Samsung business diplomacy
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Electronics
Samsung’s Family Hub Plus gets UL certification
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday that its 2024 Bespoke Refrigerator with Family Hub Plus has achieved the Diamond grade in an Internet of Thi...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy accelerates EV battery swapping services
Kooroo, the first in-house venture of the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., said on Tuesday it is...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s Odyssey Neo G9 redefines gaming monitors
Samsung Electronics Co. is redefining the scope of gaming monitors with its latest model, the Odyssey Neo G9, which the South Korean tech giant says...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK D&D relaunches renewable energy business spin-off as SK Eternix
SK D&D Co., a real estate unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Monday it has completed the planned spin-off of its renewable energy bus...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display to raise $971 mn in rights offering for OLED business
LG Display Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, said on Monday it will raise 1.29 trillion won...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Palliser Capital backs proxy fight with Samsung C&T
Palliser Capital, a London-based hedge fund, said on Sunday it will vote in favor of other activist shareholders’ proposals for Samsung C&...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korean EV battery makers to unveil tech for industry recharge
South Korea’s three major electric vehicle battery makers are gearing up to invigorate the global green car market with new technologies they ...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG Electronics sweep honors at iF Design Awards 2024
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. have taken home the most trophies among nominees at iF Design Awards 2024, setting a benchmark in de...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Meta’s AI, XR push to gain speed with Korea’s support
South Korea is backing Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., in the Facebook operator’s artificial inte...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung flexes NAND muscle with high-capacity microSD cards
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled two new microSD cards boasting high performance and capacity usually found in solid-state drives (SSDs...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Bespoke AI Combo sells 1,000 units in three days
Samsung Electronics Co. 's the Bespoke AI Washer & Dryer Combo surpassed 1,000 units sold in three days, Feb. 24 to 26. The Bespoke AI C...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SoftBank-backed Coupang posts 1st-ever annual profit in 2023
South Korea’s leading e-commerce platform Coupang Inc. on Wednesday posted its first-ever operating profit of $473 million in 2023, driven by ...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung targets gene therapy sector through US investments
Samsung Group is targeting the gene therapy business through investments in US biotechnology companies as the leading South Korean conglomerate is s...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung holds DRAM supremacy with its market share at 7-year high
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, saw its supremacy in the DRAM segment strengthen last year with its market shar...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung doubles down in HBM race with largest memory
Samsung Electronics Co. has developed the industry’s first 36-gigabyte (GB) 12-layer high-value, high-performance memory chip in a bid to rest...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung to launch its 1st Galaxy Ring in H2 2024
Samsung Electronics Co. will launch its first Galaxy Ring in the second half of this year as the South Korean tech giant is finalizing research and ...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia enjoy renewed popularity of LPG trucks Porter, Bongo
Many economists are trumpeting weak business conditions for the coming months. But an economic slowdown isn’t all that bad for Hyundai Motor C...
Feb 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung to unveil its first Galaxy Ring at MWC 2024
BARCELONA - Samsung Electronics Co. is set to unveil its new health biometric tracker Galaxy Ring at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. T...
Feb 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Aerospace, home of Korea’s next-generation space industry
CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province – South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. aims to establish a foothold in the global rocket industry domi...
Feb 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils Galaxy Tab Active5 enterprise version
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that its enterprise version of the tablet Galaxy Tab Active5 started to sell on business-to-business (...
Feb 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea to up the ante on small modular reactor foundry business
South Korea will nurture the small modular reactor (SMR) foundry business to revive the country’s nuclear power industry by rolling back the p...
Feb 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Chemical builds AI organizations
South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp. announced on Thursday that it has established artificial intelligence (AI) organizations tailored to the characte...
Feb 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to unveil Galaxy Fit3 in global market
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release its new fitness band, the Galaxy Fit3. The device features an expansive 40mm di...
Feb 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
SK Energy, PTC Korea team up for smart plant construction business
SK Energy Co., South Korea’s top oil refiner and energy company, said on Wednesday it has teamed up with PTC Korea Co. to jointly enter the gl...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Meta’s Zuckerberg to visit Korea on possible AI partnership
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc. plans to visit South Korea later this month and meet key figures including Pre...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s mobile AI journey ‘just getting started’: TM Roh
For Samsung Electronics Co., the Galaxy S24 series is not just an upgrade to its previous flagship models. It’s an evolution that opens a new ...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Bioepis to supply Hadlima to US government
South Korea’s Samsung Bioepis and the US-based Organon, the local partner company of Samsung group's biopharmaceutical research and developmen...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Samsung SDS gets CEIV Pharma certification
South Korea's Samsung SDS Co. said on Wednesday that it has achieved the Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, Arm reinforce alliance on future AI chips
Samsung Electronics Co. will offer Arm Inc.’s most advanced central processing unit (CPU) optimized on its latest gate-all-around (GAA) techno...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Studio Meta-K, Vietnam’s Synapse Studio to co-work for virtual human
South Korea’s content production startup Studio Meta-K announced on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Vietna...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)