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 ...

China bans export of Korean goods containing its rare earth metals to US

China bans export of Korean goods containing its rare earth metals to US

The Chinese government has warned South Korean companies of retributions for exporting any product containing its critical metals to US military con...

SK Hynix bets on 3D HBM as next game-changer in AI chip race

SK Hynix bets on 3D HBM as next game-changer in AI chip race

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s top DRAM memory chipmaker, aims to redefine the competitive landscape in artificial intelligence memory chips with ...

FOMO-driven gold rush lifts kimchi premium on gold to highest level

FOMO-driven gold rush lifts kimchi premium on gold to highest level

With South Korean retail investors joining the global gold rush in ‘fear of missing out’, or FOMO, the country’s gold price has ...

SK Ecoplant, BMW team up for battery recycling

SK Ecoplant, BMW team up for battery recycling

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company under SK Group, partnered with German luxury carmaker BMW to...

CLO Virtual Fashion raises $35 mn

CLO Virtual Fashion raises $35 mn

South Korea's 3D digital fashion solution startup CLO Virtual Fashion said on Monday it raised 50 billion won ($35 million).Atinum Investment Co. an...

Nobel laureate Han Kang craze revives Korean book market

Nobel laureate Han Kang craze revives Korean book market

South Koreans are flocking to bookstores to snap up 2024 Nobel laureate Hang Kang’s novels, making her books — and even those of her nov...

Hyundai Motor Group expands R&D partnership with Singapore

Hyundai Motor Group expands R&D partnership with Singapore

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, has expanded its research partnership with Singapore into energy, artificial intelli...

Naver Labs tops in spatial intelligence tech at ECCV

Naver Labs tops in spatial intelligence tech at ECCV

Naver Labs' spatial intelligence technology was recognized as superior to that of Google, Apple, and Meta at the world's leading computer vision con...

Osstem Implant to boost digital dentistry business

Osstem Implant to boost digital dentistry business

South Korea's Osstem Implant Co., the world’s fourth-largest dental implant maker, will enhance its software system of digital dentistry. ...

Naver D2SF invests in two N.American AI startups

Naver D2SF invests in two N.American AI startups

South Korea's online giant Naver Corp.'s startup nurturing organization D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) invested in two North American AI startups founded...

Samhwa Paint launches anti-rust product Knok-Stop

Samhwa Paint launches anti-rust product Knok-Stop

South Korea's Samhwa Paint Industrial said on Wednesday that it has introduced a new water-based primer, Knok-Stop, designed to convert rust on meta...

Bibigo releases 3D ad in New York Times Square

Bibigo releases 3D ad in New York Times Square

CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s Korean food brand Bibigo announced on Thursday that it launched a large-scale outdoor 3D advertisement for the Bibigo brand i...

Korea Zinc speeds up separation from Young Poong in management feud

Korea Zinc speeds up separation from Young Poong in management feud

South Korea’s largest zinc smelter Korea Zinc Co. is accelerating its efforts to terminate its decades-long business relations with parent You...

Samsung to launch 3D HBM chip packaging service in 2024

Samsung to launch 3D HBM chip packaging service in 2024

SAN JOSE -- Samsung Electronics Co. will launch three-dimensional (3D) packaging services for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) within the year, a te...

Nara Space selected as IPEF's top-100 climate startups

Nara Space selected as IPEF's top-100 climate startups

South Korea's micro-satellite startup Nara Space Technology Inc. announced on Friday that it was selected as one of the top-100 climate tech startup...

Korea Zinc to invest $146 mn in green business R&D hub

Korea Zinc to invest $146 mn in green business R&D hub

Korea Zinc Inc., South Korea’s and the world’s No. 1 lead and zinc smelter, will build its second research and development center, which...

Samsung to unveil 3D DRAM in 2025 to lead AI chip market

Samsung to unveil 3D DRAM in 2025 to lead AI chip market

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, aims to introduce three-dimensional (3D) DRAM, a game-changer in the artificial int...

Korea Zinc buys US Kataman for $55 mn for recycling business

Korea Zinc buys US Kataman for $55 mn for recycling business

Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, acquired Kataman Metals LLC, a US-based scrap metal trading company, at $55 millio...

Doosan Enerbility expands metal 3D printing into shipbuilding

Doosan Enerbility expands metal 3D printing into shipbuilding

South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility Co. said on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pelagus 3D, a Singapore-based p...

SK Hynix to use 30% recycled materials by 2030

SK Hynix to use 30% recycled materials by 2030

SK Hynix Inc., the world's second-largest memory chip producer, announced on Tuesday that it has established a medium- to long-term plan to utilize ...

LG Energy to invest in Li-metal battery developer Sion Power

LG Energy to invest in Li-metal battery developer Sion Power

Global lithium-ion battery major LG Energy Solution Ltd. will invest in Sion Power Corp., a US startup holding core patents in lithium-metal battery...

Samsung Elec unveils new image sensors for robotics, XR

Samsung Elec unveils new image sensors for robotics, XR

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, on Tuesday introduced new image sensors tailored for advanced content platforms...

Hyundai-invested SES to provide Li-Metal battery B samples, eyes UAM

Hyundai-invested SES to provide Li-Metal battery B samples, eyes UAM

SES AI Corp., a high-performance battery maker backed by several global automakers such as GM and Hyundai Motor Co., has moved one step closer to co...

Korea Zinc to up sales to $19 billion by 2033 with green energy

Korea Zinc to up sales to $19 billion by 2033 with green energy

Korea Zinc Inc., South Korea’s and the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, will accelerate its drive to foster its new growth engines...

LG Energy, KAIST develop Li-Metal battery tech for improved EV range

LG Energy, KAIST develop Li-Metal battery tech for improved EV range

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) have developed a lithium-metal batt...

Samsung to launch low-power, high-speed AI chips in 2024

Samsung to launch low-power, high-speed AI chips in 2024

Samsung Electronics Co. will launch low latency wide (LLW) DRAMs next year, designed to improve the power efficiency of artificial intelligence appl...

Lunit gets FDA approval for AI cancer diagnosis solution

Lunit gets FDA approval for AI cancer diagnosis solution

South Korean medical AI company Lunit said on Tuesday its Lunit Insight DBT, an AI imaging diagnosis solution aiding in breast cancer diagnosis, has...

Samsung to unveil 3D AI chip packaging tech SAINT to rival TSMC

Samsung to unveil 3D AI chip packaging tech SAINT to rival TSMC

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to unveil an advanced three-dimensional (3D) chip packaging technology ne...

CJ CheilJedang, T&R Biofab team up for alternative meat

CJ CheilJedang, T&R Biofab team up for alternative meat

South Korean food and bio giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is harnessing advanced innovative technology to secure sustainable future food resources. The c...

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