Kyobo Lifeplanet, FWD Hong Kong to collaborate on GenAI
South Korea's Kyobo Lifeplanet Life Insurance Co. announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with Hong Kong-based insurer FWD ...
Millie Seojae introduces AI book reader
Millie Seojae, the e-book platform subsidiary of South Korea's KT Corp., announced on Thursday that it introduced an AI text-to-speech (TTS) feature...
Samsung Elec invests in US bio startup Element Biosciences
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, said on Friday it has invested in US biotech startup Element Biosciences Inc. to ex...
S.Korea's 4by4 to supply AI solution to Cakap
4by4 Inc., a South Korean content AI solution company, announced on Thursday that it signed a supply contract for its image enhancement AI solution ...
S.Korea's RaonSecure establishes metaverse subsidiary
South Korean cybersecurity firm RaonSecure Co. announced Wednesday it established RaonMeta, a generative AI-based metaverse platform subsidiary. Rao...
LG Energy Solution acquires anti-bribery certification
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Thursday that it achieved ISO 37001 certification, an international standard for anti-bribery man...
Samsung’s new AI Galaxy devices: Lighter, smarter and more powerful
PARIS – Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Unpacked event this summer is mind-boggling. The South Korean tech giant’s new AI-featured devi...
LG Chem promises extra $14.4 million in aid over Indian gas leak
South Korea’s top chemicals maker LG Chem Ltd. said on Wednesday it will offer an additional 1.2 billion Indian rupees ($14.4 million) in huma...
PharmaResearch acquires TuringBio for digital therapeutics
PharmaResearch Co., a South Korean company specializing in regenerative medicine, announced on Wednesday that it acquired TuringBio, an AI-based dig...
Samsung wins 2nm AI chip foundry, package order from Japan
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday it has bagged a 2-nanometer AI chip foundry and package turnkey order from Preferred Networks Inc., a J...
Law&Company vows to go global with AI legal assistant
Law&Company Co., the operator of South Korea’s largest legal advice app LawTalk, will venture into the US legal tech market in five years ...
LG Elec, Tennessee Titans renew sponsorship
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Tuesday that it renewed a three-year expansion to its official partnership with the Tennessee Titans, an NFL team b...
Lunit eyes developing markets with AI cancer diagnostics
Lunit Inc., a South Korean cancer diagnostics AI company, will accelerate its inroads into developing markets grappling with inadequate cancer diagn...
Korea’s edtech startups defend against global giants with AI
South Korea’s major online adult education platforms improved their earnings powered by classes on artificial intelligence, defying concerns o...
Hanwha, KT to cooperate on smart mining
South Korea's Hanwha Global, the global division of Hanwha Corp. and KT Corp. announced on Monday that they signed a memorandum of understanding (...
HBM chip war intensifies as SK Hynix hunts for Samsung talent
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc., just like its global peers, has largely designed and produced semiconductors in-house, including high-bandwidt...
LG Energy’s Q2 profit hurt by EV slowdown, expects Q4 improvement
LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s top three battery makers, on Monday posted a smaller quarterly profit, hurt by sluggish global ele...
Samsung, SK, LG vie for glass substrate market in AI era
South Korea’s household names Samsung, SK and LG have entered a new race to win the glass substrate market set to surge in the artificial inte...
SK Telecom, Singtel partner for next-gen network tech
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) to collab...
LG Elec logs record Q2 earnings on home appliances, car parts
South Korean tech giant LG Electronics Inc. is expected to log its record second-quarter revenue and operating profit thanks to robust sales of home a...
Samsung’s Q2 profit soars on AI chips; second-half outlook rosy
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday flagged a more than 15-fold increase in its second-quarter operating profit as the artific...
Liner launches beta service for Academic Mode AI Search
South Korea's generative AI startup Liner announced on Thursday that it launched a beta service of Academic Mode AI Search, which provides answers b...
Time to revive innovator spirit: LG Energy Solution CEO
South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., also the world’s No. 3, must accelerate innovation and prop up fundamentals to ...
LG Elec selected as Volkswagen's top supplier
LG Electronics Inc. was named the top supplier by Germany's Volkswagen Group. According to industry sources on Thursday, LG Electronics received the...
Hyundai Motor completes EV ecosystem in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Hyundai Motor Group has built an electric vehicle hub backed by a complete supply chain from raw materials sourcing to ba...
AI to drive Mirae Asset's next-phase growth: chairman
Mirae Asset Group is a pioneer in South Korea’s mutual fund industry. It launched the country’s first equity mutual fund in the wake of ...
LG Electronics acquires Athom to facilitate AI smart home push
South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. said on Wednesday it has acquired Athom B.V., a Netherlands-based home automation compa...
LG Chem launches Synovian in China
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. announced on Wednesday that it launched its homegrown new drug for osteoarthritis Synovian (marketed in China as Hyruan O...
AI plagiarism detection startup Muhayu eyes IPO in 2026
South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) startup Muhayu hired Mirae Asset Securities as the lead manager for its initial public offering (IPO) targ...
Korea's LG Uplus aims for $1.4 bn in B2B AI sales by 2028
South Korea’s leading mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp., which is set to unveil its first artificial intelligence chip by the end of this year, ai...
