As Taiwan, located on the “Ring of Fire” in the Pacific Ocean, faces its strongest earthquake since the “921 Earthquake” of 1999, concerns about the spread of the damage are growing.Taiwan, a leading nation in advanced semiconductor production, is in the spotlight due to production disruptions at TS
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, who visited Korea to expand the artificial intelligence semiconductor ecosystem and met with top executives of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, is now set to visit American semiconductor firm Intel.According to industry sources on Feb. 1, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced
Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s eldest and second sons, President Lim Jong-yoon and President Lim Jong-hoon, have filed an injunction against the merger of Hanmi Group and OCI Group.President Lim Jong-yoon, through the X (formerly Twitter) account of his personal company Corey Group, announced on Jan.
Amid the resolution for the merger between the pharmaceutical giant Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group and the materials and energy-focused OCI Group, signs of a potential management dispute have emerged. This comes as a result of opposition from Lim Jong-yoon, the current CEO of Hanmi Pharmaceutical and th
Hanwha Aerospace has delivered an additional six K9 self-propelled howitzers to Estonia, adding to the 24 already in operation there. By 2026, when the remaining six units are delivered, Estonia will have a total of 36 K9 howitzers in operation.According to the defense industry on Dec. 18, the Eston
Amid evaluations suggesting that Apple’s Mobile Application Processor (AP) A17, produced via TSMC’s 3-nanometer (nm) process, is underperforming compared to expectations, all eyes are on rival Samsung Electronics and its counterstrategy.According to industry sources on Sept. 21, Samsung Electronics
Americans prefer the Samsung brand over Apple, according to a survey. Samsung ranked 7th among the brands loved by Americans, while Apple came in at 10th.On May 31, CNBC cited the results of the “2023 Axios Harris Poll” on the top 100 brands loved by Americans.In the survey released by Axios on May
Twitter tipster Revegnus said on April 17 that Samsung Electronics’ 4-nm process yield is now very close to that of TSMC, the leader in the industry.According to Revegnus, Samsung Electronics’ yield recovery is faster than expected and TSMC’s 3-nm process yield is currently 63 percent or less.Samsun
Chinese Consul General in Belfast Zhang Meifang said on Twitter that the Canakkale Bridge in Turkey was built by China and survived the recent earthquake. The post was shared by the Chinese embassy in France.What they said is false information. The bridge across the Dardanelles Strait was built by D
On Dec. 13, 2022, Apple CEO Tim Cook posted on Twitter a photo showing him at an elementary school in Kumamoto, Japan, along with the message, “Sony is Apple’s partner and has made the world’s best camera sensors.”Kumamoto is the region where Taiwan’s TSMC and Japan’s Sony will build a joint venture
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on Dec. 22 (local time) that Samsung Electronics will recall 663,500 washers in the United States due to fire risk.The recall will apply to the company's top-load super speed washers (WA49B, WA50B, WA51A, WA52A, WA54A and WA55A models)
Samsung Electronics’ Foundry Business Unit will produce some of Qualcomm’s flagship application processor (AP) Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for its own phones, foreign media outlets reported on Nov. 28.PhoneArena, a U.S. website specializing in IT news, reported that while TSMC will be producing the regular v
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has requested Tesla CEO Elon Musk to build a Gigafactory in Korea, the President's Office said on Nov. 23.Musk responded by saying, “We are considering Korea as one of the top investment candidates.” Musk also expressed his will to invest in Korea’s electric
WiseApp recently conducted a survey and announced on Nov. 8 that Instagram is this year’s most popular SNS for South Koreans in their 10s and 20s.According to the app market research firm, the number of South Korean Instagram users in that age group increased from 7.1 million to 8.48 million from Oc
The Financial Times (FT) reported that the impressive performance of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. in the global electric vehicle (EV) market reminds Samsung Electronics' overtaking of Apple in the smartphone market in the past.In a report published on Aug. 23, the FT said that even when Tesla
Tesla CEO Elon Musk left a comment, "Hyundai is doing pretty well," on a CNBC news report that Hyundai Motor has ranked second in the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) market share standings.Musk made the comment when one of his Twitter friends uploaded a screenshot of a CNBC news report showing the curren
The domestic virtual asset market is expected to reach 1,000 trillion won within five years, and yet South Korean blockchain and cryptocurrency companies are facing too many business constraints. For example, initial coin offering is illegal in South Korea, where companies in the blockchain industry
Samsung Electronics said in its U.S. official Twitter account that it found a foldable smartphone from Oppo “pretty amazing.” It was very unusual for Samsung Electronics to praise a Chinese product.“Pretty ah-mazing,” Samsung Electronics said about a video on Oppo’s first foldable phone “Oppo Find N
WeMade’s virtual asset WeMix has been listed on the U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com.The exchange announced on its official Twitter account on March 18 (local time) that WeMix has been added to its transaction list. The exchange is an official virtual asset partner of the Los Angeles Lakers,
The controversy over the Game Optimization Service (GOS) of Samsung Electronics' latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S22 series is spreading to the company's tablet PCs.Geekbench said on Twitter on March 15 that it has delisted the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8 from its Ardroid Benchmark chart. The ben