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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 ...

Tech, Media & Telecom Samsung steps up AR race with advanced microdisplay for smart glasses

Samsung Electronics Co. has launched a major push into next-generation microdisplays for augmented reality (AR) glasses as it aims to position itsel...

Tech, Media & Telecom 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 ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Daol PE buys Youngil Glass to ride Korean cosmetics boom

Daol Private Equity has acquired Youngil Glass Industry Co., a South Korean manufacturer of glass containers, in a 65 billion won ($44.5 million) de...

Korean chipmakers SKC’s US affiliate Absolics receives $100 million in US R&D grants

Absolics Inc., the US glass substrate affiliate of South Korean chemical materials company SKC Ltd., has been selected to receive up to $100 million...

Corporate investment Korea’s KCC Glass to invest $525 mn more in Indonesian plant

KCC Glass Corp., a major South Korean construction materials manufacturer, is set to invest an additional 700 billion won ($524.8 million) in its In...

Chemical Industry KCC develops automated painting robot

South Korean chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. said on Monday that it developed the country's first autonomous painting robot Smart Canvas.T...

Corporate strategy Stock-rich KCC's shareholdings exceed its market cap

KCC Corp., a paint and glass maker but better known as a white knight for South Korean conglomerates, holds more than 4 trillion won ($3 billion) wo...

AgTech Nongshim to build smart farm in Saudi Arabia

South Korea's food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. announced on Tuesday that it was selected as a participant in the Smart Farm Export Promotion Pro...

Electronics Samsung, SK, LG vie for glass substrate market in AI era

South Korea’s household names Samsung, SK and LG have entered a new race to win the glass substrate market set to surge in the artificial inte...

Chemical Industry LG Chem, KCC partner to develop eco-friendly paint

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with KCC Corp. on May 23 to research and develop e...

Chemical Industry LG Chem to supply switchable glass films to Webasto

LG Chem Ltd. is venturing into the automotive smart glass film market as it has won an order to supply its switchable glazing films to German auto p...

Corporate governance JB investors urged to oppose Align's call for board overhaul

Global proxy advisors International Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. have expressed their opinion that there is no need for...

Mergers & Acquisitions Proxy advisor KCGS backs Hanmi founder's sons return to board

South Korea’s top proxy advisory firm has recommended that shareholders of Hanmi Science Co. vote in favor of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group&rsquo...

Automobiles KCC opens US refinish color center

South Korean chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. opened its first overseas refinish color center in the US. According to the company's anno...

Regulations Apple, Google may face $50.4 mn fine over in-app billing in Korea

Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google may be fined up to 68 billion won ($50.4 million) in South Korea for breaking the country’s in-app...

Carbon neutrality Korea’s SKC to invest up to $70 mn in US smart glass firm Halio

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, is set to invest as much as $70 million in Halio Inc., a US smart glass technology company, to expand the ...

Electronics Corning produces ultra-thin bendable glass in Korea

Corning Inc. has built its first integrated supply chain to produce next-generation, ultra-thin bendable glass in South Korea, where it plans to inv...

Automobiles Kia releases latest Sportage to mark model's 30th anniversary

Kia Corp. on Tuesday launched the sale of the 2024 Sportage, South Korea's bestselling mid-size sport-utility vehicle (SUV).Launched in 1993 as "the...

Chemical Industry KCC boosts output of semiconductor-sealing material

South Korean chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. is expanding its production lines for the semiconductor-sealing material epoxy molding compound...

Chemical Industry LG Electronics enters antibacterial glass powder sector

LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday said it will promote as one of its new growth engines antibacterial glass powder, or fine particles made with cru...

Carbon neutrality Samsung Display to use waste glass in cement to erect new HQ

South Korea's Samsung Display will use recycled cement using waste glass from the display production process to build a new headquarters.The company...

Chemical Industry KCC acquires international info security certification

KCC Corp., South Korea's applied materials chemical company, announced on Monday that it has acquired ISO 27001, an international standard for manag...

Shareholder activism Glass Lewis votes for Tcha Partners' proposal to change Namyang auditor

Global proxy advisory giant Glass, Lewis & Co. has voted for three out of the four proposals made by Seoul-based Tcha Partners Asset Management ...

Artificial intelligence S.Korea’s KCC develops AI-based color matching system

South Korea’s chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. on Monday said it developed the K-Smart system of using an artificial intelligence (AI)-...

Shareholder activism Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the world's two biggest advisory bodies for shareholder voting rights, have recommended op...

Shareholder activism ISS, Glass Lewis urge shareholders to veto activist fund's requests on JB

Proxy advisers Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. are urging shareholders of JB Financial Group Co., a South Ko...

Electronics Samsung, LG ditch BOE in likely Apple deal for iPad Pro OLED panels

Samsung Display Co. and LG Display Co. will likely win orders from Apple Inc. to build organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for the US tech ...

Chemical Industry KCC launches Korea’s first organic water-based fire-resistant paint

South Korea's chemical and auto parts manufacturer KCC Corp. said on Thursday that it has launched the Firemask AQ Series, the first organic water-b...

Tech, Media & Telecom SK Telecom develops reconfigurable surface tech for 6G transmission

SK Telecom Co. on Thursday said it developed the world's first reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology that transmits 6G candidate frequ...