LG Energy Solution Ends Sunwoda Patent Fight in Licensing Deal
LG Energy Solution (373220.KS), Korea's largest electric-vehicle battery maker, has converted a two-year cross-border patent war into a license agreement with Chinese cell maker Sunwoda — but the f...
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Kospi Jumps 4.6% on Iran Truce Hopes as Foreigners Return
South Korea's Kospi surged 4.6% to 8,123 on Friday as Trump claimed a US-Iran ceasefire. Samsung and SK Hynix led chip stocks higher; foreigners turned net buyers for the first time in 25 sessions.
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Samsung, SK Hynix Weigh Chip Plants in Korea's Southwest — But Both Deny Any Decision
A wave of reports that Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), the world's largest memory-chip maker, and SK Hynix (000660.KS), the world's top supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), are weighing major ...
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LG Innotek Stakes Over ₩2 Trillion on AI Chip Substrates as Gumi Lines Hit 92% Utilization
LG Innotek, the LG Group affiliate that is Korea's largest camera-module maker and one of its two major semiconductor-substrate suppliers, plans to invest more
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Seoul Court Upholds KakaoPay's ₩5.97 Billion Fine Over Alipay Data Transfers
A Seoul court has rejected KakaoPay's bid to overturn a privacy fine for sending tens of millions of users' data to China's Alipay—a ruling that matters far more for what it validates than for the cas
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HD Hyundai Construction Equipment (267270.KS) Q1 2026: Infracore Merger Triples Revenue to ₩2.3T, Operating Margin Doubles to 8.3%
The January 1, 2026 absorption of HD Hyundai Infracore instantly recast HD Hyundai Construction Equipment as a global top-tier construction machinery and engine conglomerate, with first-quarter results confirming that the merger's financial impact was both explosive and immediate.
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Korea Orders Weverse, Kakao to Scrap No-Refund K-pop Terms
South Korea's antitrust regulator has ordered the operators behind the country's biggest K-pop fan platforms to rewrite paid-membership contracts that blocked refunds and barred cancellations, a consu
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LG CNS (064400.KS) Q1 2026: Profit Surges 19% on Cloud-AI Demand
LG CNS가 IPO 후 첫 온전한 비교 분기를 클라우드·AI 수요로 채웠다. 2026년 1분기 연결 매출은 1조 3,150억원으로 전년 동기 대비 8.6% 늘었고, 영업이익은 942억원으로 19.4% 증가하며 영업이익률을 6.5%에서 7.2%로 끌어올렸다. 매출의 58%를 차지하는 클
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LG Chem Defends Eutropin, Korea's No. 1 Growth-Hormone Brand
LG Chem releases 14-year observational data on growth hormone Eutropin, confirming 0.2% serious adverse reaction rate and stable thyroid/glucose markers, as new EcoPen device aims to defend Korea's top pediatric growth-hormone franchise.
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Samsung Opens Its Workforce to ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude as Altman Heads to Suwon
Samsung Electronics opens ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude to its DX division starting June 12, as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman heads to Suwon and Seoul for AI partnership talks with Samsung, Kakao, and Naver.
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