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Jensen Huang and Park Jeong-won stand on the field and exchange greetings near Doosan Bears mascots at a baseball stadium.

Huang's Korea tour showcases Korea's rise from Nvidia supplier to physical AI partner

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's visit to Korea highlighted the country's role as a key customer and partner, focusing on robotics and AI developments, while emphasizing the need for increased memory chip production.

2026.6.7

Jensen Huang returns to Korea wanting more — chips, robots and a research hub

Nvidia CEO asks SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won to make more memory chips in front of reporters

2026.6.7

HD Construction Equipment's 15-ton Develon bulldozer [HD CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT]

HD Construction Equipment signs 27 billion won deal with Polish military to supply bulldozers

HD Construction Equipment has signed a 27 billion won ($19.5 million) bulldozer supply contract with the Polish military, its first major win in a European military procurement program.

2026.6.4

Samsung, SK hynix back Anthropic in $65B round, paving way for chip deal

Samsung and SK hynix participated in Anthropic's $65 billion funding round, paving the way for potential chip deals. Anthropic's valuation rose to $965 billion as it partnered with leading memory suppliers.

2026.5.29

Samples of Samsung Electronics' next-generation 12-layer high bandwidth memory, HBM4E [SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS]

Samsung ships HBM4E samples ahead of schedule

Samsung Electronics has begun shipping samples of its next-generation 12-layer high bandwidth memory (HBM), HBM4E, to customers.

2026.5.29

Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan speaks at a press event to commemorate one-year anniversary of Lee Jae Myung administration in Sejong on May 27. [INDUSTRY MINISTRY]

Industry minister cautiously optimistic about Korea's bid for Canadian submarine project

Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan expressed cautious optimism on Wednesday about Korea's bid to supply up to 12 patrol submarines to Canada in a contract worth 60 trillion won ($39.9 billion), as the deadline for the decision approaches next month.

2026.5.28

OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon discusses the company's Daybreak cybersecurity initiative at a press conference at the JW Marriott in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on May 27. [OPENAI]

OpenAI to expand Daybreak cybersecurity initiative to Korea

OpenAI is expanding its Daybreak cybersecurity initiative to Korea's public and private sectors, a move that stands in contrast to Anthropic's stringent standards for access to its Glasswing program to foreign countries.

2026.5.27

Charles Wong, co-founder and CEO of San Francisco-based startup Bifrost, speaks during an interview with the Korea JoongAng Daily at Coex in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on May 20. [AWS]

Bifrost pitches 3-D AI training platform to Korean manufacturers

Bifrost, a San Francisco startup co-founded by Charles Wong, focuses on synthetic data generation for training AI systems, targeting the Korean market, particularly due to its robust manufacturing sector.

2026.5.26

NHN Cloud sells out GPU resources, unveils AI brand 'FactoryX'

NHN Cloud's AI chip clusters are running at full capacity, with GPU resources sold out for the year and customers already lining up to reserve capacity for next year, the cloud provider announced Tuesday.

2026.5.26

Samsung Electronics' Seocho office in central Seoul [NEWS1]

Samsung's $20 billion bonus deal fuels wage demands beyond AI sector

Samsung's tentative agreement with its work force — paving the way for an enormous payday — lays the groundwork for a so-called AI bonus, prompting labor unions at firms not considered major beneficiaries of the AI boom to raise similar demands.

2026.5.21