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South Korea

Samsung Heavy Debuts Nuclear-Powered Gas Carrier Design

Samsung Heavy Industries announced at the opening of the Gastech event in Milan that it has received approval in principle (AiP) for a 174,000-cubic-meter lique…

LNG

Hanwha Entrusts French Firm With Tank Design for LNG Carrier Duo

French containment technology company Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) announced that it has been contracted by South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean to design tanks f…

Battery

SK On to Supply LFP Batteries to Flatiron Energy

SK On, a South Korean battery manufacturer, has signed a supply agreement with Flatiron Energy Development, a U.S.-based company, to provide lithium iron phosph…

Hydrogen Project

German and Korean Institutes Expand Cooperation in Hydrogen Safety

The German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) signed a memor…

South Korea

SK Telecom, Schneider Electric Expand AI Data Center Collaboration in Ulsan

SK Telecom has formalized a partnership with Schneider Electric to advance the development of its Artificial Intelligence Data Center (AIDC) in Ulsan, South Kor…

South Korea

South Korea’s Hanwha to Pour $5B Into US Philly Shipyard, Orders New Batch of Ships

Hanwha Group, a South Korean shipbuilding company, has announced a $5 billion investment to enhance infrastructure at Hanwha Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pe…

SMR

Zimbabwe to Evaluate Deployment of Korean SMR

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Zimbabwe’s Centre for Education, Innovation Research and Developmen…

South Korea

South Korea Petrochemical Overhaul Likely to Shut Small, Stand-Alone Naphtha Crackers

South Korea’s petrochemical industry, facing an oversupply, is undergoing significant restructuring, with analysts predicting closures or mergers of small and …

Offshore Wind Power

South Korean Companies Enter Offshore Wind Partnership

Hanwha Ocean, a Korea-based company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) in Seoul, South Korea,…

China

Wan Hai Lines Marks Eco-Friendly 13K TEU Boxship Series as Complete

On August 14, 2025, Taiwan’s Wan Hai Lines named its new energy-efficient containership, WAN HAI A20, at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard in…

South Korea

LG Chem and Enilive Break Ground on Korea’s First HVO/SAF Plant

LG Chem Ltd., based in Seoul, South Korea, and Enilive, a biorefining subsidiary of Eni S.p.A. from Rome, Italy, have initiated construction of South Korea&rsqu…

Nuclear Reactor

Third Korean Reactor Taken Offline as Licence Renewal Decision Awaited

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has paused operations at Kori unit 4, located at its nuclear power plant in South Korea, as it awaits a government decision o…

South Korea

SK Telecom Debuts New GPU Cluster to Boost AI in Korea

SK Telecom launched one of South Korea’s largest GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) platforms, named Haein, at its Gasan AI Data Centre (AIDC) in Seoul. Powered by…

Offshore Substation

Taihan Wins Cables Contract for 532MW Korean Offshore Wind Project

Taihan Cable & Solution has secured a $131 million contract to supply and install over 100 kilometers of inter-array submarine cables for the Anma offshore wind…

Thermal Coal

Asia Thermal Coal Imports Rise in July as Japan, South Korea Buy

In July, Asia’s seaborne thermal coal imports increased to 70.66 million metric tons, a 12% rise from June’s 63.02 million tons, according to commod…