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
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reinforced its partnership with South Korean artificial intelligence startup Upstage, backing the company with a minor...
HD Hyundai to build quantum-secure network for shipbuilding, defense
HD Hyundai Co., the parent of the world’s largest shipbuilder, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., will build a quantum cryptography communicatio...
Hana Bank, Vietnam’s BIDV to expand cross-border QR payment services under strategic partnership
Hana Bank, one of South Korea’s leading lenders, said on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with Vietnam's largest state-owned commerci...
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 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
South Korea’s major mobile carrier KT Corp., which has picked artificial intelligence as its next growth engine, posted record-high quarterly ...
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...
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...
Musk confirms $16.5 bn alliance with Samsung: 'Spoke with Lee via video call'
Elon Musk isn’t leaving any room for doubt when it comes to Tesla’s multibillion-dollar chip deal with Samsung Electronics Co.The Tesla ...
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...
Korea Investment & Securities, Muzinich & Co. explore strategic partnership on global credit portfolio
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), the brokerage unit of Korea Investment Holding Co., is exploring a strategic partnership with US privat...
Yulchon, FleishmanHillard sign partnership to strengthen shareholder activism advisory
Yulchon LCC, one of South Korea’s leading law firms, has signed a memorandum of understanding with FleishmanHillard Korea to strengthen their ...
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
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
South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group has made its artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatExaone, available to external users, sign...
Korea Investment & Securities, UBP seek private banking partnership
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), a unit of Korea Investment Holdings Co., said on Thursday it has discussed a strategic partnership with...
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
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
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
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
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...
HD Hyundai, India’s Cochin Shipyard to pursue joint shipbuilding orders
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s largest shipbuilding group based in South Korea, has signed a memorandum of understanding with India’s large...
LG Group executives to meet with Honda CEO to explore partnership
LG Group is accelerating its efforts to build a partnership with Honda Motor Co. as South Korea's fourth-largest conglomerate beefs up its automotiv...
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...
NPS, Scape acquire Aussie senior living operator Aveo from Brookfield
South Korea’s state-run pension fund, the National Pension Service (NPS), has partnered with Australia’s student housing specialist Scap...
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 ...
Kolon's early bets on para-aramid recovery pays off amid AI boom
The artificial intelligence boom is spilling over into the industrial fiber market, driving demand for para-aramid, a so-called super fiber essentia...
S.Korea’s leading ERP player Douzone Bizon up for sale; EQT, others in talks
Douzone Bizon Co., South Korea’s leading homegrown enterprise software firm and the country’s No. 2 player in the enterprise resource pl...
LS Electric poised to join Nvidia's supply chain via Vertiv deal
LS Electric Co., a South Korean industrial system supplier, is poised to deliver a large volume of power control equipment, including switchgears an...
