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Samsung Electronics joins apartment heating and cooling electrification push, seeks nationwide rollout from 2028

Samsung Electronics is entering the electrification market for heating and cooling in apartments and other multi-family housing. The company announced a carbon-reduction plan based on its EHS All-in-One heat pump at a K-GX strategy briefing in Seoul. It plans to launch the product this year, establish a domestic supply base by 2027 and begin nationwide distribution in 2028 to 2029. Field demonstrations are under way, with plans for standards and partner training.

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Illusion of semiconductor boom: AI high value smiles, but commodity and electronics sectors in shadow

South Korea\'s semiconductor exports continue to hit record highs, but performance is diverging even within memory chips. Demand tied to AI infrastructure is lifting prices and volumes for high-value, high-capacity server memory and enterprise SSDs, while commodity DRAM lags. Data for September show semiconductors driving overall export growth and trade surplus. Some warn the strength could distort fourth-quarter indicators, as broader manufacturing and electronics sectors remain subdued due to rising input and logistics costs.

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Battery industry shifts focus to sodium and all-solid-state for 2030 transition

South Korea\'s battery industry is shifting next-generation development from high-nickel NCM to sodium and all-solid-state batteries as China expands in low-cost LFP and moves to commercialise new technologies. The government and industry unveiled a battery technology roadmap and plan to launch a 400 billion won R&D programme from 2027 over five years. The roadmap targets commercialisation of both sodium and all-solid-state batteries in 2030.