Friday, May 4, 2021

 

Round-up of important news from major Korean dailies and international media today

 

The Korea Post ( http://www.koreapost.com/ )

“South Africa is a ‘gold mine’ for Korean businesses wanting to invest overseas”

South Africa is a ’gold mine’ for the Korean business people wanting to invest overseas countries.” So say many Korean businessmen who have had business with South Africa.

Most recently, this was substantially attested to in an interview of The Korea Post media with Economic Counsellor Seema Sardha of the Embassy of South Africa in Seoul.

She disclosed that there are many areas where Korean business people can invest in her country. They included: (1) agriculture and agro-processing, (2) nining and minerals beneficiation, (3) manufacturing, (4) advanced manufacturing, (5) services, and (5) infrastructure.

South Africa is a very special country to Korea. In particular, President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea takes special interest in the promotion of ties with South Africa in the economic, political and various fields.

 

LG Electronics posts highest quarterly results with 18 trillion won in sales

LG Electronics announced the first-quarter 2021 consolidated sales of 18.81 trillion won ($16.90 billion) and operating profit of 1.52 trillion won ($ 1.36 billion) – the highest quarterly results in the company’s history on April 29 with the 8.1 percent operating profit being a first-quarter record.

Compared with the first quarter a year ago, revenues grew by 27.7 percent and profitability soared by 39.1 percent, reflecting very strong demand for LG home appliances and home entertainment products as consumers around the world continue to spend more time at home.
The LG Home Appliance & Air Solution Company generated first-quarter sales of KRW 6.71 trillion (USD 6.03 billion), an increase of 23.8 percent from the previous year. Operating profit of 919.90 billion won ($826.39 million) was 22.1 percent higher than the first quarter last year.
For the second consecutive quarter the appliance business division saw significant growth year-on-year in North America and Europe as well as in its home market of South Korea where the rental business is particularly healthy.

 

UAE Embassy in Seoul launches website of the late Sheik Zayed bin Sultan, founder of the UAE

Ambassador Abdulla Saif Al Nuaimi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Seoul, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Youth and the UAE-Korean Friendship Association, launched the website "www.Zayed-kr.ae" of the late founder, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, in the Korean language, coinciding with the commemoration of Zayed Day for Humanitarian Work, which falls on the 19th of Ramadan every year, and the two countries' celebration of the UAE-Korean Year of Cultural Dialogue.

This initiative aims to introduce Koreans and speakers of the Korean language inside and outside the country about the biography and achievements of the late founder of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed, and contribute to strengthening the cultural diplomacy of the United Arab Emirates, and strengthening rapprochement between the peoples of the two friendly countries, and it is considered an exceptional initiative to be launched as the two countries celebrate the UAE-Korea Year of Cultural Dialogue.

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KBS ( http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/ )

S. Korea's Current Account Remains in Black for 11 Months

South Korea posted a current account surplus for the eleventh consecutive month in March on the back of a recovery in exports despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to tentative data from the Bank of Korea(BOK) on Friday, the country's current account surplus reached seven-point-82 billion U.S. dollars in March, up one-point-88 billion dollars from a year earlier.  The current account has been in the black for eleven straight months since the country logged a deficit of three-point-33 billion dollars in April of last year.

The current account surplus came to 22-point-eight billion dollars in the first quarter, up 76-point-seven percent from a year earlier.

The goods balance posted a surplus of seven-point-92 billion dollars in March, up 960 million dollars on-year.

 

 Another Group of Koreans Returns Home from India

About 200 more South Korean residents in India have returned home on Friday via a special flight.

A non-regular Asiana Airlines flight arrived at Incheon International Airport at around 6:20 a.m. with 204 passengers from Bengaluru International Airport in India.

Two people reportedly could not take the flight as they tested positive for COVID-19 before boarding.

The passengers will be under quarantine at state facilities for seven days. They have to take a diagnostic test on the first and the sixth day and can move to their residences for self-isolation if they test negative. They need to undergo virus tests again before they are freed from self-isolation.

Another group of South Koreans is set to return home on Sunday via an Asiana flight from Delhi.

 

S. Korea Top Diplomat: US will Explain N. Korea Policy Review to Pyongyang

South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong said on Thursday that the United States will explain the outcome of its North Korea policy review to Pyongyang.

Chung made the remarks in an interview with Yonhap News while visiting London for the Group of Seven(G7) foreign and development ministerial meeting.

The minister said that Washington will explain the details of its policy review to North Korea.

However, he did not confirm a Washington Post report that North Korea did not respond to the U.S.' second attempt to make contact to convey the outcome of the policy review, saying that he hasn't heard about it.

Chung also said that it would be desirable for the U.S. to appoint a special representative for North Korea as it would give the impression that Washington is concentrating on negotiations with the North.


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Yonhap ( http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr )

COVID-19 self-test kits available at convenience stores, other locations

Coronavirus self-test kits became available in supermarkets and convenience stores across the country Thursday as South Korea is seeking to step up its testing capacity with no letup of new virus cases in sight.

Self-test kits by two local drugmakers -- Humasis Inc. and SD Biosensor Co. -- have been sold at local pharmacies after receiving approval for emergency use last month, and they have hit shelves of supermarkets and convenience stores to provide easier access to the public.

GS25, a convenience store chain, on Wednesday started sales of test kits by Humasis and SD Biosensor at some of its stores, and its rival 7-Eleven said it will begin sales Friday.

E-Mart, the nation's largest discount store chain, said its major outlets in Seoul began to offer Humasis' test kits earlier in the day and will distribute more in other stores.

 

S. Korea's debt risk premium at lowest since global financial crisis

The cost of insuring South Korea's sovereign debt against default fell to the lowest level this week since the 2008-09 global financial crisis as the country's economy is recovering faster from the pandemic, the finance ministry said Thursday.

The spread on credit default swaps (CDSs) for South Korea's 5-year dollar-denominated currency stabilization bonds came in at 19 basis points Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

It marked the lowest since April 2007, when the country's CDS premium hit a record low of 14 basis points.

A basis point is 0.01 percentage points. The spread on CDSs reflects the cost of hedging credit risks on corporate or sovereign debt.

The reading marked the 17th-lowest level globally and also the lowest among emerging countries, according to the ministry.

The country's CDS premium rose to 57 basis points in late March last year, hit by the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

S. Korean EV industry embraces second life for used batteries

As electric vehicle sales are growing in South Korea, one big issue coming in the foreseeable future is what to do with rechargeable batteries that outlive their useful life for a vehicle.

Lithium-ion batteries, a key component that determines an EV's driving range and performance, inevitably degrade with time and use, and they are recommended for replacement within 5-10 years due to slowing charging speeds and shorter driving range.

One idea is to reuse still-useful batteries in less-demanding applications, such as energy storage systems (ESS), which store power during off-peak hours to complement intermittency of renewable energy produced by solar or wind power.

Recycling could make sense if the batteries are considered not desirable for reuse but still contain highly valuable metals, especially amid rising prices of nickel and cobalt and potentially tight supply of other battery materials.

 

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The Korea Herald ( http://www.koreaherald.com )

Gender-based conflicts escalate in Korea

Gender-based conflicts are escalating in South Korea with men becoming more gender sensitive and beginning to make their voices heard about feminists.

Last week, police investigated female comedian Park Na-rae over allegations of sexual harassment after receiving a complaint from the petition site e-People. During her YouTube entertainment show in March, she playfully pushed a male doll’s arm toward its groin while changing the doll’s clothes. Following the program, thousands of comments -- mostly from angry men -- were posted calling for her to leave or be removed from TV programs.

In July last year, another female broadcaster, Kim Min-ah, was at the center of controversy when she made inappropriate remarks to a male middle school student on the government’s official YouTube channel. She dropped out of the program in response to numerous protests.

 

Gavi expects delay in vaccine shipments to North Korea

North Korea will receive COVID-19 vaccines as early as July with a shipment delay over global supply shortages, the Gavi alliance, which co-leads the COVAX vaccine sharing program with the World Health Organization, said Wednesday.

Depending on the supply situation, a COVID-19 vaccine introduction could be envisaged in the second half of 2021,” a Gavi spokesperson told Radio Free Asia, refraining from fixing concrete dates. The North was expected to receive nearly 2 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine by the first half of this year.

Gavi said the shipment was delayed because North Korea was still not technically prepared to deal with vaccinations and that India’s Serum Institute, which is legally bound to ship vaccines to COVAX, could be directing supplies for domestic use.

The Indian government, which has banned vaccine exports amid a spike in local infections, said its population remains a priority group for inoculation.

 

American Manganese on lookout for opportunities in Korea

American Manganese, a Vancouver-based critical metals company, is seeking to tap into the South Korean battery market with its exclusive technology to extract key metals from defective batteries.

In an interview with The Korea Herald, its chief executive officer Larry Reaugh and chief technology officer Zarko Meseldzija revealed that the firm is in talks with multiple companies for partnership in Korea, home to three of the world’s leading lithium-ion battery makers.

We are thinking about licensing or joint development,” said Meseldzija, the CTO, although declining to provide specific names due to non-disclosure agreements.

In what appears to be a related move, the company is currently finalizing the registration of its core battery recycling technology with the Korean Intellectual Property Office. The firm received a notice of allowance in March from the patent office, which indicates that the given technology has cleared the office’s vetting process and is ready to be issued a patent.


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The Korea Times ( http://www.koreatimes.co.kr )

When will Korea introduce its own COVID-19 vaccine?

Korea is trying to speed up the domestic development of COVID-19 vaccines amid continuous global competition in procurement and concerns over the possible emergence of new virus variants.

Even though the government has secured an abundant supply of doses ― via contracts ― from various global pharmaceutical companies, some medical experts say the country should be prepared for other zoonotic diseases in the long term.

Oh Myoung-don, head of the country's central clinical committee for emerging diseases control, predicted that the coronavirus could become endemic, like influenza, which requires an annual vaccination program.

"We will have to live with the virus. Even if we eradicate COVID-19, the world may encounter COVID-21 or COVID-22 as similar zoonotic diseases originating from animals could reoccur in the future," Oh said during a press conference organized by the National Medical Center, May 3.

In this regard, calls are growing for the country to step up efforts to develop indigenous coronavirus vaccines.

 

Bridging Africa and Korea

Africa is known as a continent of opportunities with solid economic growth backed by its young population and abundant natural resources. Korea is seeking to strengthen relations with Africa through the Korea-Africa Foundation (KAF), which is a platform for exchanges and better understanding.

"Korea's diplomacy is much centered on the four super powers ― the United States, Japan, China and Russia ― and the inter-Korean relations. We need to diversify our diplomacy to play more roles in the international community," said Lyeo Woon-ki, president of the KAF, during an interview with The Korea Times, April 15.

"The African continent is often called the blue ocean, the young continent or the future growth engine of the world. Korea recognizes the significance of African in many words, but few were put into action. The KAF was founded to pay more attention to Africa and create new opportunities."

 

Uncertain future ahead of Korea-Japan relations

Although a long-awaited foreign ministerial meeting between Korea and Japan has taken place, diplomatic tension between the two countries is not expected to decrease overnight due to their sharp differences on pending issues, according to diplomatic observers, Thursday.

They also said even if their leaders sit down with each other for the first time in an envisioned summit in Britain next month, it will not be easy to see any improvement in relations, currently strained by a feud over wartime history and Japan's decision to release radioactive wastewater from a destroyed nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.

Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi held their first face-to-face talks Wednesday on the sidelines of the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' Meeting in London, but they lasted a mere 20 minutes and did not proceed well, with one urging the other to show sincerity regarding the thorny issues, according to their respective foreign ministries.

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HanKyoReh Shinmun ( http://english.hani.co.kr )

Myanmar swimmer Win Htet Oo: “I will give up my dream until Myanmar people can dream”

The Olympics are the world’s biggest sporting event, and for athletes, just having a chance to compete is a huge honor. But recently, an athlete turned down his chance to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.

Win Htet Oo, a 26-year-old swimmer on Myanmar’s national team, said he refused to “march in the parade of nations under a flag steeped in my people’s blood,” even though that means he won’t get to stand “tall among the world’s greatest athletes in equal terms.”

In a statement posted to his social media accounts on April 10, Win Htet Oo announced that he would be boycotting the Tokyo Olympics this July. The swimmer said accepting the Myanmar Olympic Committee (MOC), given its connections with the military junta that now controls Myanmar, would be “to recognize the legitimacy of a murderous regime.”

Through Tuesday, more than 600 civilians have reportedly died at the hands of the military junta since it carried out a coup d’état on Feb. 1.

There have been several examples of countries boycotting the Olympics because of political issues, but it’s extremely rare for an individual athlete to do so. That shows how hard it is for athletes to give up a shot at Olympic glory.

 

S. Korea, Japan foreign ministers meet in London, but no reconciliation in sight

The first meeting in 15 months between the foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan finally took place amid an awkward mood Wednesday.

While the two ministers did meet face-to-face in what came across as a response to requests from the US government — which has stressed the importance of close trilateral cooperation for its China and North Korea policy — their encounter appears unlikely to lead to improvements in their relationship, where differences between the two sides over major issues have only been intensifying.

The meeting between South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Chung Eui-yong and his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi came after a trilateral foreign ministers’ meeting with the US at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Wednesday.

According to the South Korean and Japanese governments, the trilateral meeting lasted for about 50 minutes, after which the ministers moved to a different location for a bilateral meeting that lasted 20 minutes.

 

Biden’s first 100 days: overture to changing America, capitalism

Two women were seated behind US President Joe Biden: Kamala Harris, who presides over the Senate as US vice president, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Attendance was restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but included in first lady Jill Biden’s guest list were a transgender youth, gun control activist and a “dreamer” protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — all of whom had been extended online invitations.

This was the scene at Biden’s speech before Congress on April 28, as he prepared to mark his 100th day in office. It was the first time in history that both leading positions in the Senate and House of Representatives were held by women. The invitations extended to LGBTQ and undocumented immigrant attendees were also striking for a congressional speech by the president.

It was an exceptional scene to match the exceptional first 100 days of the Biden administration and the exceptional speech that Biden delivered that day.

The centerpiece of the speech that day was the American Families Plan, which involves US$1.8 trillion in spending.

 

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Chosun Ilbo ( http://english.chosun.com )

Koreans Trade More Cryptocurrencies Than Americans

Korea has more small cryptocurrency exchanges than the U.S. or Japan and more highly volatile types of cyber money are traded here.

A total of 178 cryptocurrencies are traded on xPbit, Korea's largest cyber money exchange, and second-ranked Bithumb trades 170 types. In contrast, the top U.S. cyber currency exchange, Coinbase, trades only 58 cryptocurrencies, and Japan's No. 1 exchange bitFlyer handles only five, including Bitcoin and Ethereum.

In all of Japan's cryptocurrency exchanges, only 29 types of cyber money are traded.

Experts blame Korea's lax rules for triggering frenzied speculation. Choi Gong-pil at the Korea Institute of Finance said, "The present cryptocurrency market has no transparent standards, and many transactions are being made solely based on agreements between issuers and exchanges, which creates a very risky environment for investors."

 

Islanders Complain of Difficulty Getting Vaccinated

Residents of Baeknyeong Island off the coast of North Korea are upset that they have to travel up to three days to get their coronavirus jabs on the mainland.

Islanders have posted a petition on the Cheong Wa Dae website to complain. "If my parents or siblings are gravely injured in an accident, there is no adequate ship transport," wrote one islander.

The island has just 5,000 residents and is South Korea's northernmost island 228 km from Incheon. Three ferries a day transport people to and from the island, but they are frequently canceled due to rough seas.

The biggest ferry is the Harmony Flower (2,071 tons), which was built 23 years ago and will have to be retired in 2023.

The island's administrators have pledged to spend W1.2 billion over the next decade to support ferry operations and are looking for interested operators, but none have come forward (US$1=W1,126).

A proposal to build a small airport on the island has also fallen through. Islanders twice petitioned the presidential office website last year, but the situation remains unchanged.

 

More Coronavirus Variants Found in Korea

Three coronavirus variants -- the U.K., Brazilian and South African -- are spreading in Korea. So far, 551 cases of the U.K. variant, 71 cases of the South African variant and 10 cases of the Brazilian variant have been detected here.

But those are only the confirmed cases and the number could rise to 1,499 if all people who tested positive after coming into contact with carriers of the variants were infected with the same strains.

Gyeonggi Province saw the highest number of cases of the U.K. variant with 455, followed by the port of Ulsan with 320, though the incidence per head is higher in Ulsan. In Seoul, 79 cases have been detected.

A total of 155 cases of the South African and Brazilian variants have been detected, 35 of them at the airport. Gyeonggi Province is on alert since 83 were reported there.

The two variants could become a bigger problem than the U.K. variant because they appear to be more resistant to existing vaccines. Based on unrepresentative samples, the AstraZeneca vaccine could be as little as 10 percent effective against the South African variant, the Novavax vaccine 50 to 60 percent and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine 57 percent effective.

 

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The Dong-A Ilbo ( http://english.donga.com/ )

G7 ministers endorse Biden’s North Korea policy

Foreign ministers of the G7 nations vowed Wednesday to endorse the Joe Biden administration’s new policy towards North Korea. It signaled the international community’s commitment to stand behind the United States to pressure Pyongyang to come back to the negotiation table. As for the agenda of China, even Taiwan Strait was mentioned in the joint communique along with the issues over human right records and trade disparity to further weigh down on Beijing.

We call on the DPRK to refrain from provocative actions and to engage in a diplomatic process with the explicit goal of denuclearization,” the ministers in charge of foreign affairs and development from G7 countries said in a joint statement on Wednesday after having the two-day meeting in London.

Kakao’s performance makes record in Q1 2021

IT company Kakao recorded its all-time high in quarterly sales and operating profits. Its commerce, fintech, content, and mobility business units all grew and drove the company’s outstanding performance.

Kakao announced on Thursday that its sales for the first quarter of this year increased by 45 percent year-on-year to 1,258 billion won. The company’s operating profits rose by 79 percent to 157.5 billion won, and current net income increased by 200 percent to 239.9 billion won during the same period. However, its operating expenses also rose 41 percent compared to the last year due to increased labor costs from new hires and marketing expenses.

By business unit, the sales of the platform sector encompassing KakaoTalk messenger, online portal service Daum, mobility, commerce, and finance increased 51 percent year on year to 668.8 billion won. In particular, the talk biz sales, which are composed of KakaoTalk advertisements and gifts, rose by 61 percent from the sale period last year to 361.5 billion won.

 

New York Yankees offer free tickets to vaccinated fans

There was a time when free baseball tickets were offered to people who donated their blood. Now in New York, those who are vaccinated for COVID-19 can receive free MLB tickets.

Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo held a press conference on Thursday and introduced a measure to use the home stadiums of the New York Yankees and New York Mets – two MLB teams representing New York – as Janssen vaccination centers. As Janssen vaccines are effective with just one dose, baseball fans can get vaccinated at the stadium they wish to watch a game afterward. Upon their vaccination, people receive a voucher that exchanges a baseball ticket, with which they can then select a game on a different date.

The governor of New York also discussed a seating plan for MLB games depending on people’s vaccination status.


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The KyungHyang Shinmun ( http://english.khan.co.kr/ )

Older People with Higher Income and Education Levels Practiced More Environmentally Friendly Actions

A survey showed that in South Korea, older people with a high level of education tended to take more environmentally friendly actions. In general, people were interested in the environment and thought environmental preservation was important, but few took actions to protect the environment.

On May 5, the Korea Environment Institute (KEI) released these results in a study published in the quarterly Journal of Environmental Policy and Administration, under the title, “A Synthetic Analysis of Public Survey on Awareness of Korean Towards the Environment.” The study analyzed the changing awareness of the people based on the Public Survey on Awareness of Koreans Towards the Environment from 2012 to 2017.

The analysis scored the public’s interest in the environment on a scale ranging from 0 to 5 and showed that Koreans in general were slightly more interested than the average (3) with a score of 3.49. The people’s awareness of the importance of environmental preservation also scored 3.97. In particular, in 2017, 78.6% of the people thought the environment was either “important” or “very important.”


Real Estate: The First Task to Prove a Competent Ruling Party under the Leadership of Song Young-gil

Democratic Party of Korea leader Song Young-gil has been put to the test with real estate policies. Not only are there more than a handful of issues that need to be handled quickly, but the ruling party is likely to face trouble in recovering public support if it fails to smoothly present measures through skillful negotiations.

Song received a report from relevant ministries on the current status of the nation’s real estate policies on May 4 and announced his intention to expand and improve the party’s special real estate committee. The party will begin discussing real estate policies once it decides on a successor to Jin Sun-mee, chairperson of the special committee, and secures outside experts who will join the committee.

There was a fierce debate within the party on reducing the scope of single-home owners subject to the comprehensive real estate tax, but the discussion was pushed down the list of priorities for the comprehensive real estate tax is imposed at the end of the year. Instead, the party is expected to discuss measures to ease loan regulations, such as raising the loan-to-value (LTV) and debt-to-income (DTI) ratios for young people and people who do not own homes, along with measures to raise the current standard for single-home owners who receive property tax cuts from property with the assessed value of up to 60 million won to 90 million won and to lower the tax rate.

 

Democratic Party’s New Leader Song Young-gil, “A Step Forward for Change”

Song Young-gil (58, pictured) was elected the new leader of the Democratic Party of Korea on May 2. Song will now take on the grave task of reforming the ruling party following its defeat in the April 7 by-elections and manage the party primary ahead of next year’s presidential election.

This day, Song was elected as party leader by a narrow margin winning 35.60% of the votes to beat lawmaker Hong Young-pyo (35.01%) in a provisional national party congress held at the Democratic Party office in Yeouido, Seoul this day. Lawmaker Woo Won-shik came in third obtaining 29.38% of the votes.

Song is the eldest of the “586 activists” in the party, 586 referring to those in their fifties, who went to college in the 1980s, and was born in the 1960s. As a former lawyer who advocated labor rights, he has served five terms as a lawmaker after first serving in the sixteenth National Assembly. He is categorized as Moon-friendly in a broader sense, but does not show strong factional tendencies.


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Maeil Business News Korea ( http://www.pulsenews.co.kr/ )

Kakao sets new earnings record Q1, is ready to debut more subsidiary stocks

Kakao Corp., operator of Korea’s dominant chat app Kakao Talk, is ready to debut more subsidiaries including its Japanese operation, as it kept up a hot earning streak on accelerated migration to online lifestyle business through the pandemic momentum.

Mason Yeo, co-CEO of Kakao, at conference call following first-quarter earnings release on Thursday, said the company is reviewing various options to improve business operation and governance structure.

Going public is one, and Kakao Entertainment and Kakao Japan could be the next in the IPO pipeline following Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank, said Bae Jae-hyun, executive vice president. Parent to 118 subsidiaries, Kakao is putting up Kakao Pay and internet-only bank Kakao Bank for public offering this year.

 

Samsung Elec to speed up P3 project to advance memory generational shift

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip maker, is moving ahead with its next-gen memory upscaling at its third chip fab in Pyeongtaek complex in South Korea costing over an estimated $30 billion to ensure comfortable lead in the memory market amid escalating competition in the chip front.

According to industry sources on Wednesday, Samsung Electronics is pulling up the timeline for its Pyeongtaek Line 3 project, known as P3, in Gyeonggi Province that has been technically underway after the company broke ground on it in September last year.

Equipments will be brought in timed with the building construction completion by spring next year, an unnamed industry source said.

 

Samsung Elec unveils I-Cube4 chip packaging solution for foundry clients

Samsung Electronics Co. has developed next-generation chip packaging technology dubbed Interposer-Cube4 (I-Cube4) for faster and more efficient chips for high-performance applications.

The new I-Cube4, the successor of I-Cube2, incorporates four high bandwidth memories (HBMs) and one logic die like CPU, GPU, etc. on a silicon interposer to operate as a single chip in one package, the tech giant announced Thursday.

The silicon interposer area in general is proportional to the number of logic dies and HBMs. Samsung Electronics focused its study on how to control warpage and thermal expansion of the 100㎛-thick interposer by changing the material and thickness.


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