SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s retail investors are increasingly positioning themselves against rising oil prices and a surging stock market, even as geopolitical tensions and earnings momentum continue to push both higher. Data from the Korea Exchange show that individual investors have poured money this month into inverse exchange-traded notes and funds tied [...]
MONACO, Jan. 14, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – Fourteen editions, hundreds of match races and always with the same intensity. The Monaco Optimist Team Race is about to start. With over 150 match races from the round robin qualifiers to the finals, there is no letup in tension during the event that kicks off today with the [...]
Ability to Protect 90+ SaaS Apps and Cloud Services Data, Partner-first Approach, and Innovation to Drive Customer Success and Accelerate Business Growth for Channel Partners Highlight Latest Industry Recognition Boston, Massachusetts, Jan. 14, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – HYCU, Inc., a leader for modern data protection for on-prem, cloud, and SaaS and one of the fastest growing [...]
SEOUL, South Korea and SHENZHEN, China and WILMINGTON, N.C., Jan. 14, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – MBAK Energy Solutions, Inc. (OTC:MBAK) has nominated Dr. Konda Shiva to the MBAK board of directors. Holder of 8 patents and author of a dozen peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Shiva’s extensive background in electrical energy storage and distribution innovation dates back [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – Meltwater, a global leader in media, social, and consumer intelligence, in partnership with We. Communications, released its first annual State of PR Report, based on insights from more than 1,100 PR and communications professionals worldwide. The report highlights how PR teams are navigating rising expectations, evolving measurement demands, and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s media watchdog said Wednesday it has asked U.S.-based social media platform X to come up with measures to protect minor users from sexual content generated by the artificial intelligence (AI) model Grok. The Korea Media and Communications Commission (KMCC) said it delivered the request to the operator [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics said Wednesday that it has won a MotorTrend-hosted innovation award for the second consecutive year, underscoring its growing role in shaping the future of software-defined vehicles. The company was recognized at the 2026 Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) Innovator Awards, organized by MotorTrend, one of the most influential automotive media [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Group said it is expanding the use of industrial robots across its electric-vehicle components business through a partnership with Yaskawa Electric, as it seeks to accelerate automation and boost production efficiency in key growth markets. The group’s auto-parts unit, POSCO Mobility Solution, signed a cooperation agreement on Wednesday at [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Biologics, the biotechnology arm of Samsung Group, said Wednesday it is weighing construction of a sixth manufacturing plant in South Korea and further expansion of its U.S. operations this year, underscoring its push to scale up as global demand for biologic drugs rises. The potential expansion would support [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc. has ordered new high bandwidth memory (HBM) production equipment from Hanmi Semiconductor Co., a regulatory filing showed Wednesday, possibly indicating preparations for widely expected production of next-generation HBM4 products. In a regulatory filing, Hanmi Semiconductor, a local chip production equipment maker, said it plans to supply [...]