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  Global Investment

  First Korean Power Plant Investment in U.S. Finalized

  Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Kim Jeong-gwan delivers an advance report on investment in the United States in accordance with the “Special Act on the Operation and Management of Strategic Investment between the Republic of Korea and the United States of America” at a plenary session of the

  2026.09.23
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  Future Industries

  HD Hyundai to Invest KRW 1.7 Trillion in Ulsan Plant

  A signing ceremony for an investment memorandum of understanding on the construction of a new power engine plant was held at Ulsan City Hall on the 22nd. News1 HD Hyundai Heavy Industries will invest KRW 1.07122 trillion in Ulsan to build a power engine plant to respond to electricity demand from ar

  2026.09.23
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  MOU

  LG Forms AI Ecosystem Alliance With Microsoft

  On the 21st (local time), Koo Kwang-mo, CEO of LG Corp. (right), and Satya Nadella, Microsoft (MS) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), met at MS headquarters in Redmond, Washington, United States, and signed a strategic partnership. The two companies plan to strengthen cooperation in areas such as artifi

  2026.09.23
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  Global Investment

  Exclusive: SK Hynix US NAND Unit Draws Global Pre-IPO Investors

  Panoramic view of SK hynix. News1 Global major investors are flocking to the USD 5 billion (approximately KRW 6.792 trillion) pre-IPO (pre-listing equity investment) being pursued by Solidigm, SK hynix’s U.S. NAND subsidiary. With global “big players” such as U.S.-based Blackstone reviewing particip

  2026.09.23
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  Global Business

  LG Energy Solution Becomes Nvidia AI Factory’s Sole Korean Battery Partner

  Panoramic view of LG Energy Solution’s Ochang plant. Courtesy of LG Energy Solution. LG Energy Solution has selected artificial intelligence (AI) data centers as a new market for energy storage systems (ESS) and is moving to expand its business in North America. As the battery industry broadens its

  2026.09.22
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  Future Industries

  Exclusive: KAIST Launches AGI Lab for Humanlike AI

  KAIST has established the first dedicated Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) research institute in Korea. The goal is to develop fundamental technologies that go beyond current artificial intelligence (AI), which handles only the tasks it has been trained on, to enable AI to independently judge a

  2026.09.22
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  AI Investment

  Samsung Starts Gwangju HVAC Line to Meet AI Data Demand

  A view of Samsung Electronics’ Gwangju Plant 3rd Campus located in the Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City. Samsung Electronics will newly establish the FläktGroup’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) production line at this site. Provided by Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics

  2026.09.22
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  MOU

  U.S.–Japan–South Korea Arctic MOU on Energy Cooperation

  On July 22 (local time), Foreign Minister Cho Hyun (left) poses for a commemorative photo with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (center) and Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu ahead of the ROK-U.S.-Japan foreign ministers’ meeting held on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Mee

  2026.09.21
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  Tech Sovereignty

  Korea Takes First Step in Commercial AI Chip

  On the 8th, an official demonstrates a server based on a domestically produced AI semiconductor (NPU) at the Seoul Gangseo data center of AI semiconductor company Rebellions. Photo by reporter Shin Won-geon, laputa@donga.com The domestically developed artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor neura

  2026.09.21
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  Global Business

  LS Group to Deepen Energy, Telecom, Resource Ties with 3 Central Asian Nations

  Taking the opportunity of the “Korea–Central Asia 5 Countries Summit and Business Summit” held on the 16th, LS Group is expanding its business in the energy/telecommunications infrastructure, critical minerals, and rare metals industries in three Central Asian countries. From left, Shim Hyun-seok, E

  2026.09.18