S.Korea’s Lunit installs breast cancer AI diagnostic tool at 200 US hospitals

S.Korea’s Lunit installs breast cancer AI diagnostic tool at 200 US hospitals

Lunit Inc., a South Korean AI-powered cancer diagnostics company, said on Monday that more than 200 healthcare institutions across the US have now a...

NXN Labs aims to be Adobe of image generation AI

NXN Labs aims to be Adobe of image generation AI

South Korean tech giant Naver Corp.-backed NXN Labs Inc., the developer of an artificial intelligence-powered image generation program, aspires to b...

Kamur PE sells cutting tool maker JJ Tools to Blackstone

Kamur PE sells cutting tool maker JJ Tools to Blackstone

Seoul-based Kamur Private Equity has signed a definitive agreement to sell a majority stake in South Korean industrial cutting tool manufacturer JJ ...

GS Group, Notion to team up on AI capabilities

GS Group, Notion to team up on AI capabilities

South Korea's GS Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Notion, the US-based popular collaboration software company to enhance its ...

SK Hynix’s CXL optimization software tool installed on Linux

SK Hynix’s CXL optimization software tool installed on Linux

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Monday the key features of its computer expr...

Google to target global webtoon sector with Korean creators

Google to target global webtoon sector with Korean creators

BENGALURU – Google is teaming up with South Korean creators to target the global webtoon industry, spurring expectations that global Big Tech ...

EcoPro BM may cut battery materials capacity on EV slowdown

EcoPro BM may cut battery materials capacity on EV slowdown

South Korea’s leading battery materials maker EcoPro BM Co. is considering reducing cathode output capacity despite continuous investments in ...

PhyxUp closes in on pre-seed round with US advance

PhyxUp closes in on pre-seed round with US advance

PhyxUp Health Inc., an early stage South Korean digital healthcare startup, will soon close a pre-seed funding round, said its founder and chief, wh...

Machine tool maker DN Solutions kicks off IPO process

Machine tool maker DN Solutions kicks off IPO process

DN Solutions Co., the world’s third-largest machine tool maker, has kicked off the process of going public on the Korea Exchange, in an initia...

Hyundai Wia unveils EV manufacturing specialized solution

Hyundai Wia unveils EV manufacturing specialized solution

Hyundai Wia Corp., a South Korean automotive parts manufacturer, unveiled its Mobility Manufacturing Total Solution specialized for electric vehicle...

Warren Buffett’s IMC to invest $98 million in Daegu for chip materials plant

Warren Buffett’s IMC to invest $98 million in Daegu for chip materials plant

DAEGU – The IMC Group, owned by Warrant Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., will invest 130 billion won ($98 million) to build a semicond...

KT to hold AI coding lectures at universities

KT to hold AI coding lectures at universities

South Korea’s KT Corp. is expanding operations of its artificial intelligence (AI) coding education platform AI Codiny.The company on Sunday s...

Naver's translation app Papago faces challenge from German competitor

Naver's translation app Papago faces challenge from German competitor

A German competitor has entered South Korea's translation tool market to challenge No. 1 Naver Corp. and No. 2 Google.The Cologne, Germany-based art...

Bredis Healthcare, Tilda win June D.Day, Korea’s oldest startup pitch race

 Bredis Healthcare, Tilda win June D.Day, Korea’s oldest startup pitch race

An early-stage startup by young entrepreneurs who developed a digital diagnostic tool for brain disease and an AI-powered business optimization prog...

POSCO to develop internal-use AI tool to replace ChatGPT

POSCO to develop internal-use AI tool to replace ChatGPT

Steel giant POSCO Group has embarked on the development of an AI chatbot for internal use amid growing concerns about data leaks through generative ...

US eyes new rules for Samsung, SK to bring chip machines to China

US eyes new rules for Samsung, SK to bring chip machines to China

The US government is considering establishing new rules for South Korea’s chipmakers to import advanced equipment to China to upgrade their fa...

Spooked by data leak, Samsung bans use of ChatGPT, other AI tools

Spooked by data leak, Samsung bans use of ChatGPT, other AI tools

Alarmed by a recent accidental data leak, Samsung Electronics Co. has banned one of its biggest business divisions from using ChatGPT and other gene...

SK Telecom, SNU Hospital to develop AI diagnosis tool for autism

SK Telecom, SNU Hospital to develop AI diagnosis tool for autism

South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and Seoul National University Hospital have developed an AI-powered diagnosis tool for the early det...

Hancom goes global with SDK, SaaS products

Hancom goes global with SDK, SaaS products

South Korea’s homegrown office suite developer Hancom Inc. will seek to boost its brand awareness in the global B2B software market with softw...

NHN Dooray, HandySoft join forces to develop advanced collaboration tools

NHN Dooray, HandySoft join forces to develop advanced collaboration tools

NHN Dooray, a provider of online collaboration tools, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with HandySoft, Inc., South Korea's leading gro...

Document tool company Business Canvas secures Series A2 round

Document tool company Business Canvas secures Series A2 round

Business Canvas, a South Korean SaaS (software as a service) startup that services the global document tool "Typed," announced on Tuesday that it ha...

LG U+ and Korea Fanuc to devise smart factory solutions for SMEs

LG U+ and Korea Fanuc to devise smart factory solutions for SMEs

Korean telecom giant LG Uplus Corp. on Tuesday said it will develop a smart factory solution for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) jointly with th...

Fintech co. Awake Corp. provides financial management tool to creators

Fintech co. Awake Corp. provides financial management tool to creators

South Korean fintech startup Awake Corporation won the hearts and wallets of judges at the D.Day X D.Camp event on Thursday, garnering 20 million wo...

KLA to stop chip tool supply to customers in China: Report

KLA to stop chip tool supply to customers in China: Report

US chip toolmaker KLA Corp. will cease offering some supplies and services from Wednesday to China-based customers including SK Hynix Inc., the worl...

Naver Webtoon to pursue profitability with more paying subscribers

Naver Webtoon to pursue profitability with more paying subscribers

South Korea’s Naver Webtoon Corp. is seeking to increase the number of its paying subscribers as the company is shifting its business paradigm...

Samsung SDI to build new battery plant in Malaysia by 2025

Samsung SDI to build new battery plant in Malaysia by 2025

South Korea’s battery manufacturer Samsung SDI Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony for Plant 2 to make cylindrical batteries in Seremban, Mal...

LG Innotek shares at new highs, tracking Apple's rise

LG Innotek shares at new highs, tracking Apple's rise

Shares in LG Innotek Co., a major camera module supplier for Apple iPhones, climbed to a record high on Monday, in stark contrast to the flat wider ...

MBK Partners to sell Doosan Machine Tools for $2.1 bn

MBK Partners to sell Doosan Machine Tools for $2.1 bn

MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, agreed to sell South Korean Doosan Machine Tools at $2.1 billion to the country’s DTR ...

MBK seeks to exit Japan's top golf course operator

MBK seeks to exit Japan's top golf course operator

MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, is seeking to exit Japan's largest golf course operator Accordia Next Golf to capitalize on ...

[ASK2020] Why is co-investment an attractive tool for investors?

[ASK2020] Why is co-investment an attractive tool for investors?

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE) is a leading alternative investment management firm providing innovative private markets solutions to sophisticated...

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