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Monday 3 November 2025
US becomes largest production base for South Korean's top conglomerates
South Korea's major corporate groups have significantly expanded their production assets in the US over the past eight years, overtaking China and Vietnam as the leading overseas...
Monday 3 November 2025
Moore Threads secures CSRC approval for IPO, set to become China's first AI GPU listing

Chinese GPU maker Moore Threads has received CSRC approval for its IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market, marking a key milestone in the country's...

Monday 3 November 2025
Huawei server spin-off xFusion eyes IPO after four years of rapid growth

Singapore-based xFusion International (xFusion) is preparing for an IPO nearly four years after it separated from Huawei's x86 server...

Sunday 2 November 2025
Samsung's Exynos 2600 chips challenge Apple and Qualcomm in early benchmarks
Samsung Electronics' next-generation application processor, the Exynos 2600, appears poised to reclaim the spotlight in the high-end smartphone chip market, with early benchmark tests...
Sunday 2 November 2025
Nvidia strengthens South Korea ties, turning AI drive into geopolitical strategy
As world leaders gather for the APEC Summit in Gyeongju amid tense geopolitics, South Korea is quietly taking on a new strategic role in the global AI race. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's...
Saturday 1 November 2025
Jensen Huang's Seoul dinner with Samsung, Hyundai chiefs sparks 'AI Korea' speculation
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with Samsung chairman Lee Jae-yong and Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Eui-sun for a 70-minute dinner at Kkanbu Chicken in Seoul's Gangnam district...
Saturday 1 November 2025
Japan accelerates HAPS and Ka-band networks as South Korea eyes LEO self-reliance

Both Japan and South Korea are accelerating plans for Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), aiming to expand satellite-based communications...

Saturday 1 November 2025
China’s rare earth squeeze reaches a turning point in the global tech standoff
Rare earth elements (REEs), comprising 17 chemical elements including the 15 lanthanides from lanthanum (La, atomic number 57) to lutetium (Lu, 71), plus scandium and yttrium, are...
Friday 31 October 2025
Why SK Hynix skipped the fried chicken and beer summit

When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived in South Korea, global attention turned to a viral "chimaek" (fried chicken and beer) dinner on...

Friday 31 October 2025
Samsung Electro-Mechanics posts strong 3Q25 results, eyes double-digit MLCC growth in 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics has reported robust financial results for the third quarter of 2025 and projects sustained strong demand for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) in 2026,...
Friday 31 October 2025
Nvidia's Jensen Huang commits quarter-million AI chips to push South Korea's AI frontier
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang capped his week in Seoul with a sweeping series of agreements that could redefine South Korea's role in the global AI economy.
Friday 31 October 2025
50,000 Nvidia GPUs power Samsung's dawn of AI-manufacturing
Nvidia and Samsung Electronics have announced plans for an "AI Factory," a next-generation semiconductor manufacturing hub powered by over 50,000 Nvidia GPUs. The initiative marks...
Friday 31 October 2025
Column: How Taiwan recyclers gain from China's rare earth curbs?
China's expanded rare earth export controls, now including semiconductors, heighten global strategic risks while offering Taiwan's firms a chance to boost sustainable material recovery...
Friday 31 October 2025
China's CXMT cracks LPDDR5X speed barrier, posing a new test for Samsung and SK Hynix

Chinese memory maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has started mass production of LPDDR5X DRAM, marking a milestone in China's...

Friday 31 October 2025
AMD ties pay off: Tongfu Microelectronics reaps AI-driven profit surge
Tongfu Microelectronics, a leading Chinese semiconductor packaging and testing firm, posted record revenue and profit in the third quarter of 2025. Revenue for the first three quarters...