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Artificial intelligence
LG Uplus to ramp up AI investment by up to 40% in 2024
SILICON VALLEY – LG Uplus Corp., the third-largest mobile carrier in South Korea seeking to transform into a platform company, will expand its...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils 2024 AI TV lineup in India
Samsung Electronics Co. launched its 2024 new TV lineup with enhanced AI functions at the Samsung Opera House in Bengaluru, India, on April 17.At th...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
With AI tech, Samsung Electronics on par with Apple: Han Jong-hee
MILAN, ITALY – South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has for years been desperate to catch up to US Big Tech Apple Inc. in high-end ...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
S.Korean gov’t selects six overseas cities for K-City Network
The South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on Wednesday that it selected six cities including Indonesia's Jakarta, Vi...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to mass-produce industry’s fastest LPDDR5X DRAM in H2
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday it has developed an LPDDR5X DRAM chip that supports the industry’s fastest d...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affinity to buy SK Rent-a-Car at $572 mn, more deals expected
Affinity Equity Partners is set to buy SK Rent-a-Car Co., South Korea’s No. 2 car leasing company, at some 800 billion won ($572 million), rai...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea's AI startup Upstage raises $72 mn for global expansion
Upstage, South Korea’s artificial intelligence startup, raised about 100 billion won ($72 million) in its latest funding round, which the comp...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG look to Europe with AI-powered built-in kitchen appliances
MILAN, ITALY – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are big names in the US home appliances market. The two South Korean electronic...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Lotte Innovate, Kolon Benit to cooperate on AI Solutions
South Korea’s Lotte Innovate (formerly, Lotte Data Communication Co. ) announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kolon...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On, Siemens DISW to build smart factory system
South Korean rechargeable battery maker SK On Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Siemens Digital Industries Software (Siemens DISW)...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Power transformer sales explode on AI boom: HD Hyundai Electric CEO
Cho Seok, chief executive of HD Hyundai Electric Co., is an outsider at Korea Inc.When he was named CEO of the power equipment maker in December 201...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Kakao joins open-source community AI Alliance
Kakao Corp. announced on Friday that it joined the global open-source community The AI Alliance to support AI research and development.Established i...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hanwha Vision unveils cloud, AI security techs in US
South Korea's Hanwha Vision Co. announced on Friday that it participated in the International Security Conference & Exposition (ISC) 2024, the l...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Elec, Microsoft, GE to collaborate for smart hospital
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GE Healthcare Korea and Microsoft (MS) Korea to co...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
As many as one in 10 residents in South Korea likely to be foreign by 2042
The number of foreign residents in South Korea is expected to rise steadily in the coming years to account for up to 10.1% of the country’s to...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea’s HD Hyundai ties up with GE, L3Harris for warship exports
South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. is joining hands with major US defense technology firms to expand its presence i...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS hosts Startup Day in Silicon Valley
LG CNS Co., an information technology service company under South Korean conglomerate LG Group, announced on Thursday that it held the Startup Day i...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung Galaxy AI expands to 16 languages
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it is expanding the translation and communication language support of Galaxy AI, first introduced...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms
South Korea’s information technology and game companies are rushing to the Middle East to seek global growth drivers as the oil-rich countries...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s LG telecom unit unveils AI agent with own technology
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, has introduced an artificial intelligence agent platform based on its own ixi AI technolog...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Group’s AI academy to foster young talent bears fruit
On April 6, at LG Inwhawon, called LG Academy in English, in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, 99 college students and twenty-somethings were wrestling wit...
Apr 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korean big tech firms join Korea’s AI strategy council
The South Korean government has launched an artificial intelligence strategy council, jointly with domestic big tech firms such as Naver Corp. and K...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Ably launches virtual fitting AI service
South Korean fashion commerce platform Ably Corp. announced on Friday that it launched a new service The Shopping Mall-Specific Artificial Intellige...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung Q1 profit soars, set to benefit from Taiwan quake, AI chip demand
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Friday its first-quarter operating profit likely rose more than tenfold...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Bespoke Samsung home devices make chores easier, smarter
With Samsung Electronics Co.'s new bespoke AI induction stove, there is no need to keep checking the burner for fear of food boiling over while simm...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Samsung, GS win $7.2 bn gas plant project in Saudi
South Korea’s Samsung Engineering (new name: Samsung E&A) and GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) won a $7.2 billion co...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to unveil 3D DRAM in 2025 to lead AI chip market
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, aims to introduce three-dimensional (3D) DRAM, a game-changer in the artificial int...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Tata Daewoo to build plant for producing trucks in Saudi Arabia
South Korea's Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company announced on Monday that it will build a production plant in Saudi Arabia.Tata Daewoo signed a ...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Money pours in for technology to reshape Korean restaurants
Investors are betting big on food service technology startups in South Korea as the adoption of self-service systems in the country’s food and...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung establishes HBM team to up AI chip production yields
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 1 memory chipmaker, recently set up a high bandwidth memory (HBM) team within the memory chip divisio...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)