Samsung, Trek Bicycle launch Ultra Riding Challenge

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday that it launched the Ultra Riding Challenge in collaboration with global bicycle brand Trek Bicycle, offerin...

TCL narrows gap with Samsung in premium mini LED TV segment

China’s TCL Technology, the world’s No. 2 TV maker, has been expanding its presence not only in the market for cheap LCD TVs but also in...

Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy resumes Asia push

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a leading South Korean shipbuilder, is set to resume investments in its China-based facilities while considering launc...

Samsung launches wrapping ad on New York City tour buses

South Korea's Samsung Display Co. announced on Monday that it will launch a wrapping  advertisement promoting the excellence of Samsung OLED on...

S.Korea's top three tire makers sell 45 mn units in H1 2024

South Korean tire manufacturers have nearly reached sales of 45 million units in the global market during the first half of this year, the Korea Tir...

Biotech stocks, foreigners’ top pick in Korea amid panic selling

Foreigners and institutional investors in the South Korean stock market picked biotechs as their favorite shares in hopes of a biopharma stock jump ...

Kolon to invest $94 mn in industry film JV with SK Microworks

South Korea’s major chemical materials producer Kolon Industries Inc. is set to invest 129.6 billion won ($94.2 million) to establish an indus...

Samsung SDS gains AI management system certification

Samsung SDS Co. announced on Thursday that it has become the first company in South Korea's IT service industry to receive the ISO/IEC 42001 certifi...

Gas maker Air Products Korea put on sale for around $3.6 bn

US industrial gas maker Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has put its South Korean unit up for sale for an estimated 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion), in...

GS Caltex to capture and utilize carbon with own technology

South Korea's GS Caltex Corp. will launch a carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project in collaboration with South Jeolla Province and Yeosu City ...

PE firms seek to buy Korean explosives maker for $218 mn

A private equity consortium seeks to buy a 100% stake in Koryo Nobel Explosives Co., South Korea’s No. 2 industrial explosives manufacturer, f...

Samsung signs wind turbine structure supply deal with Equinor

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said on Wednesday that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Norway's state-owned energy company Equi...

PUBG’s Krafton taps ex-Apple, Samsung execs for global business

South Korean gaming giant Krafton Inc. has hired former executives of not only global game developers but also tech leaders such as Apple Inc. and S...

Samsung produces thinnest low-power DRAM for AI mobile devices

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, has begun mass production of the industry’s thinnest low-power double data ra...

South Korean beauty device makers bulk up through M&As

South Korean beauty device manufacturers are aggressively pursuing mergers and acquisitions both at home and abroad to expand their scale, diversify...

Will Samsung benefit from Nvidia’s new AI chip delays?

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is expected to benefit from Nvidia Corp.’s delays in shipping AI chips, as gl...

Samsung invests in US AI security startup Protect AI

Samsung Venture Investment Corp., Samsung Electronics Co.'s venture capital firm, has invested in Protect AI Inc., a US startup offering a security ...

Samsung, Ottogi unveil exclusive lifestyle TV goods

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that it collaborated with the domestic food company Ottogi to release limited edition goods called Samsu...

Samsung’s new chip leader calls for restoring competitiveness  

It is urgent to restore Samsung Electronics Co.'s competitiveness in the semiconductor business, the chip division’s new head said in his firs...

Samsung releases 1-terabyte microSD cards for mobile devices

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday released higher-capacity memory cards for portable devices that can store up to 1 terabyte (TB) of data, almost ...

Samsung set to ship HBM3E chips in H2 after strong H1

Samsung Electronics Co. expects it will be ready to ship its fifth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, or HBM3E, in the second half, demon...

Samsung SDI’s Q2 profit drops on sluggish European EV sales

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, saw its second-quarter operating profit plunge from the year-earlie...

SK Hynix aims for graphics chip supremacy with GDDR7 in Q3

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Tuesday it plans to begin volume production ...

Samsung, LG bet big on gaming monitors on esports boom

South Korea’s electronics giants Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are gearing up for a fierce battle in the gaming monitor mark...

Sapien Semiconductors looks to overtake Novatek in MicroLED DDI chips

South Korea’s Sapien Semiconductors Inc. is a lesser-known startup outside of the chip industry. However, it is a little giant in the fabless ...

Samsung SmartThings gets global certification for information security

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that its global connected living platform SmartThings received the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for ...

Samsung C&T to participate in basic design of Romania SMR

Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, will participate in the basic design of the Romanian ...

S.Korea's refining industry sees record export of 245.3 mn barrels

South Korea's four major oil refiners—SK Energy, GS Caltex, S-Oil Corp., and HD Hyundai Oilbank—achieved a record high in petroleum pr...

Samsung, LG go in different directions for all solid batteries

South Korean household names Samsung and LG are in a new race to win the market for solid-state batteries, next-generation batteries promising enhan...

Samsung tipped to supply HBM3 to Nvidia for Chinese market

Samsung Electronics Co. has passed Nvidia Corp.’s qualification tests for its fourth-generation high-bandwidth memory, or HBM3 chips, for use ...