SK hynix named one of world’s most ethical companies by Ethisphere

SK hynix said Wednesday it has been recognized as one of the world’s most ethical companies of 2025 by the global ethical business evaluation organization Ethisphere. Ethisphere honors companies with superior ethics and compliance programs through its annual World’s Most Ethical Companies recognition. It evaluates companies based on five key categories: ethics and compliance, governance, a culture of ethics, environmental and social impact, and initiatives that support a strong value chain. The

March 12, 2025

SK Networks, Qualcomm team up to advance AI, IoT solutions

SK Networks said Tuesday it has teamed up with Qualcomm Technologies to integrate the US chip giant’s Internet of Things solutions into its key businesses and subsidiaries and expand its artificial intelligence-driven business portfolio. Collaboration with Qualcomm will provide SK Networks with advanced IoT solutions, including its Dragonwing QCS6490, which supports on-device large language models. Launched in March 2023, the Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS6490 is a high-performance system-on-chip solut

March 11, 2025

LG CNS, Canada's Cohere team up for AI innovation

LG CNS said Monday that it has entered into an artificial intelligence transformation partnership with Canada-based Cohere. Under the agreement, LG CNS plans to customize Cohere's agentic AI solution, North, and provide enterprise-tailored services in an on-premise deployment model. Agentic AI is a technology that goes beyond simple question-and-answer interactions, enabling AI to autonomously plan, execute and evaluate actions iteratively to solve complex problems. Cohere, founded by former Goo

March 10, 2025

LG Uplus, AWS team up to boost Korea’s AI cloud ecosystem

LG Uplus said Monday it will jointly promote an artificial intelligence transformation alliance strategy with Amazon Web Services to foster the domestic AI cloud ecosystem. At Mobile World Congress 2025, held in Barcelona, Spain, the two companies pledged to collaborate on developing a Korea-specific sovereign cloud, AI platforms and solutions, and AI consulting services. A sovereign cloud is a cloud service that ensures data sovereignty by storing, processing and managing data within a specific

March 10, 2025

Samsung's robotics push gets traction with final nod for Rainbow Robotics

Samsung Electronics has received final approval from South Korea's antitrust regulator to acquire Rainbow Robotics, paving the way for the tech giant to expand its robotics business to humanoid robots. The Fair Trade Commission approved Samsung's acquisition of a controlling stake in Rainbow Robotics on Wednesday, concluding that the merger poses minimal concerns regarding market competition. “With the approval, we will accelerate the development of future robots, including advanced intelligent

March 7, 2025

Samsung launches management audit of chip design unit

Samsung Global Research has initiated a management audit of the system LSI division, which is responsible for semiconductor design at Samsung Electronics, according to industry sources on Friday. Samsung’s management diagnosis office has been auditing the system LSI division since January. The division plays a fabless role in designing mobile application processors, which serve as the brain of smartphones. This marks the first management audit conducted by the management diagnosis office since i

March 7, 2025

Little investment, big demand: Google's map push under fire

Google makes 4th attempt to export high-precision mapping data instead of investing in local data centers or servers The longstanding dispute over South Korea's restriction on the overseas transfer of geographic data has resurfaced, with US President Donald Trump having criticized the policy as a non-tariff barrier. The issue has gained renewed attention as Google recently filed a request to export high-precision mapping data for the first time in nine years. According to industry sources on Thu

March 6, 2025

LG Uplus accelerates global expansion with Google

At the Mobile World Congress 2025, LG Uplus announced a strategic partnership with Google to integrate the tech giant’s artificial intelligence model, Gemini, into LG Uplus’ AI agent, ixi O. The collaboration aims to enhance the AI assistant’s capabilities and drive global expansion. “Google approached LG Uplus with a proposal to merge Gemini with ixi O for international market expansion,” LG Uplus CEO Hong Bum-shik said in a press conference in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday. “Our shared objective i

March 6, 2025

SKT joins forces with Schneider Electric on AI data center

SK Telecom said Wednesday it has signed a partnership agreement with Schneider Electric, a French-based firm specializing in energy management and automation, to cooperate in the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems sector for artificial intelligence data centers. Under the agreement, the telecom carrier and the French firm will discuss the construction of hyperscale AI data centers at regional hubs in Korea and explore comprehensive collaboration across all business areas of the ME

March 5, 2025

KT to launch AX unit with Microsoft in March

KT Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kim Young-shub said the company is set to launch a new artificial intelligence collaboration unit with Microsoft this month as part of its strategic push into AI. Speaking at a press conference in Barcelona on Tuesday, Kim unveiled plans to establish an AI Transformation Delivery Center, solidifying KT's commitment to AI innovation alongside Microsoft. “The AX Delivery Center will be a talent hub comprising over 300 experts from both companies,” the CEO said. “It

March 5, 2025