A major international insurance conference aimed at strengthening the global competitiveness of Korea’s insurance industry and expanding cross-border collaboration concluded with record participation from industry leaders worldwide.Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance announced on June 11 that it partici

LS Eco Energy has taken a significant step into the railway infrastructure market by supplying railway communication cables to Hyundai Rotem, strengthening its presence in the high-value specialty cable sector and securing a new growth engine for future expansion.The company announced on June 11 tha

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won renewed his call for a stronger economic alliance between South Korea and Japan, arguing that closer cooperation is essential for both countries to navigate mounting geopolitical and economic challenges.Speaking at a special Korea-Japan session of the Nikkei Forum in T

Samsung Electronics is strengthening its strategic partnership with Nvidia as the two companies explore broader cooperation in high-bandwidth memory (HBM), foundry services, and next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor development.Jun Young-hyun, Vice Chairman and Head of Samsung E

As anticipation builds around the potential Nasdaq listing of SpaceX, global investors are closely watching what could become one of the largest initial public offerings (IPOs) in history. While the listing may temporarily disrupt capital flows in financial markets, analysts believe it could ultimat

Doosan Group is accelerating its push into the artificial intelligence (AI) industry by expanding collaboration with NVIDIA across multiple business sectors. The partnership is expected to strengthen Doosan’s presence throughout the AI value chain, connecting its capabilities in energy infrastructur

As the global race for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure accelerates, SK hynix and NVIDIA are deepening their collaboration to drive the next generation of AI computing. The two companies are expanding their partnership beyond high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to include AI-powered semiconductor

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has cleared a major regulatory hurdle in its pursuit of the Czech Republic’s new nuclear power project after the European Commission (EC) concluded its preliminary review under the European Union’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) without launching a formal in-de

LG Uplus announced on the 5th that it has unveiled its next-generation AI data center infrastructure strategy at a construction site in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, setting a goal of securing cumulative orders worth KRW 5 trillion by 2030.The company said the strategy is designed to establish a new glob

Taipei—Korea IT Times Reporting TeamCOMPUTEX 2026 was not simply another IT exhibition. The message running through this year’s show was clear: the center of gravity in AI is moving from cloud-based generative models toward the physical world.Held in Taipei from June 2 to 5 under the theme “AI Toget

HJ Heavy Industries (HJHI) has secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the Korean Register (KR) for a 10,000-TEU biofuel-powered container ship design, strengthening its position in the rapidly evolving market for environmentally friendly vessels.The certification signing ceremony was held durin

The debate over longevity is moving through three stages. Longevity 1.0 focused on living longer, or lifespan. Longevity 1.5 emphasized living longer in good health, or healthspan. Longevity 2.0 now asks a different question: how long can human beings continue to learn, judge and create social value

Taipei—Korea IT Times Reporting TeamWhile many countries measure success at global technology exhibitions by the number of participating firms, Ontario is pursuing a different strategy at COMPUTEX 2026. Rather than maximizing scale, the Canadian province has concentrated resources on a select group

Taipei—Korea IT Times Reporting TeamWalking through COMPUTEX 2026, one pattern stood out clearly. Startups and small and midsize enterprises were the visible protagonists of the exhibition, but behind many of them stood governments, trade promotion agencies and public-sector support organizations.AI

Korea Railroad Corporation has outlined its long-term strategy for transforming high-speed rail services as it prepares for the introduction of a new generation of trains beginning in 2032. The initiative goes beyond replacing aging rolling stock, aiming instead to redefine the passenger experience

KB Kookmin Bank has strengthened its presence in the U.S. energy infrastructure market by successfully completing financing for the Delfin Floating LNG Project, a large-scale offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) development in the United States.The transaction was structured as a syndicated financin

Taipei—Korea IT Times Reporting TeamAt COMPUTEX 2026, Physical AI was no longer presented as a distant concept. At the NVIDIA Inception startup pavilion inside the InnoVEX Zone on the fourth floor of TaiNEX Hall 2, the shift was visible in a more practical form: AI startups were not only demonstrati

Taipei—Korea IT Times Reporting TeamThe shuttle from the Nangang exhibition district to Taipei’s Xinyi area was packed with visitors moving between COMPUTEX venues. Running at roughly 30-minute intervals throughout the event, the shuttle carried engineers, AI specialists, robotics developers, and se

Mirae Asset Group Chairman Park Hyun-joo has underscored the importance of differentiated investment products that reflect structural changes in global markets and evolving investor demand, describing so-called “killer products” as central to the future of asset management.Mirae Asset Asset Manageme

Taipei—Korea IT Times Reporting TeamSouth Korea brought 39 companies to COMPUTEX 2026, but on the show floor, the strongest impression came from its small and mid-sized technology companies outside the major conglomerates. Most were located in the InnoVEX startup zone and across TaiNEX, where they p