Vietnam’s top leader to make 1st South Korea visit in 11 years
To Lam, general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party and the country’s de facto ruling leader, is expected to make a state visit to So...
At home, K-convenience stores battle stagnation; abroad they're powerful K-food ambassadors
In the bustling backstreets of Ulaanbaatar, shoppers file out of a CU convenience store with instant tteokbokki, or simmered Korean rice cake, packs...
Hyundai Glovis charts new waters with world’s first AI-driven self-sailing car carrier fleet
South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis Co. is poised to become the world’s first shipping company to deploy artificial intelligence-based autonomo...
Korea’s game studios rebrand as AI tech firms, move into fashion, robotics, media
What was once a world of elves, dragons and power-ups is now giving rise to one of South Korea’s most unexpected tech revolutions, with game s...
Return of the K-pop queens: Blackpink, Twice power up YG, JYP
Blackpink and Twice, two of South Korea’s most prominent K-pop female acts, made high-profile returns on Friday with new releases, heightening...
Samsung to launch AI health coach beta in US by end-2025
NEW YORK – Samsung Electronics Co. will roll out a beta version of AI-powered health coach within the Samsung Health application in the US by ...
Samsung’s latest Galaxy Z foldables: Slimmest, lightest yet smarter with AI features
NEW YORK – Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled its slimmest and most powerful foldable smartphones yet, loading them with artificial intellig...
Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman courts Korean AI startups as Riyadh, Abu Dhabi vie to build tech hubs
Back in the 1960s and 1970s, the Middle East was a land of opportunity for many South Korean construction workers, who labored there under the scorc...
S.Korea to elevate science minister to deputy prime minister to lead in AI race
South Korea will elevate its new science minister to a deputy ministerial post, giving him authority to serve as the top coordinator of the governme...
Allianz-backed Koh Young’s brain surgery robot set for US debut by end-August
Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, is set to install its brain ...
S.Korea names budget veteran as finance minister to prop up economy
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Sunday appointed Koo Yoon-cheol, former head of the budget office, as finance minister as the government is ...
KKR in control feud over Korea’s top solar power plant
Global private equity giant KKR & Co. Inc. is embroiled in a management dispute over South Korea’s top solar power plant with key individu...
Kolon's early bets on para-aramid recovery pays off amid AI boom
The artificial intelligence boom is spilling over into the industrial fiber market, driving demand for para-aramid, a so-called super fiber essentia...
S.Korea’s leading ERP player Douzone Bizon up for sale; EQT, others in talks
Douzone Bizon Co., South Korea’s leading homegrown enterprise software firm and the country’s No. 2 player in the enterprise resource pl...
LS Electric poised to join Nvidia's supply chain via Vertiv deal
LS Electric Co., a South Korean industrial system supplier, is poised to deliver a large volume of power control equipment, including switchgears an...
SK Hynix leads Samsung in customized HBM; lands Nvidia, Microsoft deals
SK Hynix Inc. has secured Nvidia Corp., Microsoft Corp. and Broadcom Inc. as key clients of its customized high-bandwidth memory (HBM), positioning ...
Mirae Asset debuts AI-recommended ETF on NYSE to invest in US bonds
Mirae Asset Financial Group, one of the largest asset managers in South Korea, has launched its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) investing in high-q...
POSCO inducted into World Steel Dynamics’ Hall of Fame
South Korea’s POSCO Group has been permanently inducted into the Hall of Fame by the World Steel Dynamics (WSD), a US steel industry research ...
LG CNS forms strategic partnership with robotics startup Skild AI
LG CNS Co., the information technology service arm of LG Group, said on Tuesday it has formed a strategic partnership with Skild AI to develop AI-dr...
S.Korea’s power transformer exports soar as global supply shortage bites
South Korean power equipment makers are riding a wave of export growth, with their transformers in high demand amid a global rush to reinforce power...
SK, AWS to build South Korea’s largest, multibillion-dollar AI data center
South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK and Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), the world's largest cloud platform provider, will build a 103...
Hyundai Motor-backed Motional names AI veteran Laura Major as CEO
Motional Inc., the autonomous driving joint venture backed by Hyundai Motor Group, has appointed Laura Major, an artificial intelligence and robotic...
IFEZ to apply for designation of southern Ganghwa as free economic zone
The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority is set to submit its application by the end of June to designate the southern end of Ganghwa Island ...
Micron set to supply SOCAMM chips to Nvidia ahead of Samsung, SK Hynix
In a move that could reshape the global memory industry’s competitive dynamics, Nvidia Corp. has chosen US chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. as...
Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders ahead of G7 summit
South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung plans to meet with the country’s top business leaders before departing for the Group...
Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet
Naver Ventures, the first dedicated Silicon Valley venture capital arm of Naver Corp., has made its debut investment in Nvidia Corp.-backed TwelveLa...
Samsung teases new foldable phones with advanced AI
Samsung Electronics Co. will empower its next Galaxy Z foldable smartphones with advanced artificial intelligence features as it seeks to extend its...
Samsung, Perplexity close to AI alliance: Bloomberg
Samsung Electronics Co. is reportedly in advanced talks to equip its next flagship Galaxy smartphone series with the artificial intelligence-powered...
Korea’s KT signs $95 million AI partnership with Vietnam’s Viettel Group
South Korea’s leading telecommunications service provider KT Corp. said on Tuesday it has signed a 130 billion won ($95 million) strategic par...
OpenAI sets up entity in Korea with most paid ChatGPT users outside US
OpenAI Inc., the creator of generative AI ChatGPT, has established a legal entity in South Korea, which has the largest number of paying ChatGPT sub...
