SK Hynix aims for graphics chip supremacy with GDDR7 in Q3

SK Hynix aims for graphics chip supremacy with GDDR7 in Q3

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Tuesday it plans to begin volume production ...

Samsung, LG bet big on gaming monitors on esports boom

Samsung, LG bet big on gaming monitors on esports boom

South Korea’s electronics giants Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are gearing up for a fierce battle in the gaming monitor mark...

China is LG H&H’s headache amid global K-beauty boom

China is LG H&H’s headache amid global K-beauty boom

South Korean cosmetics giant LG H&H Co. has yet to benefit from the global K-beauty boom due to its heavy dependence on China, the world’s...

LG Electronics posts record Q2 profit, to accelerate transition into AI leader

LG Electronics posts record Q2 profit, to accelerate transition into AI leader

LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean electronics maker, on Thursday posted its highest quarterly operating profit and sales for the April-Jun...

LG CNS, Aeon to collaborate on EdTech in Japan

LG CNS, Aeon to collaborate on EdTech in Japan

South Korea's LG CNS announced on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aeon, an education company operating over 300 direct l...

Samsung, LG go in different directions for all solid batteries

Samsung, LG go in different directions for all solid batteries

South Korean household names Samsung and LG are in a new race to win the market for solid-state batteries, next-generation batteries promising enhan...

LG Display cuts vendors’ stakes, axes jobs for turnaround

LG Display cuts vendors’ stakes, axes jobs for turnaround

LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, reduced stakes in its vendors while cut...

Spear Korea to acquire AI medical firm Life Semantics

Spear Korea to acquire AI medical firm Life Semantics

South Korea's aerospace materials company Spear Korea will acquire artificial intelligence (AI) medical firm Life Semantics Co. Life Semantics ...

LG Uplus to feature in-car games to Kia EV3

LG Uplus to feature in-car games to Kia EV3

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Wednesday that it will offer its web-based in-car game service Game Portal in Kia Corp's electric vehicle (EV) ...

Hyundai Premium Outlet runs AI Human for foreign customer

Hyundai Premium Outlet runs AI Human for foreign customer

South Korea's Hyundai Premium Outlet announced on Tuesday that it will trial the artificial intelligence (AI) service AI Human at its Songdo store u...

Rebound in large OLED TV demand bodes well for LG Display, Samsung

Rebound in large OLED TV demand bodes well for LG Display, Samsung

In the flat panel market, South Korea’s two display makers – LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. – have been bleeding for years...

Samsung Elec calls for C-Lab Outside applications

Samsung Elec calls for C-Lab Outside applications

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it will enlist startups to participate in its external startup incubation program C-Lab Outside unt...

LG Innotek to foster car communication parts business with digital key

LG Innotek to foster car communication parts business with digital key

South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. aims to accelerate growth in the global auto communication parts market with a new digital car key as its parent ...

Lunit to supply AI cancer diagnostics to Qatar

Lunit to supply AI cancer diagnostics to Qatar

Lunit Inc., a South Korean cancer diagnostics AI company, announced on Monday that it will provide its AI breast cancer screening solution Lunit Ins...

LG Elec OLED evo TV tops in 14 countries

LG Elec OLED evo TV tops in 14 countries

LG Electronics Inc. announced that its premium lineup LG OLED evo TVs achieved first place in performance evaluations by consumer media outlets in...

Lotte leader Shin Dong-bin stresses pivot to AI-centered innovation

Lotte leader Shin Dong-bin stresses pivot to AI-centered innovation

Shin Dong-bin, chairman of South Korea’s retail, food and chemicals conglomerate Lotte, on Friday urged affiliate executives to ramp up effort...

LG UltraGear selected as official gaming monitor of EWC

LG UltraGear selected as official gaming monitor of EWC

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that its UltraGear gaming monitors were selected as the official monitors of the eSports World Cup (EWC), th...

SK Telecom identifies illegal drones using AI

SK Telecom identifies illegal drones using AI

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Thursday that it developed a communication and AI-integrated module to catch illegal drones using artifici...

LG to foster smart factory business as new B2B growth driver

LG to foster smart factory business as new B2B growth driver

PYEONGTAEK, Gyeonggi Province -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, aims to foster its smart factory business as a new gr...

Samsung sets sights on next-generation memory CXL DRAM

Samsung sets sights on next-generation memory CXL DRAM

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is setting its sights on next-generation memory technology, dubbed CXL, to lead the artificial intel...

POSCO DX to focus on AI-led intelligent factory systems

POSCO DX to focus on AI-led intelligent factory systems

POSCO DX Co., an IT service arm of South Korea’s POSCO Group, will transform into an AI-enabled intelligent factory system developer to automa...

Samsung buys UK deep tech startup to boost AI business

Samsung buys UK deep tech startup to boost AI business

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top mobile phone maker, will acquire Oxford Semantic Technologies, a British deep tech startup, to enhanc...

Hana Bank, SK Telecom to support AI startups

Hana Bank, SK Telecom to support AI startups

South Korea's Hana Bank and SK Telecom Co. held the final selection and inauguration ceremony for the second AI Startup Accelerator BootCamp at Spar...

Rebellions, Igloo partner for AI-based security

Rebellions, Igloo partner for AI-based security

South Korea’s fabless AI chip startup Rebellions Inc. announced on Tuesday that it partnered with AI-based security operations and analysis pl...

Samsung’s fastest LPDDR5X validated on MediaTek’s Dimensity chipset

Samsung’s fastest LPDDR5X validated on MediaTek’s Dimensity chipset

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday it has completed the performance verification of its latest LPDDR5X chip for use in ...

Samsung OS Tizen embedded in Loewe TV Stellar to rival Google, Apple

Samsung OS Tizen embedded in Loewe TV Stellar to rival Google, Apple

Samsung Electronics Co.'s open-source smart TV operating system Tizen will be embedded in German premium TV brand Loewe’s latest model St...

SK invests $200 mn in US AI cluster builder SMART Global

SK invests $200 mn in US AI cluster builder SMART Global

SK Telecom Co. said on Tuesday it has agreed to invest $200 million in SMART Global Holdings Inc. (SGH), a US artificial intelligence cluster builde...

LG Electronics’ new HVAC center in Europe to fight extreme temperatures

LG Electronics’ new HVAC center in Europe to fight extreme temperatures

LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, said on Monday it has set up a research center in Germany to help develop advanced...

SK Telecom's X Caliber enters N.American pet market

SK Telecom's X Caliber enters N.American pet market

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that it signed a distribution agreement with Canadian pet medical equipment company Nuon & Nikk...

Lotte Dept. Store introduces AI for internal operations

Lotte Dept. Store introduces AI for internal operations

South Korea's Lotte Department Store announced on Sunday that it will introduce artificial intelligence (AI) across all internal operations, aiming ...

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