China's biggest display makers are flexing their pricing power, seeking higher payments for large LCD panels just as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are set to ramp up production for the year-end shopping season. BOE Technology recently told customers it would apply revised prices from the fourth quarter, according to industry sources Tuesday. In a notice, the Chinese display giant cited higher procurement and supply costs caused by fluctuations in raw-material prices and shifts in global

Samsung Electronics broke ground Monday on a new FlaktGroup heating, ventilation and air-conditioning plant in Gwangju, expanding its capacity to supply cooling systems for artificial intelligence data centers and advanced manufacturing facilities. Samsung will invest about 240 billion won ($179 million) in the 21,800-square-meter production line at the third campus of its Gwangju manufacturing complex. Full-scale operations are scheduled to begin in early 2028. Samsung acquired German HVAC spec

Samsung Electronics is targeting Japan’s character merchandise and entertainment market with glasses-free 3D displays, seeking to expand its commercial signage business as retailers look for new ways to attract fans and keep them in stores. At Tokyo Game Show 2026 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, the South Korean tech company showcased its Spatial Signage displays at NC’s booth, featuring characters from the game developer’s upcoming mobile title, Astrae Oratio. The push taps into Japan’s “osh

Samsung Electronics hosted a technology forum in Silicon Valley to share its artificial intelligence and robotics strategy with senior developers from global technology companies, the company said Sunday. About 80 developers and Samsung executives attended the eighth annual forum, held Friday at Samsung Research America in Mountain View, California. Samsung participants included Lee Won-jin, president of the Visual Display Business; Yoon Jang-hyun, president and chief technology officer of the D

South Korea will allow AI researchers to fulfill their military obligations at large corporate laboratories from 2027, reopening a route closed for 14 years. But strict eligibility rules have left companies seeking fewer places, raising questions about the initiative’s reach. Four companies — LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Samsung Medison and HD Hyundai Robotics — have been recommended to participate, according to Ministry of Science and ICT data obtained by Rep. Hwang Jung-a of the ruling

LG Innotek said Sunday it had deployed an artificial intelligence system that helps engineers identify suitable components, suppliers and estimate prices, cutting the time needed to prepare quotations for new products by more than 70 percent. The company, whose camera modules, semiconductor substrates and automotive components can each contain hundreds of inputs, developed the platform over about two years and recently rolled it out across all business divisions. The Adaptive Component Optimizat

LG Group Chair Koo Kwang-mo has urged the conglomerate’s top executives to move faster and execute investment plans with greater persistence as artificial intelligence emerges as the defining battleground for future competitiveness. “AI is no longer an area we can approach selectively. It is a central pillar that will determine our future competitiveness,” Koo said. “Our CEOs must act with speed and relentless execution so that we can win in the key AI markets of the future.” Koo made the remark

An agreement expected this week concerning South Korea’s $200 billion US investment commitment remains uncertain, as Seoul and Washington seek to resolve differences over nuclear projects, funding schedules and how to share investment risks. Signs of strain emerged when the Industry Ministry postponed a briefing to lawmakers on the first project under the plan, fueling speculation that negotiations had stalled. Foreign Minister Cho Hyun played down concerns about a rift before departing for Wash

SK hynix is in talks with Intel over a potential agreement to manufacture memory chips in the US for the first time, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing multiple sources familiar with the discussions. One option would involve SK hynix leasing part of Intel’s long-delayed semiconductor complex in Ohio. Another could see the Korean chipmaker form a venture with Intel and major cloud companies seeking stable memory supplies, according to the report. The discussions remain exploratory, with no decisi

Samsung Electronics has co-led a 200 million euro ($231 million) funding round for Dutch startup Euclyd, backing a new chip architecture designed to cut the cost and energy consumption of artificial intelligence inference. Euclyd CEO Bernardo Kastrup told CNBC that Samsung participated in the Series A round alongside Somerset Capital Partners, Innovation Industries and the Scaleup Europe Fund, managed by EQT. Kastrup said Samsung could offer more than capital, pointing to its expertise in memory

SK hynix production workers approved a revised labor agreement Wednesday after the chipmaker increased the cash portion of its profit-sharing bonuses, ending weeks of negotiations without a strike. The agreement received 57.08 percent support in a two-day vote by unions representing production workers at the company’s Icheon and Cheongju plants. Of 16,039 eligible members,15,297 voted, with 8,731 in favor and 6,566 opposed. Under the revised plan, profit-sharing bonuses will be split evenly betw

SK Group Chair Chey Tae-won has sought a review of prosecutors’ decision not to indict a lawyer representing his estranged wife, Roh Soh-young, over claims that Chey spent more than 100 billion won ($74 million) on his partner, Kim Hee-young. Chey’s legal representatives said Tuesday that they had filed a prosecutorial appeal against the Sept. 9 non-indictment decision involving attorney Lee Sang-won. They accused Lee of inflating the figure by combining unrelated transactions, including money p

LG AI Research unveiled a suite of industry-specific systems Monday, accelerating its push to build artificial intelligence that does more than answer questions — it predicts problems, makes decisions and takes action. At its AI Talk Concert 2026 in Seoul, the research institute introduced specialized models that can detect factory defects before they occur, accelerate the discovery of new materials and produce explainable financial forecasts. It also laid out plans for autonomous laboratories a

Electricity is the lifeblood of the artificial intelligence era. In South Korea, however, the utility responsible for delivering it is carrying more than 200 trillion won ($148 billion) in debt as the country prepares to build power-hungry semiconductor clusters. Korea Electric Power Corp. needs roughly 100 trillion won to expand the grid. To help finance that work, the state-run utility has asked Samsung Electronics and SK hynix to pay five years of electricity bills upfront — a combined 25 tri

LG AI Research said Friday it is teaming up with the National Pension Service to develop AI tools for pension fund management, beginning with a service designed to analyze currency movements. The two signed an agreement at LG AI Research's headquarters in Seoul to combine the company's artificial intelligence technology with the pension fund's investment expertise and improve investment research and decision-making. “AI is reshaping the paradigm across industries,” Kang Chang-nam, managing direc