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...
Korea’s Hanwha wins first US defense deal with Boeing for F-15 parts
Hanwha Systems Co., a leading South Korean defense manufacturer, has won its first US Air Force contract to supply Boeing Co. with cockpit displays ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘New normal’ ushers in infrastructure supercycle: I Squared Capital
I Squared Capital sees the global infrastructure industry entering a supercycle, powered by "New Normal" factors such as sticky inflation, persisten...
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’s Jay Y. Lee, LG’s top brass discuss cooperation with Mercedes-Benz chief in Seoul
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong and Mercedes-Benz Chief Executive Ola Källenius met in Seoul on Thursday to discuss expanding coo...
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...
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...
Nvidia strikes AI alliance with S.Korea, pledges 260,000 GPUs worth $9.8 billion by 2030
GYEONGJU – Nvidia Corp. has agreed to supply 260,000 units of its high-end graphics processing units (GPUs) to South Korea’s government ...
Flattery, gifts and a fresh pact: Nvidia, Samsung, Hyundai tighten AI ties
It began with a toast of beer and fried chicken at a modest Seoul eatery, followed by a flurry of compliments and gift exchanges, and ended with a g...
Samsung sells out 2026 HBM supply after starting Nvidia shipments in Q3
Samsung Electronics Co. has already sold out next year’s production of its next-generation HBM4 chips after beginning long-awaited HBM3E shipm...
S.Korea gets Trump nod for Hanwha to make nuclear-powered submarines in Philly Shipyard
Donald Trump has approved South Korea’s long-sought plan to build nuclear-powered submarines, a move that could transform Korea’s naval ...
