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Tuesday 7 July 2026

SK data center bet sets sights on intelligence exports

South Korea is moving to position itself as an exporter of "intelligence" rather than just the chips and equipment that go into building...

Monday 6 July 2026

South Korea lines up US$204 billion Yeongnam manufacturing push

South Korean conglomerates will invest a combined KRW312 trillion (approx. US$203.6 billion) in the Yeongnam region, as the government...

Friday 3 July 2026

South Korea bets on southwest semiconductor cluster, but key hurdles remain

South Korea on June 29 unveiled a large-scale investment plan for the country's Honam region in the southwest, which mainly covers the city of Gwangju and North and South Jeolla provinces,...

Friday 3 July 2026

SAP names Verena Siow Asia-Pacific President

Enterprise software company SAP announced on July 2 that it has appointed Verena Siow as president of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region,...

Friday 3 July 2026

SK Hynix puts US$64 billion into Cheongju chip buildout

SK Hynix plans to invest KRW100 trillion (approx. US$64.38 billion) to build new NAND memory chip and advanced packaging facilities in Cheongju, betting that AI demand will keep tightening...

Friday 3 July 2026

Seoul seeks Kumamoto's chip playbook, but Japan's model isn't easy to copy

As South Korea moves to accelerate a new semiconductor cluster in the country's southwest, ruling-party officials have returned to...

Thursday 2 July 2026

Commentary: G2 rivalry simmers– China quietly watches as US pressure sends Asia's defense industry into overdrive

The annual Shangri-La Dialogue, considered the most important defense and security conference in the Asia-Pacific region, was held this year in Singapore at the end of May. For this...

Thursday 2 July 2026

Europe's heatwave turns air conditioners into power chip growth story

Europe's intensifying heatwave is reshaping the region's air conditioner market, driving a surge in China's air conditioner exports and...

Wednesday 1 July 2026

Samsung, SK Hynix southwest fab plans put Gwangju's silicon photonics ambitions in focus

Samsung Electronics' and SK Hynix's planned memory investments in South Korea's southwest have mostly been viewed as a push to balance regional development and tap into local renewable...

Wednesday 1 July 2026

South Korea's southwest chip hub plan faces supplier gap

South Korea's plan to build a KRW800 trillion (approx. US$51 billion) memory fab cluster in the southwestern Honam region is running into an inconvenient fact: the region has the country's...

Wednesday 1 July 2026

South Korea's southwest chip hub grows from memory fabs into full semiconductor and AI ecosystem

South Korea's government laid out a detailed plan on June 30 for building its southwest region into a major new semiconductor production base, with SK, Samsung Electronics and Amkor...

Tuesday 30 June 2026

Samsung commits KRW2,655 trillion to future industries, anchoring new Gwangju fab

Samsung said on June 29 it will invest a combined KRW2,655 trillion (approx. US$1.72 trillion as of June 30, 2026) across its domestic operations, splitting the figure between continued...

Monday 29 June 2026

Samsung chair backs Korea's southwest chip cluster, maps nationwide investment

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong said Gwangju is being considered as a candidate site for Samsung's next semiconductor complex,...

Friday 26 June 2026

Samsung's reported US$648 billion plan shifts focus to South Korea's chip belt

Samsung Group is expected to announce a domestic investment plan worth more than KRW1,000 trillion (approx. US$648 billion) on June 29,...

Thursday 18 June 2026

Japan lasers in on India's Assam state for chip and infrastructure corridor

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is scheduled to visit Assam in northeastern India in early July 2026. According to Nikkei,...

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