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
The K-UAM One Team consortium, consisting of Korean Air, Hyundai Motor, and KT, has successfully validated the world’s first integrated operational system using 5G aviation networks for Urban Air Mobility (UAM).On April 24, Korean Air announced that it, along with Hyundai Motor, KT, Incheon Internat
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,
SK hynix plans to invest 20 trillion won in Cheongju to expand its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) production capacity. This move is interpreted as an effort to maintain its leading position amid intensifying HBM competition.On April 24, SK hynix announced that its board of directors has approved the pr
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon held a press briefing at Seoul City Hall on April 24 to announce a comprehensive plan to develop the Han River. The plan is a sequel to the Great Han River Project launched in March last year with the goal of creating a waterfront city in Seoul.Accordingly, the city aims to cr
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
SALTRAIN, a lifestyle brand offering various products closely related to our daily lives based on domestic premium gray salt(one of the finest sea salt from tidal flats), meets Toy Story | TinyTAN characters.'TinyTAN' are characters representing the seven members of BTS in adorable form. Through thi
Taiwan, a major hub for the world’s top semiconductor companies, has experienced a series of earthquakes, leading to temporary delays in semiconductor supply and potential price hikes.On April 23, the industry reported that over 50 aftershocks, ranging from magnitude 3.0 to 6.3, struck eastern Taiwa
Instagram has surpassed Naver and YouTube to claim the spot of Korea’s second-most-used app.On April 23, sample data from domestic smartphone users by app and retail analysis service WiseApp showed that Instagram’s average monthly launch count for the first quarter was 14.93374 billion times. This p
On April 23, Samsung SDI announced that it will showcase future battery technology for electric vehicles to global scholars at the “37th Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition (EVS37).”EVS is the largest electric vehicle symposium and exhibition worldwide, starting in 1969. It is an event where glo
At one point, 8 out of 10 Chinese smartphones used Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) panels from Korean companies. Now, that number has plummeted to less than 2 out of 10, indicating a dramatic drop in the market share of Korean companies as China encourages the use of domestically produced compon
Samsung Electronics has launched a next-generation NAND flash product with the industry’s highest-stacked semiconductor cells. With the surge in artificial intelligence (AI) demanding vast amounts of image and video data, the value of NAND storage is also rising.On April 23, Samsung Electronics anno
It has emerged that the domestic battery industry, which received trillions of won in tax deductions in the United States last year, might need to pay nearly 200 billion won in additional taxes by 2026 due to the implementation of a global minimum tax. Battery companies are currently investing in th
Global leading tire company Hankook Tire & Technology (Hankook Tire)’s iON evo SUV, a high-performance tire specially designed for electric vehicles, has received the highest rating, “Exemplary” in a tire test conducted by the German automotive magazine Auto Bild. Through this, a company once again
Samyang Foods’ flagship brand “Buldak Series” is making waves in the global market, garnering successive attention from local media. Particularly, it continues to uphold the “Buldak Legend” with comprehensive support of Kim Jung-soo, vice chairman of Samyang Round Square.Based on industry sources on
As Samsung Electronics launches its new all-in-one personal computer (PC), Intel, the provider of the central processing unit (CPU), has announced its intention to work with Samsung Electronics to develop the AI PC market together.Bae Tae-won, vice president of the Intel Korea Samsung Business Divis
LG Electronics is accelerating its business expansion in the B2B sectors like delivery and logistics by focusing on robotic solutions.On April 22, LG Electronics announced that it would supply its AI autonomous delivery robot, the “LG CLOi ServeBot (double-door)” to Kakao Mobility’s “BRING” robot de