Hyundai Glovis charts new waters with world’s first AI-driven self-sailing car carrier fleet

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

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 Energy Solution, Toyota Tsusho launch battery recycling JV in US

LG Energy Solution, Toyota Tsusho launch battery recycling JV in US

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has set up a battery recycling joint venture with Toyota Tsusho Corp. in the US, deepening the South Korean battery giant&rs...

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...

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...

LG Energy Solution clinches multibillion-dollar ESS deals in Japan, Europe

LG Energy Solution clinches multibillion-dollar ESS deals in Japan, Europe

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has secured a string of billion-dollar energy storage system (ESS) deals in Japan and Europe, outmaneuvering Chinese rivals ...

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...

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...

Samsung to invest $10 million in US-based C2N Diagnostics

Samsung to invest $10 million in US-based C2N Diagnostics

Samsung Group companies will jointly invest $10 million in C2N Diagnostics LLC, a U.S.-based company specializing in blood-based Alzheimer’s d...

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...

Korean firms cut IPO prices, volumes amid bearish sentiment

Korean firms cut IPO prices, volumes amid bearish sentiment

South Korean companies are relaunching attempts to go public with lower valuations and fewer shares amid continued sour investor sentiment.CK Soluti...

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 ...

Korean bonds heavily oversubscribed in January boom

Korean bonds heavily oversubscribed in January boom

South Korea’s debt market got off to a strong start this year, as several blue chip companies made a bold return to the bond market for new is...

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...

Korea Investment Holdings’ MSCI ESG rating upgraded to A

Korea Investment Holdings’ MSCI ESG rating upgraded to A

Korea Investment Holdings Co. said on Thursday it was upgraded by three notches from B to A in the MSCI ESG rating this year.The MSCI ESG rating is ...

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...

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...

JLK gets OK from FDA for ICH diagnosis solution

JLK gets OK from FDA for ICH diagnosis solution

South Korea’s JLK Inc., an AI-based diagnosis solution and platform maker, said on Monday it got 501K approval from the US Food and Drug Admin...

Mirae Asset invests $200 mn in LS Group affiliate in US

Mirae Asset invests $200 mn in LS Group affiliate in US

South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Sunday it invested $200 million in Essex Solutions, a US magnet wire manufacturing affiliate un...

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...

Imagoworks raises $15.6 mn in Series C funding

Imagoworks raises $15.6 mn in Series C funding

Imagoworks, South Korea's AI-based digital dental service startup, said on Tuesday it raised 23 billion won ($15.6 million) in Series C funding.Foun...

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...

TALOS dives deeper into brain aneurysm icebergs

TALOS dives deeper into brain aneurysm icebergs

 A single neurosurgeon dedicates his or her entire professional career to performing surgeries on an average of fewer than 10,000 patients with...

LG Energy, Qualcomm to commercialize BMS solution

LG Energy, Qualcomm to commercialize BMS solution

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Monday it partnered with Qualcomm Technologies to commercialize its new system-on-chip (SoC)-based bat...

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