LG takes on Big Tech AI in reasoning with Exaone Deep

LG takes on Big Tech AI in reasoning with Exaone Deep

LG AI Research, the artificial intelligence (AI) research and development unit of South Korea's LG Group, has unveiled Exaone Deep, an open-source A...

Language learning app Speakeasy joins ranks of unicorn startups

Language learning app Speakeasy joins ranks of unicorn startups

Speakeasy Labs Inc., a South Korea-focused language learning app operator, has joined the ranks of unicorn startups after raising $78 million at a v...

Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures named Google Play's Best Game

Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures named Google Play's Best Game

"Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures", the globally popular mobile game of South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp., was selected the Best for Googl...

SK Telecom, KT win at Leading Lights Awards

SK Telecom, KT win at Leading Lights Awards

SK Telecom Co. and KT Corp. received the Leading Lights Awards 2024. SK Telecom and KT were named winners of Outstanding Use Case: AI/Machine L...

BGF Retail, Deeping Source to co-work on smart convenience stores

BGF Retail, Deeping Source to co-work on smart convenience stores

BGF Retail Co., the operator of South Korea’s leading convenience store chain CU, said on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understand...

BGF Retail’s CU looks beyond Kazakhstan deep into Central Asia

BGF Retail’s CU looks beyond Kazakhstan deep into Central Asia

Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country 27 times the area of South Korea, did not have any modernized convenience stores until early this year.The count...

Mercedes, BMW, Audi, VW offer deep discounts amid EV phobia in Korea

Mercedes, BMW, Audi, VW offer deep discounts amid EV phobia in Korea

Imported vehicle dealers in South Korea are offering deep price cuts amid the growing electric vehicle phobia following a Mercedes-Benz EV blaze tha...

Korea's investment forum KIW 2024 kicks off September 9

Korea's investment forum KIW 2024 kicks off September 9

South Korea’s largest investment forum Korea Investment Week 2024 (KIW 2024) will kick off next month in Seoul, drawing around 150 leaders fro...

Samsung sets sights on next-generation memory CXL DRAM

Samsung sets sights on next-generation memory CXL DRAM

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is setting its sights on next-generation memory technology, dubbed CXL, to lead the artificial intel...

Samsung buys UK deep tech startup to boost AI business

Samsung buys UK deep tech startup to boost AI business

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top mobile phone maker, will acquire Oxford Semantic Technologies, a British deep tech startup, to enhanc...

S.Korea's 4by4 to supply AI solution to Cakap

S.Korea's 4by4 to supply AI solution to Cakap

4by4 Inc., a South Korean content AI solution company, announced on Thursday that it signed a supply contract for its image enhancement AI solution ...

POSCO restarts furnace after upgrade with smart system

POSCO restarts furnace after upgrade with smart system

POSCO, the world’s seventh-largest steelmaker, on Thursday restarted a blast furnace in South Korea following a revamp applying a smart system...

Hanwha Ocean launches large offshore WTIV

Hanwha Ocean launches large offshore WTIV

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Monday that it launched a large wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), which it secured an order for f...

Risk management is more important than ever, GPs say

Risk management is more important than ever, GPs say

Risk management and investment firms' operational capabilities have become more important than ever amid economic uncertainties, said speakers at th...

Cosmax develops smart color matching AI system

Cosmax develops smart color matching AI system

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's largest cosmetics manufacturer specializing in original design manufacturing (ODM), built a makeup product development ...

SK C&C unveils enterprise-tailored sLLM

SK C&C unveils enterprise-tailored sLLM

SK Inc C&C (SK C&C), the information technology service unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Monday that it launched Solur LLM...

LG Uplus unveils Yonsei Univ. Metaverse Campus

LG Uplus unveils Yonsei Univ. Metaverse Campus

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that its university metaverse platform Uverse unveiled a dedicated metaverse campus called Meta Yo...

HMM enhances maritime safety with AI technology

HMM enhances maritime safety with AI technology

HMM Co., South Korea’s leading sea carrier, announced on Friday its adoption of an advanced AI image analysis solution 'Deep Eyes', aimed at b...

Bet on innovations with societal impact: Kakao Ventures CEO

Bet on innovations with societal impact: Kakao Ventures CEO

In the past 10 years, Kim Ki-jun has been on the hunt for deep technology startups that will have a significant societal impact, and he will continu...

Samsung, Henckels co-develop AI Combo detergent course

Samsung, Henckels co-develop AI Combo detergent course

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with the global household and industrial goods company Henckels AG to introduce a d...

Private education spending in S.Korea hits new record high

Private education spending in S.Korea hits new record high

South Koreans’ spending on private education hit a new record high of 27.1 trillion won ($20 billion) in 2023, as the government’s annou...

Naver to develop HyperCLOVA X-based edu service

Naver to develop HyperCLOVA X-based edu service

South Korea’s Naver Corp. announced on Friday that its cloud computing unit Naver Cloud, Daekyo, and NSDevil will co-work to develop education...

Korean learning platform Elice raises $14.9mn from Vertex

Korean learning platform Elice raises $14.9mn from Vertex

Elice Inc., a South Korean startup offering an all-in-one digital learning platform for teachers and corporations, will transform into an artificial...

Naver Whalebook supply volume triples in 2023

Naver Whalebook supply volume triples in 2023

South Korea's Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Naver Corp., announced on Friday that the distribution volume of Whalebook has tripled compa...

Hanwha Ocean to join Canadian patrol submarine project

Hanwha Ocean to join Canadian patrol submarine project

South Korea's shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. secured a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with four Canadian submarine tech firms at Deep Blue Forum 20...

Coupang opens its second logistics center in Taiwan

Coupang opens its second logistics center in Taiwan

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s leading e-commerce platform, has opened its second fulfillment center in Taiwan and plans to open a third one ther...

Hyundai bets big on deep discounts to survive EV plateau

Hyundai bets big on deep discounts to survive EV plateau

Hyundai Motor Co. is going all out to revive drivers’ interest in electric vehicles with significant price cuts in the US, the world’s s...

LG Uplus developing communications GenAI ixi-GEN

LG Uplus developing communications GenAI ixi-GEN

South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. on Sunday said it is developing the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) ixi-GEN.The large language model (...

Hyundai Mobis develops one-touch automatic parking tech

Hyundai Mobis develops one-touch automatic parking tech

South Korea's leading automotive parts maker Hyundai Mobis on Tuesday announced its Mobis Parking System (MPS) 1.0P (Premium), a performance-improve...

SK Group to pursue employee-led ‘deep change’

SK Group to pursue employee-led ‘deep change’

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, has been dedicated to its “Deep Change” initiative since Group Chairman Chey ...

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