SK On expands at home with big bet on LFP amid uncertainty in global battery market

Graphics by AJP Song Ji-yoon SEOUL, December 15 (AJP) - SK On is building a 3-gigawatt-hour lithium iron phosphate (LFP) facility at its Seosan complex in what would become the largest pure-play energy storage system (ESS) production site in Korea, a bold scale-up aimed at catc

Korea's ex-president brooded on martial law scheme more than a year before acting out

SEOUL, December 15 (AJP) -Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol brooded over a scheme to invoke martial law to “eliminate political opponents and consolidate power” before October 2023, more than a year before the stunning decree was declared in December 2024, a special

Kakao evacuates Pangyo office after bomb threat

SEOUL, December 15 (AJP) - South Korean police are investigating a bomb threat at Kakao’s Pangyo office in Seongnam, south of Seoul, after the company reported a message claiming that a homemade explosive device had been planted at the site. Kakao said it alerted police earl