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Mergers & Acquisitions Kyobo Life poised to buy Japan’s SBI Group-owned savings bank

Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is in the final stages of negotiation with Japanese financial group SBI Holdings Inc. to buy about a 50% stake in SBI Savin...

Electronics LG Display eyes turnaround on China's shift to OLED

LG Display Co., the world’s top large-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, will likely swing to profit this year for the fir...

Electronics Samsung unveils upgraded AI-powered OLED TVs

Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday showcased its new lineup of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs with advanced artificial intelligence features...

Korean chipmakers DB GlobalChip forays into mobile phone OLED driver chip market

DB GlobalChip Co., the chip design subsidiary of South Korea’s chip foundry company DB HiTek Co., has begun mass-producing organic light-emitt...

Energy HD Hyundai, TerraPower to commercialize next-gen SMR

South Korea’s largest shipbuilder, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., is deepening its partnership with TerraPower LLC, the US nuclear venture f...

Electronics LG Display unveils industry’s brightest OLED panel for AI TVs

LG Display Co., the world’s top organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, on Thursday unveiled a fourth-generation screen optimized for...

Real estate NCSOFT’s NC Tower up for sale with its value estimated at $272 million

The sales of several office buildings along Teheran-ro in Seoul's upscale Gangnam Business District (GBD) are gaining momentum.The bidding for the...

Batteries 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...

Pension funds NPS to invest record $1.4 billion in Korean property market in 2025

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) plans to invest 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion) in the domestic real estate market next year to gai...

Automobiles Korea’s commercial vehicle sales tumble on economic slowdown

South Korea’s commercial vehicle sales are plunging on sluggish domestic demand amid a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.Local s...

Electronics Apple supplier LG Innotek to invest $268.4 mn in Vietnam in 2025

South Korea’s LG Innotek Co., a major contractor for Apple Inc., said on Thursday it plans to spend 375.9 billion won ($268.4 million) next ye...

Tech, Media & Telecom Naver, Saudi Arabia's NHC to build JV

South Korea’s Naver Corp. said on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Arabia’s National Housing Company (NHC...

Electronics LG unveils AI-powered commercial washers, dryers in renewed B2B push

South Korean home appliances giant LG Electronics Inc. is stepping up efforts to enhance its presence in the global business-to-business (B2B) marke...

Construction & Planning Hyundai E&C signs engineering deal for two nuclear reactors in Bulgaria

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has signed a nuclear power plant design contract with Bulgaria's state nuclear power ...

Energy HD Hyundai, Amogy, SK to co-work on ammonia-hydrogen power

South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. said on Monday it partnered with Amogy Inc., a US-based ammonia-powered systems developer, and SK Innova...

Tech, Media & Telecom SK Telecom upgrades 5G base stations with Samsung

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Monday that it partnered with Samsung Electronics Co. to apply artificial intelligence (AI)-based quality opt...

Electronics Samsung unveils generative wallpaper of AI TVs

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday the launch of its Generative Wallpaper feature for the 2024 Neo QLED and QLED models, powered by Tizen OS....

Electronics LG 2024 OLED TVs named as best TV in US

LG Electronics Inc. 's  2024 organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs were named as the best OLED TV by several prominent US media outlets.Accor...

ASK 2024 Australia, Asia real estate whet Korean pension funds' appetite

South Korean pension funds and insurance companies are raising their bets on real estate as they diversify their US and Europe-focused portfolios in...

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...

Batteries LG Energy to supply batteries for Ford's electric commercial vehicles

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer, is set to supply battery cells and modules to US For...

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...

Energy Korea's SK Energy to start commercial operations of SAF production line

SK Energy Co., South Korea’s largest oil refiner, is set to start commercial operations of a production line for sustainable aviation fuel (SA...

Electronics Samsung 2024 TVs earn VDE certification for picture quality

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday that seven of its 2024 TV models, including Neo QLED 8K and Neo QLED series, have received picture quality ...

Electric vehicles Hyundai Mobis develops nickel-free inductor material

Hyundai Mobis Co. has developed the world's first nickel-free inductor material, which is expected to sharply cut the cost of manufacturing inductor...

Electronics Samsung to offer 7 years of free Tizen OS upgrade for AI TVs

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smart TV maker, plans to offer seven years of a free upgrade to its open-source smart TV operating sy...

Electronics Samsung Electronics tops global TV sales in H1

Samsung Electronics Co. maintained its top position in the global TV market in the first half of this year, bolstered by robust sales of its newly i...

Electronics LG Elec hosts OLED TV media art exhibition in Vietnam

LG Electronics Inc. held a media art exhibition, "The Future Becomes Now," at the heart of Vietnam's bustling metropolis Lotte Mall Westlake Hanoi.A...

Electronics TCL narrows gap with Samsung in premium mini LED TV segment

China’s TCL Technology, the world’s No. 2 TV maker, has been expanding its presence not only in the market for cheap LCD TVs but also in...

Tech, Media & Telecom SK Telecom, Nokia to cooperate on AI-based network tech

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Nokia to commercialize the wired network AI...