Photo=Samsung A global squeeze on memory chips is giving smartphone makers less room to absorb rising component costs, creating a new pricing risk for U.S. device makers, suppliers and investors as demand from artificial-intelligence infrastructure competes with consumer electronics for memory capacity. Samsung Electronics is now passing some of those costs to customers, raising prices for its Galaxy S26 lineup

Photo=SK Telecom As 5G markets mature, network performance is shifting from a coverage race to a competition over speed, reliability and real-world application quality. That trend is putting South Korea’s mobile networks in the spotlight—and giving U.S. telecom operators, equipment makers and investors a benchmark for how dense, advanced markets can monetize next-generation connectivity. SK Telecom and KT captured top

Photo=Hyundai A shortage of fully redesigned vehicles in the U.S. is creating an opening for automakers with fresh products, and Hyundai Motor is moving to capitalize on it with a new Tucson and a redesigned Elantra. For U.S. automakers, suppliers and investors, Hyundai’s strategy offers a case study in how new models, hybrid production and localized supply chains could reshape

Photo=Motionelements South Korea’s renewed review of Alaska LNG is putting a potentially multibillion-dollar U.S. energy project back on the radar for American energy companies and investors, as Seoul weighs the strategic value of diversifying natural-gas supplies against concerns over the project’s commercial returns. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 1 that an Alaska LNG pipeline would be built as part

Photo=msit South Korea is preparing to make AI agents a mass-market utility, with SK Telecom, Kakao and KT set to launch free services in October that could reshape the country’s consumer-AI market and create new opportunities for U.S. chipmakers, cloud providers and investors watching the global AI infrastructure race. The initiative, backed by the South Korean government, is designed to