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Wednesday 7 October 2026
AMD expands Korea push after Taiwan supply talks
AMD CEO Lisa Su moved from supply-chain talks in Taiwan to South Korea this week, broadening the chipmaker's Asia push from efforts to secure more CPU, GPU and advanced-wafer capacity...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
BOE chairman expected to meet Samsung executive as LCD panel prices rise
Chinese display makers have raised LCD panel prices as global TV makers head into the holiday season, raising costs for TV makers worldwide. BOE chairman Yanshun Chen is expected to...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics secures 2027 AI server MLCC demand as supply pressure builds
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has secured another major AI server order, signing a KRW290 billion (about US$216 million) contract to supply multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs)...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
South Korea keeps sovereign AI contest on track, adds KRW4.7T frontier program after hours of confusion
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT said its Sovereign AI Foundation Model Project will run to completion as originally planned. The statement reversed, within hours, a vice...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Samsung secures customer backing for US$5B substrate expansion
Samsung Electro-Mechanics is investing KRW6.78 trillion (approx. US$5 billion) to expand FCBGA capacity in South Korea and Vietnam. The projects are backed by customer funding and...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Samsung steps up HBM cooling as TSMC expands CoWoS
Samsung Electronics is expanding its thermal-management efforts for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) beyond the memory stack as increasingly large chip packages raise heat-management ch...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
LB Semicon expands power chip capacity as Qualcomm production ramps up
South Korean outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) provider LB Semicon is expanding power semiconductor backend capacity at its Gumi plant as it steps up efforts to reduce...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
China's glass substrate ramp-up outpaces South Korea with WG Tech targeting 1M sqm
China's WG Tech has reportedly begun the second phase of investment in its through-glass via (TGV) glass substrate production line, with total future capacity projected to reach 1...
Monday 5 October 2026
Nuri launch takes center stage at AEROTEC 2026 as Hanwha moves from rocket manufacturing to launch operations
With South Korea preparing for the fifth launch of its Nuri rocket, the country's space ambitions took center stage at AEROTEC 2026, the second International Aerospace Technology Exhibition...
Monday 5 October 2026
South Korean SMEs expand space supply chain from reusable rockets to satellite shielding
As South Korea prepares for the fifth launch of its Nuri rocket, small and medium-sized enterprises are taking on increasingly important roles in the country's space supply chain alongside...
Monday 5 October 2026
Hyundai Rotem advances methane rocket engines for reusable launch vehicles
South Korea's Hyundai Rotem is accelerating its expansion into aerospace propulsion systems, showcasing 10-ton- and 35-ton-class methane rocket engines under development at AEROTEC...
Monday 5 October 2026
SDC, LGD seek longer tax credits, cash refunds for OLED investment amid intensifying China competition
Samsung Display (SDC) and LG Display (LGD) are calling on the South Korean government to strengthen tax incentives for OLED investment and research as intensifying competition from...
Monday 5 October 2026
KAI targets 6G satellite communications as standardized platforms bridge observation and connectivity ambitions
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) showcased its next-generation medium-sized satellites and compact synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites at AEROTEC 2026 in Changwon, highlighting...
Monday 5 October 2026
South Korea's AI chip budget goes unspent through August
South Korea's government is pushing to join the "global top three AI powers," but the AI semiconductor development program led by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR)...
Friday 2 October 2026
LG Energy Solution and GM bet LMR can bridge the gap between LFP cost and high-nickel range
For years, automakers have grappled with an underlying paradox stemming from persistent EV raw-material pressures, as supply chains worldwide have been constrained by a familiar battery-chemistry...