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Trump could target battery materials sourced from China, sources say South Korean battery companies are closely monitoring the second Donald Trump administration’s potential imposition of tariffs on key battery materials produced in Korea. The concern follows the enforcement of 25 percent duties on Korean steel and aluminum that took effect Wednesday, with additional tariffs expected next month. While electric vehicle batteries are currently exempt from the proposed tariffs — set to be enforced
Samsung Electronics has won a temporary injunction against Chinese appliance-maker TCL in Germany, barring TCL from using the contested TV brand name in the European Union. Samsung filed an injunction lawsuit in November against TCL’s German subsidiary at the Dusseldorf Regional Court, alleging that TCL’s Nxtframe infringes on the trademark of Samsung’s The Frame TV, according to sources. The court ruled in Samsung’s favor on Feb. 26, following an oral hearing on Jan. 29, where it found a likeli
SK hynix said Wednesday it has been recognized as one of the world’s most ethical companies of 2025 by the global ethical business evaluation organization Ethisphere. Ethisphere honors companies with superior ethics and compliance programs through its annual World’s Most Ethical Companies recognition. It evaluates companies based on five key categories: ethics and compliance, governance, a culture of ethics, environmental and social impact, and initiatives that support a strong value chain. The
SK Networks said Tuesday it has teamed up with Qualcomm Technologies to integrate the US chip giant’s Internet of Things solutions into its key businesses and subsidiaries and expand its artificial intelligence-driven business portfolio. Collaboration with Qualcomm will provide SK Networks with advanced IoT solutions, including its Dragonwing QCS6490, which supports on-device large language models. Launched in March 2023, the Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS6490 is a high-performance system-on-chip solut
LG Electronics is grappling with anticipated tariffs from the administration of US President Donald Trump on imported televisions. However, building a new manufacturing facility in the US immediately would be challenging due to logistical hurdles, an official said Tuesday. Baik Sun-pil, the LG Electronics vice president leading the company’s TV product planning division, made the remarks as the company unveiled its 2025 lineup of organic light-emitting diode and quantum nanocell-emitting diode T
LG Energy Solution said Monday that its joint research team with Yonsei University has made a breakthrough in next-generation dry electrode manufacturing technology for electric vehicle batteries. Electrodes, a key component affecting battery performance, are typically produced using a wet process that involves solvents to create a slurry, which is then coated onto a metal foil and dried. This method is energy- and time-intensive, requires substantial facility investments, and limits the energy
LG Uplus said Monday it will jointly promote an artificial intelligence transformation alliance strategy with Amazon Web Services to foster the domestic AI cloud ecosystem. At Mobile World Congress 2025, held in Barcelona, Spain, the two companies pledged to collaborate on developing a Korea-specific sovereign cloud, AI platforms and solutions, and AI consulting services. A sovereign cloud is a cloud service that ensures data sovereignty by storing, processing and managing data within a specific
LG CNS said Monday that it has entered into an artificial intelligence transformation partnership with Canada-based Cohere. Under the agreement, LG CNS plans to customize Cohere's agentic AI solution, North, and provide enterprise-tailored services in an on-premise deployment model. Agentic AI is a technology that goes beyond simple question-and-answer interactions, enabling AI to autonomously plan, execute and evaluate actions iteratively to solve complex problems. Cohere, founded by former Goo
Samsung Global Research has initiated a management audit of the system LSI division, which is responsible for semiconductor design at Samsung Electronics, according to industry sources on Friday. Samsung’s management diagnosis office has been auditing the system LSI division since January. The division plays a fabless role in designing mobile application processors, which serve as the brain of smartphones. This marks the first management audit conducted by the management diagnosis office since i
Samsung Electronics has received final approval from South Korea's antitrust regulator to acquire Rainbow Robotics, paving the way for the tech giant to expand its robotics business to humanoid robots. The Fair Trade Commission approved Samsung's acquisition of a controlling stake in Rainbow Robotics on Wednesday, concluding that the merger poses minimal concerns regarding market competition. “With the approval, we will accelerate the development of future robots, including advanced intelligent
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