Hanmi Semiconductor (042700.KQ) Bets ₩50B on SpaceX Pre-IPO
South Korean HBM bonder maker Hanmi Semiconductor will buy ₩50 billion ($36.5 million) of SpaceX shares ahead of its Nasdaq IPO, betting on Elon Musk's Terafab semiconductor complex.
LG Energy Solution Ends Sunwoda Patent Fight in Licensing Deal
LG Energy Solution (373220.KS), Korea's largest electric-vehicle battery maker, has converted a two-year cross-border patent war into a license agreement with Chinese cell maker Sunwoda — but the f...
Kospi Jumps 4.6% on Iran Truce Hopes as Foreigners Return
South Korea's Kospi surged 4.6% to 8,123 on Friday as Trump claimed a US-Iran ceasefire. Samsung and SK Hynix led chip stocks higher; foreigners turned net buyers for the first time in 25 sessions.
Samsung, SK Hynix Weigh Chip Plants in Korea's Southwest — But Both Deny Any Decision
A wave of reports that Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), the world's largest memory-chip maker, and SK Hynix (000660.KS), the world's top supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), are weighing major ...
LG Innotek Stakes Over ₩2 Trillion on AI Chip Substrates as Gumi Lines Hit 92% Utilization
LG Innotek, the LG Group affiliate that is Korea's largest camera-module maker and one of its two major semiconductor-substrate suppliers, plans to invest more
Seoul Court Upholds KakaoPay's ₩5.97 Billion Fine Over Alipay Data Transfers
A Seoul court has rejected KakaoPay's bid to overturn a privacy fine for sending tens of millions of users' data to China's Alipay—a ruling that matters far more for what it validates than for the cas
Korea Orders Weverse, Kakao to Scrap No-Refund K-pop Terms
South Korea's antitrust regulator has ordered the operators behind the country's biggest K-pop fan platforms to rewrite paid-membership contracts that blocked refunds and barred cancellations, a consu
LG Chem Defends Eutropin, Korea's No. 1 Growth-Hormone Brand
LG Chem releases 14-year observational data on growth hormone Eutropin, confirming 0.2% serious adverse reaction rate and stable thyroid/glucose markers, as new EcoPen device aims to defend Korea's top pediatric growth-hormone franchise.
Samsung Opens Its Workforce to ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude as Altman Heads to Suwon
Samsung Electronics opens ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude to its DX division starting June 12, as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman heads to Suwon and Seoul for AI partnership talks with Samsung, Kakao, and Naver.
SK Hynix (000660.KS) Nears US ADR Listing, $14B Raise Eyed
Kakao Ex-CEO Wins Second Acquittal in Baram Buyout Case
Seoul High Court dismissed prosecutors' appeal, upholding the not-guilty verdict for former Kakao Entertainment CEO Kim Sung-su on breach-of-trust charges over the 2020 Baram Pictures acquisition.
SK Hynix to Triple Wafer Capacity by 2034, Eyes Overseas Fabs
SK Hynix (000660.KS), Korea's second-largest chipmaker by revenue and the world's leading supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in AI servers,