On March 11, Doosan Robotics held an opening ceremony for the “Electric Vehicle (EV) Automatic Charging Solution Pilot Station” at the LG Science Park in Gangseo District, Seoul, in partnership with LG Electronics, and commenced pilot operations, the company announced on March 16.The newly developed
Samsung Electronics announced on April 15 that it is investing US$40 billion in its semiconductor factory in Taylor, Texas, which is more than double its initial plan of US$17 billion. The U.S. government has offered a higher subsidy ratio (16% or US$6.4 billion) compared to Intel and TSMC, and the
Off-road environment recognition technologies for detecting extraneous substances such as dust, mud, snow, or rain during off-road autonomous driving of construction machinery, agricultural machines, and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), and removing the sensor signals of these substances on a real-t
On April 12, Kakao announced its membership in the AI Alliance, a global community aimed at supporting open innovation and open science in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The AI Alliance, launched in December last year, includes leading organizations from various sectors such as IBM, Meta
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on April 11 that a research team led by Professor Kang Jeong-gu from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering has developed a high-energy, high-power hybrid sodium-ion battery capable of rapid charging.Hybrid energy
TSMC, the world’s largest foundry company based in Taiwan, is set to receive up to US$11.6 billion (15.73 trillion won) in subsidies and loan support for the construction of its plant in Arizona in the U.S.On April 8 (local time), the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a preliminary agreement to
Gyeongbuk Governor Lee Cheol-woo had an in-depth discussion on various mutual cooperation measures including the Saemaul movement between the two countries with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office on April 3.During the visit, which was attended by key gove
Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Secretary of Commerce David Rosenberg and Purdue University President Mung Chiang joined federal partners and executives of South Korea-based SK hynix Inc., the world’s leading producer of High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) chips, today as the company announced plans to establish
Samsung Electronics is set to reveal its “dream memory,” three-dimensional (3D) DRAM, in 2025, marking a first in the semiconductor industry. The move is seen as Samsung reigniting its “technology gap” in the high bandwidth memory (HBM) market where it has previously lost ground to SK hynix.Accordin
The author, Hyungcho Chung, is the founder and CEO of Scomot -- Ed.We might think that data storage is something that has come about in the tech age of the past few decades. This simply isn’t the case. We have been storing data for centuries, allowing us to process information, keep records and comm
On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, Pulmuone has expressed its determination to grow into the global number one “sustainable food company.”On March 28, the company held the “2024 Pulmuone Open Shareholders’ Meeting” at the Science and Technology Convention Center in the Gangnam district of Seou
Following the victory of the anti-merger faction led by brothers Lim Jong-yoon and Lim Jong-hoon, former presidents of Hanmi Pharmaceutical, in the proxy fight at the Hanmi Science shareholders’ meeting, the OCI Group declared the suspension of the merger process.OCI Holdings, the holding company of
As Korean battery companies are struggling amid slowing growth in the global electric vehicle market, they are expected to improve their profit margins despite falling sales in 2024.“This year, LG Energy Solution and Samsung SDI are expected to maintain profit margins in the 5 percent range, while S
Hanmi Group announced on March 25 that it has dismissed Lim Jong-yoon, president of Hanmi Science, and Lim Jong-hoon, president of Hanmi Pharmaceutical, effective March 25.The group stated that the two presidents caused disputes over important resolutions of the Hanmi Science board of directors, inf
AIA Group Limited has published its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report 2023, "Sustaining Healthier, Longer, Better Lives." The report highlights the strong progress of AIA's five-pillar ESG Strategy.Among the significant achievements in 2023 AIA published its first Climate Transition
SK bioscience announced on March 21 that it has shipped about 440,000 doses of cell-cultured influenza vaccine SKY Cellflu from Andong L-House to its Thai partner Biogenetech. SKY Cellflu is a vaccine of SK bioscience’s own development. The vaccine supplied this time is a strain for flu predicted fo
SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company committed to promoting human health from prevention to cure, announced today that the company has shipped approximately 440,000 doses of SKYCellflu to Biogenetech in Thailand from its vaccine manufacturing facility ‘L HOUSE’ in Andong, S
A high-power (120kV, 60kW) electron-beam welding system has been developed for the first time in the country, paving the way to the domestic production of a local vacuum high-power electron-beam welding system, the key equipment for the welding of small modular reactors (SMRs).For the first time in
SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company committed to promoting human health from prevention to cure, announced today Prof. Jan Holmgren of Sweden, and Profs. Barney Graham and Jason McLellan of the United States as the winners of the 2024 International Vaccine Institute-SK Bio
A medical waste treatment system, which is capable of 99.9999 percent sterilization by using high-temperature and high-pressure steam, has been developed for the first time in the country.The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (President Seog-Hyeon Ryu, hereinafter referred to as KIMM), an i