Photo=LG Energy Solution A recovery in battery-factory utilization could offer a modest sign of stabilization for U.S. automakers and investors after a sharp slowdown in electric-vehicle demand forced manufacturers to idle plants and rethink where battery capacity should be deployed. LG Energy Solution’s average utilization rate across its global production facilities rose to 52.8% in the first half of 2026,

(Photo=Chaeyoung instagram) Chaeyoung, a member of TWICE, one of South Korea’s best known K-pop girl groups, is leaving JYP Entertainment while continuing to perform with the group and pursuing her own music. JYP Entertainment, one of South Korea’s major music agencies, formed TWICE in 2015 and has managed the group throughout its rise from a domestic hit act into an

Photo=Bill Gates instagram The race to secure reliable power for artificial intelligence and data centers is opening a new investment frontier for advanced nuclear developers, equipment makers and utilities, with TerraPower founder Bill Gates returning to South Korea as his company moves closer to building its first commercial-scale reactor. Mr. Gates, the Microsoft co-founder and founder of advanced-nuclear company TerraPower,

(Photo=LG) Nvidia’s next growth frontier is beginning to take shape far beyond the data center. As artificial intelligence moves into factories, robots and vehicles, the chipmaker is deepening ties with LG Group, the South Korean industrial conglomerate whose businesses span electronics, batteries, automotive components, information technology services and manufacturing. LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang mo is expected to meet Nvidia

(Photo=Pixabay) South Korea’s import prices fell for a second straight month in July as lower oil prices and a stronger won reduced the cost of energy and raw materials brought into the country.  The decline offers an early sign that some of the inflation pressure weighing on one of Asia’s largest manufacturing economies may be starting to ease, even though