LG Elec to showcase eco-friendly cooling, heating solutions at ISH 2023

LG Electronics Inc. is aiming to expand its presence in the European air conditioning market with its high-efficiency heat pump cooling and heating ...

Timeline of HYBE's failed bid for SM vs Kakao

(All dates in 2023) -- Jan. 15: Align Partners Capital Management filed proxy litigation against SM Entertainment Co. Founder Lee Soo-man and seven...

HYBE withdraws bid for SM in $1 bn battle with Kakao

South Korea's HYBE Co., the company behind the global sensation BTS, said on Sunday it has decided to pull out of the face-off with Kakao Corp. for ...

Hyundai Motor spins off 4 in-house startups in mobility, AI, data

Hyundai Motor Group has spun off four new in-house startups, including MOBINN with autonomous driving technology and APLAYS with AI-powered music cu...

Korea's StoneBridge Ventures invests $91 mn in semiconductor, AI

South Korean venture capital investment firm StoneBridge Ventures Inc. announced on Thursday that it has invested a total of 120 billion won ($90.9 ...

SK Networks invests $22 mn in US AI-based device company

South Korea's SK Networks has identified a startup specializing in AI-based devices and software platforms as a new investment target. The startup, ...

Lunit to supply AI image analysis solutions to Singapore

South Korea's Lunit Inc., an artificial intelligence (AI) medical company, announced on Wednesday that it has secured a contract to provide Lunit In...

Will SM shares’ bull run foil Kakao’s takeover attempt?

The bull run in shares of SM Entertainment Co. may deal a heavy blow to Kakao Corp. ’s 1.25-trillion-won ($950 million) takeover bid for the K...

Lunit receives $1 mn in tech fees from Guardant Health of US

The US operations of South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) medical company Lunit have received a major boost after the company got the green li...

Korea's AI startup Quantit attracts $23 mn Series A investment

South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) company Vaiv Company Inc. announced on Tuesday that Quantit, its fintech subsidiary, has received a 30 bi...

Kakao Brain launches web service to turn imagination into images

Kakao Brain, a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) company owned by Kakao Corp., launched an open beta version of "B^ EDIT," a web service tha...

Korea's Indent Corp. raises $8 mn for AI-based video review marketing

Indent Corporation, a South Korean startup that operates an AI-based video review marketing solution called VReview, announced on Tuesday that it ha...

Korea's SK Telecom jointly develops AI patrol robots

SK Telecom Co., along with its partner firms, will develop artificial intelligence (AI) robots that will replace security guards patrolling around s...

Kakao to launch takeover bid for SM to counter HYBE

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s dominant mobile platform, will launch a takeover bid for SM Entertainment Co., according to people with knowledge o...

HYBE barely ups SM stake in tender offer amid tensions with Kakao

HYBE Co. has raised its stake in the K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co. by merely 0.98% in a tender offer, after just one institution and minority i...

HYBE to raise up to $769 mn, new twist on battle with Kakao for SM

HYBE Co. is tightening the reins in its fight against Kakao Corp. for control of SM Entertainment Co. by raising up to 1 trillion won ($768.6 millio...

HYBE wins 2nd battle against Kakao over SM Entertainment

A South Korean court on Friday ruled in favor of SM Entertainment Co. Founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man to block the company from sellin...

Kakao Healthcare to launch diabetes monitoring app

South Korea’s dominant mobile platform Kakao Corp. will kick off its healthcare services this year with the launch of a diabetes monitoring ap...

Binance’s new NFT platform accused of copying Korean startup’s Chatcasso

Binance has been accused of copying a South Korean startup’s ideas and design of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered non-fungible token (...

US CHIPS Act threatens Samsung, SK Hynix’s memory supremacy

WASHINGTON D.C. – The Biden administration’s “Chips for America” program aims to keep China’s growing clout in the sem...

HYBE loses 1st battle against Kakao for SM Entertainment

South Korea’s HYBE Co. lost its first battle against dominant local mobile platform Kakao Corp. over SM Entertainment Co. as the label behind ...

Kakao Impact, KAIST team up for social change through technology

Kakao Impact, a corporate foundation of Kakao Corp., South Korea’s top mobile platform company, said on Tuesday it has agreed to work with the...

Naver’s HyperCLOVA X: More Korean-proficient than ChatGPT

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. will unveil an updated version of its AI platform HyperCLOVA, HyperCLOVA X, which it said better unders...

Kakao vows to thwart HYBE scheme for SM control

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s dominant mobile platform, said on Monday it would mobilize all possible countermeasures against HYBE Co. ’s a...

S.Korea’s SK Telecom to advance AI tech through partnerships

BARCELONA -- SK Telecom Co. plans to develop world-class artificial intelligence technology through partnerships with companies of Korean descent at...

Hyundai Elevator cuts breakdowns with AI prediction technology

South Korea’s No. 1 elevator maker Hyundai Elevator Co. said on Monday it had reduced the number of stoppages and breakdowns of its elevators ...

Hyundai Department Store uses AI to write advertising copy

South Korea's Hyundai Department Store Co. on Sunday said it will officially introduce on Thursday an artificial intelligence (AI) copywriting syste...

Kakao Brain to launch investment fund for AI startups

Kakao Brain, a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) company owned by Kakao Corp., said on Sunday it plans to set up a fund of up to 10 billion ...

Com2Verse, Microsoft sign agreement for metaverse cooperation

Com2Verse, a subsidiary of the metaverse division of Com2uS Studios, announced on Friday its collaboration with Microsoft Korea for the development ...

HYBE cries foul over SM, Kakao’s undisclosed deal

HYBE Co., the label behind the global sensation BTS, is considering legal action to invalidate an undisclosed deal between SM Entertainment Co. and ...