Korean tech news headlines
- South Korea population (2023): 51.8 million
- South Korea online population: 49.4M / 95.4%
- South Korea’s median age: 45.5 years
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- South Korea’s Samsung is reportedly preparing for production at its US foundry, with plans to begin installing cleanroom and other equipment for 2-nanometer chips in 2026 / full item
- China’s Tencent is reportedly considering a $15 billion stake in Korean game giant, Nexon / full item
AWS and SK Group, South Korea’s number two chaebol, have partnered to build the country’s largest AI data center, powered by 60,000 GPUs / full item
- The Bank of Korea, the nation’s central bank, remains lukewarm on proposals to launch a won stablecoin following recent meeting with USD Coin, issuer Circle / full item
- Supply chains: Korea Zinc has made its first export of 20 tons of the strategically important critical mineral, antimony, to the United States / full item
- China’s Alibaba Cloud is to activate a 2nd data center in South Korea in response to demand for AI services, with associated opportunity to push the company’s own AI models / full item
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution secures agreement to supply 46-series cylindrical batteries to China’s Chery Automobile, the first time a Korean company will power Chinese EVs / full item
- Samsung’s grasp on foundry market’s No. 2 spot grows precarious as SMIC plays catchup’ / full item
- Parliament may approve a draft tokenized securities bill, enabling domestic firms to launch blockchain-based ‘coins’ tied to real estate, raw materials, livestock, and beyond / full item
- Samsung Electronics is to adopt an AI coding assistant service, Cline, in July in a bid to boost productivity of software development employees / full item
- US Department of Justice files civil forfeiture complaint over $7.74M in frozen digital assets linked to North Korean fake IT worker schemes / full item
“Trial operations of self-driving freight trucks can now be conducted on all highways in Korea…” / full item
- Seoul expands late-night self-driving taxis trial to all of Gangnam, citing zero-accident pilot scheme / full item
- Tesla may be preparing for production of its new AI5 FSD computer, featuring performance target of 2K to 2.5K Trillion Operations Per Second using Samsung and TSMC / full item
- Hong Kong police and authorities from South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Macao, Malaysia, and Maldives arrest more over 1800 in operation targeting transnational scam networks / full item
- US Department of Commerce is reportedly considering revoking authorizations to chipmakers Samsung, SK Hynix, and TSMC, limiting availability of US goods and tech at their China facilities / full item
“While Australia remains the primary partner in the… space domain, the US Space Forces Indo-Pacific is also looking to deepen ties with… Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and India.” / full item
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