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Korean chipmakers
Samsung aims to overtake TSMC, Apple with 3 nm Exynos W1000 chip
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Honda, POSCO Future M to build cell materials plant in Canada
Japan’s Honda Motor Co. and South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. agreed to build a battery materials plant in Canada where the automaker will...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem, Korea Zinc JV to mass-produce EV battery materials
A joint venture between LG Chem Ltd. and Korea Zinc Inc. is slated to start the mass production of precursor, a key electric vehicle battery material...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Tesla supplier L&F wins $6.8 bn cell materials deal in Europe
L&F Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery materials supplier to Tesla Inc., has won a $6.8 billion contract to sell cathodes to a major ce...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s LG telecom unit unveils AI agent with own technology
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, has introduced an artificial intelligence agent platform based on its own ixi AI technology...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Group’s AI academy to foster young talent bears fruit
On April 6, at LG Inwhawon, called LG Academy in English, in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, 99 college students and twenty-somethings were wrestling with...
Apr 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung ups smaller OLED workforce to fend off Chinese rivals
Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s top screen maker, increased its workforce for smaller organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels used for po...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
CJ Olive Young beats Amorepacific to become K-beauty king
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, took the throne in the domestic cosmetics market last year, beating industry giants...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
LG injects $97 mn into Vista Equity’s fund for new tech investments
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, injected $97 million into a fund run by Vista Equity Partners Management LLC for investmen...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Elec expands workforce to enhance AI cyber security
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, is actively increasing its workforce to improve artificial intelligence cyber security ...
Mar 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Korea Zinc, LG Chem team up for US recycling business
Korea Zinc Inc., the leading global zinc and lead smelter, and LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top petrochemical producer, joined hands for the pla...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG invests $60 million in Bear Robotics as robot OS war intensifies
South Korea’s high-tech giant LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday it has invested $60 million in Bear Robotics Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ser...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EV charging speed, battery sector’s emerging battlefield
South Korea’s three major battery makers are rushing to shorten times for electric vehicle charging, the main issue for consumers reluctant to ...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
New iPad Pro to feature Samsung, LG OLED screens
South Korea’s two leading display makers Samsung Display Co. and LG Display Co. are said to have been chosen by Apple Inc. to supply all the 8.5...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Seoul Semiconductor sues Amazon Europe for LED patent infringement
South Korea’s Seoul Semiconductor Co. said on Tuesday it had filed a complaint against multinational commerce giant Amazon with the European Un...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korean EV battery makers to unveil tech for industry recharge
South Korea’s three major electric vehicle battery makers are gearing up to invigorate the global green car market with new technologies they w...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Meta’s AI, XR push to gain speed with Korea’s support
South Korea is backing Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., in the Facebook operator’s artificial intel...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG go head-to-head in washer-dryer combo market
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s tech giants, are in cut-throat competition to lead the all-in-one, single-drum, ...
Feb 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to expand workforce for 4680 cylindrical batteries
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, is set to increase its workforce for large-size cylindrical batteries with...
Feb 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to buy more Australian lithium for US EV benefits
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, said on Wednesday it was set to buy more lithium, a key...
Feb 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
No annual bonuses for Samsung chip unit due to loss
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, decided not to pay annual bonuses to staff of its semiconductor business due to the ...
Jan 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Electronics likely ahead of Whirlpool with record 2023 sales
LG Electronics Inc. is consolidating its lead over Whirlpool Corp. as the world’s top home appliances maker as the South Korean electronics mak...
Jan 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, LG ask US to ease EV tax benefit requirements
South Korean electric vehicle and battery makers including Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Ltd. have asked the US to ease requirements for...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s AP chip Exynos turns from ugly duckling to golden swan
Samsung Electronics Co. has bittersweet memories of its Exynos chip – an in-house application processor (AP) referred to as the brain of mobile...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung AI features on 100 mn Galaxy phones by year-end: mobile chief
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Samsung Electronics Co., said on Wednesday it aims to have at least 100 million units of its flagship Galaxy line of smartph...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem sees up to 25% battery sector growth in 2024: report
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd., the parent of the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., expects up t...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils next-gen signage platform for B2B push
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top TV maker by sales, on Monday launched a next-generation signage operations platform to boost its prese...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
LG Elec to expand ad-supported streaming service with TV OS
LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, plans to expand its free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) business...
Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
LG Elec to raise capex, R&D spending; eyes acquisition
LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, plans to spend more on capital expenditures, as well as research and devel...
Jan 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Disappointing LG Energy earnings dim outlook amid weak EVs
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, disappointed investors with quarterly earnings on the sluggish global electr...
Jan 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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