobiles Hyundai Mobis combines electrification, module divisions

Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, said on Friday it has merged its electrification and module divisions to stream...

Banking & Finance Shinhan Card, KakaoBank to team up for PLCC

South Korea's Shinhan Card Co. and the domestic internet bank KakaoBank Corp. said on Wednesday that they signed a business agreement to develop and...

Energy SK Energy to cut emissions with combined heat power system

SK Energy Co., a unit of South Korean oil refiner and battery maker SK Innovation Co., has begun operation of its gas combined heat power (CHP) syst...

Energy SK Gas eyes commercial operations of LNG power plant in 2nd half

SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier seeking to transform into a clean energy company, has moved a step c...

Energy Doosan Enerbility wins deal for fuel conversion project in Chile

South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. announced on Tuesday that it has won a contract for a fuel conversion project at a t...

Batteries LG Energy, Qualcomm to develop battery management system

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, announced on Sunday that it will dev...

Tech, Media & Telecom CJ OliveNetworks, Qualcomm to team up for 5G network

South Korea's digital service company CJ OliveNetworks announced on Wednesday that it will collaborate with the US-based Qualcomm Technologies to ...

Robotics Naver to unveil world’s first web platform-enabled robotics OS

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. is set to make inroads into the global robotics operating system market by unveiling the world’s ...