South Korea — Foreign Influence in Federal Lobbying

Foreign entities

147

Filings

262

Clients

104

Years

2007–2026

Filings by year

Filings naming an entity from South Korea 2007 to 2026

Entities disclosed

374 disclosures, newest first, each on the filing that names it.

Entity	Client	Filing	Ownership
LG CORPORATION	LG CHEM LTD.	Registration 2021	100.0% owned
POSCO	POSCO AMERICA CORP	2nd Quarter - Report 2021	100.0% owned
SAMIL SPINNING CO., LTS	BUHLER QUALITY YARNS CORPORATION	1st Quarter - Report 2021	100.0% owned
SAMIL SPINNING CO., LTS	BUHLER QUALITY YARNS CORPORATION	3rd Quarter - Report 2021	100.0% owned
SAMIL SPINNING CO., LTS	BUHLER QUALITY YARNS CORPORATION	4th Quarter - Report 2021	100.0% owned
SAMIL SPINNING CO., LTS	BUHLER QUALITY YARNS CORPORATION	2nd Quarter - Report 2021	100.0% owned
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS	HIGH TECH INVENTORS ALLIANCE	Registration 2021	9.0% owned
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA	Registration 2021	100.0% owned
SK HOLDINGS	AMPAC FINE CHEMICALS	1st Quarter - Report 2021	100.0% owned
SK HOLDINGS	AMPAC FINE CHEMICALS	2nd Quarter - Report 2021	100.0% owned
SK HOLDINGS	AMPAC FINE CHEMICALS	3rd Quarter - Report 2021	100.0% owned
SK HOLDINGS	AMPAC FINE CHEMICALS	4th Quarter - Report 2021	100.0% owned
SK HOLDINGS CO., LTD.	COVINGTON AND BURLING, LLP ON BEHALF OF SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.	Registration 2021	33.0% owned
SK HOLDINGS CO., LTD.	SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.	Registration 2021	33.0% owned
SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.	SK HYNIX AMERICA INC.	1st Quarter - Report 2021	—
SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.	SK HYNIX AMERICA, INC.	1st Quarter - Report 2021	—
SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.	SK HYNIX AMERICA, INC.	1st Quarter - Report 2021	—
SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.	SK HYNIX AMERICA, INC.	1st Quarter - Report 2021	—
SK SQUARE CO., LTD.	SK HYNIX AMERICA, INC.	4th Quarter - Report 2021	20.1% owned
SK SQUARE CO., LTD.	SK HYNIX AMERICA, INC.	4th Quarter - Report 2021	20.1% owned
SK SQUARE CO., LTD.	SK HYNIX AMERICA, INC.	4th Quarter - Report 2021	20.0% owned
SK SQUARE CO., LTD.	SK HYNIX AMERICA INC.	4th Quarter - Report 2021	20.1% owned
SK TELECOM CO., LTD.	SK HYNIX AMERICA, INC.	1st Quarter - Report 2021	19.7% owned
SK TELECOM CO., LTD.	SK HYNIX AMERICA, INC.	1st Quarter - Report 2021	19.7% owned
SK TELECOM CO., LTD.	SK HYNIX AMERICA, INC.	1st Quarter - Report 2021	20.0% owned

Clients most often linked

Client	Filings
BUHLER QUALITY YARNS CORPORATION	30
HANWHA Q CELLS AMERICA INC.	21
SK HYNIX AMERICA, INC.	18
AMPAC FINE CHEMICALS	14
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.	13
LG ELECTRONICS USA INC.	9
SK AMERICAS, INC.	9
BL PARTNERS GROUP, LLC ON BEHALF OF HANWHA QCELLS AMERICA INC (FKA HANAWA)	6
LG CHEM, LTD.	5
SUPERNAL	5
HIGH TECH INVENTORS ALLIANCE	4
POSCO AMERICA	4
HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.	3
HANWHA DEFENSE USA, INC.	3
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY	3
KOREA INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION	3
SAMSUNG SDI AMERICA, INC.	3
THE BIOSIMILARS FORUM	3
THE LIVINGSTON GROUP (ON BEHALF OF KOLON TISSUEGENE, INC.)	2
WORLD SHIPPING COUNCIL	2

Issues lobbied on those filings

Issue	Mentions
Trade (domestic/foreign)	209
Energy/Nuclear	95
Manufacturing	77
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	57
Science/Technology	57
Defense	45
Pharmacy	40
Environment/Superfund	36
Automotive Industry	18
Budget/Appropriations	17
Aviation/Airlines/Airports	14
Foreign Relations	14

Current version of each filing only. Amounts declared for these entities are on each filing rather than added up here: they cannot be summed across registrations, reports and amendments.