SK Telecom AI Infrastructure
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus unveils new AI serivice for IPTV
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. unveiled its Media Agent, an artificial intelligence (AI) service for Internet TV (IPTV).The company's AI assistant is ...
Sep 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Financial, SK Telecom buy shares in BitGo
Hana Financial Group and SK Telecom Co. acquired shares in BitGo Korea, the Korean unit of a global digital asset trust company, and decided to esta...
Sep 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung SDS AI service FabriX to launch on Microsoft Azure platform
Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit of Samsung Group, said on Tuesday it plans to launch its AI service FabriX on Microsoft Cor...
Sep 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, SK Hynix ramp up DRAM business on rapid AI growth
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc.,the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are expanding their dynamic random access memory business...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Uplus, SM Entertainment to launch AI Idols
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Sunday that it will team up with SM Entertainment Co. to develop content using generative artificial intellig...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
SK Networks' automotive division launches as SK SpeedMate
South Korea's SK Networks Co. completed a split-off of its automotive maintenance division, which has now launched as a new company named SK Speed...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
OCI supplies ultrapure phosphoric acid to SK Hynix
OCI Co. has won a contract from SK Hynix Inc. to supply it high-purity phosphoric acid, becoming the country’s first to provide the core chip-...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Will Samsung take over Nokia’s mobile network assets?
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, has expressed interest in the mobile networks business of Nokia Oyj, a global telec...
Sep 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Group’s 3rd-generation daughter comes to the fore
Chey Yoon-chung, the eldest daughter of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, unexpectedly made her debut during an SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. video confer...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
High-performance 4680 battery war is on; LG Energy takes lead over rivals
With stagnating electric vehicle sales or an EV chasm set to be prolonged, battery makers are increasingly turning their sights toward next-generati...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affinity Equity bets big on Korea's car rental market
The car rental business resembles financial services. Buying cars with borrowed money, renting them out and eventually selling them to used car de...
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix unveils industry’s 1st 10-nanometer DDR5, aims for top spot
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., has emerged as the dominant player in the sought-aft...
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec to unveil AI home hub ThinQ ON at IFA
LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it will unveil LG ThinQ ON, the home appliance industry's first AI home hub equipped with generative artif...
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
BGF Retail, Deeping Source to co-work on smart convenience stores
BGF Retail Co., the operator of South Korea’s leading convenience store chain CU, said on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understand...
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Hyundai Mobis showcases 42 new techs utilizing AI, VR
South Korea's Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Thursday that it held the M-Sphere 2024 exhibition at its Uiwang Research Center in Gyeonggi Province from...
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
4by4, SGO to cooperate on video solution development
4by4 Inc., a South Korean content AI solution company, said on Wednesday that t it signed a basic agreement with the global video solution company S...
Aug 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils new AI-enhanced side by side refrigerator
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday that it launched a new side-by-side refrigerator, featuring enhanced artificial intelligence (AI) technolo...
Aug 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Innovation-SK E&S merger gains shareholders’ nod
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest energy company, has won majority support from its shareholders for a merger with its liquefied natura...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG kicks off SPARK 2024 to share AI, new tech with Big Tech, startups
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, is holding a three-week multifaceted technology innovation festival to share ideas on new...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom provides SaaS-based passkey solution for biz
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Monday it offers a passkey system, enabling password-free login and user authentication, via a software-as-a-se...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Kioxia’s TSE IPO: Boon for SK Hynix, bane for Samsung Electronics?
TOKYO – The planned initial public offering (IPO) of Japanese memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. is expected to affect its bigger South Ko...
Aug 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Liner ranks 9th in generative AI services selected by a16z
South Korea's generative AI startup Liner said on Friday that its search service ranked 9th in the web services category of the Top-100 Gen AI Consu...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to veto SK Innovation’s merger with LNG affiliate
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), manager of the world’s third-largest public pension fund, said on Thursday it is set to ve...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to offer 7 years of free Tizen OS upgrade for AI TVs
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smart TV maker, plans to offer seven years of a free upgrade to its open-source smart TV operating sy...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SKC to merge two biodegradable material subsidiaries
South Korea's SKC Ltd. said on Wednesday that it plans to merge its biodegradable material subsidiaries, SK Leaveo and SK Tbmgeostone with the merge...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver’s HyperCLOVA X Vision proves a picture is worth a thousand words
A picture is worth a thousand words, as the adage goes, stressing the power of vision over text.People also say eyes are windows to the soul, emphas...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
AI-driven shifts will unlock opportunities: SK Chairman
Challenges are ahead but the artificial intelligence industry will eventually boom, opening new markets, said South Korea’s second-largest bus...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG to seek most of profit from new growth engines
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, aims to generate most of its profit from future growth drivers by 2030 as the South Ko...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea Investment, most generous venture capitalist in H1
Korea Investment Partners Co. spent the most on local startups among venture capitalists in the first half, while South Korean game developer Smileg...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s Mirae Asset to open AI business unit in New York
Mirae Asset Group, the pioneer in South Korea’s mutual fund industry, plans to set up an artificial intelligence business unit in New York as ...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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