Ceramics for vacuum circuit breakers

Electronics Now, slim is in – and Samsung aims to be No. 1 with Galaxy S25 Edge

With the advent of mobile AI, the performance arms race among smartphone makers is reaching diminishing returns, as some market analysts put it.The ...

Electronics Samsung’s AI-powered robot vacuum cleaner takes on China’s Roborock

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co.'s AI-powered robot vacuum cleaners are rapidly catching up to Chinese products, which dominate the K...

Electronics HD Hyundai Electric to build 3rd circuit breaker factory

HD Hyundai Electric Co., a South Korean electric power distribution equipment manufacturer, will spend 120 billion won ($89 million) to build its th...

Electric vehicles Hyundai, Kia to apply BMS to all EVs for fire prevention

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, plans to install its battery management system (BMS) in all its electric vehicles to...

Korean stock market South Korean stock market crashes; more falls seen ahead

The South Korean stock market was one of the worst victims of panic selling by investors fearing further negative US economic news on Monday, with t...

Automobiles IONIQ 5 N selected as official car of Fuji Speedway Circuit

Hyundai Motor Co. announced that its high-performance electric vehicle (EV) the IONIQ 5 N was selected as the official car of Japan's Fuji Speedwa...

Electronics LG unveils new stick vacuum cleaner with 20% less weight

LG Electronics Inc. released the cost-effective wireless vacuum cleaner LG CordZero A9 Air on Monday, reducing product weight and price burdens.Th...

Korean innovators at CES 2024 Samsung to unveil AI-feature vacuum cleaner at CES

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will unveil a new vacuum cleaner, the Bespoke Jet Bot Combo, at the upcoming CES 2024. This ...

Automobiles Hyundai ushers in future of car manufacturing in Singapore

SINGAPORE – Hyundai Motor Group on Tuesday officially inaugurated its first mobility innovation center in Singapore powered by a slew of smart...

Chemical Industry S.Korea's SKC to sell fine ceramic business for $270 mn

South Korea's SKC Ltd. announced on Tuesday it will sell the fine ceramics business of its subsidiary SK enpulse, a semiconductor materials investme...

Electronics S.Korea leads world in patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners

South Korea leads the world in the number of patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners.The Korean Intellectual Property Office on Sunday said th...

Artificial intelligence LG Innotek detects design flaws using AI tech

South Korean electronic parts manufacturer LG Innotek announced on Tuesday it has implemented an artificial intelligence (AI) analysis system to qui...

Energy HD Hyundai Electric wins $51 mn deal to power Neom megacity

HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical equipment and energy solution company under South Korea’s shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co., has won a...

Chief Executives Kim Young-shub, ex-LG CNS chief, to lead Korea’s telecom giant KT

Kim Young-shub, former chief executive of information technology service provider LG CNS Co., has been named to head South Korea’s leading tel...

Korean stock market MXene: Korean investors’ next target after superconductor craze fizzles

Speculative investors in South Korea have started to amass shares related to Mxene, touted as a next-generation material, after dumping a large numb...

Electronics Samsung’s Bespoke Jet AI sweeps global acclaim

Bespoke Jet AI, the cordless stick vacuum cleaner of Samsung Electronics Co., continues to receive international recognition for its superior techno...

Chemical Industry S.Korea’s SKC seeks to sell fine ceramic business for $307 mn

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, is seeking to sell its fine ceramic business for an estimated 400 billion won ($307 million) as the unit o...

Automobiles Hyundai Motor releases IONIQ 5 N's final teaser

South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. released its third and final IONIQ 5 N teaser on Friday.The car is the N brand's first high-performance, ...

Cloud computing Korean KT Cloud to raise $452 mn from IMM via rights offering

KT Cloud Corp., a subsidiary of South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp., is set to raise 600 billion won ($452 million) from a unit of Seoul-base...

Steel POSCO to supply steel, lithium byproducts as ceramic materials

South Korea's POSCO Group announced on Friday that it will support the pottery and craft industry by utilizing byproducts generated during the produ...

Electronics Samsung Electronics launches latest stick vacuum cleaner via catwalk

Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday said it launched the unique publicity campaign "Jet Walk" stressing "an uber-powerful cleaning show the world has...

Mergers & Acquisitions Luxury watchmaker Hublot buys Korean ceramic supplier Ecco

Hublot, a Swiss watchmaker under global luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, has taken over South Korean ceramic manufacturer Ecco Wa...

Business & Politics KT faces protracted leadership vacuum amid political meddling

Yoon Kyoung-lim, the sole nominee to be KT Corp.’s next chief executive, has offered to resign, sending the selection committee of the top S...

Korean chipmakers S.Korea's DB HiTek to split off fabless, bulk up foundry business

DB HiTek Co., a leading chipmaker in South Korea, said on March 7 it is set to split off its fabless unit by May 2 to ramp up its foundry business.D...

Machinery Hanwha Precision Machinery participates in IPCA PEX 2023

Hanwha Precision Machinery, a manufacturing solution affiliate of South Korea's Hanwha Group, participated in the IPC APEX EXPO 2023 held in San Die...

Corporate strategy S.Korea's SKC Solmics changes name to SK Enpulse

South Korea's SKC Solmics, a wholly owned fine ceramics subsidiary of SKC, on Sunday said it changed its name to SK Enpulse.With 100% investment fro...

Chemical Industry KCC to mass produce ceramics for eco-friendly vacuum interrupters

KCC Corp. said on Thursday that it would mass produce ceramic products for eco-friendly vacuum interrupters that do not emit sulfur hexafluoride (SF...

Research & Development KAIST invents world's 1st rubber-like printed circuit board

South Korea's top science and technology university has invented the world's first printed circuit board (PCB) that bends and stretches like rubber ...

Electric vehicles SK, SK Energy acquire US energy solution provider Atom Power

SK Inc. and SK Energy announced they have jointly acquired North Carolina-based energy solution enterprise Atom Power Inc. for $150 million.The thre...

Cryptocurrencies Terra founder Do Kwon vows to communicate proactively with press

Terraform Labs' founder and CEO Do Kwon has reemerged on Twitter, after making his account private for a couple of days. Two weeks after Terra&...