SK Networks invests $19 mn in AI startup Upstage

SK Networks invests $19 mn in AI startup Upstage

South Korea's SK Networks Co. announced on Friday that it has invested 25 billion won ($19.02 million) in the domestic artificial intelligence (AI...

Hyundai unveils IONIQ 5 N concept NPX1 in Japan

Hyundai unveils IONIQ 5 N concept NPX1 in Japan

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Friday that it unveiled the high-performance electric vehicle (EV) IONIQ 5's N Performance Concept model NPX1 for the...

Samsung to double HBM chip production to lead on-device AI chip era

Samsung to double HBM chip production to lead on-device AI chip era

LAS VEGAS – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to more than double its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chi...

Hyundai, Samsung-backed startups vie for spotlight at CES  

Hyundai, Samsung-backed startups vie for spotlight at CES  

LAS VEGAS – At CES, big tech names often take center stage but this is also a dream place for underdogs to become rising stars with unconventi...

Hyundai Motor in deal to secure lithium hydroxide from China’s Chengxin

Hyundai Motor in deal to secure lithium hydroxide from China’s Chengxin

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group has agreed to secure lithium hydroxide, a key raw material for electric vehicle batteries, fro...

Upstage installs Solar in KakaoTalk AI services

Upstage installs Solar in KakaoTalk AI services

South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) tech startup Upstage announced on Thursday that its small language model (SLM) Specialized and Opti...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics eyes turnaround with Galaxy AI

Samsung Electro-Mechanics eyes turnaround with Galaxy AI

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., the top electronic components maker in South Korea, aims for a turnaround this year with the launch of the first arti...

Supernal debuts upgraded flying-car concept; Hyundai reveals MOBION

Supernal debuts upgraded flying-car concept; Hyundai reveals MOBION

LAS VEGAS – Supernal LLC, the US-based urban air mobility (UAM) affiliate of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, has unveiled its latest ...

Korea's JLK targets AI-based stroke care market in US

Korea's JLK targets AI-based stroke care market in US

South Korea’s JLK Inc., an AI-based stroke care platform maker, will go all out to build its foothold in the US this year, aiming to lift its ...

Hyundai’s 42dot, Samsung to develop AI-powered SDV platform

Hyundai’s 42dot, Samsung to develop AI-powered SDV platform

LAS VEGAS – Hyundai Motor Group’s self-driving technology unit 42dot Inc. will develop an artificial intelligence-powered software-defin...

South Korea Ban Takes Dog Meat Off the Menu

South Korea Ban Takes Dog Meat Off the Menu

SEOUL—Dog meat will no longer be allowed in South Korea, capping a decadeslong campaign against a controversial practice that many locals have...

Taeyoung’s fresh measures raise hope for debt workout

Taeyoung’s fresh measures raise hope for debt workout

Taeyoung Group, South Korea’s midsize conglomerate controlling logistics, media and construction businesses, on Tuesday vowed to offer up its ...

Samsung eyes biotech investments via Flagship Pioneering

Samsung eyes biotech investments via Flagship Pioneering

Samsung C&T Corp., Samsung Biologics Co. and Samsung Bioepis Co. will ramp up investments in US biotechnology startups in collaboration with Fla...

Upstage's AI beats global peers in benchmark math tests

Upstage's AI beats global peers in benchmark math tests

South Korean artificial intelligence tech startup Upstage said on Monday that its math-specific large language model (LLM), jointly developed with l...

Hyundai to invest an additional $744 mn in Indian hydrogen biz

Hyundai to invest an additional $744 mn in Indian hydrogen biz

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, is set to invest an additional $744 million in India for a hydrogen ecosystem to lead the futu...

Korea’s Hanwha Ocean quits money-losing container shipbuilding business

 Korea’s Hanwha Ocean quits money-losing container shipbuilding business

South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean Co., the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, has decided to exit the money-losing container shipbuilding busin...

LG Uplus invests $7.6 mn in 42Maru

LG Uplus invests $7.6 mn in 42Maru

South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. announced on Sunday that it has invested 10 billion won ($7.6 million) in 42Maru, a domestic language AI startup....

Samsung ramps up on-device NPU chip R&D; LG Electronics joins race

Samsung ramps up on-device NPU chip R&D; LG Electronics joins race

Samsung Electronics Co., in a rare move, has added 200 engineers to its system-on-chip design team at its research center in South Korea to develop ...

Hyundai, Kia join hands with Gore to develop hydrogen fuel cell material

Hyundai, Kia join hands with Gore to develop hydrogen fuel cell material

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Friday it has signed an agreement with W. L. Gore & Associates Inc., a US material...

Samsung dubs upcoming Galaxy S24 AI phone as on-device AI race rages on

Samsung dubs upcoming Galaxy S24 AI phone as on-device AI race rages on

Employees at Samsung Electronics Co.'s Mobile eXperience (MX) division recently developed a habit of referring to the upcoming Galaxy series of smar...

SK Telecom, Naver, AfreecaTV to introduce AI in sportscasting

SK Telecom, Naver, AfreecaTV to introduce AI in sportscasting

SK Telecom Co., Naver Corp., and AfreecaTV have joined forces to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the sports broadcasting field....

Hyundai Motor, Kia post record US sales in 2023, to rank 4th in US

Hyundai Motor, Kia post record US sales in 2023, to rank 4th in US

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group saw its vehicle sales in the US rise to an all-time high in 2023, driven by its latest models of recreationa...

Virtual humans debut on Korean Air’s in-flight video

Virtual humans debut on Korean Air’s in-flight video

Korean Air Lines Co. released on Thursday a new in-flight safety video featuring a virtual human dressed as a flight attendant. This is the first ti...

LG Display to premiere 480Hz gaming OLED at CES 2024

LG Display to premiere 480Hz gaming OLED at CES 2024

LG Display Co., the world’s leading organic light-emitting display (OLED) maker in South Korea, will showcase its premium OLED gaming panel se...

Samsung, Hyundai Motor in joint push for connected cars

Samsung, Hyundai Motor in joint push for connected cars

Samsung Electronics Co. will connect its smart home devices with the in-vehicle infotainment systems of Hyundai and Kia cars, including electric veh...

LG to inject $700 million in startups in West Virginia

LG to inject $700 million in startups in West Virginia

CHARLESTON, WV – LG Electronics Inc. will form a fund with the State of West Virginia to inject $700 million over the next five years to foste...

Digital healthcare, robot, AI chip startups among VCs’ 2024 top picks

Digital healthcare, robot, AI chip startups among VCs’ 2024 top picks

Startups that specialize in digital healthcare, robots and artificial intelligence chips are among South Korea-based venture capital firms’ to...

S-1 sees facial recognition AI as core trend in 2024

S-1 sees facial recognition AI as core trend in 2024

South Korea's system securities provider S-1 Corp. has forecasted a significant rise in the demand for AI-powered security solutions this year, pr...

Samsung Heavy wins $1.5 bn order for FLNG

Samsung Heavy wins $1.5 bn order for FLNG

South Korea's shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries announced on Tuesday that it has secured an order for one floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) p...

Celltrion to sell portfolio of Takeda drugs to CBC Group

Celltrion to sell portfolio of Takeda drugs to CBC Group

South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. will divest of a portfolio of Takeda Pharmaceutical's prescription medicines sold in Asia to CBC Group, a Singapo...

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