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AWS plans to invest 7 trillion won in Korea's AI, cloud sectors by 2031

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Korea plans to invest a total of 7 trillion won ($4.6 billion) in Korea by 2031 to expand its AI and cloud infrastructure, industry data showed Tuesday.

2026-03-31

Thirty-five percent of children's headphones sold online fail to meet safety requirements: Consumer agency

Tests conducted by the Korea Consumer Agency found that of 20 children's headphones sold on such platforms, 35 percent failed to meet safety requirements.

2026-03-19

[WHY] Service without a smile: The popularity and problems of unstaffed stores

In Korea, there are hundreds of unmanned stores across the country, whether in residential areas or university and business districts. And their level of variety is unmatched.

2026-03-14

SHINee's Taemin to ball out on Amazon Music's 'In the Paint'

Taemin of boy band SHINee will appear in Amazon Music’s global performance series “Amazon Music presents: In the Paint,” becoming the first K-pop artist on the show on Thursday, his agency Big Planet Made Entertainment announced on Wednesday.

2026-02-18

Amazon misses Q4 profit estimates despite growth in cloud computing business

Amazon sales surged 14 percent during the fourth quarter of 2025 due to strong holiday spending and better-than-expected growth in its prominent cloud computing unit.

2026-02-06

‘Melania,’ panned by some film critics, opens with strong ticket sales for a documentary

Promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump as “a must watch,” the Melania Trump documentary “Melania” debuted with a better-than-expected $7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

2026-02-02

K-beauty in crisis? China, once Korea's largest export market, narrows the gap with its own cosmetics push.

After years of rapid growth fueled by China, Korea’s beauty industry is reshaping its global ambitions, turning to the United States and Europe as Chinese competitors narrow the gap in competition and global competition intensifies.

2025-12-26

LG Electronics to receive Wi-Fi patent royalties from Amazon

LG Electronics will receive Wi-Fi patent royalties from Amazon in the United States, expanding its intellectual property business despite having exited the smartphone market in 2021.

2025-11-20

OpenAI and Amazon sign $38B deal for AI computing power

OpenAI and Amazon have signed a $38 billion deal that enables the ChatGPT maker to run its artificial intelligence systems on Amazon's data centers in the United States.

2025-11-04

Amazon cuts 14,000 corporate jobs as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates

Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence while cutting costs elsewhere. Teams and individuals impacted by the job cuts will be notified on Tuesday.

2025-10-29