S.Korea’s extra budget approved; IBs lift economic forecast

S.Korea’s extra budget approved; IBs lift economic forecast

South Korea’s National Assembly, controlled by the ruling Democratic Party, on Friday passed the country’s new extra budget worth 31.8 t...

Hyundai Rotem set to finalize $6 bn K2 tank order from Poland

Hyundai Rotem set to finalize $6 bn K2 tank order from Poland

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense company, is set to finalize a tank supply contract with Poland, with the deal's value nearly doubling &nda...

Packaging rides K-beauty wave: Shares of cosmetics container makers soar

Packaging rides K-beauty wave: Shares of cosmetics container makers soar

As South Korea’s independent beauty brands continue to take the global stage by storm, investors are now looking beyond the creams and serums ...

Hanwha, LG join hands to take on Tesla with solar energy package

Hanwha, LG join hands to take on Tesla with solar energy package

LG and Hanwha groups will join forces to develop and sell solar energy devices as a package to challenge Tesla Inc., the leader in the solar energy ...

HD Hyundai Infracore to invest $79.6 mn in engine, battery pack

HD Hyundai Infracore to invest $79.6 mn in engine, battery pack

South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. said on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with North Jeolla Special Self-Governing Provinc...

SK Hynix to receives $958 mn subsidy from US

SK Hynix to receives $958 mn subsidy from US

SK Hynix Inc. secured a combined subsidy of $458 million in grants and $500 million in loans, a total of $958 million from the US Department of Comm...

Samsung develops health software development kit

Samsung develops health software development kit

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday introduced the Samsung Health Software Development Kit (SDK) Suite, aimed at helping developers and researchers ...

Daewoo E&C, CSCEC to collaborate on overseas projects

Daewoo E&C, CSCEC to collaborate on overseas projects

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) said on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) the prev...

Samsung produces thinnest low-power DRAM for AI mobile devices

Samsung produces thinnest low-power DRAM for AI mobile devices

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, has begun mass production of the industry’s thinnest low-power double data ra...

SK Chemicals, Kooksoondang to develop CR-PET container

SK Chemicals, Kooksoondang to develop CR-PET container

South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. and South Korean traditional rice-based wine brewery Kooksoondang Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on T...

Samsung wins 2nm AI chip foundry, package order from Japan

Samsung wins 2nm AI chip foundry, package order from Japan

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday it has bagged a 2-nanometer AI chip foundry and package turnkey order from Preferred Networks Inc., a J...

Coupang opens Rocket Growth seller website

Coupang opens Rocket Growth seller website

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, announced on Tuesday that it opened a dedicated website for sellers (sell.coupang.com...

Hanmi Semiconductor eyes $1.5 billion sales in 2026

Hanmi Semiconductor eyes $1.5 billion sales in 2026

Hanmi Semiconductor Co., South Korea’s leading chip packaging equipment manufacturer, has revised upwards its annual sales target for this yea...

Samsung launches dedicated HBM, advanced chip packaging teams

Samsung launches dedicated HBM, advanced chip packaging teams

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has officially launched a team dedicated to developing advanced high-bandwidth ...

Korea to inject $200 mn into semiconductor packaging R&D

Korea to inject $200 mn into semiconductor packaging R&D

South Korea will inject 274.4 billion won ($200 million) into a state-run R&D project for semiconductor packaging technology, a key to producing...

Booming AI industry boosts chip packaging equipment makers

Booming AI industry boosts chip packaging equipment makers

Global chip packaging equipment manufacturers are enjoying surging demand and skyrocketing share prices thanks to the rapid growth of the artificial...

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...

Hyundai Motor launches 2025 model year of Grandeur

Hyundai Motor launches 2025 model year of Grandeur

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Wednesday that it launched its flagship sedan Grandeur's model year the 2025 Grandeur. The Grandeur is Hyundai M...

Lotte Tour launches premium travel brand High&

Lotte Tour launches premium travel brand High&

Lotte Tour Development Co. announced on Tuesday that it launched the brand High& for high-quality premium package travel products.High& is a...

South Korea pledges $19 billion support package to revitalize chip sector

South Korea pledges $19 billion support package to revitalize chip sector

South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., has unveiled a record 26 trillion wo...

Lotte Home Shopping expands Japan tour packages

Lotte Home Shopping expands Japan tour packages

South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping said on Tuesday that it will expand its range of travel packages to Japan, including trips to Kyushu and Okinawa, ...

Hanatour makes turnaround through restructuring, premium packages

Hanatour makes turnaround through restructuring, premium packages

When IMM Private Equity Inc. acquired a 16.68% stake in South Korea’s top travel agency Hanatour Service Inc. for 128.9 billion won ($95.7 mil...

SK Hynix to build advanced packaging plant in Indiana for $3.9 bn

SK Hynix to build advanced packaging plant in Indiana for $3.9 bn

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s leading high bandwidth memory (HBM) chip producer, will plow in $3.87 billion to build advanced packaging and resea...

SK Geo Centric, Youlchon Chemical to develop recyclable plastic

SK Geo Centric, Youlchon Chemical to develop recyclable plastic

South Korea's SK Geo Centric Co. and Youlchon Chemical Co. announced on Sunday that they signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-develop re...

Lotte Chemical applies recycled plastic to packaging

Lotte Chemical applies recycled plastic to packaging

South Korea's Lotte Chemical announced on Thursday that it has applied recycled materials to all 25 kg packaging bags for polyethylene (PE) and poly...

STX to supply car CKD to Bangladeshi company

STX to supply car CKD to Bangladeshi company

STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to supply the complete kno...

Yanolja, Interpark Triple, Modetour to team up for package travel

Yanolja, Interpark Triple, Modetour to team up for package travel

South Korea’s top travel and accommodation platform Yanolja Co., its subsidiary Interpark Triple, and Modetour Network Inc. announced on Tuesd...

Hana Micron to develop 2.5D packaging for Nvidia’s H100 AI chip: CEO

Hana Micron to develop 2.5D packaging for Nvidia’s H100 AI chip: CEO

With burgeoning demand for high-performance artificial intelligence chips, back-end process technology, which assembles various semiconductors and t...

BBQ opens delivery store in Vietnam

BBQ opens delivery store in Vietnam

BBQ, a popular South Korean fried chicken brand announced on Friday that it opened its first delivery and takeout store in Vietnam.The store is at V...

SK Hynix to build US chip packaging plant in Indiana: FT

SK Hynix to build US chip packaging plant in Indiana: FT

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chip producer, is reported to have picked Indiana as the site for its advanced chip packaging...

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