Author: Seoul Reporter

SK hynix expanded funding plan for its new chip cluster will bolster its responsiveness to hovering international demand for reminiscence chips amid the factitious intelligence (AI) growth, business watchers stated Tuesday.Throughout a gathering held Sunday with President Lee Jae Myung and leaders of different main conglomerates, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won stated SK hynix goals to extend funding within the Yongin semiconductor cluster, simply south of Seoul, past the initially proposed 128 trillion received ($85.5 billion) by 2028.”The quantity of funding continues to alter, following the rising demand for reminiscence chips and upgrades of the manufacturing course of,” Chey stated…

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla (Reuters) As Tesla strengthens its transfer to exclude Chinese language supplies and parts, projections are rising that home materials corporations producing silicon anode supplies will profit from this shift. Graphite utilized in present anode supplies is among the core uncooked supplies for secondary batteries, with China controlling over 80% of the worldwide provide chain. Subsequently, graphite is taken into account the fabric with the best necessity to interrupt free from Chinese language dependence. Based on overseas media studies, Tesla is demanding that main associate corporations supplying parts to its U.S.…

Netflix’s fashionable Korean actuality present “Culinary Class Wars” is returning for a second season subsequent month, the streaming service stated Tuesday.The following installment of the hit cooking competitors is scheduled to premiere on Dec. 16.The unique manufacturing staff, together with producers Kim Hak-min and Kim Eun-ji, together with author Mo Eun-seol, reunited for the upcoming season. The staff stated they targeted on complementing what they believed was missing within the first, striving to create a extra full present.Teaser photographs launched Tuesday featured prime culinary figures, together with Michelin-starred cooks Lee Joon and Son Jong-won, and Ven. Seon-jae, celebrated for her…

North Korea mentioned Tuesday that america’ approval of South Korea’s push to construct nuclear-powered submarines will result in a “nuclear domino” phenomenon within the area because it denounced the allies’ joint truth sheet on commerce and safety agreements.The North issued its first response to the doc that Seoul and Washington launched Friday over the outcomes of two summits between President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump in August and October. On the identical day, the allies additionally issued a joint communique following their annual protection talks held in early November.In a prolonged commentary carried by the Korean Central…

UNITED NATIONS — The Trump administration’s blueprint to safe and govern Gaza gained robust approval on the United Nations on Monday, a vital step that gives worldwide help for U.S. efforts to maneuver the devastated territory towards peace following two years of warfare.The U.S. decision that handed the U.N. Safety Council authorizes a global stabilization drive to offer safety in Gaza, approves a transitional authority to be overseen by President Donald Trump and envisions a doable future path to an unbiased Palestinian state.“It will go down as one of many greatest approvals within the Historical past of the United Nations,…

An condominium complicated is drawing criticism after notifying residents that compact automobiles could be penalized if parked in common parking areas, warning that automobiles could possibly be lined with robust adhesive stickers as enforcement.A submit titled “Discover banning compact automobiles from common parking areas at an condominium” appeared on the net discussion board Bobaedream on Nov. 13, exhibiting the discover issued underneath the identify of the complicated’s administration workplace director. The announcement, posted final July, stated that “regardless of ample compact-only parking areas obtainable within the underground storage, some compact automobiles proceed to make use of common areas, resulting in…

Hyundai Motor Group stated Tuesday it has partnered with Chinese language industrial automobile maker Skywell Group to provide collectively developed hydrogen-powered buses to Guangzhou Public Transport Group.HTWO Guangzhou, Hyundai’s hydrogen fuel-cell programs subsidiary in China, and Skywell collectively developed an 8.5-meter short-rear-overhang hydrogen fuel-cell bus and took half within the public transport operator’s bid to obtain 50 hydrogen buses, the group stated in a press launch.The 2 firms gained the bid to provide half of the 50 hydrogen buses this 12 months, with the items set to start public transport service throughout the 12 months.”The profitable debut of this hydrogen…

G-Dragon has as soon as once more reaffirmed his standing as a world trend icon. The South Korean famous person was the one Asian artist to look on Advanced Networks’ “twenty first Century Greatest Dressers,” rating sixteenth among the many world’s most influential type leaders.Advanced launched its curated listing, that includes G-Dragon alongside cultural heavyweights reminiscent of Kanye West, Rihanna, Pharrell Williams, and David Beckham. His placement additional underscores a popularity lengthy established throughout the style business—an artist whose affect extends far past music.In its profile, Advanced famous that whereas in the present day’s Okay-pop idols are well known for…

A view of LG Chem’s Cheongju separator plant (Picture courtesy of LG Chem) LG Chem has dismissed hypothesis concerning its withdrawal from the separator enterprise, stating that nothing has been confirmed.  In line with business sources on Nov. 18, Choi Jong-wan, LG Chem’s Cheongju plant-based government (managing director), lately acknowledged in a press release to workers that “subsequent 12 months is predicted to face way more tough circumstances than this 12 months,” including that “until there’s a unprecedented turnaround, the Cheongju and Ochang crops will face a state of affairs the place roughly 1,000 out of…

A chilly snap hit Seoul on Tuesday, with the morning temperature dropping beneath zero for the primary time this season, the state climate company mentioned, forecasting the chilly climate is anticipated to persist for a while.Seoul noticed the season’s first sub-zero temperature at 10:50 p.m. Monday, and the mercury fell additional to minus 2 levels Celsius at 5:46 a.m. Tuesday, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) mentioned. The capital’s smart temperature was estimated at minus 5.9 C as a consequence of sturdy winds.The company mentioned morning lows dropped by 5 to 10 C nationwide as a result of affect of chilly…