SK Hynix looks to expand AI memory leadership with new NAND chip

SK Hynix looks to expand AI memory leadership with new NAND chip

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. aims to expand its memory leadership in the artificial intelligence sphere beyond the high-performance DRAM segmen...

SoftBank to buy part of Naver's Line stake by July: CEO Miyakawa

SoftBank to buy part of Naver's Line stake by July: CEO Miyakawa

TOKYO – SoftBank Corp., which runs LY Corp., the operator of the popular mobile messenger app Line in Japan, said on Thursday it is in talks w...

Blackpink label YG to sell drama production unit

Blackpink label YG to sell drama production unit

K-pop sensation Blackpink’s label YG Entertainment Inc. is slated to sell 60% of its drama production subsidiary Studioplex later this year, t...

Qcells launches commercial operations at new plant in Georgia, US

Qcells launches commercial operations at new plant in Georgia, US

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group known as Qcells in overseas markets, ha...

Kia unveils teaser images for all-electric EV3

Kia unveils teaser images for all-electric EV3

Kia Corp. the second-largest automaker in South Korea, unveiled the first teaser images and video of the upcoming third all-electric sports utility ...

Samsung sets up team to win AI chip deal from Nvidia

Samsung sets up team to win AI chip deal from Nvidia

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, established a team for a billions-of-dollars high-bandwidth memory chip supply deal...

Japan’s request for Naver to shed Line control ‘unprecedented': CEO

Japan’s request for Naver to shed Line control ‘unprecedented': CEO

TOKYO – South Korea’s tech giant Naver Corp. said on Friday that Japan’s administrative guidance for Naver to sell down its contro...

Doosan Enerbility to export nuclear plant equipment to Romania

Doosan Enerbility to export nuclear plant equipment to Romania

South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. said on Thursday it won a contract with Canadian nuclear reactor manufacturer Candu ...

Korea’s factory output backpedals, but spending recovers in March

Korea’s factory output backpedals, but spending recovers in March

South Korea’s factory activity weakened in March on a fall in manufacturing output, stoking concerns about Asia’s fourth-largest economy...

S.Korea’s KT to innovate media, content businesses with AI

S.Korea’s KT to innovate media, content businesses with AI

South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. is set to innovate its media and content businesses with artificial intelligence as it seeks new growth d...

KT&G faces $2 bn damages suit over heated tobacco invention

KT&G faces $2 bn damages suit over heated tobacco invention

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, is facing a $2 billion damages suit from a former employee who claimed the South Kore...

SK Networks establishes AI lab in Silicon Valley

SK Networks establishes AI lab in Silicon Valley

South Korea's SK Networks Co. announced on Wednesday that it opened the PhnyX Lab, an artificial intelligence (AI) technology development organizati...

K-pop: Pros and cons of HYBE's multi-label system

K-pop: Pros and cons of HYBE's multi-label system

Disputes between HYBE Co. and its label behind popular girl group NewJeans has made headlines as an almost unheard-of conflict in the K-pop industry...

Hanwha Ocean’s Q1 turnaround brightens earnings outlook

Hanwha Ocean’s Q1 turnaround brightens earnings outlook

Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s third-largest shipbuilder, turned to the black in the first quarter powered by increasing sales of higher-end ...

Qcells inks US solar modules, power plants deal with TGC

Qcells inks US solar modules, power plants deal with TGC

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group also known as Qcells in overseas market...

S.Korea’s IBK, Japan’s Mizuho Bank agree on $218-million committed line

S.Korea’s IBK, Japan’s Mizuho Bank agree on $218-million committed line

South Korea’s state-run Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) has agreed on a 300 billion won ($218 million) committed credit line with Japanese lead...

Korean Air, WestJet codeshare Incheon~Calgary route

Korean Air, WestJet codeshare Incheon~Calgary route

Korean Air Lines Co. announced on Monday that it will expand codeshare operations with Canada's WestJet Airlines.Korean Air will sell flights operat...

BMW to support Korean automotive startups at new R&D center

BMW to support Korean automotive startups at new R&D center

German luxury carmaker BMW Group is set to support South Korean automotive startups in their overseas expansion as it on Monday opened a new researc...

POSCO-Pilbara JV delivers 1st order of lithium hydroxide

POSCO-Pilbara JV delivers 1st order of lithium hydroxide

South Korea’s top steel group POSCO has shipped lithium hydroxide, a rechargeable battery’s key raw material produced jointly with Austr...

HD Hyundai Oilbank kicks off biodiesel mass production

HD Hyundai Oilbank kicks off biodiesel mass production

HD Hyundai Oilbank Co., South Korea’s refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, started mass production of biodiesel to expand its eco-friendly energy b...

LG to double global built-in appliance sales to $722 mn

LG to double global built-in appliance sales to $722 mn

MILAN, ITALY – LG Electronics Inc. eyes 1 trillion won ($722 million) in global built-in appliance sales in three years by winning the hearts ...

Doosan, LG unveil automated EV charger served by robot

Doosan, LG unveil automated EV charger served by robot

Doosan Robotics Inc. and LG Electronics Inc. have jointly developed an automated electric vehicle charger served by a robot and launched its pilot o...

Korean kimchi makers spur production in US, Australia

Korean kimchi makers spur production in US, Australia

South Korean top food makers such as CJ CheilJedang Corp. and Daesang Corp. are expanding their kimchi factories overseas to meet growing demand for...

Manyo’s Pure Cleansing Oil to hit US Costco shelves in July

Manyo’s Pure Cleansing Oil to hit US Costco shelves in July

South Korea’s naturalism cosmetics company Manyo Co. has hit the jackpot in a deal to supply its best-selling face cleansing product, Pure Cle...

Samsung to produce 290-layer V9 NAND to win chip stacking war

Samsung to produce 290-layer V9 NAND to win chip stacking war

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is set to begin mass production of 290-layer ninth-generation vertical (V9) NAN...

Korea leads global online shopping trend for used luxury goods

Korea leads global online shopping trend for used luxury goods

South Koreans are leading the trend of buying used luxury goods online with top-end products such as Rolex watches and Hermes bags among the hottest...

Doosan unveils advanced CCL lineup at US IT equipment exhibition

Doosan unveils advanced CCL lineup at US IT equipment exhibition

South Korea's Doosan Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will showcase its high-end copper-clad layer (CCL) lineup, applicable to memory, system semi...

Aekyung AGE20's to launch cushion foundation in Japan

Aekyung AGE20's to launch cushion foundation in Japan

AGE20's, South Korean cosmetic company Aekyung Industrial Co. 's flagship cosmetic brand, announced that it held a new cushion foundation for a Japa...

S-Oil gets int’l certification for SAF

S-Oil gets int’l certification for SAF

S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., announced on Thursday that it has achieved the International Sustainability and Carbon ...

Hyundai Engineering, Trimble Solution to develop BIM

Hyundai Engineering, Trimble Solution to develop BIM

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering Co. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with Trimble Solution Korea to co-develop a building information mode...

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