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USITC decides to open probe amid fierce rivalry among Korean battery makers

The United States International Trade Commission on Thursday announced its decision to institute an investigation into a complaint filed by South Korea’s LG Chem against its domestic rival SK Innovat...

May 30, 2019
Technology
LG starts producing washers at Tennessee plant to minimize US tariff impact

LG Electronics said Thursday it has completed its new plant for washing machines in Tennessee, the United States, and will start producing 1.2 million washers annually for the American market. The S...

May 30, 2019
Technology
LG V50 ThinQ leads Korea’s 5G smartphone market

LG Electronics’ V50 ThinQ is leading the 5G smartphone market in South Korea with high popularity for the dual screen phone’s powerful multimedia features, the company said Wednesday. An initial vol...

May 29, 2019
Technology
Samsung Galaxy Fold launch likely to be delayed again

Samsung Electronics seems to be taking more time than expected to fix flaws in the main display of its first foldable smartphone Galaxy Fold, according to industry sources Tuesday. It has been more ...

May 28, 2019
Technology
SK Innovation brushes off LG Chem suit, pushes for battery biz

SK Innovation, South Korea’s top oil refiner and third player in the electric battery market, announced Monday the company will expand its EV battery production capacity 20-fold by 2025, shrugging of...

May 27, 2019
Technology
Samsung heir meets former US President George W. Bush

Samsung Electronics heir apparent and Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong met former US President George W. Bush, in Seoul on Wednesday. They met at a hotel in central Seoul on the first day of the former Am...

May 22, 2019
Industry
QLED TV leads growth of global TV market in Q1

Quantum-dot light-emitting diode TVs led growth in the world’s premium TV market in the first quarter of this year, in contrast to organic light-emitting diode TVs, according to market data on Wednes...

May 22, 2019
Technology
Samsung introduces video AS service

Samsung Electronics Service, an after-sales subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, said Tuesday it will introduce a video consultation service for customers who experience problems. When customers conta...

May 21, 2019
Technology
[Non-memory Korea: 7] Samsung makes its non-memory ambition global

After a joint announcement with the South Korean government to make the country the world’s top semiconductor powerhouse last month, Samsung Electronics is gearing up to globalize its efforts to beco...

May 15, 2019
Technology
Samsung to build mobile battery, display plants in India

South Korea’s tech giant Samsung is making additional investments in India with the goal of making the 1.3 billion-population market its mobile business hub, according to industry and news reports Th...

May 9, 2019
Technology
[Non-memory Korea: 6] Nvidia’s ‘intellectual honesty’ culture offers lessons for Korean fabless firms: exec

What has made Nvidia a strong player in the non-memory chip market today is the firm’s corporate culture to promote “intellectual honesty,” said Cha Jung-hoon, Nvidia Korea head of enterprise sales a...

May 9, 2019
Technology
Samsung CEO confirms imminent launch of Galaxy Fold after fixing flaws

Samsung Electronics will soon announce a rescheduled plan for the launch of its Galaxy Fold smartphone in the United States after resolving reported issues involving its main display, CEO Koh Dong-ji...

May 9, 2019
Technology
Samsung’s Montreal AI Lab kick-starts research on system chips

After announcing a 133 trillion won ($114 billion) investment in research and development of non-memory semiconductors last week, Samsung Electronics said Thursday its artificial intelligence researc...

May 2, 2019
Technology
[Non-memory Korea: 5] ‘Policy focuses on stronger links among fabless, design houses, foundry businesses’

The latest set of policy measures to boost the non-memory chip industry focuses on fortifying the relationships between firms in different areas of the industry to help them collaborate on developmen...

April 30, 2019
Technology
Samsung posts lowest operating profit in 10 quarters

Samsung Electronics posted the smallest operating profit of 6.23 trillion won since 2016 for the first three months of 2019 due to weakened memory chip and display businesses, the company announced T...

April 30, 2019
Industry

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