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Thousands of Samsung Workers Walk Out for Three-Day Strike
Union members have been urged to down tools for three days until Wednesday, ratcheting up pressure on management in now-stalled…
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Samsung wins 2nm AI chip foundry, package order from Japan
Choi Siyoung, Samsung Electronics’ foundry chief, gives a keynote speech at Samsung Foundry Forum 2024 in Seoul on July 9…
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HBM chip war intensifies as SK Hynix on hunt for Samsung talent
SK Hynix’s advanced chipset South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc., just like its global peers, has largely designed and produced…
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Kospi on upward run; individual investors turn bearish
The Kospi index edged down 0.16% to close at 2,857.76 on Monday South Korean individual investors have bet strongly on…
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LG Energy’s Q2 profit hurt by EV slowdown, expects Q4 improvement
LG Energy’s cell-to-pack technology for pouch batteries LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s top three battery makers, on…
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S.Korea to join offshore wind alliance to take on China
Offshore wind farm in South Korea with equipment manufactured by the country’s Doosan Enerbility (File photo, courtesy of Doosan Enerbility)…
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Samsung Asset’s KODEX ETF surpasses $43 bn in net assets
South Korea’s Samsung Asset Management announced on Monday that the net assets of its KODEX exchange-traded fund (ETF) have surpassed…
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Samsung, SK, LG vie for glass substrate market in AI era
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won visits Absolics’ factory in the US state of Georgia on July 7, 2024 (Courtesy of…
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Samsung’s Q2 profit soars on AI chips; second-half outlook rosy
Samsung’s NQ8 AI Gen3 processor South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday flagged a more than 15-fold increase…
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Samsung SDI to ink $726 mn ESS deal with NextEra Energy
The Samsung Battery Box 1.5, Samsung SDI’s ESS battery to be supplied to NextEra Energy (File photo, courtesy of Samsung…
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Samsung launches dedicated HBM, advanced chip packaging teams
A researcher at a Samsung Electronics chip cleanroom Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has officially launched a…
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Time to revive innovator’s spirit: LG Energy Solution CEO
LG Energy Solution CEO Kim Dong-myung South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., also the world’s No. 3,…
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Doosan Tesna to invest $160 mn in chip testing plant in Korea
A bird’s-eye view of Doosan Tesna’s new chip-testing plant in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province (Courtesy of Doosan Group) South Korea’s Doosan…
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Kyobo Life, Japan’s SBI to tie up for security token, digital finance
Kyobo Life Insurance’s headquarters in Seoul South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Group and Japan’s SBI Group have entered a strategic…
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Samsung Display gets Pantone Validated
Samsung Display announced on Thursday that its monitors and laptop panels received Pantone Validated and SkinTone Validated. The company said…
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Samsung’s biotech duo on a roll with $1.1 bn CMO order
Samsung Biologics’ headquarters in Incheon, South Korea (Courtesy of Samsung Biologics) Samsung Group is on track to rise to the…
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South Korean brokerages woo super-rich to make them even richer
Korea’s wealth management (WM) market grows fast with the rise of super-rich investors South Korea’s baby boomers, the demographic cohort…
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Samsung Electronics tops in S.Korea’s after-sales service
Samsung Electronics Service, a service subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., announced on Tuesday that it topped all categories – home…
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Kyobo Life CEO’s ethical management earns global recognition
Kyobo Life Insurance’s CEO & Chairman Shin Chang-jae delivers the acceptance speech of the Global Ethics & Stakeholder Commitment Award…
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UBS tops Korea’s M&A advisor list on Asiana, Affinity deals
(Courtesy of Getty Images Bank) UBS Group AG topped the South Korean mergers and acquisition (M&A) league table in the…
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SK Group, led by SK Hynix, to invest $77 billion in AI, chips
SK Group’s headquarters in Seoul SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate after Samsung, is investing 106.4 trillion won ($77 billion)…
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Samsung OLED gaming monitor sales surpass 20,000 units
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that its sales of the new Odyssey OLED gaming monitor series have surpassed 20,000…
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South Korea sets sights on fostering EDA tech to win HBM chip war
EDA is becoming a crucial tech for AI chip manufacturing (Courtesy of Getty Images) In an escalating war to win…
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SK Hynix develops SSD for AI PCs to mass-produce this year
(Courtesy of SK Hynix) South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. introduced a solid-state drive (SSD) for on-device artificial intelligence PCs for…
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Samsung to send chips into space via Nuri rocket
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Friday that it signed an agreement with the domestic micro-satellite startup Nara Space Technology Inc.…
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Samsung Electronics unveils new smartphone image sensors
Samsung Electronics new image sensors (Courtesy of Samsung Electronics) Samsung Electronics Co. has developed new image sensors — ISOCELL HP9,…
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Shinhan Card, KakaoBank to team up for PLCC
South Korea’s Shinhan Card Co. and the domestic internet bank KakaoBank Corp. said on Wednesday that they signed a business…
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Woori to buy Dajia’s insurers in Korea for up to $2.2 bn
Woori Financial Group headquarters in Seoul (File photo) Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services holding company, is…
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Samsung seeks $3.6 billion in loans from KDB for chip investment
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. seeks to borrow as much as 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion) from the…
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Galaxy Ring, new foldables to steal the show at Samsung Unpacked Paris
▲ Invitation for Galaxy Unpacked July 2024 Now it’s official. Samsung Electronics Co. is hosting its next Galaxy Unpacked summer…
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Samsung Bespoke refrigerator sells 3 mn units in five years
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that the cumulative sales of its Bespoke refrigerator in the South Korean market have…
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SK On to sell $360 mn in perpetual bonds amid tough EV market
SK On showcases its battery at an industry fair in Seoul in March 2023 (File photo, courtesy of Yonhap) SK…
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S.Korea’s travel money card market competition heats up
Departure terminal of Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, on May 3, 2024 (File photo by Hyuk Choi) Competition…
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Booming AI industry boosts chip packaging equipment makers
Hanmi Semiconductor CEO & Vice Chairman Kwak Dong Shin showcases its product on April 7, 2022, at its headquarters in…
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d’Alba maker Bmonument, Memebox, Easytem line up for Korean IPOs
Bmonument’s d’Alba brand is a fast-growing Korean beauty brand (Screenshot captured from its website) South Korea’s promising beauty and healthcare…
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Lotte Energy Materials sets sights beyond copper foil: CEO Kim
Lotte Energy Materials CEO Kim Yeon-seop at InterBattery Europe 2024 in Munich, Germany MUNICH – Lotte Energy Materials Corp. is…
