SK On’s domestic battery plant in Seosan was awarded with a minister’s citation for energy efficiency Improvement group category at the Korea Energy Grand Prize 2021 hosted by the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Nov. 17.At the event took place at Grand Intercontinental, Seoul, SK On

Pernod Ricard Korea is announcing that it has opened a Ballantine’s brand experience space called the ‘Time Slowing Experience,’ a differentiated brand campaign that combines the art of slowing time with whisky tasting at Monaco Space near Gangnam Station from November 11 to 15. It opened a reservat

Kia Corporation has set out its vision to become a truly sustainable, responsible, and innovative mobility solutions leader, announcing a commitment on Nov. 11 to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045.Kia announced its corporate vision at its ‘Kia Sustainability Movement’ virtual presentation. Kia’s vis

The global steel strategic information service World Steel Dynamics (WSD) announced the competitiveness evaluation results of global steel companies and named POSCO the best global steelmaker at the 36th Global Steel Success Strategies Meeting held in Miami for two days from November 8 to 9 in the U

Daejeon City announced on Nov. 11 that it held the '15th Top Sales Awards Ceremony for 2021 and presented a certificate to promising small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at Hotel ICC in Doryong-dong, Yuseong-gu.A total of 287 companies have been selected for the Top Sales Awards from 2007 to th

KEPCO and its six power generation subsidiaries jointly declared on Nov. 10 that they would take the lead in implementing carbon neutrality by completely suspending coal power generation by 2050.It also announced its goal of investing in the development of new and renewable technologies such as offs

Agricultural and food exports in Gyeonggi Province recorded $1.126 billion during the first three quarters of this year, a 13% increase from the same period last year ($997.64 million).According to Gyeonggi Province on Nov. 12, this is the highest level among exports in the first to third quarters s

LABO-H, Amorepacific's scalp skin care brand, will present the largest special exhibition ever.This event, which was prepared for Black Friday, will be held at the LABO-H official mall for two weeks from November 12. New subscribers can receive coupon packs worth up to 30,000 won.Members who add the

SK innovation participated in the AVPN Northeast Asia Social Investment Summit on Nov. 11 and held a panel discussion session with the case of the 'EG' program, an eco-friendly startup ecosystem fostering model in which the government, large corporations, and impact funds united for the first time i

A former Hyundai Motor employee, a whistleblower who accused Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors of vehicle safety defects, will receive a reward worth $24 million (about 28.2 billion won) from the National Highway Traffic Safety Agency (NHTSA) in the U.S.According to AP and Reuters, on the 9th (local time

SK On and Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) signed an MOU on Nov. 4 to create a lithium-ion battery safety-maximizing technology and related standards.KERI is a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT that conducts power machinery testing and certif

LG Chem announced on Nov. 4 that it has received approval from the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for the Phase 1b/2 clinical trials based on the positive pre-clinical results of LG00034053, a new drug candidate for treatment of osteoarthritis.LG Chem plans to accelerate the development of

SK Innovation announced that the “2021 Korea Eco-friendly Packaging Forum” was held in two days, starting from Nov. 3 at Walkerhill Hotel, Seoul, Korea, with the participation of its eco-friendly chemical subsidiary – SK Geo Centric.“Korea Eco-friendly Packaging Forum” is an annual event that starte

Daesang Group unveiled its new corporate image (CI) on Nov. 1 to mark the 65th anniversary of its foundation. This is the first replacement in 24 years since 1997 when the group changed its name from Miwon to Daesang.Choi Sung-soo, CEO of Daesang Holdings, said, "We will pave the way for a leap forw

“The 15th World Forestry Congress (WFC) will be held in Seoul next May. Under the theme of ‘Building a Green, Healthy and Resilient Future with Forests,’ the Congress will focus on the role of forests as a means of responding to climate change,” said Minister Choi Byeong-am of the Korea Forest Servi

The Kia EV6 electric crossover has been voted ‘2022 German Car of the Year’ in the ‘Premium’ category of the ‘German Car of the Year’ (GCOTY) awards, the Kia Corp. said on Oct. 27.The prestigious accolade comes at a time when the innovative crossover continues to make its highly anticipated debut ar

LG Chem has joined hands with Toray of Japan to establish a joint venture in Europe related to separators for secondary batteries to target the European separator market.LG Chem announced on Oct. 27 that it signed an agreement to establish the joint venture ‘LG Toray Hungary Battery Separator Kft’,

The Seoul branch of JPMorgan Chase Bank, a U.S.-based investment bank that interfered with the financial authorities’ inspection by deleting and concealing data requested by the authorities, was fined 100 million won (some $85,470).According to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSC) on Oct. 28, JP

SK Innovation in Seoul announced today a partnership with Solid Power, an industry-leading developer of all-solid-state battery cells, to develop all-solid-state batteries under a memorandum of understanding (“MoU”) and joint development agreement (“JDA”) on Oct. 28, 2021.According to SK Public Rela

LG Chem announced on Oct. 22 that it held the ‘1st LG Chem - Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers Petrochemicals Olympiad’ awards ceremony on a metaverse platform on Oct. 21.At the Olympiad that was held since July, a total of 1,692 college students majoring in chemical engineering grouped in 647