SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology is intensifying efforts to recruit South Korean semiconductor engineers, particularly from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, as competition in the fast-growing high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market heats up amid soaring demand driven by artificial intelligence. According to industry sources on October 19, Micron has been contacting [...]
BRUSSELS, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As the makeup artist’s brush traced delicate strokes across the model’s face, the audience fell silent. Moments later, gasps rippled through the crowd as the transformation — flawless and luminous, like digital retouching brought to life — was complete. Cameras flashed, questions poured in, and the fascination was palpable. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Hynix is poised to report the highest quarterly operating profit in its history, surpassing 10 trillion won for the first time and becoming only the second South Korean company — after Samsung Electronics — to reach the milestone. According to a survey of brokerage forecasts compiled by Yonhap Infomax [...]
NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – StoneX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SNEX), a global financial services firm connecting clients to the markets across asset classes and geographies, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Intercam Advisors, Inc. and Intercam Securities, Inc., —U.S.-based firms providing brokerage and investment advisory services to Latin American clients. [...]
Ingelheim, Germany / Ridgefield, Connecticut, U.S. Data from the Phase Ib Beamion LUNG-1 trial evaluating zongertinib in treatment-naïve patients with advanced HER2 (ERBB2)-mutant NSCLC were presented for the first time at ESMO 2025. Confirmed response by blinded independent central review was 77%, with 96% of patients achieving disease control.1 Zongertinib recently received Breakthrough Therapy Designations for first-line treatment by the [...]
How South Korea’s landmark deal with the U.S. could reshape global industry and trade This image shows the diplomatic and economic trajectory of the trade agreement from July to the upcoming APEC summit.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top economic policymakers gathered in Washington this week, pressing to finalize a landmark trade agreement that could redefine the industrial and strategic alignment between Seoul and Washington. Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick met Thursday for what officials described as an “in-depth” two-hour discussion [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – HD Hyundai, South Korea’s leading shipbuilding conglomerate, said Friday it has appointed Executive Vice Chairman Chung Kisun, the third-generation member of the founding family, as chairman, marking a shift to an owner-led management structure. The move ends the professional management system that had been in place for decades. Outgoing [...]
SHANGHAI, Oct. 16, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (Junshi Biosciences, HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, announced that the investigational new drug (“IND”) application for an open-label, two-arm, randomized, active-controlled, phase 2/3 clinical study comparing the company’s product, [...]