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  AI Chip

  Samsung, SK Hynix Pour Record KRW 33 Trillion Into R&D

  South Korea’s memory chipmakers, including Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, recorded the largest-ever increases in research and development (R&D) spending in the first half (January–June) of this year. The move is seen as an effort to leverage the artificial intelligence (AI)-driven memory “supercy

  2026.08.18
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  Tech Sovereignty

  HD Hyundai Electric Develops Korea’s First 420kV Eco-Friendly High-Voltage Breaker

  HD Hyundai Electric 420 kV-class SF?-free high-voltage circuit breaker. Provided by HD Hyundai Electric HD Hyundai Electric has independently developed South Korea’s first 420 kV (kilovolt) eco-friendly high-voltage circuit breaker and is moving to penetrate the European market for eco-friendly powe

  2026.08.17
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  글로벌 공급망

  LG Electronics Opens Second Brazil Plant to Target Global South

  LG Electronics announced on the 16th that it began operating its new plant built in the state of Paraná, Brazil, on the 13th (local time). The new Paraná plant, with an annual production capacity of 600,000 refrigerators, has adopted smart factory solutions based on artificial intelligence (AI) and

  2026.08.17
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  K-Beauty

  K-Beauty Evolves: U.S. Consumers Embrace AI Skin Care

  Product recommendations after skin scanning Customer Leticia Gutierrez, who visited the Olive Young Pasadena store in California, United States, on the 14th (local time), is being recommended products by a staff member that can replenish insufficient skin moisture through a skin scan. Skin scanning,

  2026.08.17
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  Robotics

  Robot Race Shifts From Vision to Dexterous Hands

  LG Electronics’ robot LG CLOiD repeatedly grasps and moves objects by hand at the Yangjae Data Factory that LG Electronics is building, generating and learning motion data. Provided by LG Electronics A humanoid robot folds a towel, moving its fingers one by one. When LG Electronics unveiled its home

  2026.08.17
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  LG-Nvidia

  LG-Nvidia Biped Robot Joint Venture Coming Next Year

  Koo Kwang-mo, Chairman of LG Group (right), and Jensen Huang, Chief Executive Officer of NVIDIA, pose with a miniature humanoid robot for a commemorative photo after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for strategic business cooperation at NVIDIA’s headquarters in California, United States,

  2026.08.15
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  Future Industries

  Gates in Seoul Calls for Next-Gen AI-Era SMR Cooperation

  From left, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, TerraPower Board Chairman Bill Gates, and Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Kim Jeong-gwan pose for a commemorative photograph at the signing ceremony for a conditional agreement on a joint small modular reactor (SMR) project between TerraPower and SK

  2026.08.15
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  SK Innovation

  SK Innovation Joins US Nuclear Project, Expands SMR Ties

  SK headquarters in Jongno-gu, Seoul. News1 SK Innovation is expanding its cooperation with U.S. nuclear power company TerraPower on the next-generation small modular reactor (SMR) “Natrium.” The company plans to directly participate in demonstration and commercial projects underway in the United Sta

  2026.08.14
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  Global Business

  Doosan Enerbility Wins Key Equipment Order for TerraPower SMR

  Rendering of TerraPower’s SMR power plant in the state of Wyoming, USA. Provided by Doosan Enerbility. Doosan Enerbility announced on the 14th that it has won a contract to manufacture key equipment for the small modular reactor (SMR) of TerraPower, a U.S. advanced nuclear power company.Doosan Enerb

  2026.08.14
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  K-Beauty

  K-beauty boom lifts makers, brands, retailers

  As the global popularity of K-beauty continues, domestic cosmetics companies are posting record-breaking results one after another in the second quarter (April–June). Korea Kolmar and Cosmax, the two leading original design manufacturers (ODM) in the Korean cosmetics industry, both recorded their hi

  2026.08.14