Samsung, LG products sweep CES 2023 innovation awards

Samsung, LG  products sweep CES 2023 innovation awards

South Korea’s two largest home appliance makers – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. – have swept a record number of ...

KT unveils AI strategy, including hyperscale AI commercialization 

KT unveils AI strategy, including hyperscale AI commercialization 

South Korea’s second-largest wireless carrier KT Corp. unveiled a set of steps it will take to commercialize the internally developed Hypersca...

Galaxy Watches gauge body indicators at level of specialized medical devices

Galaxy Watches gauge body indicators at level of specialized medical devices

The Galaxy Watch series of Samsung Electronics can gauge major indicators of human health with similar accuracy as that of professional medical devi...

LG CNS to design smart city system for Indonesia's new capital

LG CNS to design smart city system for Indonesia's new capital

South Korea's LG CNS will provide a smart city design for Indonesia's new capital of Nusantara. The company on Tuesday said it signed the day before...

Saudi crown prince to meet Korean business leaders in Seoul

Saudi crown prince to meet Korean business leaders in Seoul

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is known to be planning meetings with leaders of major South Korean conglomerates, including S...

Chipmaker Netsol unveils first STT-MRAM in South Korea

Chipmaker Netsol unveils first STT-MRAM in South Korea

South Korea’s fabless memory semiconductor design house Netsol announced on Friday that it developed the country’s first STT-MRAM, a nex...

Galaxy S22 smartphone named to Time's 'Best Inventions of 2022'

Galaxy S22 smartphone named to Time's 'Best Inventions of 2022'

The smartphone Galaxy S22 Ultra is one of three products by Samsung Electronics included on a list of this year's best inventions by the American ma...

Samsung C&T, KSS Line to jointly transport clean hydrogen, ammonia

Samsung C&T, KSS Line to jointly transport clean hydrogen, ammonia

Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading arm of Samsung Group, is set to build an infrastructure for maritime transportation of clean hyd...

Lawmakers’ move to amend law could rattle Samsung governance

Lawmakers’ move to amend law could rattle Samsung governance

South Korean lawmakers are moving to revise an insurance industry law that would force Samsung Group-affiliated insurers to sell their shares in Sam...

Samsung Heavy develops liquefied hydrogen fuel cell system

Samsung Heavy develops liquefied hydrogen fuel cell system

Samsung Heavy Industries has succeeded in developing a liquefied hydrogen fuel cell system for use in marine propulsion. The electric power is ...

LG, Altair build AI-powered validation platform for automotive parts

LG, Altair build AI-powered validation platform for automotive parts

LG Electronics Inc., an industry frontrunner in applying artificial intelligence to home appliances, said on Wednesday it has joined forces with Alt...

Korea's SKT aims for $32 bn in corporate value via AI tech by 2026

Korea's SKT aims for $32 bn in corporate value via AI tech by 2026

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. is aiming to quadruple its corporate value, currently around 11 trillion won ($7.9 billion), b...

Samsung’s new NAND boasts industry’s highest storage capacity

Samsung’s new NAND boasts industry’s highest storage capacity

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has begun mass producing its latest NAND chip, which features the industry&rsqu...

Internet giant Naver to introduce same-hour delivery by year’s end 

Internet giant Naver to introduce same-hour delivery by year’s end 

South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp. plans to introduce same-hour delivery service by year’s end. Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon ann...

Samsung to only use Qualcomm’s AP for Galaxy S23 series

Samsung to only use Qualcomm’s AP for Galaxy S23 series

Samsung Electronics Co. is poised to release the Galaxy S23 series smartphones in mid-February, those familiar with the development told The Korea E...

Samsung Biologics in CDO deal talks with global pharma firm

Samsung Biologics in CDO deal talks with global pharma firm

FRANKFURT – Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, is in talks to develop medicines for a global pharmaceutical ...

Korea Inc. accumulates cash as economic downturn deepens

Korea Inc. accumulates cash as economic downturn deepens

South Korean companies, led by the country’s most valuable firm Samsung Electronics Co., have rushed to accumulate cash as interest rates kept...

Samsung, LG gear up for launch of 8K gaming monitors

Samsung, LG gear up for launch of 8K gaming monitors

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s two largest TV makers, are bracing for the impending arrival of a next-generati...

Samsung fast-forwards digital transformation of its chip business

Samsung fast-forwards digital transformation of its chip business

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is accelerating its digital shift to better respond to the changi...

Samsung Elec's brand value rises to $87.7 billion

Samsung Elec's brand value rises to $87.7 billion

Samsung Electronics' brand value has broken the $80 billion mark. Korea's flagship company saw such value grow in double digits for the second ...

Samsung sets sights on new chips for self-driving homes on wheels

Samsung sets sights on new chips for self-driving homes on wheels

For decades, Samsung Electronics Co. has been a household name in the semiconductor industry, making chips that work like the human brain for comput...

Samsung smartphone shipments down 7.4% in Q3; outlook dim

Samsung smartphone shipments down 7.4% in Q3; outlook dim

Samsung Electronics Co. suffered a drop in smartphone shipments during the third quarter on weak demand, adding to concerns over the sector’s ...

Samsung to use rare gas produced by POSCO for chip manufacturing

Samsung to use rare gas produced by POSCO for chip manufacturing

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will significantly raise the use of locally produced xenon, a critical gas for ...

Samsung reiterates no memory chip output cut despite weak Q3 results

Samsung reiterates no memory chip output cut despite weak Q3 results

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker, said on Thursday it will not reduce its production despite dwin...

Samsung SDI beats CATL in EV battery operating margin

Samsung SDI beats CATL in EV battery operating margin

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, reported a higher operating margin than that of the global leader C...

Jay Y. Lee inaugurated as chairman of Samsung Electronics

Jay Y. Lee inaugurated as chairman of Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co.'s leader Jay Y. Lee was promoted as the company's chairman on Oct. 27.Samsung Electronics' board of directors approved the a...

Samsung Elec to expand foundry business to tackle TSMC

Samsung Elec to expand foundry business to tackle TSMC

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest foundry company, is set to expand production technology of chips for automobiles, sensors ...

Korea's Samsung Biologics signs $296 mn CMO deal with GSK

Korea's Samsung Biologics signs $296 mn CMO deal with GSK

South Korea’s Samsung Biologics Co. has signed a $296.1 million deal to supply biopharmaceutical products to UK-based multinational pharma gia...

Samsung SDI supplier Jaewon seeks about $280 mn in pre-IPO

Samsung SDI supplier Jaewon seeks about $280 mn in pre-IPO

South Korean mid-sized petrochemical company Jaewon Industrial Co. is looking to attract pre-IPO investment, according to investment banking sources...

Samsung mulls new foundry plant in Europe, to expand outsourcing

Samsung mulls new foundry plant in Europe, to expand outsourcing

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is considering expanding outsourced chip production and building a new foundry ...

S.Korean game developer Krafton acquires Japan’s ADK for $517 million S.Korea's stablecoin frenzy fuels stock rally despite regulatory uncertainty SK Hynix joins Samsung in 200 trillion won market cap club Samsung on hiring spree to bolster US foundry sales LS Electric poised to join Nvidia's supply chain via Vertiv deal