Vivid Health gets seed round from Kakao Ventures
Vivid Health, a South Korean startup that operates an obesity treatment management platform announced on Wednesday that it got a seed round investme...
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...
Lotte Chemical, CIP to join hands on ammonia projects
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has reached a preliminary agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to purchase and sell blue...
Korea's NH Investment shortlists 3 CEO candidates
South Korean brokerage house NH Investment & Securities Co. has shortlisted three candidates for its next chief executive as the current CEO Jeo...
Naver to unveil world’s first web platform-enabled robotics OS
South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. is set to make inroads into the global robotics operating system market by unveiling the world’s ...
Samsung’s Family Hub Plus gets UL certification
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday that its 2024 Bespoke Refrigerator with Family Hub Plus has achieved the Diamond grade in an Internet of Thi...
Samsung’s Odyssey Neo G9 redefines gaming monitors
Samsung Electronics Co. is redefining the scope of gaming monitors with its latest model, the Odyssey Neo G9, which the South Korean tech giant says...
Mirae Asset to sell Korean treasuries to retail investors
The South Korean government on Monday tapped Mirae Asset Securities Co. as the brokerage chosen to sell treasury bonds, the sale of which will be la...
Palliser Capital backs proxy fight with Samsung C&T
Palliser Capital, a London-based hedge fund, said on Sunday it will vote in favor of other activist shareholders’ proposals for Samsung C&...
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 ...
NPS to invest up to $8.2 bn in undervalued Korean stocks
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is expected to invest up to 11 trillion won ($8.2 ...
Samsung, LG Electronics sweep honors at iF Design Awards 2024
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. have taken home the most trophies among nominees at iF Design Awards 2024, setting a benchmark in de...
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 inte...
Hana Micron to develop 2.5D packaging for Nvidia’s H100 AI chip: CEO
With burgeoning demand for high-performance artificial intelligence chips, back-end process technology, which assembles various semiconductors and t...
Kakao Ventures invests in AI optimization startup Omelet
Kakao Ventures Corp. has made an undisclosed amount of seed investment into Omelet, a South Korean early stage startup developing industrial operati...
Race for Asiana's cargo unit heats up among local bidders
The proposed merger of South Korea’s two largest carriers, Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc., is intensifying competition among lo...
Mubadala ties up with Korea’s Woori for global investments
Mubadala Investment Co., Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, has joined hands with Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest fi...
Samsung flexes NAND muscle with high-capacity microSD cards
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled two new microSD cards boasting high performance and capacity usually found in solid-state drives (SSDs...
NH Investment launches $150 mn real estate fund
South Korea’s NH Investment & Securities Co. said on Wednesday it has launched a 200 billion won ($150 million) real estate fund for insti...
Samsung Bespoke AI Combo sells 1,000 units in three days
Samsung Electronics Co. 's the Bespoke AI Washer & Dryer Combo surpassed 1,000 units sold in three days, Feb. 24 to 26. The Bespoke AI C...
Samsung targets gene therapy sector through US investments
Samsung Group is targeting the gene therapy business through investments in US biotechnology companies as the leading South Korean conglomerate is s...
Samsung holds DRAM supremacy with its market share at 7-year high
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, saw its supremacy in the DRAM segment strengthen last year with its market shar...
Seoul City, Cyber Vally to support AI startups for overseas expansion
Seoul City announced on Tuesday that it will collaborate with Cyber Valley GmbH, Europe's largest artificial intelligence (AI) research consortium, ...
Samsung doubles down in HBM race with largest memory
Samsung Electronics Co. has developed the industry’s first 36-gigabyte (GB) 12-layer high-value, high-performance memory chip in a bid to rest...
SK Telecom sees rise of personal AI assistants as game changer
BARCELONA – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, sees the emergence of personal artificial intelligence assistants as a gam...
Samsung to launch its 1st Galaxy Ring in H2 2024
Samsung Electronics Co. will launch its first Galaxy Ring in the second half of this year as the South Korean tech giant is finalizing research and ...
Softbank to join SK Telecom-led global AI joint venture
BARCELONA -- Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. tied up with major global telcos such as South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and E...
Korea announces measures to upvalue local shares
The South Korean financial regulator announced basic guidelines under the so-called corporate value-up program on Monday, with measures to boost the...
Samsung to unveil its first Galaxy Ring at MWC 2024
BARCELONA - Samsung Electronics Co. is set to unveil its new health biometric tracker Galaxy Ring at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. T...
Hyundai to reignite Brazil’s mobility push with $1.1 billion investment
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Friday it will invest $1.1 billion in Brazil to reinvigorate the South American country&...
