Samsung presents Texas with $200 bn chip investment plan proposition

Samsung presents Texas with $200 bn chip investment plan proposition

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, has presented a tax break proposal to the State of Texas as part of its plan to inv...

South Korea to cut red tape, raise student quota to grow chip talent

South Korea to cut red tape, raise student quota to grow chip talent

South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, said on Tuesday it will cut administrative red tape and ease the restrictive s...

IGIS, KKR to buy Shinhan Investment HQ for $487 mn

IGIS, KKR to buy Shinhan Investment HQ for $487 mn

A consortium led by South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. and US private equity giant KKR & Co. is set to acquire Shinhan Investment Cor...

Korean LPG firm E1 starts hydrogen fueling business

Korean LPG firm E1 starts hydrogen fueling business

South Korea’s major liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor E1 Corp. made inroads into the hydrogen industry by setting up the eco-friendly ...

Korean exporters anxious ahead of EU's supply chain law

Korean exporters anxious ahead of EU's supply chain law

The majority of South Korea’s small and medium-sized exporters are concerned about a possible cancellation of orders or difficulty in winning ...

Samsung develops world’s fastest graphics DRAM chip

Samsung develops world’s fastest graphics DRAM chip

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled a sample of the industry’s fastest graphics DRAM, designed to significantly advance the graphics ...

Samsung Elec's Q2 earnings signal end of upward run

Samsung Elec's Q2 earnings signal end of upward run

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday estimated that its second-quarter operating profit and sales edged down from three months before, reversing its ...

LG Innotek to invest $1.1 bn to ramp up substrate, camera module output

LG Innotek to invest $1.1 bn to ramp up substrate, camera module output

South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. said on Wednesday it will invest 1.4 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in expanding facilities for semiconductor substr...

Samsung wins multi-billion-dollar camera module deal from Tesla

Samsung wins multi-billion-dollar camera module deal from Tesla

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., the electronic components unit of Samsung Group, has won a multi-billion-dollar deal to supply camera modules to Tesl...

LG Energy to supply $765 million batteries to Japan’s Isuzu Motors

LG Energy to supply $765 million batteries to Japan’s Isuzu Motors

LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s leading battery makers, has agreed to supply its cylindrical batteries to Isuzu Motors Ltd., Japan...

Precision to supply to Antech for US vet diagnostics market entry

Precision to supply to Antech for US vet diagnostics market entry

A number of veterinary diagnostics companies are struggling to differentiate themselves in the global market. According to Grand View Research Inc.,...

Korea sees record H1 trade deficit, weak consumer sentiment

Korea sees record H1 trade deficit, weak consumer sentiment

South Korea suffered the largest trade deficit for the first half of a year on surging energy prices and slowing exports, while consumer sentiment i...

Samsung's 3 nm chip narrows microchip gap with TSMC

Samsung's 3 nm chip narrows microchip gap with TSMC

Samsung Electronics Co. has kicked off mass production of 3-nanometer chips based on the industry’s smallest process node as a global first, a...

SK Materials, Showa Denko to jointly seek US semiconductor gas business

SK Materials, Showa Denko to jointly seek US semiconductor gas business

SK Materials Co., an industrial gas manufacturing affiliate of South Korea’s SK Inc., and Japanese chemicals company Showa Denko K.K. have agr...

Samsung nears 3-nano chip mass production ahead of TSMC

Samsung nears 3-nano chip mass production ahead of TSMC

Samsung Electronics Co. is close to mass producing 3-nanometer chips based on a next-generation ultramicro fabrication process as a global first and...

South Korea to invest $794 million in AI chips, nurture 7,000 experts

South Korea to invest $794 million in AI chips, nurture 7,000 experts

The South Korean government has decided to invest 1.02 trillion won ($794 million) in the artificial intelligence semiconductor sector and foster ov...

Supply crisis dwarfs S.Korean display equipment makers

Supply crisis dwarfs S.Korean display equipment makers

South Korea’s display equipment makers are suffering from the global supply disruption with forced delayed shipments of products to clients, i...

Petrochem firms to fuel plants with self-supplied power

Petrochem firms to fuel plants with self-supplied power

South Korea’s petrochemical companies will build power plants for the first time in their history to meet their rising energy needs on a stabl...

Ex-Samsung exec says Korea chip sector needs more support

Ex-Samsung exec says Korea chip sector needs more support

South Korea’s semiconductor sector needs more support from the government not only to compete against global rivals backed by their own govern...

Samsung to boost chip substrate investment after Apple order

Samsung to boost chip substrate investment after Apple order

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. will expand its manufacturing facilities for high-performance package substrates in both South Korea and Vietnam, afte...

POSCO, Hancock to expand partnership beyond iron ore

POSCO, Hancock to expand partnership beyond iron ore

South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Group plans to expand its partnership with Australian mining group Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd. into other typ...

Rolls-Royce awards Hanwha Aerospace for trusted partnership

Rolls-Royce awards Hanwha Aerospace for trusted partnership

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co., has been chosen as one of the best partners of Rolls-Royce, the world’s leading aircraft engine ma...

Envioneer, Toray to make super fibers for EV insulators

Envioneer, Toray to make super fibers for EV insulators

Envioneer Co., a South Korean composite materials manufacturer, and Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. joined forces to launch businesses of aromat...

POSCO, SK On forge strategic tie-up in rechargeable battery business

POSCO, SK On forge strategic tie-up in rechargeable battery business

POSCO Holdings Inc., the investment holding company of South Korea’s largest steelmaker, and SK On Co., the battery unit of SK Innovation Co.,...

Korea Inc. hit by rising commodity prices, weak won, supply crisis

Korea Inc. hit by rising commodity prices, weak won, supply crisis

South Korea’s major industries, especially the petrochemical and auto parts sectors, are suffering from surging global commodity prices, a wea...

Doosan adds chip post-processing to list of growth drivers

Doosan adds chip post-processing to list of growth drivers

Doosan Group has added semiconductor post-processing services to its core businesses and plans to invest 1 trillion won ($774 million) in its microc...

S.Korean trucker strike enters 3rd day, targets Samsung’s supply chain

S.Korean trucker strike enters 3rd day, targets Samsung’s supply chain

South Korea’s unionized truckers, on day three of a large-scale strike, have moved to disrupt the supply of materials needed to manufacture se...

SK Hynix to supply industry’s best-performing DRAM to Nvidia

SK Hynix to supply industry’s best-performing DRAM to Nvidia

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is set to supply the industry’s best-performing DRAM to US graphic chipmaker...

F&B giant SPC Group acquires Lina’s to ramp up global expansion

F&B giant SPC Group acquires Lina’s to ramp up global expansion

South Korea’s food and beverage conglomerate SPC Group announced Tuesday it has acquired French casual coffee chain Lina’s Déve...

Hyundai revs up car output amid signs of easing auto chip crunch

Hyundai revs up car output amid signs of easing auto chip crunch

As the global chip supply shortage shows signs of easing, South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is working down its order backlog by...

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