Samsung rises to Apple’s primary mobile DRAM supplier for iPhone 17

Samsung Electronics Co. has emerged as Apple Inc.’s largest supplier of mobile memory for the US smartphone maker’s iPhone 17, securing ...

MBK Partners promotes Yon Sog Choi to partner; streamlines senior ranks

MBK Partners has promoted veteran dealmaker Yon Sog Choi to partner, while it steps up execution capabilities in its core buyout businessAccording t...

Samsung, SK Hynix to beat TSMC in gross profit margin for memory business

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are expected to surpass global foundry leader Taiwan Sem...

Seoul to back AI computing, solid state batteries first with National Growth Fund

South Korea has picked seven projects from AI computing to all-solid-state batteries as the first recipients of capital from its 150 trillion won ($...

South Korea bets on AI, power, financials to carry Kospi toward 5,000 in 2026

South Korean stocks are heading into 2026 with strategists betting that leadership will broaden beyond semiconductors to power, financial and infras...

Korea presidential office convenes FX meeting with top exporters as it eases FX rules

South Korea’s presidential office on Thursday convened an emergency meeting with executives from seven of the country’s largest conglome...

SK seeks to sell AI data center stake for up to $1.4 bn with KKR interested

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, is seeking to sell up to a 49% stake in an artificial intelligence data center it is buil...

Real AI bubble is market concentration, not technology: Amundi CIO

The artificial intelligence revolution is real, but the way investors are betting on it has become dangerous, said Vincent Mortier, group chief inve...

Seoul fires starting gun on $102 bn fund with demand already outpacing supply

South Korea officially launched its 150 trillion won ($102 billion) sovereign-backed investment vehicle on Thursday, revealing that initial funding ...

Samsung, SK Hynix stand to win big as Nvidia’s H200 earns US approval for China

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. are poised for a multi-trillion-won (multi-billion-dollar) boost after Washington has cleared Nvidia Corp....

SoftBank's Son urges Korea to secure power to brace for artificial superintelligence

Masayoshi Son, the chief executive of SoftBank Group, on Friday urged South Korea to secure ample energy to prepare for the coming artificial superi...

LG to supply AI infrastructure solutions to Microsoft worth billions of dollars annually

LG Group’s key units, including LG Electronics Inc. and LG Energy Solution Ltd., signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Microsoft Cor...

South Korea's Lee to meet SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son on AI infrastructure expansion

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set to meet with Masayoshi Son, the founder and chairman of SoftBank Group, on Friday to discuss the Japanes...

Transcend warns of surging costs as NAND supply from Samsung, SanDisk in dire shortage

Transcend Information Inc., a Taiwan-based memory module maker, has warned customers that soaring component shortages have doubled its manufacturing...

Samsung to supply half of memory for Nvidia's 2nd-generation SOCAMM in 2026

Samsung Electronics Co. will supply half of the memory used for Nvidia Corp.’s second-generation SOCAMM in 2026, positioning itself as the lar...

Samsung emerges as top HBM supplier for Google's AI chips with 60% share

Samsung Electronics Co. has ramped up high-bandwidth memory (HBM) shipments in the second half of this year, bringing its share of semiconductor use...

Google-Nvidia AI showdown sets up Samsung, SK Hynix as big winners

As Google Inc. steps up its challenge to Nvidia Corp.’s grip on the artificial intelligence accelerator market, the ripple effects are positio...

Offshore investors boost appetite for Korean real estate; Singapore funds at forefront

A softening won and lower interest rates are raising foreign appetite for South Korean commercial real estate, with Singaporean heavyweights  -...

Reliance's Ambani explores broader partnership with Samsung's Lee in Seoul

Mukesh Ambani, the Indian billionaire and chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd., met with Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong on Tuesday as...

After market jolt, Nvidia tries to reassert control of AI narrative

Nvidia Corp. is mounting a forceful defense against rising skepticism over the durability of the artificial intelligence boom, circulating a seven-p...

Hyundai’s luxury brand Genesis to launch high-performance Magma variants in all trims

LE CASTELLET, France – Genesis, Hyundai Motor Group’s luxury marque, has spent the past decade proving it belongs in the global premium ...

AI bubble alarm slams S.Korean stocks, but analysts call to buy on dips

South Korean stocks tumbled on Friday as renewed anxiety over a potential artificial-intelligence bubble rippled through global markets, triggering ...

SK Hynix to ramp up 1c DRAM production 8-fold in 2026

SK Hynix Inc., a crucial supplier of high-bandwidth memory to Nvidia Corp.’s artificial-intelligence processors, is set to boost output of its...

CHA Bio Group acquires Kakao Healthcare to advance into AI-based digital health segment

CHA Bio Group, the parent of CHA Biotech Co., South Korea’s leading stem cell therapeutics developer, has agreed to acquire control of Kakao H...

NCSOFT bets big on AI, cloud with debut of Horizon universe-based MMORPG

NCSOFT Corp., a leading South Korean game developer and publisher, has unveiled Horizon Steel Frontiers, the first MMORPG set in Sony Interactive En...

Samsung launches 1st M&A-only team, signaling return to big deals

Samsung Electronics Co. has launched its first team dedicated solely to mergers and acquisitions, a sign the South Korean tech giant is gearing up...

DB HiTek capitalizes on legacy chip retreat by Samsung, TSMC

DB HiTek Co., a South Korean specialty chip foundry, has been swiftly filling the gap left in the legacy foundry market as Samsung Electronics Co. a...

Samsung Electronics reinforces control tower with 1st leadership change in 8 years

Samsung Electronics Co. has replaced the chief of its internal control tower for the first time in eight years, upgrading its Business Support Task ...

Kospi tumbles on AI bubble fears; short-selling adds to market strain

After weeks of relentless gains that made it the world’s best-performing major stock index this year, South Korea’s Kospi stumbled on We...

IMF chief urges S.Korea to reform rigid labor market as AI reshapes employment

GYEONGJU, KOREA/WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has called on South Korea...