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POSCO to sell entire stake in P&O Chemical to OCI amid corporate reform
POSCO’s headquarters in Seoul POSCO Future M Co., a battery materials affiliate of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc.,…
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Kioxia’s TSE listing: Boon for SK Hynix, bane for Samsung Electronics?
SK Hynix’s multi-chip package TOKYO – The planned initial public offering (IPO) of Japanese memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. is…
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Samsung’s new 2 nm foundry process to cut chip size by 17%
Samsung Foundry Forum (SFF) 2024 was held in San Jose, California in June A new contract chipmaking technology, dubbed the…
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AI-driven shifts will unlock opportunities: SK Chairman
SK Chairman Chey Tae-won speaks at the 2024 Icheon Forum on Aug. 21, 2024 (Courtesy of SK Group) Bumpy roads…
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SK seeks sale of specialty gas unit for around $3 bn
Researcher at SK Specialty’s laboratory (File photo, courtesy of SK) SK Group, the second-largest conglomerate in South Korea, is considering…
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TelePIX launches AI processor for satellites
The South Korean satellite startup TelePIX announced on Monday that it sent its high-performance artificial intelligence (AI) processor for satellites…
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Hanwha Aerospace to spin off non-core units for defense sector
Prototype of Hanwha Aerospace’s advanced aero engine (File photo by Hanwha Aerospace) Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s answer to Elon…
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Korea’s retail investors buy stocks on dips in turmoil
(Courtesy of Getty Images) South Korea’s individual investors took the recent turmoil in stock markets as chances to buy shares…
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Korea’s Investment forum KIW 2024 to kick off September 9
Korea Investment Week 2023 South Korea’s largest investment forum Korea Investment Week 2024 (KIW 2024) will kick off next month…
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Biotech stocks, foreigners’ top pick in Korea amid panic selling
Trading room at Kookmin Bank’s branch in Yeouido, Seoul on August 5 (Courtesy of Yonhap) Foreigners and institutional investors in…
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LG Innotek, Ansys forge digital twin technology partnership
South Korea’s LG Innotek said on Thursday that it would expand the use of digital twin technology across its operations,…
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Seoul Semiconductor overtakes Japan’s Nichia as top backlight LED maker
Seoul Semiconductor showcases its future technologies at the Society for Information Display’s Display Week 2023 in Los Angeles South Korea’s…
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Gas maker Air Products Korea put on sale for around $3.6 bn
Air Products Korea’s factory in Ulsan (Courtesy of Air Products) US industrial gas maker Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has…
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Memory chip demand to stay firm until H1, 2025: SK Hynix CEO
SK Hynix chip plant in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, S. Korea (Courtesy of SK Hynix) The memory chip market is expected…
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LG unveils Korea’s 1st open source AI to take on Meta, Google
LG AI Research President Bae Kyunghoon (File photo by LG Corp.) LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, on Wednesday introduced…
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US to award SK Hynix up to $450 mn for Indiana chip complex
SK Hynix headquarters in South Korea (File photo) The US government said on Tuesday it plans to provide SK Hynix…
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Korean tech stocks suffer falls despite strong Q2 results
Despite strong earnings in the second quarter, 60% of listed companies saw their stock prices decline Some 60% of the…
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Will Samsung benefit from Nvidia’s new AI chip delays?
Nvidia Blackwell (File photo downloaded from Nvidia website) Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is likely to benefit…
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LS Cable breaks ground for bus ducts plant in Mexico
Koo Bon-kyu (fourth from left), CEO of LS Cable & System, joined the groundbreaking ceremoney for new plants in Mexico…
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Samsung invests in US AI security startup Protect AI
The founders of Protect AI (Screenshot captured from Protect AI website) Samsung Venture Investment Corp., Samsung Electronics Co.’s venture capital…
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S.Korea, China’s technology leak, anti-dumping disputes surge
(Courtesy of Getty Images Bank) South Korean companies are getting tough on anti-dumping and patent infringement cases as they feel…
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Samsung’s new chip leader calls for restoring competitiveness
It is urgent to restore Samsung Electronics Co.’s competitiveness in the semiconductor business, the chip division’s new head said in…
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Asicland, FADU to jointly develop eSSD controller
South Korean semiconductor design house Asicland Co. said on Thursday it signed a $19 million contract with the domestic fabless…
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SoftBank-backed Tridge in trouble amid Korean startup doom
(Captured from Tridge website) Tridge Co., South Korea’s first agricultural product and food trading platform operator invested by SoftBank Group…
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Samsung confirms strong Q2 profit on brisk AI chip sales
Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor manufacturing facility (Courtesy of Samsung Electronics) Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday reported 10.4 trillion won ($7.5 billion)…
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Sapien Semiconductors aims to overtake Novatek in microLED DDI chip
Sapien Semiconductors CEO Lee Myung-hee with the chip design firm’s LEDoS CMOS backplane product samples South Korea’s Sapien Semiconductors Inc.…
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S.Korea’s economy slows in Q2, but on growth course
Inside of a local department store in Seoul, South Korea South Korea’s economy unexpectedly slowed in the second quarter on…
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SK Hynix makes drastic turnaround with $4 billion Q2 profit; HBM in focus
SK Hynix’s DRAM plant in Icheon SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on…
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Samsung shifts to MediaTek for Galaxy Tab S10 chipsets
A man is taking a picture of Notre Dame Paris with a Galaxy Tab Samsung Electronics Co. will use MediaTek…
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S.Korea’s Rebellions secures investment from Aramco
Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, announced on Tuesday that it secured investment from Saudi Arabia’s…
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High power bills drive Korean manufacturers out of country
Samsung Electronics semiconductor complex in Taylor, Texas under construction (File photo by EPA/Yonhap) South Korean manufacturers moved abroad as electricity…
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Doosan Robotics to merge with Doosan Bobcat by early 2025
Doosan Robotics Inc. will complete a merger with Doosan Bobcat Inc. by early next year, a move aimed at leading…
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LG to foster smart factory business as new B2B growth drive
LG Electronics refrigerator production line at its plant with smart factory solutions in Changwon, South Korea (Courtesy of LG Electronics)…
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SK Ecoplant to merge tech unit for group restructuring
SK Ecoplant headquarters in Seoul (By Dae-chul Lim) SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company,…
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SK invests $200 mn in US AI cluster builder SMART Global
Ryu Young-sang, chief executive of SK Telecom (left), Mark Adams, CEO of SMART Global Holdings (Courtesy of SK Telecom) SK…
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Samsung to mass-produce HBM4 on 4 nm foundry process
Choi Siyoung, Samsung Electronics’ foundry chief, gives a keynote speech at Samsung Foundry Forum 2024 in Seoul on July 9,…
