thelec

Chinese Panel Makers Raise TV LCD Prices, Realizing Supply Concerns

South Korean TV makers Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are facing higher costs ahead of the year-end peak season after Chinese liquid-crystal display (LCD) panel makers notified ...
THE ELEC

LS Expands Energy, Critical Minerals Cooperation in Central Asia

LS Group is expanding its energy and telecommunications infrastructure and critical minerals businesses in three Central ...
THE ELEC

LG Chairman Koo Kwang-mo Calls AI Core to Future Competitiveness

LG Chairman Koo Kwang-mo identified artificial intelligence (AI) as a core pillar of future competitiveness and urged top ...
thelec

Coway Launches ‘Noble Air Purifier Plus’

Coway said Sept. 18 that it has launched two models of the Coway Noble Air Purifier Plus. The new products feature a redesigned version of the Noble air purifier series, first launched in 2021, with ...
THE ELEC

Kornic Automation to Invest 8 Billion Won in AI and SW R&D Center in Daejeon

Kornic Automation, an affiliate of APS Group, will invest 8 billion won to establish an artificial intelligence (AI) and software (SW) research and development (R&D) center in Daejeon. The company ...
THE ELEC

DeltaX Signs $90 Million ESS Supply Deal With France’s Socomec

DeltaX announced on Sept. 18 that it signed a long-term ESS master supply agreement (MSA) with Socomec at its headquarters in Guro, Seoul, on Sept. 17. The agreement runs for three years and ...
THE ELEC

EcoPro BM in Talks With CATL on Cathode Material Supply Deal

If negotiations are successful, EcoPro BM could begin supplying cathode materials to CATL from 2028. The deal would mark the first time a South Korean cathode-material company supplies CATL, allowing ...
THE ELEC

Grinergy Supplies LTO Batteries to Industrial Robots and KEPCO Power Equipment

Grinergy has expanded supplies of lithium titanate oxide (LTO) batteries for industrial applications. The company began mass production of LTO batteries for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) used in ...
THE ELEC

Hanwha Aerospace to Produce Military's First Multipurpose UGV in Changwon

Hanwha Aerospace will produce Arion-SMET, the Korean military's first multipurpose unmanned ground vehicle, at its Changwon plant. The company will begin supplying the vehicle to the Army and Marine ...
THE ELEC

Palo Alto Networks Says South Korea Not Ready to Use Mythos AI

However, Lee Seung-kyung, head of AhnLab’s AI Development Office, said at a press briefing on Sept. 16 to unveil the company’s AI vision that South Korean cybersecurity companies could compete with ...
THE ELEC

SK Shieldus White-Hat Hacker Group Expands AI Agent Red-Teaming Capabilities

As artificial intelligence (AI) agents increasingly take on tasks across the workplace, cybersecurity firms are expanding the scope of penetration testing to AI. The aim is to test in advance whether ...