Korea’s game studios rebrand as AI tech firms, move into fashion, robotics, media

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...

Allianz-backed Koh Young’s brain surgery robot set for US debut by end-August

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 ...

LG CNS forms strategic partnership with robotics startup Skild AI

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...

Samsung gears up for foray into space infrastructure industry

Samsung gears up for foray into space infrastructure industry

Samsung Group is stepping up efforts to venture into the space infrastructure industry, a sector analysts say remains a blue ocean where South Korea...

Maybe Happy Ending: A robot love story that rewrote Broadway playbook

Maybe Happy Ending: A robot love story that rewrote Broadway playbook

On an unremarkable evening in November 2024, inside the opulent Belasco Theatre in Manhattan, something quietly historic was taking place.A delicate...

Samsung seeks tech alliance with top US universities for robotics, AI, 6G

Samsung seeks tech alliance with top US universities for robotics, AI, 6G

In an ambitious bid to shape the future of technology, Samsung Electronics Co. is launching a sweeping initiative to collaborate with elite North Am...

Shinhan to lead financing for battery storage project in Japan

Shinhan to lead financing for battery storage project in Japan

Shinhan Financial Group will lead 4.9 billion yen ($35 million) in financing for a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) construction pro...

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 ...

Samsung to expand in robotics, medtech; eyes sizeable M&As

Samsung to expand in robotics, medtech; eyes sizeable M&As

Samsung Electronics Co. will accelerate its push into robotics, medical technology and next-generation semiconductor markets to secure new growth dr...

Hyundai chief Chung Euisun targets software-led car dominance by 2028

Hyundai chief Chung Euisun targets software-led car dominance by 2028

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun has set an ambitious target to outpace Tesla Inc. in software-defined vehicle (SDV) technology by 2028, un...

LG Energy, Doosan Bobcat tie up for construction equipment battery packs

LG Energy, Doosan Bobcat tie up for construction equipment battery packs

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest battery maker, and Doosan Bobcat Inc., a global construction machinery producer, said on We...

South Korean VCs back US humanoid robot developer Apptronik

South Korean VCs back US humanoid robot developer Apptronik

South Korean venture capital firms invested undisclosed tens of billions of won, equivalent to tens of millions of dollars, in US humanoid-developin...

Trump says Korea interested in Alaska gas project; Korean firms skeptical

Trump says Korea interested in Alaska gas project; Korean firms skeptical

South Korea, Japan and other countries want to partner with the US in a $44 billion natural gas pipeline project in Alaska, President Donald Trump s...

Hyundai, Samsung deepen ties to win humanoid race

Hyundai, Samsung deepen ties to win humanoid race

South Korea’s household technology and automotive names Samsung and Hyundai have reinforced their alliance to capture the global humanoid robo...

LG Electronics secures control of Bear Robotics

LG Electronics secures control of Bear Robotics

LG Electronics Inc. has secured control of Bear Robotics Inc., a service robot developer, by raising its stake to 51% from 21% as it aims to expand ...

Koh Young gets OK from FDA for brain surgery robot

Koh Young gets OK from FDA for brain surgery robot

Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, said on Monday it got 501K...

LG CNS, Bear Robotics to co-develop autonomous robots

LG CNS, Bear Robotics to co-develop autonomous robots

LG CNS Co., a South Korean information technology service company, said on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bear Robotics...

Lotte Duty Free unveils robot bartender in Gimpo Int'l Airport

Lotte Duty Free unveils robot bartender in Gimpo Int'l Airport

South Korea's Lotte Duty Free said on Thursday it placed its AI-based robot bartenders in Gimpo International Airport.Lotte Duty Free offers robot...

Neubility, Samsung C&T offer robot delivery service

Neubility, Samsung C&T offer robot delivery service

South Korea's autonomous robot startup Neubility and Samsung C&T Corp. said on Wednesday that they began to offer door-to-door delivery in apa...

HD Hyundai starts to construct Peruvian Navy warships

HD Hyundai starts to construct Peruvian Navy warships

South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. officially launched the Peruvian navy's four warship project on January 10. The Peru Warship Pr...

LG Electronics bets big on humanoid robots: CEO Cho

LG Electronics bets big on humanoid robots: CEO Cho

LAS VEGAS – South Korea’s top home appliance maker LG Electronics Inc. has thrown down the gauntlet to frontrunners in the AI robot race...

Hyundai Motor to introduce 10 startups in robotics, AI at CES 2025 

Hyundai Motor to introduce 10 startups in robotics, AI at CES 2025 

Hyundai Motor Group, which has been promoting open innovation through generous investment in startups with promising technologies, will lead 10 cher...

Samsung joins humanoid robots race with larger stake in Rainbow Robotics

Samsung joins humanoid robots race with larger stake in Rainbow Robotics

Samsung Electronics Co. has become the largest shareholder of Rainbow Robotics Co., a South Korean collaborative robot maker, as the tech giant spen...

Doosan Bobcat unveils massive corporate value-up plans

Doosan Bobcat unveils massive corporate value-up plans

Doosan Bobcat Inc., a global construction machinery maker owned by South Korea’s Doosan Group, has unveiled massive corporate value-up measure...

Doosan Robotics’ merger with Bobcat fails on share price plunge

Doosan Robotics’ merger with Bobcat fails on share price plunge

Doosan Group on Tuesday canceled Doosan Bobcat Co.'s merger with Doosan Robotics Inc. again after President Yoo Suk Yeol’s failed martial law ...

NPS steps back from Doosan Robotics' Bobcat merger

NPS steps back from Doosan Robotics' Bobcat merger

The National Pension Service (NPS) appears to be stalling on a vote for Doosan Robotics Inc.'s merger with Doosan Bobcat Inc., with major proxy advi...

POSCO to buy Korean robotics firm stake for steel business

POSCO to buy Korean robotics firm stake for steel business

South Korea’s steel-to-battery materials conglomerate POSCO Group will invest in the leading domestic robotics company to boost its ailing ste...

Hyundai Motor, Kia unveil wearable robot X-ble Shoulder

Hyundai Motor, Kia unveil wearable robot X-ble Shoulder

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. unveiled the wearable robot X-ble Shoulder at Wearable Robot Tech Day held at the Hyundai Motorstudio Goyang, Gyeong...

CJ CheilJedang to invest $584 mn to build food factories in Europe, US

CJ CheilJedang to invest $584 mn to build food factories in Europe, US

CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food company, will spend a total of $584 million to build new food-manufacturing factories in Euro...

LG Energy to supply 2170-type cells to Bear Robotics

LG Energy to supply 2170-type cells to Bear Robotics

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Monday it has signed an initial agreement to supply cylindrical battery cells to Bear Robotics I...

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