Samsung to unveil 1st triple-folding smartphone by year’s end to rival Huawei’s Mate X2 Tri-Fold

Samsung to unveil 1st triple-folding smartphone by year’s end to rival Huawei’s Mate X2 Tri-Fold

NEW YORK – Samsung Electronics Co. plans to release its first triple-folding smartphone by the end of this year to fend off growing competitio...

Google to invest $100 mn in Gentle Monster in smart glasses push

Google to invest $100 mn in Gentle Monster in smart glasses push

Google LLC has signed an agreement to invest about 145.0 billion won ($100 million) in Gentle Monster, the South Korean fashion eyewear brand that i...

South Korean eyewear poised to spark next global K-wave

South Korean eyewear poised to spark next global K-wave

As eyewear evolves into a key fashion statement, South Korea’s homegrown brands are setting their sights on the global stage with bold, unconv...

Google partners with Samsung, Gentle Monster for new smart glasses

Google partners with Samsung, Gentle Monster for new smart glasses

SILICON VALLEY – Google LLC is making a renewed push into the smart glasses market in partnership with South Korea’s Samsung Electronics...

Now, slim is in – and Samsung aims to be No. 1 with Galaxy S25 Edge

Now, slim is in – and Samsung aims to be No. 1 with Galaxy S25 Edge

With the advent of mobile AI, the performance arms race among smartphone makers is reaching diminishing returns, as some market analysts put it.The ...

Samsung steps up AR race with advanced microdisplay for smart glasses

Samsung steps up AR race with advanced microdisplay for smart glasses

Samsung Electronics Co. has launched a major push into next-generation microdisplays for augmented reality (AR) glasses as it aims to position itsel...

Samsung, Google to unveil smart glasses next year in deeper AI alliance

Samsung, Google to unveil smart glasses next year in deeper AI alliance

Samsung Electronics Co. and Google LLC are strengthening their long-standing alliance as the artificial intelligence (AI) era redefines the balance ...

Daol PE buys Youngil Glass to ride Korean cosmetics boom

Daol PE buys Youngil Glass to ride Korean cosmetics boom

Daol Private Equity has acquired Youngil Glass Industry Co., a South Korean manufacturer of glass containers, in a 65 billion won ($44.5 million) de...

SKC’s US affiliate Absolics receives $100 million in US R&D grants

SKC’s US affiliate Absolics receives $100 million in US R&D grants

Absolics Inc., the US glass substrate affiliate of South Korean chemical materials company SKC Ltd., has been selected to receive up to $100 million...

Korea’s KCC Glass to invest $525 mn more in Indonesian plant

Korea’s KCC Glass to invest $525 mn more in Indonesian plant

KCC Glass Corp., a major South Korean construction materials manufacturer, is set to invest an additional 700 billion won ($524.8 million) in its In...

KCC develops automated painting robot

KCC develops automated painting robot

South Korean chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. said on Monday that it developed the country's first autonomous painting robot Smart Canvas.T...

Stock-rich KCC's shareholdings exceed its market cap

Stock-rich KCC's shareholdings exceed its market cap

KCC Corp., a paint and glass maker but better known as a white knight for South Korean conglomerates, holds more than 4 trillion won ($3 billion) wo...

Nongshim to build smart farm in Saudi Arabia

Nongshim to build smart farm in Saudi Arabia

South Korea's food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. announced on Tuesday that it was selected as a participant in the Smart Farm Export Promotion Pro...

Samsung, SK, LG vie for glass substrate market in AI era

Samsung, SK, LG vie for glass substrate market in AI era

South Korea’s household names Samsung, SK and LG have entered a new race to win the glass substrate market set to surge in the artificial inte...

LG Chem, KCC partner to develop eco-friendly paint

 LG Chem, KCC partner to develop eco-friendly paint

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with KCC Corp. on May 23 to research and develop e...

LG Chem to supply switchable glass films to Webasto

LG Chem to supply switchable glass films to Webasto

LG Chem Ltd. is venturing into the automotive smart glass film market as it has won an order to supply its switchable glazing films to German auto p...

JB investors urged to oppose Align's call for board overhaul

JB investors urged to oppose Align's call for board overhaul

Global proxy advisors International Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. have expressed their opinion that there is no need for...

Proxy advisor KCGS backs Hanmi founder's sons return to board

Proxy advisor KCGS backs Hanmi founder's sons return to board

South Korea’s top proxy advisory firm has recommended that shareholders of Hanmi Science Co. vote in favor of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group&rsquo...

KCC opens US refinish color center

KCC opens US refinish color center

South Korean chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. opened its first overseas refinish color center in the US. According to the company's anno...

Apple, Google may face $50.4 mn fine over in-app billing in Korea

Apple, Google may face $50.4 mn fine over in-app billing in Korea

Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google may be fined up to 68 billion won ($50.4 million) in South Korea for breaking the country’s in-app...

Korea’s SKC to invest up to $70 mn in US smart glass firm Halio

Korea’s SKC to invest up to $70 mn in US smart glass firm Halio

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, is set to invest as much as $70 million in Halio Inc., a US smart glass technology company, to expand the ...

Corning produces ultra-thin bendable glass in Korea

Corning produces ultra-thin bendable glass in Korea

Corning Inc. has built its first integrated supply chain to produce next-generation, ultra-thin bendable glass in South Korea, where it plans to inv...

Kia releases latest Sportage to mark model's 30th anniversary

Kia releases latest Sportage to mark model's 30th anniversary

Kia Corp. on Tuesday launched the sale of the 2024 Sportage, South Korea's bestselling mid-size sport-utility vehicle (SUV).Launched in 1993 as "the...

KCC boosts output of semiconductor-sealing material

KCC boosts output of semiconductor-sealing material

South Korean chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. is expanding its production lines for the semiconductor-sealing material epoxy molding compound...

LG Electronics enters antibacterial glass powder sector

LG Electronics enters antibacterial glass powder sector

LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday said it will promote as one of its new growth engines antibacterial glass powder, or fine particles made with cru...

Samsung Display to use waste glass in cement to erect new HQ

Samsung Display to use waste glass in cement to erect new HQ

South Korea's Samsung Display will use recycled cement using waste glass from the display production process to build a new headquarters.The company...

KCC acquires international info security certification

KCC acquires international info security certification

KCC Corp., South Korea's applied materials chemical company, announced on Monday that it has acquired ISO 27001, an international standard for manag...

Glass Lewis votes for Tcha Partners' proposal to change Namyang auditor

Glass Lewis votes for Tcha Partners' proposal to change Namyang auditor

Global proxy advisory giant Glass, Lewis & Co. has voted for three out of the four proposals made by Seoul-based Tcha Partners Asset Management ...

S.Korea’s KCC develops AI-based color matching system

S.Korea’s KCC develops AI-based color matching system

South Korea’s chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. on Monday said it developed the K-Smart system of using an artificial intelligence (AI)-...

Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea

Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the world's two biggest advisory bodies for shareholder voting rights, have recommended op...

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