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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…

Offshore Wind Power

Taihan Wins Cable Deal for 532MW Korean Offshore

Taihan has been awarded a €122 million turnkey contract to supply and install over 100 km of inter-array cables for the 532 MW Anma offshore wind farm, loc…

South Korea

LG Chem and Enilive Begin Construction on Fuel Plant in South Korea

LG Chem and Enilive, a subsidiary of Eni, have begun construction on South Korea’s first hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and sustainable aviation fuel (S…

South Korea

South Korea Commits $150B to Help Revive US Shipbuilding

South Korea has committed $150 billion to a fund aimed at revitalizing the United States’ shipbuilding industry, as part of a broader $350 billion trade a…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

ENEC and Samsung C&T to Collaborate on Global Nuclear Projects

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (ENEC) and Samsung C&T Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly explore nuclear energy project…

South Korea

Doosan Fuel Cell Begins Mass Production of Fuel Cell Power Systems Using Ceres Technology

Ceres Power Holdings plc, based in Horsham, U.K., and Doosan Fuel Cell Ltd. have begun mass production of fuel cell stacks using Ceres’ solid-oxide techno…