HD Hyundai Robotics to raise $144.3 mn to bolster AI-powered robots

HD Hyundai Robotics to raise $144.3 mn to bolster AI-powered robots

HD Hyundai Robotics Co., an industrial robot producer under South Korea’s shipbuilding and machinery giant HD Hyundai Co., will raise 200 bill...

S.Korea cuts growth outlook to 0.9%, banks on AI to reignite economy

S.Korea cuts growth outlook to 0.9%, banks on AI to reignite economy

South Korea’s government cut its 2025 economic growth forecast in half from its earlier expectation, saying the economy will expand just 0.9% ...

UK’s TeraView wins preliminary nod for South Korea listing

UK’s TeraView wins preliminary nod for South Korea listing

TeraView Ltd., a British developer of terahertz imaging inspection systems, has received preliminary approval to list in South Korea, moving a step ...

LG to unveil new energy-saving fridges, washer-dryers at IFA 2025

LG to unveil new energy-saving fridges, washer-dryers at IFA 2025

LG Electronics Inc. will unveil 25 new refrigerator and washer-dryer models tailored for the European market at IFA 2025, the company said on Tuesda...

AWS, Upstage deepen ties in AI drive across Asia-Pacific, US

AWS, Upstage deepen ties in AI drive across Asia-Pacific, US

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reinforced its partnership with South Korean artificial intelligence startup Upstage, backing the company with a minor...

LG CNS to build AI data center in Vietnam, accelerating Southeast Asia push

LG CNS to build AI data center in Vietnam, accelerating Southeast Asia push

LG CNS Co. will build a hyperscale artificial intelligence data center for Vietnam’s state-run telecom giant Vietnam Posts and Telecommunicati...

Korea Investment Partners invests $10 million in Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Korea Investment Partners invests $10 million in Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Korea Investment Partners Co. (KIP), one of South Korea’s largest venture capital and private equity firms, has invested $10 million in Elon M...

KT reports record operating profit on robust AI business in Q2

KT reports record operating profit on robust AI business in Q2

South Korea’s major mobile carrier KT Corp., which has picked artificial intelligence as its next growth engine, posted record-high quarterly ...

South Korea, Vietnam to nearly double bilateral trade to $150 billion by 2030

South Korea, Vietnam to nearly double bilateral trade to $150 billion by 2030

South Korea and Vietnam agreed Monday in Seoul to boost bilateral trade to $150 billion over the next five years, nearly double current levels, by e...

Aussie developer The Living Company targets Korean residential market

Aussie developer The Living Company targets Korean residential market

The Living Company, a leading Australian housing developer, on Thursday opened an office in Seoul to target South Korea’s residential market. ...

Hyundai, GM to co-develop five brand new vehicles, seek joint sourcing

 Hyundai, GM to co-develop five brand new vehicles, seek joint sourcing

Hyundai Motor Co. and General Motors Co. will jointly develop five brand new vehicles and source materials and car components, the two companies sai...

LG CNS to build AI data center in Indonesia, first for Korean firm

LG CNS to build AI data center in Indonesia, first for Korean firm

LG CNS Co., the information technology services unit of South Korea’s LG Group, has bagged a deal to build an artificial intelligence-ready da...

Seoul downtown office glut fears overblown: Savills Korea CEO

Seoul downtown office glut fears overblown: Savills Korea CEO

The prime office market in core business districts in Seoul is expected to remain strong, said Savills Korea chief, citing limited new supply and th...

Naver, LG, SK, NC, Upstage named to build S.Korea’s sovereign AI model to challenge ChatGPT

Naver, LG, SK, NC, Upstage named to build S.Korea’s sovereign AI model to challenge ChatGPT

South Korea has chosen five technology firms, including LG, Naver and SK Telecom Co., to spearhead the country’s flagship sovereign AI initi...

Samsung Chairman Lee heads to US as chips become key trade leverage

Samsung Chairman Lee heads to US as chips become key trade leverage

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong departed for the US on Tuesday, just days before the US-set  Aug. 1 deadline for a trade deal, si...

LIG Nex1 edges out Hanwha to lead S.Korea’s ‘Iron Dome’ project

LIG Nex1 edges out Hanwha to lead S.Korea’s ‘Iron Dome’ project

South Korea’s LIG Nex1 Co. will lead development of the country’s next-generation missile defense system, beating out longtime rival Han...

Samsung clinches $16.5 billion chipmaking deal from Tesla

Samsung clinches $16.5 billion chipmaking deal from Tesla

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, has clinched a landmark contract chipmaking deal worth $16.5 billion from Tesla Inc...

Kakao, Naver step up global AI hunt amid fierce tech race

Kakao, Naver step up global AI hunt amid fierce tech race

South Korea’s internet pioneers, Kakao Corp. and Naver Corp., are ramping up overseas investments in artificial intelligence startups, shiftin...

LG launches ChatExaone AI beta service, available soon for enterprise use

LG launches ChatExaone AI beta service, available soon for enterprise use

South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group has made its artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatExaone, available to external users, sign...

Celltrion eyes record high sales in 2025, fueled by high-margin biosimilars

Celltrion eyes record high sales in 2025, fueled by high-margin biosimilars

Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer, is poised to reap nearly 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion) in revenue this year a...

Hanwha seeks to buy Paraspara Seoul from developer tied to Banyan Tree Busan fire

Hanwha seeks to buy Paraspara Seoul from developer tied to Banyan Tree Busan fire

Hanwha Hotels & Resorts Co. is in talks to acquire Paraspara Seoul, a five-star hotel and resort, up for sale by a property developer facing lia...

LG links up with Chinese rivals for budget appliance supremacy

LG links up with Chinese rivals for budget appliance supremacy

LG Electronics Inc. has turned its rivals into allies in an unlikely pact to win the budget appliance war and ward off Chinese competitors rapidly e...

Hyundai Glovis charts new waters with world’s first AI-driven self-sailing car carrier fleet

Hyundai Glovis charts new waters with world’s first AI-driven self-sailing car carrier fleet

South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis Co. is poised to become the world’s first shipping company to deploy artificial intelligence-based autonomo...

Korea’s game studios rebrand as AI tech firms, move into fashion, robotics, media

Korea’s game studios rebrand as AI tech firms, move into fashion, robotics, media

What was once a world of elves, dragons and power-ups is now giving rise to one of South Korea’s most unexpected tech revolutions, with game s...

Samsung to launch AI health coach beta in US by end-2025

Samsung to launch AI health coach beta in US by end-2025

NEW YORK – Samsung Electronics Co. will roll out a beta version of AI-powered health coach within the Samsung Health application in the US by ...

Samsung’s latest Galaxy Z foldables: Slimmest, lightest yet smarter with AI features

Samsung’s latest Galaxy Z foldables: Slimmest, lightest yet smarter with AI features

NEW YORK – Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled its slimmest and most powerful foldable smartphones yet, loading them with artificial intellig...

Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman courts Korean AI startups as Riyadh, Abu Dhabi vie to build tech hubs

Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman courts Korean AI startups as Riyadh, Abu Dhabi vie to build tech hubs

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, the Middle East was a land of opportunity for many South Korean construction workers, who labored there under the scorc...

S.Korea to elevate science minister to deputy prime minister to lead in AI race

S.Korea to elevate science minister to deputy prime minister to lead in AI race

South Korea will elevate its new science minister to a deputy ministerial post, giving him authority to serve as the top coordinator of the governme...

Allianz-backed Koh Young’s brain surgery robot set for US debut by end-August

Allianz-backed Koh Young’s brain surgery robot set for US debut by end-August

Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, is set to install its brain ...

S.Korea names budget veteran as finance minister to prop up economy

S.Korea names budget veteran as finance minister to prop up economy

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Sunday appointed Koo Yoon-cheol, former head of the budget office, as finance minister as the government is ...

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