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Earnings
Hyundai Motor Q1 net profit triples; chip shortage dims Q2 outlook
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday its first-quarter net profit nearly tripled to the highest level in four years,...
Apr 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip shortage worsens, keeps Samsung execs on edge
The global chip shortage, which began with declining supply of automotive chips, is crippling swaths of industries beyond the electronic devices sec...
Apr 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Factory suspension
GM Korea to halt 2 main plants next week on automotive chip shortage
The South Korean unit of US auto giant General Motors Co. will halt two of its three plants next week in the latest sign of the worsening global aut...
Apr 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Quest for semicon autonomy pushes countries to brink of chip cold war
The ongoing global race for semiconductors, largely driven by the aggressive measures taken by both China and the US, has entered a more serious pha...
Apr 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Shares of chip machinery makers rise on foundry boom
South Korean manufacturers of chip production equipment have seen their share prices rising sharply, buoyed by a series of new orders received from ...
Apr 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Riiid makes list of world's 100 most promising AI firms
South Korea-based startup Riiid Inc. has been named to the annual AI 100 list issued by global market research firm CB Insights. The AI 100 is a lis...
Apr 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
Chips, EV and AI lead Korean firms' 2020 R&D spending
Semiconductor chips, electric vehicles and artificial intelligence (AI) drove the top 100 South Korean companies' spending on research and developme...
Apr 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
KOTRA to lead trade digitalization with AI, big data
South Korea’s state-funded Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) is undergoing a full-scale digital transformation to expedite inter...
Mar 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Factory suspension
Hyundai Motor to halt plant for a week; Kona, IONIQ 5 affected
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will halt its main plant in Ulsan for a week due to a component supply disruption, the latest si...
Mar 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung widens lead over rivals with industry’s first advanced DDR5
Samsung Electronics Co. has extended its lead in memory chips over its rivals by unveiling the industry’s first 512 gigabyte DDR5 module based...
Mar 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Hynix's Intel NAND chip deal wins US regulatory approval
The US antitrust regulators have approved of SK Hynix Inc.'s $9 billion acquisition of Intel Corp.'s NAND memory chip business, also under review by...
Mar 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Memory chip shortage may drive SSD price hike in Q2
Chip shortages have hit the memory segment of the industry and are likely to have a price impact on solid-state drives (SSDs), storage devices typic...
Mar 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Qualcomm chip shortage may squeeze global smartphone production
The global semiconductor shortage that has hit the automotive industry is also making its impact on major smartphone makers around the world. ...
Mar 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Semiconductor shortage
Qualcomm chip shortage may squeeze global smartphone production
The global semiconductor shortage that has hit the automotive industry is also making its impact on major smartphone makers around the world. ...
Mar 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor unveils AI-powered voice recognition technology
South Korea-based Hyundai Motor Group has unveiled new artificial intelligence-powered voice recognition technology to be installed in mass-produced...
Feb 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Natural disasters further tighten global chip supply
A severe cold snap in the US has taken another heavy toll on the global semiconductor industry, already reeling from tight supply exacerbated by a s...
Feb 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip shortages spread to backend firms, disrupting supply chains
A worldwide semiconductor shortage, which started with automotive chips, is getting worse, spreading to equipment makers and backend companies that ...
Feb 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung mulls $17 billion Austin chip plant, seeks tax breaks
Samsung Electronics Co. is seeking tax breaks of $805.5 million from the US state of Texas in return for a new $17 billion chip plant, which the Sou...
Feb 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung hunts for top talent amid chip industry hiring war
Semiconductor giant Samsung Electronics Co. is looking for top talent amid an industry-wide push to recruit high-skilled workers to capitalize on th...
Feb 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix completes construction of its largest $3.14 bn chip plant
SK Hynix Inc. has completed the construction of its largest chip plant, which will use cutting-edge technology to produce memory semiconductors to m...
Feb 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Hynix sees robust chip demand; Q4 profits jump y/y
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest DRAM maker, reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings on Friday and expected the DRAM marke...
Jan 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung remains tight-lipped on new US chip plant reports
Samsung Electronics Co. was reported to be considering investing over $10 billion to build a new chip plant in the US. But the world’s top mem...
Jan 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
GM Korea to curb production as global chip shortages worsen
GM Korea Co., a subsidiary of US auto giant General Motors Co., is slashing production rates due to a component supply disruption, the latest sign t...
Jan 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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CES 2021
Amorepacific unveils AI-based cosmetics technology at CES 2021
South Korea-based Amorepacific Corp. has received the Innovation Award for its high-tech beauty technologies at the world's largest tech event, Cons...
Jan 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, other foundry players at full capacity as chip orders surge
Samsung Electronics Co. and other global foundry players are running their plants at full capacity as makers of cars and electronic devices compete ...
Jan 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korea’s chip exports to top $100 bn in 2021, second-best performance ever
South Korea’s semiconductor exports are expected to top $100 billion this year, led by rising demand for DRAM and system chips.According to th...
Jan 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung clinches 2nd deal to make Nvidia’s latest gaming chips
Samsung Electronics Co. will manufacture Nvidia Corp.’s latest gaming chips in the second such contract of the year from the US chipmaker, as ...
Dec 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
NAND competition heats up as SK Hynix unveils 176-layer flash memory
SK Hynix Inc. has developed 176-layer NAND flash memory, the industry’s highest-density chip, following in the footsteps of Micron Technology ...
Dec 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG launches AI research think tank for digital transformation
LG Electronics Inc. has launched LG AI Research, an artificial intelligence think tank dedicated to securing AI technology, to further aid the gro...
Dec 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
From used coffee grounds to tasty rice chips
A single cup of americano produces 14 grams of used coffee grounds. Only 0.2% of a coffee bean is used to extract coffee while the remaining 99.8% b...
Dec 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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