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NewsJul 19

Hyundai Workers Strike Over Wages and Job Security as Union Demands a Labor Deal Before Atlas Robots Arrive

Hyundai Motor's union struck for three days in Ulsan over pay and demanded a labor agreement before Boston Dynamics' Atlas robots enter its plants.

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NewsJul 2

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SK hynix Commits 100 Trillion Won to Cheongju, Anchored by an 80 Trillion Won M17 NAND Fab, as Korea Doubles Down on AI Memory

SK hynix will spend 100 trillion won ($64.38 billion) on a new NAND fab and advanced packaging plant in Cheongju, part of a 392 trillion won Chungcheong buildout with Samsung.

3 min read3 sources

NewsMay 20

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South Korea's Four Biggest Conglomerates Back Config, a Robot Data Startup Positioning Itself as the TSMC of the Robotics Industry

Samsung, Hyundai, LG, and SK jointly invested in Config's $27M seed round to build neutral training-data infrastructure for robotic foundation models.

4 min read4 sources

NewsApr 5

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Korean Researchers Develop Two-Dimensional Catalyst That Pushes Lithium-Air Batteries Past 550 Stable Cycles

A KIST-IAE team engineered a tungsten diselenide catalyst that achieved over 550 stable cycles in lithium-air batteries, outperforming conventional catalysts and advancing a technology with ten times the energy density of lithium-ion.

3 min read2 sources

NewsApr 3

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Samsung-Backed AI Chip Startup Rebellions Raises $400 Million in Pre-IPO Round at $2.3 Billion Valuation

South Korean fabless chip designer Rebellions has closed a $400 million pre-IPO round led by Mirae Asset and the Korea National Growth Fund, bringing total funding to $850 million as the company launches rack-scale inference platforms and prepares for a public listing.

4 min read3 sources