Market views turn bullish on Samsung as AI-led chip demand rises

Market views turn bullish on Samsung as AI-led chip demand rises

Views on leading memory chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co. are becoming more bullish as the South Korean tech giant is expected to benefit from a ris...

KT's dietary management solution passes AI quality test

KT's dietary management solution passes AI quality test

A South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) solution that analyzes and presents information on the type and nutritional content of food after a us...

LG, Samsung showcase new battery packs at InterBattery Europe 2023

LG, Samsung showcase new battery packs at InterBattery Europe 2023

MUNICH – South Korea’s two leading battery makers – LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Samsung SDI Co. – on Wednesday unveiled low-...

S.Korea's Krafton establishes AI game subsidiary

S.Korea's Krafton establishes AI game subsidiary

South Korea's leading game developer Krafton Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has established a new independent studio called ReLU Games.Krafton ...

LG Uplus, Hyundai Elevator to launch AI-based management service

LG Uplus, Hyundai Elevator to launch AI-based management service

LG Uplus Corp. on Monday said it released Miri View, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based elevator passenger safety system developed with Hyundai E...

Display makers LG, Samsung gear up for OLED gaming monitor boom

Display makers LG, Samsung gear up for OLED gaming monitor boom

South Korea’s two largest panel makers – LG Display Co. and Samsun Display Co. – are bracing for a gaming monitor boom as gamers w...

Samsung Heavy to establish R&D center in Busan

Samsung Heavy to establish R&D center in Busan

Samsung Heavy Industries is pushing forward with the establishment of a research and development (R&D) center in Busan. This move is part of the...

Samsung releases world's first dual QHD gaming monitor

Samsung releases world's first dual QHD gaming monitor

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it will sequentially release its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) gaming monitor Odyssey OLED G9...

LG Group to launch global strategy center in July

LG Group to launch global strategy center in July

LG Group will reportedly launch next month a global strategy center to analyze business trends abroad and devise responses.Industry sources on Sunda...

S.Korea's game companies wage all-out offensive to recruit AI talent

S.Korea's game companies wage all-out offensive to recruit AI talent

The race in South Korea to secure artificial intelligence (AI) know-how in the video game industry, the hottest trend in the field, is intensifying ...

Hyundai ramps up ties with Samsung, SK, LG for EVs, self-driving cars

Hyundai ramps up ties with Samsung, SK, LG for EVs, self-driving cars

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is strengthening its tech alliance with its local partners such as Samsung, LG and SK to stay ah...

OpenAI’s Sam Altman seeks help from Korean startups, chipmakers

OpenAI’s Sam Altman seeks help from Korean startups, chipmakers

Sam Altman, chief executive of Microsoft-backed OpenAI and ChatGPT creator, said on Friday that he hopes to collaborate with South Korean developers...

Hanjin to participate in operation of logistics center in Thailand

Hanjin to participate in operation of logistics center in Thailand

South Korea's Hanjin Transportation, a logistics unit of Hanjin Group, announced on Friday that it will open a 9,000-square-meter container freight ...

LG Uplus to use UAM to slash EMS transportation time

LG Uplus to use UAM to slash EMS transportation time

South Korea's internet service provider LG Uplus Corp. on Thursday said it signed an agreement with the municipal government of Jinju, South Gyeongs...

LG Energy to expand EV battery care with 7 imported car dealers

LG Energy to expand EV battery care with 7 imported car dealers

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. has teamed up with seven imported car dealers in the country to expand the company's electric vehicle (EV) b...

Polestar 3 to light up roads with headlamps of LG’s ZKW

Polestar 3 to light up roads with headlamps of LG’s ZKW

The Polestar 3, an all-electric mid-sized sport utility vehicle, will be equipped with high-definition light-emitting diode (HD LED) headlights deve...

Craft brewery startups poised to revolutionize brew scene in South Korea

Craft brewery startups poised to revolutionize brew scene in South Korea

Craft beers and highballs from emerging breweries and distilleries are poised to disturb the South Korean alcoholic beverage market dominated by gia...

SK Networks to invest $2 mn in Dutch agtech startup

SK Networks to invest $2 mn in Dutch agtech startup

SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading company, announced on Thursday that it will invest $2 million in the series A round of Source.ag, a smart fa...

LG Electronics eyes premium market in Saudi Arabia, India

LG Electronics eyes premium market in Saudi Arabia, India

LG Electronics Inc. will seek out new business opportunities as a premium brand in Saudi Arabia for the oil-rich kingdom’s $500 billion Neom m...

LG, FuriosaAI to jointly develop next-generation AI chip

LG, FuriosaAI to jointly develop next-generation AI chip

LG AI Research Institute announced on Wednesday its strategic alliance with FuriosaAI, South Korea’s fabless chip designer. The partnership ...

LG Energy, Novonix join hands for US EV battery material

LG Energy, Novonix join hands for US EV battery material

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle battery maker, has teamed up with Novonix Ltd., an Australian cell ingredi...

Team from KAIST wins Quadruped Robot Challenge of UK

Team from KAIST wins Quadruped Robot Challenge of UK

A team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has won the Quadruped Robot Challenge of the UK, easily beating models fr...

LG CNS, Honeywell collaborate on smart factory

LG CNS, Honeywell collaborate on smart factory

LG CNS Co., the information technology service arm of LG Group, is enhancing production efficiency and security in smart factories through collabora...

KT, Naver chosen as suppliers of S.Korea’s hyperscale AI project

KT, Naver chosen as suppliers of S.Korea’s hyperscale AI project

South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency (NIA) have enlisted four tech enterprises — KT Corp., Nav...

POSCO launches first product from its low-carbon Greenate brand

POSCO launches first product from its low-carbon Greenate brand

South Korea's top steelmaker POSCO on Sunday launched the first product from its low-carbon brand Greenate.Greenate features distribution-type produ...

Bredis Healthcare, Tilda win June D.Day, Korea’s oldest startup pitch race

 Bredis Healthcare, Tilda win June D.Day, Korea’s oldest startup pitch race

An early-stage startup by young entrepreneurs who developed a digital diagnostic tool for brain disease and an AI-powered business optimization prog...

POSCO-GM JV to double cathode output, build precursor plant

POSCO-GM JV to double cathode output, build precursor plant

South Korean battery materials producer POSCO Future M Co. said on Friday it will inject 1 trillion won ($765 million) into its joint venture with G...

LG Chem’s CEO searches for talent in Japan to lead new growth engines

LG Chem’s CEO searches for talent in Japan to lead new growth engines

Vice Chairman and CEO Shin Hak-cheol of South Korea's largest chemical company LG Chem Ltd. is looking for talent in Japan to lead his company's thr...

Riiid inks deal with ALC to expand its AI-based TOEIC platform in Japan

Riiid inks deal with ALC to expand its AI-based TOEIC platform in Japan

South Korean AI-powered edtech firm, Riiid, announced on Thursday it has partnered with ALC, a premier brand in the Japanese language education indu...

South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator applies AI to boost customer convenience

South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator applies AI to boost customer convenience

"Miri is a leading example of digital transformation in the elevator sector that raises a notch service speed and customer convenience. Let’s ...

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