Hyundai expects humanoid robots to become the largest segment of physical AI market and plans to build a factory capable of manufacturing 30,000 robot units annually by 2028

Korean shares fared the best in Asia, posting their biggest yearly gains in more than two decades thanks to the country's dominant role supplying chips for AI and data centres

Firms are now focusing on batteries for energy storage systems that are quickly becoming critical to the global data-centre build-out

The personal data of 33.7 million customers was leaked in a months-long breach at South Korea's e-commerce giant Coupang. Users’ names, emails, phone numbers and other details were exposed

Samsung's announcement coincides with Seoul’s commitment to invest $350 billion in the US which has led to concerns that Korea could end up playing second-fiddle in manufacturing

The US is racing to establish a rare earth supply chain separate from China following Beijing’s increasingly aggressive moves to restrict its exports of rare earths to the country

South Korean firms have often struggled to obtain the necessary visas to bring in specialists for their high-tech plants in the US. So they've been using a visa 'grey zone'

The Donald Trump administration is revoking Biden-era waivers granted to TSMC and South Korean chipmakers to ship critical supplies to their Chinese fabs — a move that some say is a ‘gift’ to Beijing

The carmaker should be able to produce electric vehicles or hybrid cars without disruptions "for at least about one year”

South Korea’s newly elected leader President Lee Jae-myung is not looking for an early trade deal with the US

Trump’s declaration has fanned fears of a global trade war and a recession, causing big losses in equities in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan

Insiders say the White House is concerned about many of the terms underpinning the $39 billion Chips and Science Act industry subsidies