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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...
Tuesday 30 June 2026
Samsung revives 1.4nm foundry push as 2029 timeline takes shape

Samsung Electronics is moving forward again on its 1.4nm foundry process, but on a slower schedule than originally planned, The...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
SK Hynix accelerates Yongin fab timeline by 12 years as HBM strains memory capacity
SK Hynix said on June 29 it will spend KRW1,100 trillion (approx. US$710 ​billion) across three sites in South Korea over the coming decades, accelerating its Yongin cluster...
Tuesday 30 June 2026
South Korea looks to Taiwan as model for semiconductor decentralization
South Korea is overhauling its semiconductor manufacturing footprint to secure an edge in the AI era, drawing direct inspiration from a fierce competitor: Taiwan.
Tuesday 30 June 2026
DRAM price surge tests South Korean memory makers' HBM4 push

Reports in South Korea that SK Hynix is slowing the pace of converting production lines to sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory,...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix step up CO₂ buying as supplies tighten
South Korea's inventories of high-purity carbon dioxide, a critical material used in advanced semiconductor manufacturing, have fallen below normal buffer levels, raising procurement...
Tuesday 30 June 2026
Hyundai says one year of output beats Tesla's 10-year sales; manufacturing capacity crucial in physical AI race
Amid the ongoing AI race between the US and China, industry players in South Korea are now focusing on physical AI as a competitive factor, with manufacturing momentum as a core advantage,...
Monday 29 June 2026
BOE's military designation hands South Korean panel makers a strategic opening

The US government's move to add Chinese panel makers BOE and Tianma to a military-related list is raising concerns that Washington's...

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,...

Monday 29 June 2026
Hyundai, LG and Doosan ramp up robotics plans as South Korea's Physical AI race heats up

South Korea's government is preparing to designate Physical AI, the convergence of robotics and artificial intelligence, as a new national...

Monday 29 June 2026
LG expands data-center liquid cooling push, eyes Taiwan server partnerships amid AI infrastructure boom
As AI infrastructure pushes server power consumption to unprecedented levels, liquid cooling is rapidly moving from an alternative technology to a data-center necessity. Amid fragmented...
Monday 29 June 2026
Samsung slows next-gen memory push as price surge rewards existing lines

Samsung Electronics is slowing its investment schedule for 1d DRAM, the seventh-generation 10nm-class DRAM node, as a sharp surge in...

Monday 29 June 2026
AI drives TV platforms as Samsung and LG chase smart-home ecosystems
South Korea's top TV brands, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, are stepping up their use of AI to sharpen product differentiation as they face intense competition from Chinese...
Sunday 28 June 2026
LG Chem weighs CCL expansion as AI chip demand strains supply

LG Chem is discussing whether to expand production of copper-clad laminate, or CCL, a core material used in semiconductor packaging, as...

Saturday 27 June 2026
Hanmi targets advanced packaging market with FC Bonder 3.5

Hanmi Semiconductor has launched FC Bonder 3.5, a new flip-chip bonding tool for AI system semiconductor packaging, as the South Korean...