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August 14, 2025

Korean chipmakers

Samsung to set up chip packaging R&D center in Tokyo, raise stakes vs TSMC

Samsung Electronics Co. will set up an advanced chip packaging research and development center in Yokohama, Japan with an investment of 25 billion yen ($170 million), according to semiconductor industry sources on Wednesday, intensifying its rivalry with TSMC in the high-stakes packaging market. The South Korean chipmaker expects the research lab, slated to open in March 2027, to bolster i

Business & Politics

S.Korea’s Lee to visit Japan next week for talks with Ishiba, resumes shuttle diplomacy

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Japan next week for talks with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, resuming the so-called shuttle diplomacy shunned by the closest neighbors’ previous governments. Lee will arrive in Tokyo on Aug. 23 and hold a summit meeting with Ishiba the following day, Seoul’s presidential spokeswoman Kang Yu-jung said at a press briefing on We

Electronics

BOE risks 15-year US OLED ban in Samsung dispute; Korean display stocks rally

South Korean display makers stand to gain from a possible US import ban on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels from China’s BOE Technology Group Co. after a preliminary ruling by the US International Trade Commission (ITC). According to sources in the investment banking industry on Wednesday, the US trade watchdog has recently ruled to ban imports of BOE's OLED panels for 14

Business & Politics

South Korea names new heads for finance and competition regulators

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has nominated a former senior finance ministry official, a veteran lawyer and an academic economist to lead three of the country’s most powerful economic regulators, in a reshuffle aimed at sharpening policy execution across the financial and competition sectors. Lee Eog-weon, a special professor of economics at Seoul National University and forme

Venture capital

Korea Investment Partners invests $10 million in Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Korea Investment Partners Co. (KIP), one of South Korea’s largest venture capital and private equity firms, has invested $10 million in Elon Musk’s SpaceX, citing the US aerospace company’s dual growth engine of reusable rockets and its expanding Starlink satellite Internet network. According to investment banking sources on Wednesday, KIP purchased $10 million worth of e

Webtoons

Disney, Marvel, Star Wars stories to get Korean webtoon makeover

Webtoon Entertainment Inc. is bringing Iron Man, Spider-Man, Darth Vader and Beauty and the Beast to life in vertical web panels, reimagined in the Korean webtoon style. ?? The Nadaq-listed digital comics and novel platform operator owned by South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a multiyear partnership with The Walt Disney Co. to a

Korean chipmakers

Samsung boosts HBM specialist hiring, scales back foundry recruitment

Samsung Electronics Co. is stepping up recruitment of seasoned high-bandwidth memory (HBM) specialists in a push to reclaim leadership in the semiconductor industry, betting on a rebound after a weak second quarter.? The hiring targets experienced engineers in next-generation semiconductor and chip packaging technologies, including hybrid bonding, a process seen as crucial for improvi

Artificial intelligence

LG CNS to build AI data center in Vietnam, accelerating Southeast Asia push

LG CNS Co. will build a hyperscale artificial intelligence data center for Vietnam’s state-run telecom giant Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), marking the South Korean IT services firm’s second major Southeast Asian win in a week. The company announced on Tuesday that it signed the agreement with VNPT and Korea Investment Real Asset Management during the Korea&

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