A cutting-edge CXL IP startup, Panmnesia, announced its participation as the main sponsor at the inaugural CXL Consortium Developer Conference 2024 (CXL DevCon 2024), set to take place in April in Santa Clara, California, USA. Panmnesia will showcase the Compute Express Link (CXL) interoperability o
On April 25, the Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology held a full council meeting at the presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul, to discuss the three major technology initiatives aimed at propelling South Korea to a leading position in the global arena.The government has finalized it
SK telecom announced on April 25 that it has become the first telecommunications company in South Korea to obtain the international standard certification for AI Management System under ISO/IEC 42001. The ISO/IEC 42001 standard was designed to ensure that companies and organizations can build and op
On April 24 (local time), Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, visited Silicon Valley in the U.S. to meet with Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia. The meeting is believed to have focused on cooperation concerning high-bandwidth memory (HBM), a key component in AI semiconductors.On April 25, Chey posted
Naver’s management control over Line, which it has developed into a global messaging service over the past 13 years, could be handed over to Japan due to pressure from the Japanese government. If control is transferred, Naver could lose a market of 200 million users in Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand, p
LG Energy Solution recorded an operating loss in the first quarter of this year when excluding the advanced manufacturing production credit (AMPC) from the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).The company announced on April 25 that its first-quarter provisional sales amounted to 6.13 trillion won (US$
After receiving a lackluster performance report for the first quarter of this year, POSCO Holdings has signaled changes in its core businesses such as steel and secondary battery materials.POSCO Holdings announced on April 25 that its consolidated operating profit for the first quarter of this year
SAMSUNG E&A (formerly Samsung Engineering), a total solutions provider for the global energy industry, announced today that it recorded an operating profit of KRW 209.4 billion in the first quarter exceeded the market forecast (KRW 196 billion), continuing a solid performance trend.Through the Q1 pr
Volvo Group Korea, a specialized excavator manufacturer, announced on April 24 that it has completed the construction of Asia’s first group battery pack production facility at its Changwon Plant in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.On April 23, Volvo Group Korea held a ceremony at the Changwon
With South Korea’s manufacturing investments shifting from the western to the eastern United States, there’s a growing need to establish logistics infrastructure like port terminals on the U.S. East Coast to mitigate logistics risks.According to the report titled “Changes in Import-Export Logistics
LG Energy Solution has declared war against technology theft, believing that patent infringement by overseas battery-related manufacturers in regions like China and Europe is severe. The company’s own investigation revealed 580 cases of confirmed patent infringement. They are ready to pursue legal a
Macrogen, a global genome analysis company, has officially started building the largest Global Genome Center in Asia.The Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority announced that Macrogen held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 24 at the Advanced Industry Cluster in Songdo International City, Zone 5, for
The upcoming Nintendo Switch 2, the first new gaming device from Japan’s Nintendo in eight years, is expected to incorporate a significant amount of technology from Samsung Electronics. It is predicted that a wide range of Samsung products, from displays to memory and foundry services, will be used,
The Korean construction industry is on edge due to the conflict between Israel and Iran and between Israel and Hamas, which has led to a decline in orders from the Middle East and concerns about lower profitability due to rising raw material prices. The Middle East is a big overseas market for Korea
Europe’s views are changing in favor of nuclear power generation. Many European countries agree that nuclear power is necessary for carbon neutrality and energy security. They are also investing in new technologies such as small modular reactors (SMRs). Europe has a growing interest in South Korea,
It has been revealed that global SPA brand H&M is struggling to overcome challenges in the domestic market.According to the Financial Supervisory Service’s electronic disclosure system on April 24, the operating profit of Hennes & Mauritz AB, the operator of H&M, for the fiscal year 2023 from Decemb
Hanwha Life Insurance has become the first domestic insurance company to venture into overseas banking.The company announced on April 24 that it will acquire a 40 percent stake in Nobu Bank held by Lippo Group, the sixth largest conglomerate in Indonesia. The process of equity investment will be fin
Huawei launched its game-changing RAN Intelligent Agents. The RAN Intelligent Agents introduce a set of telecom foundation model, RAN digital twins system (RDTS), and intelligent computing power to empower 5.5G with intelligence, according to Eric Zhao, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) announced on April that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Philly Shipyard in Pennsylvania of the United States to provide new shipbuilding and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for US naval and government vessels for the U.S. gover
SK innovation’s subsidiary, SK earthon, has completed the sale of its stake in Peru LNG Company, LLC which SK earthon had run since 2010.On April 22 (local time), SK earthon successfully wrapped up the sale of its 20 percent stake in Peru LNG to MidOcean Energy for US$256.5 million. The two companie