Samsung, LG ditch BOE in likely Apple deal for iPad Pro OLED panels

Samsung, LG ditch BOE in likely Apple deal for iPad Pro OLED panels

Samsung Display Co. and LG Display Co. will likely win orders from Apple Inc. to build organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for the US tech ...

Samsung eyes wider foundry client base with Ambarella deal

Samsung eyes wider foundry client base with Ambarella deal

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Tuesday it will manufacture automotive chips for US chip designer Ambar...

Korea's Hansol Technics enjoys profit on chip equipment unit

Korea's Hansol Technics enjoys profit on chip equipment unit

Hansol Technics Co., a South Korean company that makes modules for liquid crystal display (LCD) and solar panels, boosted earnings last year thanks ...

Will CATL’s bargain sales hurt Korean EV battery makers?

Will CATL’s bargain sales hurt Korean EV battery makers?

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), the leading global electric vehicle battery manufacturer, has started a price war in the w...

Kosdaq-listed Daebo Magnetic’s 46% stake up for sale, its shares swing

Kosdaq-listed Daebo Magnetic’s 46% stake up for sale, its shares swing

South Korea’s leading secondary battery equipment player Daebo Magnetic Co. is set to sell its owner family’s controlling stake of about...

S.Korea's Samsung C&T wins 2023 Asia Design Prize

S.Korea's Samsung C&T wins 2023 Asia Design Prize

On Monday, Samsung C&T Corp.'s construction division announced that Dongrae Raemian iPark in Busan, South Korea, a project in which it participa...

Samsung Electronics, Naver partner to create simple payment service

Samsung Electronics, Naver partner to create simple payment service

Samsung Electronics Co. and South Korea's Naver Financial have formed a simple payment service alliance in which users of Samsung Pay can make simpl...

Samsung ‘demanding customer’ for ASML as orders rise

Samsung ‘demanding customer’ for ASML as orders rise

VELDHOVEN, Netherlands – South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. is a “demanding customer” for the Netherlands-based ASML Hold...

Korea United Pharm signs contract to supply medicines to Saudi Arabia

Korea United Pharm signs contract to supply medicines to Saudi Arabia

Korea United Pharm. Inc. announced on Monday that it signed a contract to supply nine types of medicines, including 11 anticancer drugs, to Saudi ph...

LG Elec wins best eco-friendly washing machine title in US

LG Elec wins best eco-friendly washing machine title in US

Consumer Reports, a prominent consumer magazine in the US, has named LG Electronics Inc.'s washing machines as the "best eco-friendly washing machin...

LG Electronics unveils new OLED TV at Frieze LA

LG Electronics unveils new OLED TV at Frieze LA

LG Electronics Inc. said on Sunday that it would launch its 2023 model LG OLED Evo TV globally next month, after showcasing it at Frieze LA, one of ...

LG Electronics expedites global B2B push with signage displays

LG Electronics expedites global B2B push with signage displays

LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s electronics giant, is betting big on digital signage displays as part of its global B2B push to offset weak...

Samsung leader eyes memory chip packaging investment

Samsung leader eyes memory chip packaging investment

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, may accelerate investment in leading-edge technologies including chip packaging...

Chip designers in high demand despite industry slowdown

Chip designers in high demand despite industry slowdown

The semiconductor industry is reeling from a chip supply glut amid a broader global economic slowdown. However, as the saying goes, every cloud has ...

Samsung launches Galaxy S23 series in 55 markets worldwide

Samsung launches Galaxy S23 series in 55 markets worldwide

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday the release of its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S23 series, in 55 markets around the world, in...

SK to build $480 mn recycling plant in France with partners

SK to build $480 mn recycling plant in France with partners

SK Geo Centric Co. is set to build a 450 million euro ($479.6 million) plastic recycling plant in France with the country’s utility company SU...

S.Korea's battery industry looks for staff fluent in European languages

S.Korea's battery industry looks for staff fluent in European languages

South Korea's battery companies are seeking human resources fluent in the languages and familiar with the cultures of countries where plants are loc...

Samsung’s TV business launches customer marketing team

Samsung’s TV business launches customer marketing team

South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is putting into action an age-old mantra that reflects the importance of customers in its bus...

Samsung C&T to cancel $2.3 bn worth of treasury shares, stocks up

Samsung C&T to cancel $2.3 bn worth of treasury shares, stocks up

Samsung C&T Corp.’s share price zoomed on Thursday on news that the company will cancel its entire treasury stock holdings worth about 2.9...

Vietnam’s rise: An ominous sign for Korean chipmakers

Vietnam’s rise: An ominous sign for Korean chipmakers

Just a few years back, it was Taiwan that was on everyone’s lips in the semiconductor industry.The small East Asian island country, home to th...

Samsung develops world's first reusable air filter for harmful gases

Samsung develops world's first reusable air filter for harmful gases

Samsung Electronics Co., the South Korean electronics giant, has developed the world’s first filter that can remove both fine dust and harmful...

S.Korea's extended reality sector forms industry convergence alliance

S.Korea's extended reality sector forms industry convergence alliance

The Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a convergence alliance of the domestic exte...

Samsung Elec launches motor HR development track with sci-tech school

Samsung Elec launches motor HR development track with sci-tech school

Samsung Electronics Co. and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) will jointly develop human resources to advance motor technology, the...

Korean Chips Act revision hits roadblock as opposition lawmakers balk

Korean Chips Act revision hits roadblock as opposition lawmakers balk

The proposed revision to South Korea’s answer to the US CHIPS and Science Act has hit a roadblock as the main opposition party, which controls...

S.Korea's EcoPro boosts raw material plant for cathode materials

S.Korea's EcoPro boosts raw material plant for cathode materials

South Korea's EcoPro Co., a leading cathode supplier for global battery makers, is expanding its plant for raw materials used in secondary battery c...

Samsung secures $16 bn loan from display unit for chipmaking

Samsung secures $16 bn loan from display unit for chipmaking

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has signed a deal to take out a cash loan of 20 trillion won ($15...

LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China

LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. for the second straight year was No. 1 on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries excluding Chin...

LG Chem builds S.Korea's first plant for clinical trials

LG Chem builds S.Korea's first plant for clinical trials

LG Chem Ltd. has built South Korea’s first pharmaceutical plant dedicated to clinical trials, which the company expects to speed up its medici...

Samsung Electronics, KAIST join forces to train robotics experts

Samsung Electronics, KAIST join forces to train robotics experts

Samsung Electronics Co. has partnered with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to cultivate specialists in robotics. On M...

Samsung, SK Hynix: key beneficiaries of ChatGPT fever

Samsung, SK Hynix: key beneficiaries of ChatGPT fever

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, stand to benefit from the global popularity of ChatGPT. ...

S.Korea’s leading ERP player Douzone Bizon up for sale; EQT Partners in talks MSCI maintains S.Korea’s emerging-market status; level playing field required GEPS taps former KB Asset chief risk officer as new CIO Affinity Equity nets $220 mn from block sale of Shinhan Financial F&F’s bid for TaylorMade complicates Centroid's exit