SK Hynix, TSMC tie up to stay ahead of Samsung for HBM supremacy

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. said on Friday it is partnering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to jointly develop next-generat...

HD Hyundai Electric likely to join MSCI Korea: Samsung Securities

HD Hyundai Electric Co., Alteogen Inc. and Enchem Co. are expected to be invited to join Morgan Stanley Capital International’s Korea Index wh...

Korea’s vision AI startup Superb AI eyes IPO in H1, 2026

South Korea’s promising vision AI platform developer Superb AI Inc., which has recently added generative AI to its business portfolio, is seek...

Kakao Entertainment, Billboard to collaborate for K-pop

South Korea's Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of mobile platform giant Kakao Corp., partnered with the renowned US music magazine Billboard on W...

LG Uplus to ramp up AI investment by up to 40% in 2024

SILICON VALLEY – LG Uplus Corp., the third-largest mobile carrier in South Korea seeking to transform into a platform company, will expand its...

Samsung unveils 2024 AI TV lineup in India

Samsung Electronics Co. launched its 2024 new TV lineup with enhanced AI functions at the Samsung Opera House in Bengaluru, India, on April 17.At th...

With AI tech, Samsung Electronics on par with Apple: Han Jong-hee

MILAN, ITALY – South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has for years been desperate to catch up to US Big Tech Apple Inc. in high-end ...

Samsung to mass-produce industry’s fastest LPDDR5X DRAM in H2

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday it has developed an LPDDR5X DRAM chip that supports the industry’s fastest d...

Daesung PE tops Korean venture funds by return in 2018-2023

Daesung Private Equity Inc. in South Korea has become the top local venture capital manager in terms of realized capital gain between 2018 and 2023,...

Korean unicorns slow growth to focus on profits

South Korean unicorns, or startups valued at $1 billion or more, are slowing the pace of growth to shore up their bottom lines as they revive l...

S.Korean game developers to utilize idol group IPs

Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., signed a licensing deal with SM Entertainment Co. to utilize idol ...

Affinity to buy SK Rent-a-Car at $572 mn, more deals expected

Affinity Equity Partners is set to buy SK Rent-a-Car Co., South Korea’s No. 2 car leasing company, at some 800 billion won ($572 million), rai...

Korea's AI startup Upstage raises $72 mn for global expansion

Upstage, South Korea’s artificial intelligence startup, raised about 100 billion won ($72 million) in its latest funding round, which the comp...

Samsung, LG look to Europe with AI-powered built-in kitchen appliances

MILAN, ITALY – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are big names in the US home appliances market. The two South Korean electronic...

Paradigm Shift attracts $290k seed bridge investment

Paradigm Shift, the operator of the exercise diary app for middle-aged women Heroines, announced on Monday that it attracted a seed bridge investm...

Lotte Innovate, Kolon Benit to cooperate on AI Solutions

South Korea’s Lotte Innovate (formerly, Lotte Data Communication Co. ) announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kolon...

Korean startup CEOs away from home lead global expedition

South Korea’s promising startup founders, who normally double as chief executive officers for their companies, are leaving their home turf to ...

Power transformer sales explode on AI boom: HD Hyundai Electric CEO

Cho Seok, chief executive of HD Hyundai Electric Co., is an outsider at Korea Inc.When he was named CEO of the power equipment maker in December 201...

Kakao joins open-source community AI Alliance

Kakao Corp. announced on Friday that it joined the global open-source community The AI Alliance to support AI research and development.Established i...

Hanwha Vision unveils cloud, AI security techs in US

South Korea's Hanwha Vision Co. announced on Friday that it participated in the International Security Conference & Exposition (ISC) 2024, the l...

LG CNS hosts Startup Day in Silicon Valley

LG CNS Co., an information technology service company under South Korean conglomerate LG Group, announced on Thursday that it held the Startup Day i...

Samsung Galaxy AI expands to 16 languages

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it is expanding the translation and communication language support of Galaxy AI, first introduced...

Bio startup ArtBlood attracts $4.8 mn investment

South Korean bio startup ArtBlood, specializing in blood production for transfusion, announced on Tuesday that it successfully secured an investment...

South Korean drone startups rush to join military drone race

South Korean drone-developing startups are rushing to join the race to develop military drones to meet growing demand for drones fit for combat oper...

Korea’s LG telecom unit unveils AI agent with own technology

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, has introduced an artificial intelligence agent platform based on its own ixi AI technolog...

LG Group’s AI academy to foster young talent bears fruit

On April 6, at LG Inwhawon, called LG Academy in English, in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, 99 college students and twenty-somethings were wrestling wit...

Kakao Entertainment seeks restructuring, closer ties with Piccoma

South Korea's Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of mobile platform giant Kakao Corp., is seeking renewed growth through corporate restructuring and ...

Korean big tech firms join Korea’s AI strategy council

The South Korean government has launched an artificial intelligence strategy council, jointly with domestic big tech firms such as Naver Corp. and K...

Ably launches virtual fitting AI service

South Korean fashion commerce platform Ably Corp. announced on Friday that it launched a new service The Shopping Mall-Specific Artificial Intellige...

Samsung Q1 profit soars, set to benefit from Taiwan quake, AI chip demand

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Friday its first-quarter operating profit likely rose more than tenfold...