Samsung Chairman Lee Visits Japan Packaging Lab, Eyes Materials Partnerships

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong visited the company's advanced semiconductor packaging research facility in Yokohama, Japan. The visit was aimed at reviewing progress in securing advanced packaging technologies, which have emerged as a key

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  • Exclusive: Russia's Top Telecom CEO to Visit Korea Seeking 5G Partners

    The CEO of Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Russia's largest telecommunications operator, is set to visit South Korea for the first time in seven years. The visit is aimed at examining global sixth-generation (6G) telecommunications trends and securing part

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  • Altman Meets Samsung, SK to Deepen Stargate Alliance

    Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, met consecutively with top executives of Samsung and SK during his visit to South Korea. The two conglomerates are key partners supplying memory semiconductors for OpenAI's ultra-large-scale AI infrastructure project 'Starg

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  • Moin Data Breach Exposes Customers and Families

    South Korean cross-border payments fintech Moin has suffered a data breach involving customers' personal information. The exposed documents reportedly include not only copies of national ID cards and bank account records but also household registrati

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  • LG Channels Hits Vietnam in Southeast Asia Push

    LG Electronics has launched its free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service, LG Channels, in Vietnam as it looks beyond TV sales to build revenue from content and advertising platforms in Southeast Asia. LG's Vietnamese subsidiary officiall

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  • Defense Opens New Markets for Robotics—and New Hurdles

    The robotics industry is expanding beyond manufacturing and logistics into defense, opening new markets for South Korean companies. As the military steps up robot adoption, technical standardization, field testing and access to defense supply chains

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  • Samsung to Simplify TV Lineup Into Three Tiers, Expand AI Subscriptions

    Samsung Electronics will completely reorganize its premium TV lineup next year into a three-tier structure consisting of Ultra, Plus and Basic. The company will move away from emphasizing complex hardware technology names such as Micro RGB, OLED, Neo

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  • U.S. Seeks Obesity Warnings on Processed Foods, K-Food in Focus

    According to the original text of the “Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act,” currently pending in the U.S. Senate, the bill classifies foods containing one or more industrial ingredients listed in the bill—such as flavor enhancers, emulsifiers, an

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  • Bitcoin's October Promise Fades After Binance Shock

    Bitcoin has continued its downward trend even in October, traditionally considered a bullish month, casting doubt on expectations of a year-end recovery to $100,000. Weakened upward momentum—due to slowing inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, s

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