South Korea
Samsung posts record $205.6B revenue in H1/2026, semiconductors deliver $96.2B or 97% of operating profit
South Korea's chaebol Samsung Electronics posted consolidated revenue of $205.6 billion for the first half of 2026, up 98.7 percent year on year, according to its semi-annual reported filed with the Korea Exchange (KRX).
Eight Korean AX companies will run the Korea Pavilion, ‘X- DIGITAL@THAILAND,’ at Techsauce Global Summit 2026
From August 26 to 28 at QSNCC, eight innovative companies from four sectors will gather to connect with Thai and Southeast Asian markets through one-on-one business meetings.
Tighter digital rules could cost South Korea 130 startups and $910M in VC funding annually: Oxford Economics
More restrictive digital regulations in South Korea could reduce startup formation by 8 percent, equivalent to 130 fewer startups per year, and cut venture capital (VC) investment by 10 percent, or ₩1.3 trillion ($910 million) less annually.
Canada’s NEO Battery Materials receives 10,000-unit drone cell order, approaching e-mobility expansion in Vietnam, Southeast Asia
Canada-based NEO Battery Materials has received a purchase order for 10,000 units of its 34Ah drone battery cells from South Korea's battery pack manufacturer PM Energy Solution, the former said in a statement on Thursday.
Korea’s LG Innotek to begin building $1B semiconductor substrate plant in Vietnam’s Hai Phong in Q3/2026
LG Innotek is set to kick off the construction of its $1 billion semiconductor substrate packaging plant in Vietnam's northern coastal city of Hai Phong, in the third quarter of 2026.
Samsung already invest $24B in Vietnam, to add $1B billion in 2026
Samsung Electronics plans to invest $1 billion in new capital in Vietnam in 2026, after cumulative investment in the country reached $24 billion by end of 2025, CFO of Samsung Electronics Park Soon Cheol said to Vietnamese Minister of Finance Ngo Van Tuan at a meeting in Hanoi last week.
Samsung invests $110M in healthcare firm GRAIL to expand cancer test into Korea, Asia
The United States-based healthcare firm GRAIL has closed an equity financing deal in which Samsung affiliates, including Samsung C&T Corporation, invested $110 million through the purchase of GRAIL common stock at $70.05 per share.
Korea’s LG already invests $10.6B in Vietnam, to build semiconductor substrate factory in Hai Phong
LG Innotek, the material arm of South Korean chaebol LG, will to expand its semiconductor substrate production into Vietnam by building a factory in the northern coastal city of Hai Phong.
Korea’s virtual asset exchange Bithumb, Vietnam’s SSI Digital to jointly build crypto exchange
Bithumb, a major virtual asset exchange in South Korea, and SSID, a subsidiary of Vietnam's stock broker SSI Securities, will jointly launch and operate on a virtual asset exchange business in Vietnam.
Vietnam, South Korea launch cross-border QR payment service
Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Vietnam National Payment Corporation (NAPAS), and South Korea's KEB Hana Bank and GLN International, launched a cross-border QR code payment service connecting Vietnam and South Korea on Thursday.
