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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean GS, Daebo invest in domestic AI semiconductor firm
South Korea's Sapeon, artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor subsidiary of SK Telecom Co., said on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of ...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korean game sector looks to cute girls to lure new users
South Korea’s game makers rushed to launch games with cute girl characters to allure fans of Japanese animation as cartoons for the subculture...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea to allocate 70% of annual R&D budget to eleven core tech areas
The South Korean government plans to allocate 70% of its annual R&D budget to 40 projects for research and development in eleven core industrial...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
S.Korean semiconductor industry faces sharp decline: report
The Korea Development Institute (KDI), a renowned government-affiliated economic think tank in South Korea, disclosed on Sunday that the domestic se...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
S.Korean Openedges’ chip IP licensed by Toyota affiliate Aisin
Openedges Technology, South Korean semiconductor design intellectual property (IP) platform, announced on Wednesday that it has entered into a vehic...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
SK Innovation may give shareholders SK On shares at IPO
SK Innovation Co. is set to consider providing stocks of its electric vehicle battery subsidiary to its shareholders when SK On Co., the world&rsquo...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's Elice, FuriosaAI to develop training for AI semiconductor talent
South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) digital education provider Elice on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the AI semi...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung's Lee visits growth driver MLCC China plant
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee has chosen Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.'s new multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) plant in Tianjin as ...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Samsung Electronics gets highest-level certification from AWS
South Korea's electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. has achieved the highest level of "Platinum" certification from the Alliance for Water Stewa...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
NHN, KT, Naver to jointly build AI semiconductor farm
Three large cloud service providers (CSPs) in South Korea will participate as a team in the project K-Cloud pursued by the government to verify dome...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
DB HiTek sees capacity utilization rate rise to 80%
South Korea's semiconductor foundry company DB HiTek Co. last month saw its capacity utilization rate rise to the mid-80% level thanks to rising dem...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
System on chips: Samsung’s new high-stakes foundry business
Samsung Electronics Co. is setting its sights on system on chips (SoCs) to continue to drive growth in its foundry business amid a protracted slowdo...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea's StoneBridge Ventures invests $91 mn in semiconductor, AI
South Korean venture capital investment firm StoneBridge Ventures Inc. announced on Thursday that it has invested a total of 120 billion won ($90.9 ...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung reclaims world's top spot in chip sales: Omdia
Samsung Electronics Co. topped the global chipmakers with $67.1 billion in revenue last year, according to London-based tech research firm Omdia ear...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK sees interest rate as tight amid continued drop in exports
South Korea’s central bank said on Tuesday it regards the current interest rate as tight, suggesting the monetary authority may hold the polic...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korea's Hansol Technics enjoys profit on chip equipment unit
Hansol Technics Co., a South Korean company that makes modules for liquid crystal display (LCD) and solar panels, boosted earnings last year thanks ...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor unveils new Creta at Indonesia motor show
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s largest automaker, introduced a new version of its Creta compact SUV at the Indonesia International Motor Sho...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix may not slash chipmaking investment in 2023: vice chairman
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, will not significantly cut its semiconductor output this year, Vice Chairman Park ...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung secures $16 bn loan from display unit for chipmaking
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has signed a deal to take out a cash loan of 20 trillion won ($15...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SKC eyes M&As in semiconductor, rechargeable battery materials
SKC Inc., a South Korean chemical materials company under SK Group, is seeking to buy semiconductor and rechargeable battery materials companies in ...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea likely to suffer recession as Jan exports tumble
South Korea is likely to head for a recession for the first time in three years as exports of Asia’s fourth-largest economy in January dropped...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Samsung Electronics' life cycle assessment gauges CO2 emission impact from chips
Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday said it set up a life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology for semiconductors to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.T...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea’s economic contraction deepens recession woes
South Korea suffered its first economic contraction in two and half years due to sluggish exports and weak domestic demand during the fourth quarter...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Doosan participates in Asia's largest electronics exhibition
South Korea's Doosan Corp. is participating in Nepcon Japan 2023 held at Tokyo Big Site, Japan, from Jan. 25 through 27 to showcase its high-end tec...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix unveils industry’s fastest mobile DRAM chip LPDDR5T
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it has developed the world’s fastest mobile DRAM chip and ...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung CEO says construction of Taylor foundry on track
A US road in Taylor, Taxas, where global chip giant Samsung Electronics Co. is building a $17 billion fabrication plant on a scale of about 5 millio...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Innotek eyes top spot in FC-BGA substrate market
South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. will boost the production of its flip chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) packages, or high-density package substrates,...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix introduces AI solution to semiconductor process
SK Hynix Inc. said on Tuesday that it has started to improve production efficiency and yield by introducing an artificial intelligence (AI) solution...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Broadcom to give Samsung warranties to avoid Korea penalties
US chipmaker Broadcom Inc. agreed to provide three-year warranties and technical support for components equipped in products such as smart devices o...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Applied Materials injects $40 mn in glass substrate maker Absolics
Applied Materials Inc., a global leading equipment and software supplier to semiconductor makers, has invested 51 billion won ($40.2 million) in Abs...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)