By Kim Boram LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Eureka Park, a dedicated space for startups and emerging entrepreneurs at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, serves as a showcase for creative ideas and innovations, attracting tech-savvy visitors and representatives from global tech companies. This year, 625 South Korean startups participated, presenting technologies in fields such

  By Kim Boram SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Yonhap) -- SK hynix Inc. said Friday it will showcase its cutting-edge artificial intelligence memory technologies at the upcoming CES 2025, presenting its vision as a comprehensive AI memory provider. The chipmaker, which currently leads the high bandwidth memory (HBM) industry, will set up a joint exhibition booth

By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- Trade Minister Cheong In-kyo said Thursday that South Korea's bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with the Philippines, set for implementation next week, will help the country further bolster its trade portfolio and contribute to maintaining a stable supply chain. Cheong made the remark during a conference with

 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industry ministry said Tuesday the country has kicked off its first domestic production of filters using nanotechnology, paving the way for the self-supply of a critical product needed to produce semiconductors. The production began at the factory of Synopex Inc. in Dongtan, 40 kilometers south of Seoul, with a capacity that

  SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- Korean Air Co., South Korea's biggest airline, has successfully integrated local rival Asiana Airlines Inc. as a subsidiary, wrapping up a yearslong acquisition process, the company said Thursday. Korean Air spent 1.5 trillion won (US$1.04 billion) to acquire 131.57 million new shares issued by Asiana to take over the

  SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industry ministry on Wednesday hosted an investment dialogue with Kyrgyzstan to discuss strategies for expanding ties in a wide range of areas, including energy and key minerals. The event, aimed at exploring potential cooperation for investment, came during a three-day official visit by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov

SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Yonhap) -- The state-run Korea Trade Insurance Corp. said Wednesday that it has granted trade finance of US$1.35 billion to Hyundai Motor Co. for the ongoing construction of an electric vehicle plant in the U.S. state of Georgia. The financial support is aimed at assisting the construction of the EV plant in

  SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- HMM Co., South Korea's top container shipper, said Thursday it has adopted a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled container ship for the first time in the country as part of efforts to achieve carbon neutrality. HMM adopted two carriers, named HMM Ocean and HMM Sky, which use LNG and traditional

SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Engineers & AHEAD (Samsung E&A), formerly Samsung Engineering Co., said Friday it has received a 301.9 billion-won (US$215 million) deal to build a petrochemical plant in Qatar. Samsung E&A has set up a joint firm with Taiwan's engineering services provider CTCI Corp. to obtain the deal from Ras Laffan

  SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's leading battery maker LG Energy Solution (LGES) said Friday it has clinched a deal to supply electric vehicle batteries to U.S. automotive manufacturer Rivian. Under the deal, LGES will provide Rivian with its advanced 4695 cylindrical batteries, totaling 67 gigawatt hours, for over five years, according to