POSCO Int’l determined to outsmart Japanese trading firms

POSCO Int’l determined to outsmart Japanese trading firms

POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., will step up its efforts to outsmart ...

SK Telecom launches call recording service for iPhone

SK Telecom launches call recording service for iPhone

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. has rolled out an iPhone app using artificial intelligence (AI) that allows users to record calls on their smartp...

SK Telecom, Mars Auto to advance self-driving large trucks

SK Telecom, Mars Auto to advance self-driving large trucks

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Monday with the autonomous driving startup Mars Auto for cooperation in t...

Hanwha Aerospace, KATECH to collaborate on hydrogen fuel cell

Hanwha Aerospace, KATECH to collaborate on hydrogen fuel cell

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. announced on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Automotive Technology Institute ...

Lotte, two SK Group units to join hands for carbon capture

Lotte, two SK Group units to join hands for carbon capture

Lotte Chemical Corp., SK Innovation Co. and SK IE Technology Co. (SK IET) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to make their joint push i...

Samsung SDI inks first battery supply deal with Hyundai

Samsung SDI inks first battery supply deal with Hyundai

Samsung SDI Co. said on Monday it has signed its first supply agreement with Hyundai Motor Co. to become the South Korean carmaker’s third dom...

SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom to design LLM

SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom to design LLM

SK Telecom Co. on Sunday said it will develop a large language model (LLM) specifically for the communications sector with Deutsche Telekom of Germa...

Samsung showcases HBM3E DRAM, automotive chips

Samsung showcases HBM3E DRAM, automotive chips

SILICON VALLEY -- Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday showcased a number of new-concept, next-generation DRAM chips, including the industry’s mo...

China’s graphite export curbs deal blow to Korean battery sector

China’s graphite export curbs deal blow to Korean battery sector

South Korean electric vehicle battery and battery component makers are fretting over the Chinese government’s impending restrictions on export...

SK Hynix showcases cutting-edge CXL, AiM memory at OCP Summit

SK Hynix showcases cutting-edge CXL, AiM memory at OCP Summit

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Friday it showcased its next-generation memo...

SK Group needs agility to survive disruptions: chairman

SK Group needs agility to survive disruptions: chairman

South Korea's No. 2 conglomerate SK Group needs agile responses to rapidly changing business circumstances amid global geopolitical crises, C...

SK C&C AI diagnostic service checks Doosan Enerbility’s plants

SK C&C AI diagnostic service checks Doosan Enerbility’s plants

SK C&C, a systems integration affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, on Thursday said it will provide diagnostic services based on generativ...

SK Chemicals develops recycled plastic LP records

SK Chemicals develops recycled plastic LP records

South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. unveils recycled plastic LP records.The company announced on Thursday it has jointly developed the EcoRecord, an LP r...

HD Hyundai Infracore to develop truck battery packs

HD Hyundai Infracore to develop truck battery packs

South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. plans to enter the electric commercial vehicle market through the development of truck batteries.The company ...

Tesla supplier L&F's precursor unit begins IPO process

Tesla supplier L&F's precursor unit begins IPO process

L&F Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery materials supplier to Tesla Inc., has embarked on a process to list its subsidiary in the local...

SK Hynix may block Kioxia-Western Digital merger

SK Hynix may block Kioxia-Western Digital merger

South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix Inc. is rumored to be frowning on the integration of Japan’s Kioxia Holdings Corp. with US-based Weste...

SK Telecom launches cloud cost management platform

SK Telecom launches cloud cost management platform

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Wednesday announced the launch of Cloud Radar 2.0, its next-generation cloud management platform that leverages arti...

SK to invest in S.Korean company for bio jet fuel materials

SK to invest in S.Korean company for bio jet fuel materials

SK Group, South Korea’s energy-to-semiconductor conglomerate, is set to invest in a local renewable energy ingredient provider for stable proc...

SK Chemicals, Estée Lauder to co-work for eco-friendly packaging

SK Chemicals, Estée Lauder to co-work for eco-friendly packaging

South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. announced on Tuesday a partnership with Estée Lauder, the leading global cosmetics brand, to integrate circula...

Korea’s LG telecom unit to launch logistics platform service

Korea’s LG telecom unit to launch logistics platform service

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, is poised to launch a platform service that will digitally transform the local logistics s...

SK Telecom introduces paid currency to metaverse ifland

SK Telecom introduces paid currency to metaverse ifland

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. has introduced an economic system to its metaverse service "ifland." With this, users can now purchase items with the c...

Korea’s battery trio aims to outsmart Chinese rivals in US

 Korea’s battery trio aims to outsmart Chinese rivals in US

South Korea’s three major battery makers — LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK On Co. and Samsung SDI Co. — recently came under renewed pr...

LG Energy barely fends off CATL in global EV battery market

LG Energy barely fends off CATL in global EV battery market

LG Energy Solution Ltd. retained the top position in the global electric vehicle battery market excluding China in the first eight months of this ye...

S.Korea's SKC to sell polyurethane raw material unit for $304 mn

S.Korea's SKC to sell polyurethane raw material unit for $304 mn

South Korean chemical material company SKC Ltd. is selling its unit for raw materials of polyurethane (PU), a chemical substance.The company’s...

Kia unveils low-cost EV models to reboot sales growth

Kia unveils low-cost EV models to reboot sales growth

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, showcased new low-cost electric vehicles on Thursday to boost the slowing growth in clean automobile...

SK Chemicals signs VPPA contract with SK E&S

SK Chemicals signs VPPA contract with SK E&S

South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. announced on Thursday a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with SK E&S to shift 10% of the electricity used ...

Samsung SDI, Stellantis to build 2nd US EV battery plant in Indiana

Samsung SDI, Stellantis to build 2nd US EV battery plant in Indiana

Kokomo, Indiana, will be the site of the second electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in the US of South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. and the Netherl...

LG Energy Q3 profit at record high on gains from US battery tax credit

LG Energy Q3 profit at record high on gains from US battery tax credit

LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s leading battery makers, said on Wednesday its operating profit soared to a record high in the th...

SK Telecom rolls out super-fast 400 Gbps 5G wired network

SK Telecom rolls out super-fast 400 Gbps 5G wired network

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday announced a national first through its 400 gigabit per second (Gbps) high-capacity wired network used ...

SK Hynix pins high hopes on specialty DRAM for AI use: CEO

SK Hynix pins high hopes on specialty DRAM for AI use: CEO

In the semiconductor industry, it’s been quite a while since memory chips became a commodity, meaning so low an entry barrier that any chipmak...

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