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SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of cybersecurity breaches reported to authorities rose 26 percent from a year earlier in 2025, a government report showed Tuesday, as hackers continue to develop their attack tactics based on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The total number of cybersecurity breaches came to 2,383 in 2025, compared with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc. has been named the exclusive supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for U.S. tech giant Microsoft Corp.’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) chip, sources said Tuesday. According to the sources, the South Korean chipmaker was tapped as the sole supplier of HBM3Es, the fifth-generation of HBM, for Microsoft’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics retained its position as the world’s leading television maker in late 2025, but China’s TCL sharply narrowed the gap, underscoring intensifying competition in the global TV market. According to Counterpoint Research’s monthly global TV shipment report released Monday, worldwide TV shipments in November fell 1 percent from a [...]
JEONJU, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Monday unveiled a new “physical AI” demonstration laboratory aimed at accelerating the use of artificial intelligence in manufacturing, as the government moves to strengthen the country’s industrial competitiveness amid global technological rivalry. At the opening ceremony of the Physical AI Demonstration Lab at Jeonbuk National University, Deputy [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it plans to provide treasury shares worth 175.2 billion won (US$120 million) to its executives under its excess profit incentive (OPI) system. The South Korean tech giant said in a regulatory filing that it will distribute a total of 1.15 million treasury shares to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The production cost of Atlas, the humanoid robot developed by Boston Dynamics, a robotics affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, is expected to fall sharply as manufacturing scales up, analysts said, underscoring the automaker’s ambitions to turn robotics into a long-term growth engine. According to a report released Sunday by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major display manufacturers are expected to post sharply improved earnings for the fourth quarter of 2025, buoyed by strong demand from Apple’s latest iPhone lineup, as the technology sector enters a closely watched earnings season. Samsung Display and LG Display are scheduled to report their quarterly and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jae-yong, executive chairman of Samsung Electronics, has urged senior executives not to mistake improving numbers for a full recovery, delivering a cautionary message as the company navigates intensifying competition in semiconductors and growing global uncertainty. In remarks shared recently with more than 2,000 executives across Samsung affiliates, Mr. Lee [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics said Sunday that its latest television model, The Frame Pro, has received an Innovation Award from CNN Underscored, the U.S. broadcaster’s product review platform, adding to the company’s growing recognition in the premium display market. CNN Underscored, which evaluates products through expert analysis and real-world testing across categories [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics said Sunday it will introduce a new version of its Micro LED signage, LG Magnit, at ISE 2026, Europe’s largest commercial display exhibition, which opens Feb. 3 in Barcelona. The company said the latest LG Magnit model features ultra-large, ultra-high-definition technology while significantly improving installation, operation and maintenance [...]