Samsung Elec unveils world’s 1st 200-megapixel mobile image sensor

Samsung Elec unveils world’s 1st 200-megapixel mobile image sensor

Samsung Electronics Co. has become the first company to launch a 200-megapixel mobile image sensor, giving the world’s No. 2 image sensor make...

US, Korea approve nuclear fuel recycle technology

US, Korea approve nuclear fuel recycle technology

Authoritie of the United States and South Korea officially endorsed the results of a joint research on Pyro-SFR, a cutting-edge technology that re...

Hyundai to step up push into eco-friendly ships with IPO

Hyundai to step up push into eco-friendly ships with IPO

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. plans to spend 70% of the proceeds from its initial public offering on the Korea Exchange, or about 760 billion won ($6...

Iljin Hysolus shares hit ceiling on first day of trading

Iljin Hysolus shares hit ceiling on first day of trading

South Korea’s only mass-producer of hydrogen tube trailers, Iljin Hysolus Co. made a strong debut on Kospi by reaching the price ceiling on it...

SEWORKS CEO: Black hat hacker-turned-security consultant

SEWORKS CEO: Black hat hacker-turned-security consultant

SILICON VALLEY -- In a digital world where data theft is growing rapidly, hackers who turn their lives around to help in the fight against cybercrim...

Global automakers' new battle field: small EVs

Global automakers' new battle field: small EVs

Global automakers stop producing smaller cars among internal combustion engine models. The industry is facing difficulties to make profits from thos...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics to benefit as COVID-19 slams competitors

Samsung Electro-Mechanics to benefit as COVID-19 slams competitors

Samsung Electro-Mechanics is expected to benefit as the COVID-19 has hit its competitors in the global multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) market.T...

Samsung, LG to showcase latest display innovations at IMID

Samsung, LG to showcase latest display innovations at IMID

South Korea’s largest display maker Samsung Display Co. and its rival LG Display Co. will boast their latest product innovations at the Intern...

Carmaker stocks hit speed bump of chip shortage, Delta variant

Carmaker stocks hit speed bump of chip shortage, Delta variant

Shares in global carmakers such as Hyundai Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. are tumbling. The automotive chip shortage is expected to deteriorate fu...

OsteoSys pioneers bone densitometer market for lab animals

OsteoSys pioneers bone densitometer market for lab animals

South Korea-based OsteoSys Corp. aims to become the world's leading player in the bone densitometry market backed by its portfolio of high-tech bone...

MBK Partners to sell Doosan Machine Tools for $2.1 bn

MBK Partners to sell Doosan Machine Tools for $2.1 bn

MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, agreed to sell South Korean Doosan Machine Tools at $2.1 billion to the country’s DTR ...

S.Korea to launch first carbon credit ETFs in September

S.Korea to launch first carbon credit ETFs in September

South Korea will launch its first set of carbon credit-themed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) next month, in a move to address the rising investor dema...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics aims to take lead in MLCC market

Samsung Electro-Mechanics aims to take lead in MLCC market

South Korea-based electronic components maker Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. is looking to take lead in the multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) mar...

Seoul property prices rise at world's fastest rate

Seoul property prices rise at world's fastest rate

The commercial real estate market in Seoul saw the fastest rate of price growth among all the gateway cities in the world over the past 12 months, w...

Korean govt to spend $1.9 billion to become world’s leading vaccine maker

Korean govt to spend $1.9 billion to become world’s leading vaccine maker

The South Korean government will invest 2.2 trillion won ($1.9 billion) by 2025 to become a top five vaccine producer in the world. President Moon J...

Krafton IPO draws lukewarm demand from retail investors

Krafton IPO draws lukewarm demand from retail investors

Korea’s major game developer Krafton Inc’s much-anticipated IPO subscription has closed by only drawing a muted response from investors....

Netmarble bets $2.2 bn on global social casino game market

Netmarble bets $2.2 bn on global social casino game market

South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. decided to buy the world’s No. 3 social casino game publisher SpinX Games for $2.2 billion, bettin...

S.Korean archers power to Tokyo victory with Win&Win bows

S.Korean archers power to Tokyo victory with Win&Win bows

Last Friday, South Korea's An San became the first archer in Olympic history to win three gold medals at a single Games: the women's individual comp...

LG Elec completes stock deal with Magna for EV powertrain JV

LG Elec completes stock deal with Magna for EV powertrain JV

LG Electronics Inc. completed a stock sale deal with Canadian auto parts maker Magna International Inc. for an electric vehicle (EV) powertrain join...

POSCO to build $200 mn nickel refining plant to ramp up battery materials

POSCO to build $200 mn nickel refining plant to ramp up battery materials

POSCO, the world’s fifth-largest steelmaker by output, said on Wednesday it is spending 230 billion won ($200 million) to build a nickel sulfa...

Korea’s steel stocks make big rebound with rosy H2 outlook

Korea’s steel stocks make big rebound with rosy H2 outlook

The share prices of South Korea’s major steelmakers, which observed a period of a downturn over the last two months, is making a rebound amid ...

Korea's sole AI chip designer takes on automotive chip market

Korea's sole AI chip designer takes on automotive chip market

South Korea-based semiconductor intellectual property provider Openedges Technology Inc. has come into the limelight with global automaker Hyundai M...

SK Hynix sees robust chip demand for rest of year after strong Q2 sales

SK Hynix sees robust chip demand for rest of year after strong Q2 sales

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, on Tuesday posted its highest quarterly profit and sales in nearly three years on ...

KOGAS attempts to expand LNG bunkering as global demand grows

KOGAS attempts to expand LNG bunkering as global demand grows

Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) aims to expand liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering business as global demand for cleaner fuels for ships is growing.LNG bu...

Hyundai Honorary Chairman Chung inducted into Automotive Hall of Fame

Hyundai Honorary Chairman Chung inducted into Automotive Hall of Fame

Hyundai Motor Group Honorary Chairman Chung Mong-koo was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame (AHF) on Thursday, acknowledging his work in deve...

Samsung courts image sensor leader Sony with new automotive products

Samsung courts image sensor leader Sony with new automotive products

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest image sensor maker, is courting industry leader Sony Corp. with its new line of automotive...

SK Hynix outplays Kioxia as world’s No.2 smartphone NAND flash maker

SK Hynix outplays Kioxia as world’s No.2 smartphone NAND flash maker

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. has clinched a surprise second spot in the world’s NAND flash market for smartphones. According to the marke...

World’s top COVID-19 test kit maker draws $28 bn in IPO subscriptions

World’s top COVID-19 test kit maker draws $28 bn in IPO subscriptions

The IPO of SD Biosensor Inc., which has sold the most COVID-19 test kits in the world -- selling more than 700 million kits from February 2020 to Ma...

Naver says it's constructing world’s first robot-friendly building

Naver says it's constructing world’s first robot-friendly building

The world’s first “robot-friendly” building will complete construction in the second half of this year by South Korea’s tech...

Hyundai Motor to adopt digital twin in latest move of virtual technology use

Hyundai Motor to adopt digital twin in latest move of virtual technology use

Hyundai Motor Group plans to adopt digital twin technology, which allows the automaker to make a digital replica of a real car for simulation not ...

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