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Saturday 31 January 2026
LG Display plans KRW 2 trillion OLED investment in 2026, but holds back on next-gen IT panels

LG Display, fresh off its first profitable year in four years, is preparing to step up investment in 2026 as it seeks to strengthen its...

Saturday 31 January 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix target surging growth in automotive memory market for autonomous driving systems
Automobiles are rapidly transforming into servers/smartphones-on-wheels with the advancement of autonomous driving technologies, which has led to a surge in demand for automotive memory...
Saturday 31 January 2026
China claims 64% of ESS battery market as South Korea scrambles to launch a comeback
The global energy storage system (ESS) market based on lithium-ion batteries expanded in 2025. According to ET News and Ddaily, SNE Research reported that global...
Friday 30 January 2026
China approves DeepSeek's Nvidia H200 chip purchase, but conditions still pending
China has given its leading AI startup DeepSeek approval to buy Nvidia's H200 artificial intelligence chips, with regulatory conditions still being finalized, according to Reut...
Friday 30 January 2026
SanDisk sees sevenfold profit surge in 2QFY26, extends Kioxia JV
SanDisk delivered a strong fiscal second quarter in 2026, reflecting accelerating demand across data centers, industrial applications, and consumer electronics, driven by the ongoing...
Friday 30 January 2026
Hyundai and Kia hit hardest by Korea-US tariffs
Hyundai Motor Group's vehicle brands Hyundai and Kia saw their combined revenue exceed KRW300 trillion (US$208.6 billion) for the first time in 2025, breaking a record high. Even so,...
Friday 30 January 2026
China's 15th Five-Year plan targets space mining, space tourism
Following its official proposal to "take computing power to space," China has unveiled a more concrete roadmap for future aerospace development as part of its 15th five-year plan.
Friday 30 January 2026
Alibaba, Baidu advance IPO plans for AI chip subsidiaries
China's two largest technology companies, Alibaba and Baidu, have launched initial public offering (IPO) processes for their semiconductor design subsidiaries, a move widely seen as...
Friday 30 January 2026
Samsung, LG hike laptop prices as memory 'chipflation' hits
Prices for laptops and consumer IT devices are climbing as a sustained rally in memory semiconductor costs ripples through the market. The trend, described by industry observers as...
Friday 30 January 2026
South Korea NAND flash gains strategic role in next-gen AI infrastructure

With artificial intelligence (AI) technology advancing at a breakneck pace—particularly as applications move from the training phase...

Friday 30 January 2026
Analysis: Why ASML is cutting jobs in Europe and the US but sparing China
ASML Holding reported record financial results for 2025, marked by strong growth in both revenue and profitability. Full-year revenue reached EUR32.67 billion (US$38.96 billion), up...
Friday 30 January 2026
Dutch curbs on Nexperia risk breaking Europe's semiconductor supply chain, says CSIA
Wei Shaojun, vice president of the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) and a widely recognized pragmatic voice within China's semiconductor sector, has spoken out against...
Friday 30 January 2026
Huawei scales cloud ecosystem in Asia-Pacific; Volcengine surges in AI cloud
Huawei is expanding its public cloud business across overseas markets, refining its partner strategy, and advancing its "platform plus ecosystem" model in Asia-Pacific. The company...
Friday 30 January 2026
SK Hynix reportedly converts Icheon DRAM lines as supply crunch boosts margins
The global memory market is moving into a phase that looks increasingly different from past cyclical upswings, as demand tied to artificial intelligence, robotics, and autonomous systems...
Thursday 29 January 2026
South Korea's industry minister heads to Washington after tariff rollback warning

US President Donald Trump has threatened to restore 25% tariffs on South Korean goods, escalating trade tensions by citing delays in Seoul's...