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ESG awareness expanded but without plans implemented: survey
Dec 29, 2021
South Korean companies acknowledge the importance of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) but not many are integrating ESG into their businesses. According to the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul on Wednesday, 70 percent of 300 domestic companies that participated in their survey on ESG integration responded that ESG is important. The main reason to why they consider ESG important was because it has a positive effect on business management performance with 42.9
KIPO vows to take lead in setting international rules on AI inventions
Dec 29, 2021
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) said it will play a leading role in setting up international rules on creations and inventions by artificial intelligence next year. The KIPO, a member of the Intellectual Property Five (IP5), or a forum of the five largest intellectual property offices including those of the US, Europe, China and Japan, said it will also discuss among the IP5 ways to improve protection of trademarks and designs in the virtual world. “As the digital transfor
Posco calls time on oldest blast furnace
Dec 29, 2021
Korea’s first furnace, touted as foundation of national growth, to turn into museum
[CES 2022] At CES, SK to pledge to cut 1% of Earth’s carbon emissions
Dec 29, 2021
With hydrogen, SK aims to ‘buy time’ for green innovations to mature
Samsung Electronics cuts chip production in Xian due to lockdown
Dec 29, 2021
Samsung Electronics reduced chip production in Xian where Chinese authorities placed a strict lockdown last week to contain the prolonged pandemic. According to Samsung Newsroom Thursday, the South Korean IT giant “decided to temporarily adjust operations” at its chip factory in Xian. The decision was made to protect the health and safety of its employees and partners, according to the press release. To ensure its customers are not affected, the company will take all necessary me
LG Chem to invest W475b for cathode materials plant in S. Korea
Dec 29, 2021
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea's leading electric vehicle battery maker, will invest 475.4 billion won ($400 million) in cathode materials plant, the trade ministry said Wednesday. LG Chem will set up LG Battery Core Material to produce 60,000 tons a year of cathode materials and create 187 jobs for three years, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said in a statement. The company plans to begin construction of the plant in Gumi, 260 kilometers south of Seoul, next month with an aim to produc
Samsung SDI launches new battery brand PRiMX
Dec 29, 2021
Samsung SDI has unveiled its new battery brand “PRiMX,” which stands for a prime battery for maximum experience, to better convey its corporate identity that pursues super-gap technology. The rebranding portrays the philosophy of the firm’s new CEO Choi Yoon-ho, who took the post earlier this month. In his inaugural speech, Choi said, “Let’s together embark on a journey of true No. 1 ... based on super-gap technology and best quality.” “Samsung SDI h
Samsung Electronics invests in 3D avatar platform Ready Player Me
Dec 29, 2021
Samsung Electronics has invested in Ready Player Me, a 3D avatar platform for the metaverse that allows users to explore virtual worlds with one consistent identity, according to a press release Wednesday. Samsung Next, Samsung Electronics’ subsidiary investing in startups with promising technologies, participated in a $13 million series A funding round led by a venture capital Taavet+Sten. According to Ready Player Me, the funding will be used to grow its global presence as the defaul
[Interactive] Posco named world’s most competitive steelmaker for 12th year
Dec 29, 2021
South Korea’s top steelmaker Posco said it was named the world’s most competitive steelmaker in a global industry report for the 12th consecutive year. In an annual assessment of 35 steelmakers worldwide, global steel information service provider World Steel Dynamics gave Posco the top mark of 8.54 points out of 10, according to the South Korean company. The WSD report, which ranks the steelmakers based on 23 categories, gave top scores for Posco in eight segments, including techno
Korea Shipbuilding wins W583b frigate order from Philippines
Dec 28, 2021
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) said Tuesday it has received a 583 billion won ($490 million) order to build two patrol frigates for the Philippines. KSOE is the shipbuilding subholding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, the world's biggest shipbuilder by orders. Under the deal signed with the Southeast Asian country's defense ministry, KSOE's main affiliate Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. will build two 3,100-ton patrol frigates for the country by 2025, the compa
[Best Brand] GC Pharma rolls out new high-content multivitamin
Dec 28, 2021
GC Pharma has recently launched a new high-content multivitamin called B-max Meta B. B-max Meta B contains 30 milligrams of bisbentiamine that passes through the blood brain barrier to help the human brain’s metabolism, the company said. The product also has high amounts of vitamin B12, vitamin D, magnesium and zinc to aid people in controlling their health, it added. The new supplementary multivitamin is the latest addition to CG Pharma’s B-max series, which began rolling out in
[Best Brand] Samsung Biologics rises as global supply chain for COVID-19 vaccines
Dec 28, 2021
Samsung Biologics, the major biopharmaceutical unit of Korea’s Samsung Group, has become a global manufacturing hub for COVID-19 vaccines and drugs, joining forces with global drugmakers to curb the widespread pandemic. In the last two years, the pharmaceutical giant has landed contracts with five companies -- Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca, Moderna, GreenLight Biosciences and GlaxoSmithKline -- to manufacture their COVID-19 vaccines and drugs. On Dec. 14, the company expanded its earlier deal
Posco gives up hydrogen fuel cell opportunities in Asia
Dec 28, 2021
Posco Energy surrenders exclusive rights in Asia to Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy
[Best Brand] Forever Living Products offers top quality aloe products
Dec 28, 2021
Since its market entry to South Korea in 1988, Forever Living Products, the US aloe product manufacturer, has been offering high quality aloe products ranging from cosmetics to dietary supplements to Korean customers. “Aloe can be a great source of enhancing one’s immune system, especially at this time when COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing. It is highly recommended to take care of one’s immune system and skin health with Forever Aloe Gel which has been certified by IASC,&rd
Electricity bills to rise to cover Kepco’s snowballing debt
Dec 28, 2021
A family of four in South Korea will see electricity bills rise as much as 2,000 won ($1.69) per month in 2022 as Korea Electric Power Corp. decided to raise utility prices 5.6 percent to mitigate its soaring debt accumulated due in part to its aggressive pursuit of renewable energy. According to NH Investment & Securities on Tuesday, the state-run utility will charge 11.8 won more per kilowatt-hour next year, which would allow the company to save costs worth 3 trillion won annually. Des
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