AI-powered translation startups tackle niche marketplaces

AI-powered translation startups tackle niche marketplaces

Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven translation has been dominated by big tech.Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC is the global leader while Naver Cor...

LG Energy, POSCO join forces for EV battery business

LG Energy, POSCO join forces for EV battery business

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and POSCO Holdings Inc. have joined hands to enhance their competitiveness in the global electric vehicle battery sector and...

LG Energy to launch battery swapping services

LG Energy to launch battery swapping services

LG Energy Solution Ltd., a South Korean rechargeable battery maker, has launched two in-house ventures to enter the battery swapping and energy aggr...

S.Korea rejects patent claims for AI-invented products

S.Korea rejects patent claims for AI-invented products

South Korea’s intellectual property office has rejected patent applications that claimed an artificial intelligence system as their inventor, ...

Samsung’s new $2.8 bn OLED plant to benefit Korean device makers

Samsung’s new $2.8 bn OLED plant to benefit Korean device makers

South Korea’s electronics equipment manufacturers are set to benefit from Samsung Display Co.’s planned construction of a $2.8 billion n...

Deep learning SaaS provider Z.Ai wins at D.Camp pitch competition

Deep learning SaaS provider Z.Ai wins at D.Camp pitch competition

Deep learning-based Software as a Service (SaaS) provider Z.Ai Inc. won the September pitch competition hosted by Seoul-based startup accelerator D....

S.Korean conglomerates increase AI R&D hubs overseas

S.Korean conglomerates increase AI R&D hubs overseas

South Korean conglomerates are increasingly looking overseas as bases of their artificial intelligence research centers to build strong networks wit...

LG Display holds digital art exhibition in London

LG Display holds digital art exhibition in London

South Korea’s LG Display Co. is holding a digital art exhibition in London for works created on its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels...

Korea ramen packet maker inks $1 bn battery material deal

Korea ramen packet maker inks $1 bn battery material deal

A South Korean instant noodle packet maker has secured a $1 billion deal to supply battery materials to a joint venture between General Motors Co. a...

LG embraces ESG management standards with first groupwide report

LG embraces ESG management standards with first groupwide report

South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG is rapidly embracing environmental, social and governance standards as key criteria in evaluating...

SK Telecom commercial feature AI human to promote content platform

SK Telecom commercial feature AI human to promote content platform

South Korea’s major telecom company SK Telecom Co. has adopted a virtual human to feature in one of its commercial ads for the first time in t...

LG Energy in cobalt, lithium deals with three Canadian suppliers

LG Energy in cobalt, lithium deals with three Canadian suppliers

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Friday it has signed battery materials supply deals with three Canadian minerals companies &ndas...

LG Elec., Uplus team up to expand service robot business

LG Elec., Uplus team up to expand service robot business

South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. and mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. will join forces to expand their service robot busine...

LG fridges, TVs to leverage embedded AI to distinguish human voices

LG fridges, TVs to leverage embedded AI to distinguish human voices

LG Electronics Inc., an industry frontrunner in applying artificial intelligence to home appliances, has unveiled a new speaker identification techn...

LG's 5G backup system installed in AWS cloud platform

LG's 5G backup system installed in AWS cloud platform

LG Uplus Corp., a South Korean internet service provider, said on Tuesday that it has installed its 5G mobile backup network system in the cloud com...

LG Elec., GS EPS join forces to produce, use solar power in Korea

LG Elec., GS EPS join forces to produce, use solar power in Korea

LG Electronic Inc. is set to produce solar energy to support 10% of the annual electricity consumption at its Changwon plant in South Korea.The firm...

NCSOFT publishes three AI academic papers at INTERSPEECH 2022 

NCSOFT publishes three AI academic papers at INTERSPEECH 2022 

South Korea’s gaming giant NCSOFT Corp. will present three academic papers at INTERSPEECH 2022, the world’s largest and most comprehensi...

Ford CEO heads to Korea to discuss EV tax credit with LG Energy, SK On

Ford CEO heads to Korea to discuss EV tax credit with LG Energy, SK On

Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Jim Parley will visit South Korea early next week to meet with chief executives of its battery suppliers LG Energy So...

LG Uplus aims to double corporate value via platforms

LG Uplus aims to double corporate value via platforms

LG Uplus Corp., the third-largest mobile carrier in South Korea, is slated to increase its corporate value to 12 trillion won ($8.6 billion) by 2027...

SK Tel CEO says low valuation tops list of his concerns

SK Tel CEO says low valuation tops list of his concerns

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. is undervalued relative to its robust earnings and steady dividend payouts and needs to boost new AI-driven growt...

Hyundai faces growing rivalry with China’s BYD in Southeast Asia

Hyundai faces growing rivalry with China’s BYD in Southeast Asia

Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD’s announcement last week that it will build its first overseas EV plant in Thailand is setting off alarm be...

LG Energy, KT join KED’s top 30 Korean innovator list

LG Energy, KT join KED’s top 30 Korean innovator list

KT Corp. and Studio Dragon Corp. have joined the ranks of South Korea’s most innovative companies thanks to their creation of cultural produ...

LG AI center joins forces with Parsons School for creative AI development 

LG AI center joins forces with Parsons School for creative AI development 

South Korea’s LG Corp. announced it signed an academic collaboration agreement with the New York City-based Parsons School of Design on Monday...

LG Group revs up EV charging businesses to lead burgeoning sector

LG Group revs up EV charging businesses to lead burgeoning sector

LG Group affiliates, notably LG Electronics Inc. and LG Uplus Corp., are entering the electric vehicle (EV) charging business in full force. In...

Hancom to focus on cloud computing and AI services

Hancom to focus on cloud computing and AI services

South Korea’s homegrown software giant Hangul and Computer Group, also known as Hancom Inc. Group, is slated to transform itself into a cloud ...

LG Uplus' K-pop idol platform goes global via smart TVs

LG Uplus' K-pop idol platform goes global via smart TVs

Fans of K-pop idols such as boyband sensation BTS and girl group Blackpink will be able to enjoy their live performances through smart TVs at home a...

Samsung C&T ties up with Korean firms for hydrogen biz

Samsung C&T ties up with Korean firms for hydrogen biz

Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading arm of Samsung Group, has joined forces for the clean hydrogen businesses with South Korean comp...

Samsung, LG eye niche sectors to boost tablet sales

Samsung, LG eye niche sectors to boost tablet sales

South Korea’s electronics companies are launching tablet PCs with niche targets as the global tablet market has shrunk for four consecutive qu...

LG Elec unveils new NFT platform, aims to turn living room into art gallery

LG Elec unveils new NFT platform, aims to turn living room into art gallery

LG Electronics Inc. announced Monday it has launched its very own non-fungible token (NFT) platform, LG Art Lab. Now available in the United St...

Samsung, LG present home appliances future at IFA 2022

Samsung, LG present home appliances future at IFA 2022

BERLIN -- South Korea’s leading home appliances makers Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are showcasing the future of consumer t...

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