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Leadership & Management Samsung mobile chief fills leadership void in device division

Samsung Electronics Co. has appointed TM Roh, president and head of its mobile eXperience (MX) business, as the new chief of its device eXperience (...

Leadership & Management Hanwha gears up for 3rd-generation leadership with chairman’s stake gift

South Korea’s chemical-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn will hand over half of his holdings in the conglomerate&rs...

Travel & Leisure SoftBank-backed Yanolja raises stake in Modetour as No. 2 shareholder

South Korea’s top travel and accommodation booking platform operator Yanolja Co. has increased its stake in travel agency Modetour Network Inc...

Banking & Finance Hana Financial CEO set for reappointment with foreign investor backing

More than half of the foreign shareholders in Hana Financial Group have thrown their support behind Chief Executive Ham Young-joo for a second term,...

Korean games Netmarble to launch new game 'RF Online Next'

Netmarble Corp., South Korea’s leading game developer, is slated to roll out “RF Online Next” on March 20, a revamp of the old tit...

Investment banking S.Korean securities firms race for IB market leadership

South Korean securities firms have upped the ante in a race to win the country’s investment banking (IB) market this year after aggressive bus...

Executive reshuffles Samsung to replace chiefs of 3 key posts: Memory, foundry, system LSI

Samsung Electronics Co. plans to replace the three key posts of its semiconductor business — memory, foundry and system LSI — as the Sou...

Korean chipmakers Samsung to unveil 400-layer bonding vertical NAND for AI servers by 2026

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to unveil a 400-layer vertical NAND flash chip by 2026 to lead the fast-g...

Electronics Samsung named as most ultimate brand by FutureBrand

Samsung Electronics Co. was selected the Most Ultimate Brand 2024 by the UK-based global brand marketing and consulting company. According to t...

Korean chipmakers Samsung primed for graphics chip leadership with 24 Gb GDDR7

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has unveiled the industry’s first 24 gigabit (Gb) graphics DRAM chip, opt...

Electronics Samsung's Lee inspects MLCC plant in Philippines as it eyes turnaround

Samsung Group Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Sunday inspected Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.’s production facilities for multilayer ceramic capacitors ...

Electronics LG Electronics to boost mass market presence vs Chinese peers

BERLIN – LG Electronics Inc., the world's largest home appliances maker, will adjust its premium-oriented strategy to expand its mass market p...

Leadership & Management Hanwha’s heir apparent to unearth new drivers, tighten grip

Hanwha Group has appointed the eldest son of Chairman Kim Seung-youn to lead the investment division of the group’s eco-friendly energy unit i...

Korean chipmakers Samsung’s fastest LPDDR5X validated on MediaTek’s Dimensity chipset

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday it has completed the performance verification of its latest LPDDR5X chip for use in ...

Hydrogen economy Hyundai Motor eyes hydrogen value chain leadership

Hyundai Motor Group will expand its cooperation with global companies to boost its presence in the hydrogen value chain from production to distribut...

Bio & Pharma Samsung Bioepis leads in Soliris biosimilar market in Europe

STOCKHOLM – Samsung Bioepis Co.'s biosimilar to Soliris for the treatment of patients with rare, life-threatening disease paroxysmal nocturnal...

Korean chipmakers SK Hynix looks to expand AI memory leadership with new NAND chip

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. aims to expand its memory leadership in the artificial intelligence sphere beyond the high-performance DRAM segmen...

Corporate strategy SK Innovation reshuffles units to raise value

SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, is reorganizing its subsidiaries to boost their individual values through independent man...

Korean chipmakers Samsung to unveil 3D DRAM in 2025 to lead AI chip market

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, aims to introduce three-dimensional (3D) DRAM, a game-changer in the artificial int...

Korean chipmakers Samsung establishes HBM team to up AI chip production yields

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 1 memory chipmaker, recently set up a high bandwidth memory (HBM) team within the memory chip divisio...

Korean chipmakers Samsung to unveil Mach-1 AI chip to upend SK Hynix’s HBM leadership

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is developing a next-generation artificial intelligence chip, Mach-1, with which th...

Executive reshuffles Generational shift in SK leadership with chairman’s cousin on front line

SK Group is setting out for a new era, tapping younger leaders in their 40s and 50s to lead South Korea’s second-largest group in its mission ...

Leadership & Management Hyundai's Chung Euisun lauded for future-minded leadership

Hyundai Motor Group’s Executive Chairman Chung Euisun is firming his reputation as a leader in the global auto industry as he is once again re...

Earnings Hyundai Motor Group units’ profits double as Chung enters 4th year

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group saw the combined operating profit of its 11 affiliates more than double in the third quarter as Chairman Chu...

Corporate strategy Hanwha Group chair calls for startup-like entrepreneurial spirit

South Korea’s Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn on Monday urged the defense-to-financial conglomerate to revive the bold innovations of its...

Electric vehicles Hyundai NEXO retains fuel cell EV leadership; Toyota Mirai follows fast

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. retained its leadership in the hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) market in the January-...

Korean chipmakers Samsung set to supply HBM3 to Nvidia, develops 32 Gb DDR5 chip

Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to soon supply high-performance DRAM chips, HMB3, to US graphics chip designer Nvidia Corp. – a move that ...

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...

Fashion Korean lifestyle brand Andar takes on Xexymix in athleisure market

South Korea's activewear maker Andar posted record quarterly sales of 61.6 billion won ($47 million), moving one step closer to retaking the market ...

Korean chipmakers Samsung primed for graphics chip leadership with GDDR7

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has unveiled a next-generation graphics DRAM chip that is faster and more energ...