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President downplays US threat of 100% chip tariff
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President Lee Jae Myung said Wednesday that Seoul does not take Washington’s recent threat to impose a 100 percent tariff…
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Samsung ranks No. 2 in global smartphone market in 2025
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Samsung Electronics ranked second in the global smartphone market in 2025, industry data showed Tuesday, with its shipments rising 5…
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Samsung Reclaims Top Spot in Global DRAM Market in One Year
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Comparison of major companies’ memory sales in Q4 2025. (Photo courtesy of Counterpoint Research) Samsung Electronics recorded its largest operating…
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“TSMC’s U.S. Production Costs 2.4 Times Higher Than That in Taiwan”
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TSMC’s Arizona Fab 2. (Photo source: TSMC) An analysis has revealed that TSMC, the world’s largest foundry company, faces semiconductor…
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KOSPI Surpasses 4,600 Intraday, but Stock Market Polarization Accelerates
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The intraday KOSPI index is displayed on the status board at Hana Bank’s dealing room in Jung-gu, Seoul, on January…
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Physical AI War Begins: Robots Steal Spotlight at CES 2026
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LG Electronics’ home robot ‘CLOi’ organizes towels at the LG Electronics booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) where…
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OECD Exempts U.S. Firms from Global Minimum Tax: Benefiting Korean Companies?
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Domestic automotive and battery companies receiving U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) subsidies will also not have to pay additional taxes…
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NVIDIA’s Mass-production of ‘Vera Rubin’ to Intensify Memory Giants’ Competition for HBM4 Dominance
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds the next-generation AI (artificial intelligence) chip platform ‘Vera Rubin’ at CES 2025, an annual consumer…
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SK Hynix Surpasses Japan’s No. 1 Toyota in Market Cap
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SK Hynix closed at 726,000 won (approximately $504) on Jan.6, up 30,000 won (4.17%) from the previous trading day. (Photo…
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US ITC Investigates Samsung’s HBM and DDR5 Patent Infringement Claims
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U.S. ITC voted on Dec. 30 (local time) last year to commence an investigation into patent infringement allegations filed by…
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Korea’s Export Map Transformed Over Five Years: China Down, US and ASEAN Up
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South Korea’s exports to China decreased by 19.7% over the past five years while exports to the US increased by…
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Nvidia Partners with AI Startup Groq, Avoiding Merger Regulations
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (Reuters) U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia has recently entered into a technology licensing agreement with artificial intelligence…
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Samsung Electronics Acquires ZF’s ADAS Business for 1.5 Billion Euros
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The “Ready” digital cockpit for vehicles, jointly developed by Samsung Electronics and Harman (Photo courtesy of Samsung Electronics) Samsung Electronics…
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Samsung Electronics Overtakes Micron to Reclaim Second Place in HBM Market
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Samsung Electronics Overtakes Micron to Reclaim Second Place in HBM Market
in NewsSamsung Electronics pushed out Micron Technology and reclaimed second place in the high bandwidth memory (HBM) market in the third…
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Samsung Electronics Begins Mass Production of 2-nanometer Exynos 2600
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Samsung Electronics’ Exynos 2600 (Photo courtesy of Samsung Electronics) Samsung Electronics has unveiled the world’s first mobile application processor (AP)…
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Emergency Measures by FX Authorities as Exchange Rate Returns to Martial Law Levels: “Expansion of Forward FX Position”
The government will partially ease the regulations on forward foreign exchange position, which is one of the tools for managing…
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Government Urges Large Exporters to Stabilize Won Amid Rising Rates
As the exchange rate has recently soared, the government summoned executives from major domestic export companies in semiconductors, automobiles, and…
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SK Hynix to ramp up 1c DRAM production 8-fold in 2026
SK Hynix’s DRAM plant in Icheon SK Hynix Inc., a crucial supplier of high-bandwidth memory to Nvidia Corp.’s artificial-intelligence processors,…
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Samsung Display prevails in OLED patent battle with China’s BOE
(Courtesy of Samsung Display) Samsung Display Co., the panel-making arm of Samsung Electronics Co., has won in a years-long patent…
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Asia’s richest man Ambani to meet with Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee in Seoul for Indian business
Mukesh Ambani (center) poses with his son in law, Anand Piramal (left), and son Akash Ambani during the pre-wedding ceremony…
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Samsung wins 2 nm chip orders from Chinese crypto miners as it races to close gap with TSMC
A researcher in a Samsung Electronics chip cleanroom Samsung Electronics Co., a leading global memory chipmaker, has secured two new…
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Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee, LG’s top brass discuss cooperation with Mercedes-Benz chief in Seoul
Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius (fourth from left), LG Electronics CEO Cho Joo-wan (fifth from left) and executives from each company…
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Samsung launches first M&A-only team, signaling return to big deals
Samsung Group Chairman Lee Jae-yong heads to Washington to support the Korea-US summit on Aug. 24, 2025 Samsung Electronics Co.…
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ASML, Samsung, SK Hynix expected to deepen chip technology cooperation
ASML’s high NA EUV machine (Courtesy of ASML) ASML Holding NV, the Dutch tech giant and sole producer of extreme…
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DB HiTek capitalizes on legacy chip retreat by Samsung, TSMC
DB HiTek’s foundry campus in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province DB HiTek Co., a South Korean specialty chip foundry, has been swiftly…
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Samsung weighs 2026 Galaxy price hike on global memory shortage
Galaxy S25 Ultra models (Courtesy of Samsung Electronics) Samsung Electronics Co. is considering raising prices on its upcoming Galaxy S26…
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Samsung Electronics reinforces control tower with 1st leadership change in 8 years
Park Hak Kyu heads the Devices Solutions’ corporate management office at Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co. has replaced the chief…
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Global funds pare back Korean holdings as Kospi enters uncharted territory
Kospi opened below 4,000 on Friday (Courtesy of Yonhap) Global investment firms have pared back holdings in top-performing Korean stocks,…
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Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee meets with Mercedes-Benz chief in Seoul next week
Ola Källenius, Ola Kallenius, Merces-Benz CEO (Courtesy of Merces-Benz Group) Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong is set to meet…
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Kospi’s record run draws foreign bulls back to Seoul
The Kospi hit a fresh historic high of 4,221.87, up 2.8%, on Nov. 3, 2025 (Courtesy of Yonhap) Foreign investment…
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S.Korea’s NPS posts record 20% return, driven by Kospi rally; performance beats global rivals
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, has posted a record…
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Beijing warms to K-pop comeback as Xi signals thaw in China’s ‘Korean wave’ ban
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together to sign the guestbook at the…
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Nvidia strikes AI alliance with S.Korea, pledges 260,000 GPUs worth $9.8 billion by 2030
Nvidia pledges to supply 260,000 GPUs to the South Korean government and Korea’s large companies GYEONGJU – Nvidia Corp. has…
