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Baek Byung-yeul is a journalist at The Korea Times focused on cultural content, including films and cultural events in South Korea. You can contact him at baekby@koreatimes.co.kr to share your insights.
GM aims to increase its presence in the Korean market this year as its three brands — Chevrolet, Cadillac and GMC — will launch four new models, including two electric vehicles (EVs), to deliver a unique experience only GM can offer, the head of its Korean unit said Friday.
Merck will actively support its Korean customers such as Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, which are expanding their investment in AI memory chips to meet surging demand for AI semiconductors, the head of the German company’s electronics business said Friday.
Korea has agreed to strengthen cooperation in the digital field, including cybersecurity, network technology and digital capacity building, with the United States and Japan in a meeting with representatives of the three countries' digital sectors, the ICT ministry said Thursday.
A new mobile carrier is at the center of attention in Korea, while skepticism remains high over the ability of the new telecom company to meet the government's expectations of promoting competition in the country’s highly monopolized mobile carrier market.
Samsung Electronics expects to see its semiconductor business swing back to profit from the first quarter of this year buoyed by robust demand for AI memory chips, the chipmaker said Wednesday.
LG CNS has developed a large language model (LLM) optimized for generative AI services that can write code, targeting markets such as finance companies that place importance on data security, the company said Wednesday.
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are set to showcase their next-generation displays at a business-to-business (B2B) display exhibition in Europe, seeking breakthroughs amid declining demand for home appliances and semiconductors, according to the companies, Tuesday.
LG Electronics showcased artworks that show communication and empathy between humans and AI technology using OLED TVs at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, attempting to fuse cutting-edge digital technology and art, the company said Tuesday.
CHA Biotech has entered into a collaboration with U.S. immunotherapy biotech company CanCure to develop a natural killer (NK) cell therapy, the company said Monday.
Lee Ji-yun, an endowed chair professor in the aerospace engineering department at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), has become the first Korean researcher to receive the Colonel Thomas L. Thurlow Award from the U.S. Institute of Navigation (ION), the university said Sunday.