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SEOUL—President Biden began his three-day trip to South Korea with a visit to a Samsung Electronics Co. semiconductor plant, underscoring the technology ties between the countries as the U.S. seeks to strengthen supply chains and reboot its own manufacturing amid competition with China.“These little chips—only a few nanometers thick—are the key to propelling us into the next era of technological development,” Mr. Biden said on Friday at the plant. He added, ”Our two nations work…

Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) plans to spend KRW21trn (US$16bn) on domestic operations by 2030, to expand its electric vehicle (EV) production capacity and to launch new mobility technology. HMG, which includes the Hyundai and Kia brands, said it planned to invest the funds in new and existing EV production lines, build new capacity to bring on stream future mobility technologies, establish EV infrastructure and explore new EV business…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Politics PMN News PMN Health Author of the article: Reuters Trevor Hunnicutt and David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina Publishing date: May 19, 2022  •  20 minutes ago  •  3 minute read  •  Join the conversation Article content WASHINGTON/SEOUL/TOKYO — Joe Biden will visit Japan and South Korea on his first Asian trip as U.S. president, carrying a clear message to China, advisers and analysts say – don’t try what Russia did in Ukraine anywhere in Asia, and…

Article content MONTREAL — A well-known Quebec lawyer is going before the Superior Court to prevent the cull of white-tailed deer living in a forest on Montreal’s South Shore. Article content Lawyer Anne-France Goldwater, who has previously voiced her opposition to the plan, has filed a court petition on behalf of herself, a wildlife rescue organization called Sauvetage Animal Rescue, and a local animal-rights activist. Goldwater is asking the court to prevent Quebec’s Wildlife Department and the City of Longueuil…

Big Tech can be small-minded about the Global South.  Products conceived in Silicon Valley don’t always fit the needs and skills of Southern nations. Their launch can also stymie homegrown competitors and fuel accusations of digital colonialism. The need for expertise is particularly vital in data science and AI. Greetings humanoidsSubscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite AI stories“If you’re looking at analytics, for example, getting a data scientist from the UK to come and integrate…

SamMobile has affiliate and sponsored partnerships. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn a commission. Last updated: May 18th, 2022 at 11:45 UTC+02:00 Samsung’s largest chip manufacturing facility is in Pyeongtaek, a city located about 70 kilometers south of the capital Seoul. It also happens to be one of the world’s largest semiconducting manufacturing facilities. The facilities are spread across a 289,000 square meter site which is about the same size as 400 football fields. Samsung may be…

Motorola's mobile phones have returned to Korea after nine years. LG Hellovision said on May 16 that it will offer pre-order sales of two Motorola 5G smartphone models on Hello Mobile official mall today. The official release date is the end of this month.The new models are Motorola Edge 20 Lite 5G, priced at KRW 399,000 (roughly Rs. 24,300) and Moto G50 5G, priced at KRW 349,000 (roughly Rs. 21,200). It is a premium budget phone equipped with dual-SIM that posted high sales in North America, Europe, and China. After the…

In spite of its location midway down the eastern seaboard of the continent of South America, Uruguay's brief history is a blur of European conflict, shaped by the colonial interests of Spanish, British, and Portuguese powers.  What is starkly missing are voices from prehistory, of indigenous cultures that called the land's rolling hills and temperate plains home for thousands of years.Echoes of that lost past are finally being heard thanks to the efforts of researchers from the University of the Republic, Montevideo, in…

South Korea on Friday said it has decided to ease requirements to enter the country amid a downward trend in Covid-19 cases.Starting May 23, the government will recognise negative rapid antigen test results for travellers boarding flights to South Korea, on top of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results currently being accepted, reports Yonhap News Agency.Still, rapid antigen tests must be carried out by medical professionals 24 hours before arrival in South Korea.Beginning June 1, international arrivals will be…

Samsung recently revealed that it can disable TV sets remotely if it found the units were stolen. It said it was introducing a new feature called Television Block Function to disable all Samsung TV sets acquired through illegal means. The feature has been activated in South Africa after several units were stolen from company warehouses during a wave of protests last month. The South Korean multinational said the TV Block Function is a security solution to ensure that television sets can only be used by those who have…