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KCC’s ‘Supeuro’ Ranks No. 1 in Brand Power for the 8th Consecutive Year
#KCC, the leading company in the paint industry, has ranked first in the “2026 Brand Power of Korean Industry” for its eco-friendly water-based paint for the eighth consecutive year. Its product line,…
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Samsung Electronics Invested 90 Trillion Won in Facilities and R&D Last Year… Ranked No. 1 Among Semiconductor Companies
Samsung Electronics invested a total of 90 trillion won in capital expenditures (CAPEX) and research and development (R&D) in 2025. This places it at the top among the world’s top 10 semiconductor com…
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Samsung Foundry Aims for a Rebound with NVIDIA's 'Grok Successor Chip'
Samsung Electronics is working to revitalize its foundry business by expanding its collaboration with NVIDIA on next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors. Industry attention is focus…
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Humedics Partners with Baropharm to Launch Pharmacy Distribution of ‘Elavie Litou ECM’
Humedics, the aesthetic specialist subsidiary of Huons Group, has partnered with Baropharm, a pharmacy integration platform company, to actively expand the pharmacy distribution network for its new co…
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SK Hynix Begins Wage Negotiations… Will Samsung’s ‘6% Raise’ Agreement Set the Standard?
SK Hynix is set to begin wage and collective bargaining negotiations this month. As the company continues to post record-breaking earnings driven by the booming High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) market, wag…
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Warns of Sudden Surge in Electricity Bills… KEPCO’s ‘AI Safety Alert’
Electricity bill. (Photo = Yonhap News)
#Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) announced that starting on the 10th, ahead of the summer season when air conditioner use increases, it will provid…
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HLB Chairman Jin Yang-gon ‘Massively Buys’ Shares of Affiliated Companies Amid Plunge in Biotech Stocks... “Strengthening Responsible Management”
Jin Yang-gon, Chairman of HLB Group, has demonstrated strong confidence in the group’s future growth potential by consecutively purchasing shares of major affiliates on the open market amid recent mar…
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Samsung Launches 'AI Transformation' Across All Subsidiaries… Executive Team Receives First AI-Focused Training
Samsung is embarking on a "major AI transformation" to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) across all business areas, from research and development (R&D) to production, marketing, and management su…
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SAMG Entertainment Releases TINYPING Summer Merchandise… Targeting Adult Fans as Well
Intellectual property (IP) content company #SAMG Entertainment announced on the 9th that it will target the summer market with its TiniPing characters. In particular, the company is aiming to attract …
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Lessons from Taiwan, a Key Hub in the AI Supply Chain [Reporter's Notebook]
"While South Korea’s semiconductor industry has been led by one or two giant companies such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, Taiwan has nurtured its ecosystem through countless mid-sized and small…