New Samsung, LG laptops drive industry shift toward on-device AI

New Samsung, LG laptops drive industry shift toward on-device AI

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are unveiling new artificial intelligence-powered laptops next month, joining an industry move to in...

Samsung tech leak suspects allegedly bribed by Chinese firm

Samsung tech leak suspects allegedly bribed by Chinese firm

A former senior manager at Samsung Electronics Co. and an ex-subcontractor employee are among those accused of receiving several tens of million dol...

Samsung to release Galaxy Book4 laptop series in January

Samsung to release Galaxy Book4 laptop series in January

Samsung Electronics Co. will release its laptop lineup Galaxy Book4 series on Jan. 2, 2024, with a new intelligent processor for high performance an...

Samsung, ASML to build joint research plant in Hwaseong

Samsung, ASML to build joint research plant in Hwaseong

Samsung Electronics Co. and ASML Holding NV plan to build their joint research plant in Dongtan township in Hwaseong, South Korea, in which the me...

Naver Webtoon to enhance global biz with new exec for US IPO

Naver Webtoon to enhance global biz with new exec for US IPO

Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, aims to ramp up its global business with the appointment of a new executive ahead...

Korea's NPS taps Jun Ahn as real estate investment head

Korea's NPS taps Jun Ahn as real estate investment head

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, appointed Jun Ahn (Ahn Jun-sang) as its real estate inv...

Line Next attracts $140 mn to globally expand NFT platform

Line Next attracts $140 mn to globally expand NFT platform

Line Next Corp., a digital asset affiliate of South Korean online portal giant Naver Corp., has attracted $140 million in a funding round led by Cre...

Samsung to relocate packaging unit workplace to lure talent

Samsung to relocate packaging unit workplace to lure talent

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is set to relocate its advanced packaging department’s workplace in South Kor...

CJ Foodville attracts $54 mn investment from Arges PE

CJ Foodville attracts $54 mn investment from Arges PE

CJ Foodville, the food service subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group and the operator of bakery brand Tous les Jours announced on Thursday that it at...

IT device recovery to power Korean parts makers in 2024

IT device recovery to power Korean parts makers in 2024

Global sales of consumer information technology electronics such as smartphones, PCs and TVs are expected to rebound in 2024, fueling hopes of an ea...

Samsung C&T to join Oman's green ammonia project

Samsung C&T to join Oman's green ammonia project

South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corp. announced on Wednesday it will participate in the Salalah H2 green ammonia project in Oman, a major init...

SK Ecoplant completes battery recycling plant in China

SK Ecoplant completes battery recycling plant in China

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant announced on Wednesday that it completed a battery recycling plant in the Yancheng Economic and Technological Develo...

ASML, Samsung to build R&D center in Korea for $760 mn

ASML, Samsung to build R&D center in Korea for $760 mn

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Samsung Electronics Co. and ASML Holding N.V. have reached a preliminary agreement to build a research and development fac...

HYBE ranks fifth in global tour revenue in 2023

HYBE ranks fifth in global tour revenue in 2023

The global tour revenue of HYBE Co., home to BTS and Seventeen, reached 250 billion won ($190 million) over the year.According to Hybe on Tuesday, t...

Mirae Asset acquires Indian brokerage firm Sharekhan for $360 million

Mirae Asset acquires Indian brokerage firm Sharekhan for $360 million

South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group has acquired Sharekhan Ltd., India’s 10th-largest brokerage firm, to enh...

S.Korea’s GC Cell targets global cell therapy CDMO business

S.Korea’s GC Cell targets global cell therapy CDMO business

GC Cell Corp., an affiliate of South Korea’s major pharmaceutical company GC Biopharma Corp., is targeting the cell therapy contract developme...

Samsung launches new growth engine control tower at mobile division

Samsung launches new growth engine control tower at mobile division

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips and smartphones, has created a business control tower within its Digital eX...

LegoChem Bio mulls name change after defeat to Lego

LegoChem Bio mulls name change after defeat to Lego

South Korean biopharmaceutical company LegoChem Biosciences Inc. is seeking to change its name after it lost in a trademark infringement lawsuit fil...

New 2024 E-Class soon to arrive in Korea, land of Mercedes-Benz

New 2024 E-Class soon to arrive in Korea, land of Mercedes-Benz

As with the launch of every new E-Class, the flagship model of luxury German car brand Mercedes-Benz, the phrase “evolution, not revolution&rd...

Hyundai Movex to supply smart logistics for Hankook Tire US plant

Hyundai Movex to supply smart logistics for Hankook Tire US plant

South Korea’s Hyundai Movex Co., the logistics automation solutions affiliate of Hyundai Group, secured a $82 million contract to equip Hank...

LG Elec joins governing body of SOAFEE

LG Elec joins governing body of SOAFEE

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Thursday that it became the ninth member of the governing body of the Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge ...

Samsung SDI forms ASB commercialization team

Samsung SDI forms ASB commercialization team

South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. formed a new team to promote the commercialization of the all-solid-state battery (ASB), the so-called “ba...

Palliser Capital urges Samsung C&T reform for $25 bn value-up

Palliser Capital urges Samsung C&T reform for $25 bn value-up

London-based hedge fund Palliser Capital said on Wednesday that Samsung C&T Corp. is 63% intrinsically undervalued and could increase its value ...

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE due in Korea; to premiere S24 model in January

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE due in Korea; to premiere S24 model in January

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone maker by volume, is launching the Galaxy S23 FE series – its latest fan edition ...

Lotte Group’s 3rd-generation son comes to the fore

Lotte Group’s 3rd-generation son comes to the fore

Shin Yoo-yeol, the eldest son of Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-Bin, was promoted to lead the group’s new division to be launched within its h...

GC Biopharma breaks ground on blood product plant in Indonesia

GC Biopharma breaks ground on blood product plant in Indonesia

South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. broke ground on Wednesday on Indonesia’s first blood product plant through technology transfer.Indonesi...

Korean banks enjoy robust earnings in Asian emerging markets

Korean banks enjoy robust earnings in Asian emerging markets

Four major banks in South Korea are enjoying healthy earnings from overseas businesses, particularly in Asian emerging markets.KEB Hana Bank posted ...

Hanwha to re-enter biopharma market, targeting biomaterials

Hanwha to re-enter biopharma market, targeting biomaterials

South Korea’s Hanwha Group will re-enter the biopharmaceutical market to become the country’s sole producer of tris buffers, a key reage...

Korean shipbuilders slide to 2nd place after China in November orders

Korean shipbuilders slide to 2nd place after China in November orders

South Korean shipbuilders slid to second place in new shipbuilding orders last month, yielding the top spot back to their Chinese rivals.According t...

POSCO starts building industrial gas facilities in Pohang

POSCO starts building industrial gas facilities in Pohang

South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO started to construct an industrial gas production facility with a capacity of 250,000 tons at its seconda...

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