South Korea’s Lee completes cabinet lineup with IT executive, lawmaker
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has tapped an information technology firm executive as culture minister and a ruling party lawmaker as land min...
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...
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...
K-style strikes back to win over China’s Gen Z with Musinsa at helm
Musinsa, South Korea’s fashion unicorn backed by KKR Co., is set to bring the K-style wave to China with Anta Sports Products Ltd., China's le...
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...
Roborock’s privacy policy fuels data leak fears over Chinese goods
A new personal data processing policy from Chinese robot vacuum maker Roborock is raising fears that consumer data could be leaked to or misused by ...
Netmarble to debut new games with fresh IPs, platforms in second half
Netmarble Corp. is gearing up for a strong year-end with plans to launch at least six more new games, powered by original intellectual properties, a...
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 ...
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...
Naver Financial seeks to acquire S. Korean real estate data platform Asil
Naver Financial Corp., the fintech subsidiary of South Korean tech giant Naver Corp., is looking to acquire Asil, a domestic big data-based real est...
Lotte Biologics signs antibody drug CMO deal with UK’s Ottimo Pharma
BOSTON – Lotte Biologics Co. has signed a deal to manufacture an antibody therapy for British biotech startup Ottimo Pharma as the South Korea...
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...
Kakao Mobility to build smart infrastructure for Saudi Diriyah project
Kakao Mobility Corp., which runs South Korea’s most popular ride-hailing app, Kakao T, has clinched a deal to build a future mobility infrastr...
