edge computing

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 ...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Hanwha develops cutting-edge stealth paint for next-generation warships

Hanwha Ocean Co., a leading South Korean warship builder, has developed and tested an advanced stealth paint designed for the country’s KDDX n...

Tech, Media & Telecom Microsoft's quantum computing bet sparks controversy, again

In 2021, Microsoft Corp. faced significant scientific embarrassment when a landmark research paper it had sponsored was retracted.Published in the U...

Artificial intelligence AI data center with up to 3 gigawatts of power envisioned for South Korea

An investor group is planning one of the world’s largest data centers for artificial intelligence in South Korea, a sign of red-hot AI de...

Aerospace & Defense S.Korea’s Hanwha eyes L-SAM exports with UAE’s EDGE  

Hanwha Group’s Vice Chairman and heir apparent Kim Dong-kwan is on the front line to export South Korea's latest homegrown air defense system ...

Korean chipmakers TSMC’s potential deal with Intel keeps Samsung on edge

South Korea’s semiconductor industry is closely watching developments in talks between TSMC and Intel Corp. over the world’s largest con...

Automobiles Hankook Tire gains edge over Chinese rivals under Trump tariffs

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee -- Early this month at the Hankook Tire plant in Clarksville, construction workers were installing the steel framework of its...

Electronics Samsung unveils AI-powered Galaxy Book5 Pro to take on Apple’s MacBook

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled its new Galaxy Book5 Pro, packed with various AI functions, to compete with archrival Apple Inc.’...

Electronics LG Elec launches modular home Smart Cottage

LG Electronics Inc. said on Wednesday it started selling its LG Smart Cottage, a compact, prefabricated modular home that utilizes its cutting-edge ...

Tech, Media & Telecom LG Uplus publishes white paper on 6G services

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Wednesday the release of its "6G White Paper: Non-Terrestrial Networks," which explores the future direction of...

Aerospace & Defense S.Korea’s KF-21, Lockheed's F-16 shortlisted for Philippine fighter jet deal

South Korea’s homegrown fighter jet KF-21 is competing against US defense firm Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-16 for the Philippine governmen...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion to establish CDMO subsidiary

Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s largest biosimilar maker, said on Friday it plans to establish a contract development and manufacturing organiza...

Artificial intelligence Rebellions partners with Arm on AI computing chiplet Techs

Rebellions, South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) chip design startup, said on Tuesday that it partnered with the UK-based semiconductor design...

Electronics Samsung Electronics tops in S.Korea's after-sales service

Samsung Electronics Service, a service subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co.,  announced on Tuesday that it topped all categories - home applia...

Electric vehicles KT, EV Parking Services to cooperate on electric bus charging

South Korea's KT Corp., South Korea’s largest telecom service provider, announced on Friday that it partnered with EV Parking Services (EVPS) ...

Electronics LG Display bets big on Tandem OLED in AI computing era

LG Display Co., the world’s top organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV panel maker, is raising the stakes in Tandem OLED technology to stay ah...

Automobiles Hyundai files for 1st overseas unit IPO in India: reports

Hyundai Motor Co.'s Indian unit filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Saturday to raise up to $3 b...

Electronics Samsung’s new AI PC to hit global market in mid-June

Samsung Electronics Co. will start offering the Galaxy Book4 Edge, a new addition to its latest flagship Galaxy Book4 laptop series and powered by b...

Automobiles Hyundai Mobis tests Level 4 self-driving

Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest auto component maker, will start test driving a Level 4 autonomous driving vehicle in Incheon's S...

Batteries LG Energy, Qualcomm to develop battery management system

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, announced on Sunday that it will dev...

Corporate investment Korean manufacturers on edge over US visa quotas

A South Korean automotive parts maker, which made its inroads into the US in the mid-2010s, sharply expanded its production facilities in Alabama la...

Corporate governance Kakao inspects SM Entertainment’s management   

Kakao Corp. has embarked on a special inspection of SM Entertainment Co.'s financial reporting for the first time since the South Korean internet gi...

Korean innovators at CES 2024 Samsung, LG unveils cutting-edge TVs to firm dominance

LAS VEGAS, NV -- Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., the world’s two largest TV makers by sales, have introduced next-generation ...

Research & Development KAIST, MIT jointly open Quantum Winter School

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Monday that it is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Techn...

Korean chipmakers SK Hynix showcases cutting-edge CXL, AiM memory at OCP Summit

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Friday it showcased its next-generation memo...

Mergers & Acquisitions Doosan Robotics looks for M&A targets post-IPO: CEO

When Ryu Junghoon was tapped as chief executive of Doosan Robotics Inc. two years ago, he vowed to turn the young robot-making company into an indus...

Construction Hyundai Engineering develops cutting-edge sewage treatment tech

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering Co., an engineering solutions provider for plants, architecture, infrastructure and asset management, on Wednesday...

Tech, Media & Telecom Korean B2B cloud computing firm BusinessOn up for sale

BusinessOn Communication Co., a leading cloud computing firm listed on the junior bourse Kosdaq, is open to a sale of its controlling stake for arou...

Carbon neutrality Hyundai, Kia deploy CO2 emission monitor system for cooperative firms

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. revealed on Friday their AI-integrated, blockchain-enabled Supplier CO2 Emission Monitoring System (SC...

Bio & Pharma IVIM Tech supplies biomicroscope to leading US children’s hospital

South Korea’s IVIM Technology has supplied the world’s first all-in-one intravital microscopy platform that it released last year to a m...