The combined operating profit of the top 10 companies by market capitalization in the South Korean stock market falls short of those of leading Japanese company Toyota and top Taiwanese company TSMC.To address the “Korea discount,” which refers to the undervaluation of South Korean stocks, it is poi
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
Samsung Group’s electronics affiliates are joining forces to expedite the commercialization of glass substrates, a material used in semiconductor packaging, by establishing a united front for joint research and development (R&D). This strategy aims to achieve commercialization faster than semiconduc
A court has issued a non-compete injunction against a former HBM researcher from SK hynix who moved to an executive position at Micron, a competitor in the United States. The decision was made to prevent potential damage from the leakage of SK hynix’s core technologies. SK hynix holds a dominant mar
Last quarter, the global semiconductor industry witnessed a nearly 30% increase in DRAM revenue compared to the previous quarter. According to TrendForce, a market research firm based in Taiwan, on March 5, global DRAM revenue reached US$17.46 billion in the fourth quarter, marking a 29.6% growth fr
Samsung Electronics is set to make a groundbreaking reveal at an Nvidia event, showcasing a physical High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) 3E 12-tier (H), which is slated for mass production in the first half of this year.As Nvidia, a key customer of HBM, prepares to launch its next-generation artificial inte
At the Huawei Product & Solution Launch held during MWC Barcelona 2024, Bruce Xun, President of Huawei's Global Technical Service Dept, announced the launch of Huawei's digital intelligent series of solutions in the ICT services & software field. New AI technology is applied to solutions such as Int
Kolon Industries will establish a joint venture with private equity firm Hahn & Company for industrial film manufacturing.On Feb. 27, Kolon Industries announced that it was considering establishing a joint venture (JV) with Hahn & Company for its film business and signed a binding memorandum of unde
The author is an analyst for NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at youngryu@nhqv.com -- Ed.Micron begins mass production of HBM3EMicron has kicked off full-scale production of HBM3E (24GB 8-high) to be used for Nvidia’s H200, which is scheduled to be shipped from 2Q24. The company has als
Samsung Electronics has thrown a decisive move to overturn the market dynamics of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), a key component of Artificial Intelligence semiconductors, by being the first in the industry to mass-produce the 5th generation HBM, known as “HBM3E” with 12 layers, in the first half of t
Samsung Electronics and SK telecom have embarked on forming alliances with global operators to lead the development of 6G and integrate Large Language Models (LLM) into their services. While Samsung Electronics is co-establishing a consortium with big tech companies across various sectors such as te
A Korean-owned Ireland-based semiconductor company is reportedly among companies included in a list of those under U.S. sanctions against Russia.According to the Irish Times in Dublin, Ireland-based Cubit Semiconductor was included in the sanctions announced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s
On Feb. 23, KB Kookmin Bank held the grand opening ceremony of KB Prasac Bank in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia.Approximately 700 individuals attended the event, including the Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia Chea Serey and the Ambassador of Cambodia to Korea Chring Botum Rangsay
SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company committed to promoting human health from prevention to cure, announced today that the company has obtained prequalification (PQ) certification from the World Health Organization (WHO) for its typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV), ‘SKYTyphoid®
Cell Biotech announced on Feb. 22 that it has obtained the highest level of safety recognition from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) certification, for 11 Korean probiotic strains. Through this validation, Cell Biotech has added certification for 1
Kolmar Korea has discovered the world’s first microbiome (in-human microbiome) that suppresses skin aging caused by ultraviolet exposure. In addition, the related research findings were published in international SCI-level journals, and its research achievements were recognized worldwide.Kolmar Kore
Gaudio Lab, a leading AI audio technology company, is set to participate in MWC 2024 to showcase innovative AI audio technologies that will be essential for the new era of spatial computing.Gaudio Lab will host its booth in the KOTRA Korea Pavilion at MWC Barcelona, where attendees can have a sneak
SK telecom and KT have announced their plans to showcase advanced technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024, which opens on Feb. 26 in Barcelona, Spain. SKT is set to occupy a large exhibition space of 992 square meters in the Fira Gran Via Hall 3, un
Samsung Electronics has entered the competition for a cutting-edge 2-nanometer (nm, one billionth of a meter) foundry process and has secured an order to produce 2-nm semiconductors from a Japanese artificial intelligence (AI) company.According to industry sources on Feb. 15, Samsung Electronics has