According to sources in the shipping industry on March 28, Gemini Cooperation, a shipping business alliance between the world’s No. 2 shipping company Maersk and No. 5 Hapag-Lloyd to go live in February next year has proposed a plan to exclude Busan Port of South Korea and ports of Japan, Vietnam, a
SK Innovation announced at its shareholder meeting held on March 28 that it will reassess numerous businesses it has aggressively pursued so far. The company expressed its intention to focus on select ventures and concentrate its efforts.According to industry sources on March 28, SK has been conduct
Pacifico Energy Korea has signed a Co-Existence Agreement to accelerate the development of the company’s Myeong Ryang Offshore Wind Project with the Seogeocha Island Offshore Wind Promotion Committee, which comprises of residents of Seogeocha Island located in Jindo County, South Jeolla Province. Wi
Samsung Electronics has introduced a sample version of its next-generation graphics DRAM, GDDR7. Graphics DRAM, along with High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), is considered a profitable product in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) memory lineup.According to industry sources on March 28, Samsung Electronics
Chey Min-jung, the younger daughter of Chey Tae-won, the chairman of SK Group, has recently founded a healthcare startup in the United States.According to industry sources on March 28, Min-jung has been listed as a co-founder of Integral Health, an AI-based healthcare startup established recently. T
LG CNS announced on March 27 that it has signed an investment agreement for the establishment of a joint venture with Indonesia’s Sinar Mas.Through this agreement, the two companies will establish a joint venture (JV) in Indonesia. The JV will target Indonesian businesses and public customers, pushi
Samsung Display Executive Director Jung Seok-woo announced plans to expedite the production of RGB-based micro OLEDs at the OLED Korea conference held at the K Hotel in Seoul on March 28.During his presentation on the Development Strategy for AR/VR in Future Displays, Jung emphasized the collaborati
Doosan Enerbility is making its entry into the aircraft engine business, leveraging its accumulated expertise in power generation gas turbines to broaden its business domain and secure differentiated gas turbine technology.On March 26, Doosan Enerbility announced that it had added “aircraft engine m
Amid the payment of massive subsidies by the United States and Japan for the revival of the semiconductor industry, the government has decided to review the provision of subsidies to the nation’s high-tech industries, including semiconductors. This marks the first official mention by the government
Kwak Noh-jeong, president and CEO of SK hynix, announced on March 27 that the order volume for High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) will remain “tight” until next year, adding that “this year, the proportion of HBM in the total DRAM sales volume will rise to a double digit percentage, which will help profita
An analysis by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) suggests that the average person ingests as many as 5 grams of microplastics weekly – that’s the equivalent of eating a whole credit card. While the exact effects of plastics on human health are still relatively unknown, the World Health Organization (WHO
Korea’s export value index rose for the fifth consecutive month in February thanks to a recovery of the semiconductor industry. Export value is the current value of exports converted to U.S. dollars and expressed as a percentage of the average of the base period (2000). Semiconductor exports are sho
Hyundai Motor Group announced on March 27 that it will hire 80,000 people and invest 68 trillion won in Korea over the next three years from this year to 2026. The plan is expected to create about 198,000 decent new jobs.The announced investment in Korea is a significant increase from the 56.2 trill
Artificial Intelligence (AI), deep partner collaboration, and building a strong ecosystem foundation were championed as next-level growth engines to new opportunities in industry digitisation at the recent Huawei Cloud APAC Partner Connection Summit 2024.Huawei Cloud Asia Pacific hosted approximatel
South Korean fashion company ShinWon Corporation (CEO: JJ Park) held an ESG Management Vision Declaration Ceremony to establish a mid-to long-term plan for ESG (environmental, social, and governance) and advance as a sustainable company.Through the declaration ceremony, ShinWon aims to publicly anno
Despite a sluggish construction industry, corporate sentiment in the economy has rebounded slightly for the first time in three months, attributed to the recovery in semiconductor exports.According to the survey results of the Business Survey Index (BSI) and Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) for March
There is a prospect that a new era will open in three years where the entire population of 50 million people across the nation can receive anything with a day of ordering it with free shipping.On March 27, Coupang announced its intention to expand its Rocket Delivery service to encompass the majorit
Japan has committed to developing and exporting a next-generation fighter jet by 2035 in collaboration with the United Kingdom and Italy.On March 26, Japan decided to relax the “Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology” during a Cabinet meeting, thereby approving the export o
South Korea and Malaysia have agreed to resume negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).The Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy announced on March 26 that Jung In-gyo, chief trade negotiator of the Ministry, met with Tengku Zafrul Aziz, the Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry of Mal
Hyundai Card, which commenced offering Apple Pay services since March last year, has received a favorable performance report.According to the Credit Finance Association’s report on March 26, Hyundai Card secured the second position in cumulative personal credit sales transaction volume for January a