Seoul Court Upholds KakaoPay's ₩5.97 Billion Fine Over Alipay Data Transfers
A Seoul court has rejected KakaoPay's bid to overturn a privacy fine for sending tens of millions of users' data to China's Alipay—a ruling that matters far more for what it validates than for the cas
Korea Orders Weverse, Kakao to Scrap No-Refund K-pop Terms
South Korea's antitrust regulator has ordered the operators behind the country's biggest K-pop fan platforms to rewrite paid-membership contracts that blocked refunds and barred cancellations, a consu
LG Chem Defends Eutropin, Korea's No. 1 Growth-Hormone Brand
LG Chem releases 14-year observational data on growth hormone Eutropin, confirming 0.2% serious adverse reaction rate and stable thyroid/glucose markers, as new EcoPen device aims to defend Korea's top pediatric growth-hormone franchise.
Samsung Opens Its Workforce to ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude as Altman Heads to Suwon
Samsung Electronics opens ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude to its DX division starting June 12, as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman heads to Suwon and Seoul for AI partnership talks with Samsung, Kakao, and Naver.
SK Hynix (000660.KS) Nears US ADR Listing, $14B Raise Eyed
Kakao Ex-CEO Wins Second Acquittal in Baram Buyout Case
Seoul High Court dismissed prosecutors' appeal, upholding the not-guilty verdict for former Kakao Entertainment CEO Kim Sung-su on breach-of-trust charges over the 2020 Baram Pictures acquisition.
SK Hynix to Triple Wafer Capacity by 2034, Eyes Overseas Fabs
SK Hynix (000660.KS), Korea's second-largest chipmaker by revenue and the world's leading supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in AI servers,
Apple Halts Siri AI in EU — Korea's iPhone Suppliers Exhale
Korea to Scrap Banks' 'Network Separation' Rule by Year-End
Samsung, SK hynix Drive an HBM Equipment 'Supercycle'
AI demand has turned HBM memory into a capital-spending story: UBS projects wafer-fab-equipment revenue at USD250B by 2028 as Samsung and SK hynix race to build new packaging fabs.
KB Securities: CXMT IPO a 'Catalyst,' Not a Threat for Samsung
South Korea's KB Securities, one of the country's largest brokerages, told clients on June 10 that the looming initial public offering of Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) — China's largest DRAM mak
Samsung Shareholders Sue for Register Access in Bonus-Pool Dispute
Act, a Korean certification-based platform that organizes minority investors into shareholder associations, said on June 10 it has filed a court injun