The project will also see the participation of South Korea’s OCI and China’s Longi. As per a statement from a Saudi official, Saudi Arabia plans on developing a $2 billion solar and carbon black integrated complex in partnership with South Korea’s OCI and China’s Longi. A feasibility study for the carbon black and solar project…
The news is likely to add to investor worries as it comes in the wake of Apple reducing its sales forecast for its smartphones. Slowing demand in China has had a significant impact on Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, with the South Korean conglomerate set to post its first drop in quarterly operating profits in two…
Orb will use the proceeds for R&D, and growth purposes. On Thursday, Israeli blockchain startup Orbs disclosed, it has received an investment from Kakao Investment – the venture capital arm of South Korean internet conglomerate Kakao Corp. Orbs did not disclose the size of the investment. Earlier this year, Kakao had stated it would establish…
South Korea’s Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office has concluded that Samsung Display 150 billion 3D lamination technology was sold by the CEO and 8 employees of Toptec Co Ltd for $13.85 million to China. In a development that goes to corroborate much of the narrative coming out of the United States and which underscores one of…
The hike in 29% unplanned investment is due to rising cost of equipment. In a development that underscores a potential increase in demand for memory chips, SK Hynix Inc stated it would invest $17.8 billion (20 trillion won) in a new memory chip manufacturing plant which will open on Thursday in South Korea; the amount…
South Korea’s transportation ministry has stressed that the ban is more in the nature of safety checks rather than punitive action. Following its own internal investigation into the root cause of the engine fires, it said it could take legal action. On Tuesday, South Korea’s transport ministry stated, it will ban nearly 20,000 BMW vehicles…
The strategic move will see the new Guangzhou plant doubling the production rates of OLED display plates from their current 60,000 to 130,000. With LG Display being the top OLED displaymaker in the world, the facility at Guangzhou, China will control and cater to the OLED TV segment across markets in the world. On Tuesday,…
Hackers stole $31.5 million from Bithumb, the 6th busiest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. According to a notice put up by Bithumb on its website on Wednesday, it has stopped all of its trading activities after it ascertained that “some cryptocurrencies worth about [$31.5 million] 35 billion won has been seized between late yesterday and…
The hack occurred over the weekend. Coinrail has temporarily suspended trading in the virtual currency exchange. On Monday, with Coinrail, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, disclosing that it was hacked during the weekend, there followed an extended sell-off of bitcoin which saw it touch its 2-month low. In recent given the number of hacks involved…
The nenewable energy market in the Asia Pacific region is to boom with utility-scale batteries replacing expensive power grids. In a strategic move, Japan’s JERA, is set to collaborate with a U.S.-German joint venture along with an Australian firm in order to develop battery projects in the Asia-Pacific region. The move targets a market expected…
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