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[Latest Updates] Impeachment vote scrapped
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Ruling party leader stands firm on suspending Yoon from his position
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Yoon needs to be stopped from exercising power as president: ruling party head
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South Korean military says will not obey another martial law
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President Yoon Suk Yeol says will entrust state affairs to ruling party
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Why did martial law troops go to National Election Commission?
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Rights group claims proof of 2nd martial law declaration
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[Breaking] Majority of ruling party lawmakers exit after vote on first lady probe
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Motion to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol scrapped
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Bill to investigate Kim Keon Hee fails to pass
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Would Samsung benefit from Intel exit from foundry race?
Facing its worst earnings crisis in its 56-year history, Intel is reportedly reconsidering its lackluster foundry business, where it has set the goal of beating Samsung Electronics to become the industry's No. 2 by 2030. For Samsung, which is seeking to carve out its share in the foundry market dominated by Taiwan-based TSMC, Intel's exit could be beneficial, removing a potential threat, according to experts here. On Sunday, Bloomberg reported that Intel, the world's leading chipm
Sept. 2, 2024
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LG Electronics sets up consortium for heat pump technology in China
LG Electronics said Sunday it has established a consortium in China to accelerate the development of the core technologies for next-generation heat pumps, adding to its research hubs in North America and Europe. Under the collaboration agreement, LG will be working with leading heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) researchers from Harbin Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Xian Jiaotong University, the company said. The company has been expanding its research a
Sept. 1, 2024
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SK Speedmate launches as rebranded auto repair firm
SK Speedmate, an automotive maintenance company, announced Sunday its official launch after spinning off from SK Networks to become a top automotive aftermarket service provider in Korea. SK Networks decided to spin off the Speedmate division as part of its push to transition to an AI-centric company. The automotive maintenance business has been rebranded as SK Speedmate, and is now a full-owned subsidiary under the rental firm. SK owns 43.9 percent of SK Networks. “Utilizing our strong br
Sept. 1, 2024
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LG Display starts production of advanced OLED displays for gaming
LG Display said Thursday it has kicked off mass production of its 27-inch 480Hz Quad HD gaming OLED panel that boasts the industry’s highest refresh rate and fastest response time, targeting the high-end gaming market. The new panel is made to show the best performance in key criteria for gaming displays, which are refresh rate, images displayed per second and response time in displaying graphic card signals, LG said. “We will create differentiated customer value and secure leadershi
Aug. 29, 2024
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SK hynix develops world's first 10-nm DRAM chip
SK hynix, the world's second-largest memory chip-maker, said Thursday it has developed the industry’s first 16-gigabyte DDR5 chip using its 1c node, the sixth generation of the 10-nanometer process technology. The success marks the beginning of the extreme scaling to the level closer to 10 nanometers in the memory process technology, according to SK hynix. SK hynix has become the first in the industry to overcome technological limitations by raising the level of completion in design,
Aug. 29, 2024
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Naver, Kakao strive to combat deepfake porn spreading online
The rise of explicit and nonconsensual deepfake pornography illegally being shared online is prompting Korean platform operators to boost their surveillance while delaying generative AI services. Naver, the country's No. 1 search engine, said Wednesday it is running Clova GreenEye 2.0 on its platforms to identify harmful and sexually explicit images using the image analysis solution based on its AI model's vision technology. While the solution is not specifically made to scan for deepf
Aug. 28, 2024
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[Photo News] OLED brings art to life
LG Electronics is bringing the late ink wash master Suh Se-ok’s iconic work, reimagined by his son, artist Suh Do-ho, to life on billboards across Seoul, Incheon, New York and London ahead of Frieze Seoul 2024. The four-day event, starting Oct. 4 at Coex in Gangnam, Seoul, will feature Suh’s 1978 work "Walker” displayed on LG’s transparent OLED display. The tech giant also on Tuesday announced a three-year partnership with the National Museum of Modern and Contempora
Aug. 27, 2024
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Westinghouse interrupts Korea's Czech nuclear deal
Korea’s multibillion-dollar deal to build nuclear plants in the Czech Republic has been put at risk with US-based Westinghouse Electric Co. filing an appeal with the Czech's antimonopoly watchdog Tuesday, challenging Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power's position as the preferred bidder. "KHNP’s APR1000 and APR1400 plant designs utilize Westinghouse-licensed Generation II System 80 technology," Westinghouse said in its press release. "KHNP neither owns the underlying
Aug. 27, 2024
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80% of young Korean workers turn to AI for solutions: report
A recent report showed that artificial intelligence technology is a go-to tool in the workplace for an overwhelming majority of young adults in South Korea, who favor AI at a far greater rate than their counterparts in other countries. Samsung Electronics released "The 2024 AI-Preneur Effect" looking into how Gen Z is using cutting-edge technology to boost their careers, and it showed 80 percent of young people in Korea are dependent on AI as a go-to resource. Following the Koreans wer
Aug. 27, 2024
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Samsung, Qualcomm team up for car chips
Samsung Electronics, the world's No. 1 memory chipmaker, said Tuesday that it has partnered with US chip giant Qualcomm Technologies to produce advanced chips for diverse automotive solutions. The Korean tech giant said its latest automotive LPDDR4X memory has been successfully qualified for use with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis. The product is set to be applied in premium in-vehicle infotainment and advanced driver-assistance systems. Samsung’s automotive LPDDR4X quali
Aug. 27, 2024
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[Photo News] Samsung fosters tech talent
A student makes device components as part of a polymechanics task in the 59th National Skills Competition at Kumoh Technical High School in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, Monday. Samsung Group has been providing 250 million won ($188,000) every year since 2007 to sponsor the annual event aimed at fostering young talent. The conglomerate has so far hired 1,600 high school graduates who showed excellent performance at the competition in affiliates including Samsung Electronics and Samsung Displa
Aug. 26, 2024
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[Photo News] LG Tech Fair
LG Electronics Science Park President Park Il-pyung speaks during the opening of Spark 2024, LG's festival combining culture and tech, at LG Science Park in Seoul on Monday. The company kicked off the three-week event with its first LG Tech Fair, bringing together tech experts from eight LG affiliates including LG Electronics, LG Chem and LG Energy Solution, and others to discuss future technologies and share insights. (LG Corp.)
Aug. 26, 2024
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Samsung Electro-Mechanics to boost sales of high-end chip substrates
Samsung Electro-Mechanics, the electronic parts manufacturing affiliate of Samsung Electronics, said Sunday it will ramp up the sales portion of high-end flip chip ball grid array (FCBGA) substrates for servers and artificial intelligence to over 50 percent by 2026. FCBGA is a semiconductor package substrate applied to high-performance semiconductors, such as central processing units and graphic processing units for servers and PCs. It can be used in various applications requiring high-performan
Aug. 25, 2024
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[Photo News] Art meets high-tech at Samsung’s TV exhibition
Samsung Electronics kicked off an exhibition Friday that features a 10-meter art wall displaying contemporary works of art on its QLED TVs. "Bazaar Exhibition: Under/Stand with Samsung The Frame" is a collaborative event the tech giant is hosting in partnership with the fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar. The show will run at Process Itaewon in Seoul through Sep. 14. The exhibition suggests new ways of enjoying artwork through The Frame, Samsung's lifestyle series mid-range QL
Aug. 23, 2024
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Korea unveils trade roadmap to tackle protectionism in mega election year
South Korea has set a goal to secure the most extensive free trade agreement network and to establish a risk management system to handle growing geopolitical uncertainties in a "super election" year, the Industry Ministry said Thursday while announcing the country's new trade policy roadmap. In a ministerial meeting on economic affairs, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and other ministers reviewed the Yoon Suk Yeol administration's trade achievements of the past two years and intr
Aug. 22, 2024
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Samsung to widen gap with Chinese rivals with AI TVs
Samsung Electronics said it is confident in maintaining its No. 1 position in the global TV market by widening the gap with Chinese rivals with its advanced artificial intelligence technology. “We believe that AI TVs will be a unique differentiator that other companies do not offer, as it is not just a TV but a platform that can connect various devices customers own,” Yong Seok-woo, president and head of visual display business at Samsung Electronics, said during a press conference i
Aug. 22, 2024
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LG Chem leads growth hormone market with award-winning app
LG Chem is leading the nation's growth hormone market with its award-winning mobile app, EuDi. According to the company, EuDi won the iF Design Award 2024 in the user experience category in March. It was the only pharmaceutical company to win the honor among 521 winners since 2021, in an arena traditionally dominated by consumer electronics, telecoms and automotive sectors. Launched in 2019, the EuDi app was designed to streamline daily injections for children and their caregivers. The app
Aug. 22, 2024
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Samsung, LG showcase next-gen display tech at IMID
Korea's two top display makers Samsung Display and LG Display have won Display of the Year awards at the International Meeting on Information Display conference that kicked off on Jeju Island Wednesday. Having introduced the world’s first stretchable OLED display in 2017, Samsung unveiled another stretchable panel using the micro-LED technology that boasts the highest resolution and elongation rate among the stretchable products on the market. According to the display maker, the lates
Aug. 21, 2024
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Coex to host smart factory trade show in Vietnam next month
The inaugural Automation World Vietnam, a trade show dedicated to smart factory solutions and automation, will be held in Binh Duong Province, north of Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, from Sept. 25 to 27, event host Coex said Wednesday. The upcoming event will be the first Automation World expo held outside Korea. AW, hosted by Coex, which operates a convention center under the same name in Seoul, is one of the largest gatherings of the smart factory industry. The Seoul event in March this year
Aug. 21, 2024
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[Photo News] Display of the year
LG Display's Meta Technology 2.0, the company's third-generation OLED technology, has been named the "Korea Display of the Year" at this year's International Meeting on Information Display symposium that kicked off its three-day run on Wednesday in Jejudo. The Meta Technology 2.0 enhances the peak brightness of OLED displays by 40 percent to the industry's brightest 3,000 units. (LG Display)
Aug. 21, 2024