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 ELECTRONICS	LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC.	Registration - Amendment 2024	100.0% owned
LG ELECTRONICS	LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC.	1st Quarter - Amendment 2024	100.0% owned
LG ELECTRONICS INC.	LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC.	Registration 2024	100.0% owned
LG ENERGY SOLUTION,LTD.	YULCHON, LLC (FOR LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD. AND HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORP.)	Registration 2024	100.0% owned
POSCO	POSCO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION	Registration 2024	70.7% owned
POSCO HOLDINGS INC.	POSCO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION	Registration - Amendment 2024	70.7% owned
SAMIL SPINNING CO., LTD.	BUHLER QUALITY YARNS CORPORATION	2nd Quarter - Report 2024	100.0% owned
SAMIL SPINNING CO., LTD.	BUHLER QUALITY YARNS CORPORATION	1st Quarter - Report 2024	100.0% owned
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	HIGH TECH INVENTORS ALLIANCE	1st Quarter - Report 2024	—
SK E&S CO,. LTD.	SK AMERICAS, INC.	Registration 2024	20.0% owned
SK E&S CO., LTD.	SK AMERICAS, INC.	Registration 2024	20.0% owned
SK E&S CO., LTD.	SK AMERICAS, INC	Registration 2024	20.0% owned
SK E&S CO., LTD.	SK AMERICAS, INC.	Registration 2024	20.0% owned
SK HYNIX INC.	SK AMERICAS, INC.	Registration 2024	20.0% owned
SK HYNIX INC.	SK AMERICAS, INC	Registration 2024	20.0% owned
SK HYNIX INC.	SK AMERICAS, INC.	Registration 2024	20.0% owned
SK HYNIX INC.	SK AMERICAS, INC.	Registration - Amendment 2024	20.0% owned
SK HYNIX INC.	SK AMERICAS, INC.	Registration 2024	20.0% owned
SK INC	SK AMERICAS, INC	Registration 2024	20.0% owned
SK INC.	SK AMERICAS, INC.	Registration 2024	20.0% owned
SK INC.	SK AMERICAS, INC.	Registration 2024	20.0% owned
SK INC.	SK AMERICAS, INC.	Registration 2024	20.0% owned
SK INC.	SK AMERICAS, INC.	Registration - Amendment 2024	20.0% owned
SK INC.	SK AMERICAS, INC.	Registration 2024	20.0% owned
SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.	SK AMERICAS, INC	Registration 2024	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.