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2 weeks ago | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Woo Jae-yoon |Park So-ra |Han Yubin
Boston Dynamics Inc.’s quadrupedal robots were the talk of the town this week when they became the first robots to win four unanimous “yeses” from the judges on NBC’s hit talent show, America’s Got Talent. The moment, typically reserved for human performers, unfolded during a performance where Boston Dynamics robots danced to “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen. The performance was uploaded to the show’s official YouTube channel on Wednesday.
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2 weeks ago | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Park So-ra |Han Yubin
Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s LG Group, is stepping up efforts to secure new growth engines in the Global South, with recent visits to key production sites in Indonesia and India. According to LG Group on Monday, Koo visited Indonesia earlier this month and toured the HLI Green Power plant, a joint battery venture between LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Hyundai Motor Group.
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2 months ago | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Park So-ra |Han Yubin
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it is enhancing its subscription-based home appliance care service with an artificial intelligence (AI)-based pre-care notification service. The service uses AI to analyze remote diagnostic data and sends push notifications to customers before potential issues become no longer potential, the company said. A professional consultant then contacts the user to explain the diagnosis and, if necessary, schedule repairs.
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2 months ago | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Park So-ra |Park Seung-joo |Lee Sang-duk |Han Yubin
The series of tariffs announced by the United States are casting a dark cloud on South Korea’s information technology (IT) industry, with possible duties expected on smartphones, computers, and other electronic devices. According to multiple sources from the IT industry on Monday, the U.S. accounts for more than 30 percent of the entire revenue for Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. Their performance could fluctuate significantly depending on how the U.S. sets the tariff rates.
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2 months ago | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Park So-ra |Han Yubin
LG Electronics Inc. plans to grow its audio business into one that generates annual revenues in the trillion-won range. By elevating speakers – once considered merely accessories to TVs – into a standalone business sector, LG Electronics aims to target the global audio device market, which is estimated to be worth 50 trillion won.
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2 months ago | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Park So-ra |Lee Sang-duk |Park Seung-joo |Han Yubin
Samsung Electronics Co. has appointed its mobile division chief, Roh Tae-moon, as the acting head of its Device eXperience (DX) division on Tuesday, following the sudden death of his predecessor, Han Jong-hee. Roh will oversee the division, which includes the TV, home appliance, and smartphone businesses. Roh, who has been with Samsung Electronics since 1997, has played a key role in the success of the Galaxy phones and recently led the expansion of new markets with the Galaxy S25 series.
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Mar 23, 2025 | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Park So-ra |Han Yubin
Samsung Electronics Co. Executive Chairman Jay Y. Lee visited China on Sunday to attend the China Development Forum (CDF), a high-level event dubbed as the Chinese Davos Forum, for the first time in 2 years. This move is seen as an effort to strengthen Samsung’s position in the Chinese market despite the intensifying U.S.-China conflict. The two-day CDF is being held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Alongside Lee, Kwak Noh-jung, president of SK hynix, also attended the event from Korea.
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Mar 19, 2025 | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Park So-ra |Han Yubin
Samsung Group’s compliance committee said its corporate strategy office, known as its “control tower,” needs to be added back on the conglomerate structure. Lee Chan-hee, chairman of the compliance committee at Samsung Group, said on Tuesday ahead of the committee’s third regular meeting that discussion on rebuilding the office is underway. Amid concerns over the company losing its technological edge, Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Park So-ra |Han Yubin
Samsung Electronics Co. and its labor union have reached a tentative agreement on wages for 2025, including an average 5.1 percent pay raise. The agreement was reached 48 days after the two parties launched negotiations on January 7. Under the tentative wage deal, Samsung Electronics has set an average wage increase at 5.1 percent which includes a 3 percent increase in basic pay and 2.1 percent increase in performance.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Park So-ra |Han Yubin
South Korea’s chip equipment maker Hanmi Semiconductor Co. said it see its operating profit margin at an overwhelming 46 percent in 2024, the highest since the company’s inception. Hanmi Semiconductor earned 558.9 billion won in sales and 255.4 billion won ($174 million) an operating profit for 2024. Sales surged by 251 percent and operating profit skyrocketed by 638 percent from a year ago.
