Orion’s Turtle Chips launches in Vietnam, India

South Korea's confectionary giant Orion Corp. is launching its popular snack "Kkobuk Chip" in Vietnam and India. Orion announced on Monday that it h...

GS Group's petrochem equipment unit eyes up to $154 mn via pre-IPO

GS Entec Corp., a South Korean equipment maker for petrochemical and power plants, is set to raise 150 billion to 200 billion won ($115 million-$154...

Korea must nurture chip materials, parts, facilities: Jusung

South Korea needs to nurture its materials, parts and facilities industries to keep competitiveness in the semiconductor sector, said the chief exec...

POSCO E&C supports construction workforce development in Argentina

POSCO E&C (formerly POSCO Engineering & Construction), the builder affiliate of South Korea's POSCO Group, announced on Wednesday that it ha...

DRAM prices rebound on Samsung output cut; earlier recovery eyed

Memory chip prices are staging a rebound for the first time in more than a year following Samsung Electronics Co.'s near-term production cut, b...

HD Hyundai Infracore targets Middle East and African markets with new brand Develon

HD Hyundai Infracore (formerly Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co.), a South Korean construction equipment maker, has ventured into the Middle East and Afr...

Rebellions CEO aims to outrival Qualcomm within a decade

Artificial intelligence is the talk of the tech world, particularly with the rise of the worldwide sensation OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the generative ...

Samsung prepares for DRAM upturn with bold investment even after chip output cut

Samsung Electronics Co. has joined its peers in cutting memory chip production on its chip division’s anticipated first loss in more than a de...

LG Energy’s Q1 profit soars on gains from US battery tax credits

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Friday its first-quarter operating profit likely more than doubled,...

Hankook Tire's iON evo tops Auto Bild's electric car tire test

Korean tire manufacturer Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Friday that its electric vehicle-dedicated high-performance tire, the iON evo, h...

S.Korean AI chip fabless Rebellions beats global chip giants in MLPerf tests

Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, beat global chip giants Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and Nvidia Corp. in ...

Samsung’s chip output cut: Boon for industry, price rebound

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Friday it is curtailing chip production after its semiconductor busines...

Samsung, AMD extend partnership for next-generation graphic chips

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Thursday it is extending its strategic partnership with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to jointly develop next-generati...

S.Korean Openedges’ chip IP licensed by Toyota affiliate Aisin

Openedges Technology, South Korean semiconductor design intellectual property (IP) platform, announced on Wednesday that it has entered into a vehic...

S.Korea to allow actual construction of hydrogen-powered ship

South Korea's the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on Wednesday that it has established "tentative standards for ship hydrogen fuel cell e...

Daewoo Shipbuilding, GE Power Conversion to develop smart ship tech

South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the global energy...

Time for South Korea's answer to the US battery subsidy act

The latest guidelines on US subsidies for electric vehicles under the Inflation Reduction Act come as a relief in every sense to South Korean batter...

Doosan, Ionic Materials collaborate in liquid crystal polymer

Doosan Corp., the holding company of South Korea's Doosan Group, said on Monday that it has entered a joint development agreement (JDA) with US-base...

Samsung to supply chips for Intel's self-driving tech unit Mobileye

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chipmaker, has won a semiconductor production order from Israel-based Mobileye Global Inc., a le...

Hyosung TNC to team up with Samsung for eco-friendly protective clothing

Hyosung TNC Corp., a South Korean textile and yarn manufacturer, is teaming up with Samsung Electronics Co. to produce eco-friendly protective cloth...

Chip foundry DB HiTek's stock near 10-month peak on activist fund

South Korean leading foundry chipmaker DB HiTek’s stock price hit a near 10-month high this week as a domestic activist fund bought a stake to...

SK Hynix unsure about applying for US chip subsidies: CEO

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Wednesday it is unsure about applying for US...

S.Korea's KOTRA sends chip investment survey team to Texas

The government-run (South) Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) on Tuesday said it dispatched to Texas a survey team for semiconductor in...

TSMC-Nvidia alliance step up 2 nm chip rivalry with Samsung

TSMC Co. appears to be at the forefront of efforts to produce ultra-advanced semiconductor chips as the world's largest contract chip manufacturer i...

Samsung unveils Exynos Modem 5300 to rival Qualcomm, MediaTek

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled its latest 5G telecommunications modem, the Exynos Modem 5300, to compete with rivals s...

Samsung, SK Hynix asked to swallow tough pill over US CHIPS Act

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korean chipmakers on Tuesday expressed deep concerns about the detailed guidelines of the US CHIPS and Science ...

LG Display borrows $772 million from LG Electronics

South Korea's LG Display Co. on Monday said it borrowed 1 trillion won ($772.1 million) from LG Electronics Inc. to “raise the competitiveness...

Samsung accelerates nurturing chip talent at tech universities

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is expanding programs to foster talented semiconductor engineers and experts by...

Korean research team develops AI chip to cut power use

South Korean scientists have developed a chip that needs less electricity for advanced efficiency and data processing to help the country’s se...

Jury still out on Korean chipmakers’ tech upgrades in China

When the US Commerce Department announced the guardrail clauses on the CHIPS and Science Act earlier this week, South Korea’s government offic...