SK Enmove partners with Dell, GRC for data center coolant business

SK Enmove partners with Dell, GRC for data center coolant business

South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co. has partnered with US computer maker Dell Technologies Inc. and data center cooling system provider...

Samsung set to supply HBM3, packaging services to AMD

Samsung set to supply HBM3, packaging services to AMD

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker is poised to provide its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips and t...

Samsung weighs retooling Galaxy S series with Exynos chipsets  

 Samsung weighs retooling Galaxy S series with Exynos chipsets  

Samsung Electronics Co. is seeking to switch the application processors (APs) of some Galaxy S models to its Exynos chipsets next year to lower its ...

Samsung Securities decides not to rejoin Korea’s top business lobby

Samsung Securities decides not to rejoin Korea’s top business lobby

Samsung Securities Co., in a surprise move, has decided not to rejoin South Korea’s top business lobby, the Federation of Korean Industries (F...

CJ Foodville picks Arges PE as preferred negotiator to attract investment

CJ Foodville picks Arges PE as preferred negotiator to attract investment

Arges Private Equity has been chosen as the preferred negotiator for attracting investment in CJ Foodville, the food service subsidiary of South Kor...

Samsung, LG Electronics top 2 global TV makers in H1

Samsung, LG Electronics top 2 global TV makers in H1

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., two South Korean tech giants, respectively achieved the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the global TV set ...

Samsung’ Galaxy Tab selected as top tablet in Australia

Samsung’ Galaxy Tab selected as top tablet in Australia

Samsung Electronics Co.'s tablet Galaxy Tab has secured the top spot in consumer satisfaction in Australia.According to Samsung Electronics on Monda...

Samsung to apply gaming-specific tech to Nexon’s new title

Samsung to apply gaming-specific tech to Nexon’s new title

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. announced a partnership with domestic video game developer Nexon Co. on Monday to release the world's first ...

Hanwha Life sees cumulative profit in 15 years in Vietnam

Hanwha Life sees cumulative profit in 15 years in Vietnam

Hanwha Life Insurance Co.’s Vietnamese subsidiary has reported a cumulative profit in 15 years, marking the first South Korean insurers’...

Gaming giant Krafton to pour additional $150 mn into India

Gaming giant Krafton to pour additional $150 mn into India

South Korean gaming giant Krafton Inc., renowned for its global mega-hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), is slated to ramp up investment...

EcoPro BM, SK On, Ford to invest $886 mn to build cathode plant in Canada

 EcoPro BM, SK On, Ford to invest $886 mn to build cathode plant in Canada

EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s leading battery material producer, will invest $886 million jointly with SK On Co. and Ford Motor Co. to build a ...

SK Telecom expands its Web3 ecosystem

SK Telecom expands its Web3 ecosystem

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. has joined hands with Polygon Labs, a New York-based global blockchain company, to expand its Web3 ecosystem.Both compa...

LG bets big on promising technologies for future growth

 LG bets big on promising technologies for future growth

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, is accelerating its investment in promising tech companies across the world despite the l...

Pearl Abyss to participate in Gamescom 2023

Pearl Abyss to participate in Gamescom 2023

South Korea's game developer and publisher Pearl Abyss Corp. will participate in Gamescom 2023, Europe's largest gaming expo to be held in Cologne...

Samsung's new US chip fab wins first foundry order from Groq

Samsung's new US chip fab wins first foundry order from Groq

Samsung Electronics Co. has bagged the first foundry order for its new factory that will be up and running later next year in Taylor, Texas, from Am...

Samsung C&T sells 150-MW solar power project in US

Samsung C&T sells 150-MW solar power project in US

South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. on Wednesday said its US-based green energy affiliate Samsung C&T Renewables sold a project for construction...

Samsung's Bespoke Qooker surpasses 200,000 units in sales

Samsung's Bespoke Qooker surpasses 200,000 units in sales

Samsung Electronics Co.'s Bespoke Qooker has exceeded cumulative sales of 200,000 units within two years since its launch.Bespoke Qooker is a vers...

Mirae Asset Global Investments buys Australian robo-advisor firm

Mirae Asset Global Investments buys Australian robo-advisor firm

South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments announced its acquisition of Stockspot, a prominent Australian robo-advisor specialist.In a statement r...

Samsung raises $2.2 billion via ASML stake sale for chip investment

Samsung raises $2.2 billion via ASML stake sale for chip investment

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has sold 3.55 million shares in Dutch chip equipment maker ASML Holding N.V. fo...

Tokio Marine seeks to sell SE Asia units to S.Korean companies

Tokio Marine seeks to sell SE Asia units to S.Korean companies

Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. is seeking to sell its units in Southeast Asia for $1 billion to major South Korean companies looking fo...

SK invests $100 mn in ChatGPT developer's rival Anthropic

SK invests $100 mn in ChatGPT developer's rival Anthropic

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. said on Sunday it has invested $100 million in the US startup Anthropic, a ChatGPT rival artificial intelligence ...

Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphones, watches hit global markets

Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphones, watches hit global markets

Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest models of its flagship Galaxy series of smartphones, watches and tablets have begun hitting the shelves of the comp...

KOREA Investment Week 2023 with KB KOREA Conference

KOREA Investment Week 2023 with KB KOREA Conference

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LS Cable invests $117.5 million in boosting submarine cable output

LS Cable invests $117.5 million in boosting submarine cable output

South Korea’s LS Cable & System on Thursday announced additional investment of 155.5 billion won ($117.5 million) in its plant in Donghae,...

S.Korea's largest investment forum to begin Sept. 11

S.Korea's largest investment forum to begin Sept. 11

South Korea’s largest investment conference will be held in Seoul Sept. 11-15 with around 100 chief executives from global financial services ...

Sejong City to cooperate with Northern Ireland in smart city, cybersecurity

Sejong City to cooperate with Northern Ireland in smart city, cybersecurity

South Korea's Sejong Special Self-Governing City will pursue economic exchange with Northern Ireland and cooperation in cybersecurity research with ...

Samsung lukewarm on Arm IPO, questioning valuation

Samsung lukewarm on Arm IPO, questioning valuation

Samsung Electronics Co. is not keen to invest in SoftBank’s British chip design unit Arm, the valuation of which seems too high, according to ...

Samsung materials suppliers Soulbrain, DNF to merge in $87 mn deal

Samsung materials suppliers Soulbrain, DNF to merge in $87 mn deal

Soulbrain Holdings Co., a South Korean high-tech materials supplier to Samsung Electronics Co., is in final talks to buy a controlling stake in anot...

SK Bioscience buys 6.5 million Novavax shares for $83.4 million

SK Bioscience buys 6.5 million Novavax shares for $83.4 million

SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to buy 6.5 million shares in US vacc...

UBS names Credit Suisse Korea head as vice chair for Asia

UBS names Credit Suisse Korea head as vice chair for Asia

UBS Group AG, a global investment bank, appointed Kyungin David Lee, chief of Credit Suisse Group AG’s Seoul branch, as vice chair for Asia an...

Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman courts Korean AI startups as Riyadh, Abu Dhabi vie to build tech hubs K Shipbuilding up for sale as Korean shipyards ride new boom Samsung to buy US health tech firm Xealth in digital health push Korean waste management firm Koentec put on market for $730 mn US unveils 25% tariffs on S.Korea, sets Aug. 1 deadline for agreement