The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) announced on March 7 that it has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States Department of Energy (DOE) for cooperation in the fields of supply chain and eco-friendly energy.Yoon Hee-sung, the president of the Korea Eximbank, sign
SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company committed to promoting human health from prevention to cure, announced today that the company broke ground on a major expansion of its vaccine manufacturing plant, L HOUSE, located in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South. The groundbreaking c
The Korean government and three major Korean shipbuilders -- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), Samsung Heavy Industries, and Hanwha Ocean -- will invest 9 trillion won to secure future super-wide gap technologies for the Korean shipbuilding industry.The Ministry of Trade, Industry
Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on March 6 that it is set to supply a high-voltage power grid worth approximately US$38 million to the global infrastructure group Balfour Beatty.This project involves the construction of a new 132 kV high-voltage power grid in the northern region of the U.K. It
STX Corporation, a global trade and development company, is expanding its presence in the Middle East by successfully completing its second transaction to Iraq through its business-to-business (B2B) platform “TrollyGo.” With a significant monthly increase in users in the Middle East region, there ar
The Korean government will launch the Top 10 Promising Markets Trade Mission, which will lead strategic market exploration to help the country achieve US$700 billion, the largest ever, in exports this year,.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced on Mar. 5 that it will send the
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
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced this year it will invest a total of 1.141 trillion won in research and development (R&D) for materials and components technology, focusing on creating a significant lead in advanced industries, stabilizing supply chains, and achieving carbon neutr
The battery industry is set to unveil a bunch of new technologies at Interbattery 2024, Korea’s largest secondary battery industry show.LG Energy Solution will take the wraps off its cell to pack (CTP) product at InterBattery 2024 which will run from Feb. 6 to 8 at COEX in Seoul.Cell-to-pack technol
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on March 3 that it discussed the establishment of a ministerial-level consultative body with the UAE Ministry of Economy during its attendance at the Investopia global investment event held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from Feb. 28 to 29 (local time).Investopia is a
Following last year’s memory semiconductor downturn, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are aggressively increasing their focus on DRAM through the expansion of advanced processing. This move is anticipated due to the expected rise in orders for High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and Double Data Rate 5 (DDR5
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
The government has come up with a detailed blueprint at the inter-ministerial level, encompassing export targets for key items such as semiconductors, automobiles, and plants, to achieve this year’s export goal of US$700 billion. It includes the largest-ever support measures to accelerate progress,
On Feb. 26 (local time), Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Centrus Energy Corp., a U.S. nuclear fuel and services supplier, in Washington, D.C., to pursue stable nuclear fuel supply.The latest LOI builds upon the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in April
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
After assuming office, the newly appointed president of POSCO International, Lee Gye-in, has opted for the global expansion of the driving motor core division as his first move.POSCO International approved the construction of a new driving motor core plant in Poland and a second plant in Mexico duri
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Feb. 23 that they held an online briefing on the 2024 Secondary Battery U.S. Investment Strategy to help Korean companies break into the U.S. secondary battery market.The event was
The U.S. government has decided to support SK siltron with investment funding in the form of a loan to expand its production in the United States. SK siltron CSS currently operates a factory in Bay City, Michigan.The Loan Programs Office (LPO) under the U.S. Department of Energy announced on Feb. 22
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®
Government officials from Korea, the United States, and Japan have met and agreed to strengthen trilateral cooperation to respond to the changing global environment, including supply chain instability and export controls.The Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced on Feb. 22