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Korean startups
Chipmaker Netsol unveils first STT-MRAM in South Korea
South Korea’s fabless memory semiconductor design house Netsol announced on Friday that it developed the country’s first STT-MRAM, a nex...
Nov 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
HMM’s shares undervalued despite $12.5 billion in cashable assets
South Korea’s largest container line HMM Co. has seen its shares trapped in a boxed range for a protracted period despite its spectacular earn...
Nov 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Galaxy S22 smartphone named to Time's 'Best Inventions of 2022'
The smartphone Galaxy S22 Ultra is one of three products by Samsung Electronics included on a list of this year's best inventions by the American ma...
Nov 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung C&T, KSS Line to jointly transport clean hydrogen, ammonia
Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading arm of Samsung Group, is set to build an infrastructure for maritime transportation of clean hyd...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean PE firms struggle with fundraising on illiquidity
South Korean private equity (PE) firms are having trouble fundraising as institutional investors' capital for new investment is drying up amid inter...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Lawmakers’ move to amend law could rattle Samsung governance
South Korean lawmakers are moving to revise an insurance industry law that would force Samsung Group-affiliated insurers to sell their shares in Sam...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy develops liquefied hydrogen fuel cell system
Samsung Heavy Industries has succeeded in developing a liquefied hydrogen fuel cell system for use in marine propulsion. The electric power is ...
Nov 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s new NAND boasts industry’s highest storage capacity
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has begun mass producing its latest NAND chip, which features the industry&rsqu...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung to only use Qualcomm’s AP for Galaxy S23 series
Samsung Electronics Co. is poised to release the Galaxy S23 series smartphones in mid-February, those familiar with the development told The Korea E...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Biologics in CDO deal talks with global pharma firm
FRANKFURT – Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, is in talks to develop medicines for a global pharmaceutical ...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Korea Inc. accumulates cash as economic downturn deepens
South Korean companies, led by the country’s most valuable firm Samsung Electronics Co., have rushed to accumulate cash as interest rates kept...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG gear up for launch of 8K gaming monitors
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s two largest TV makers, are bracing for the impending arrival of a next-generati...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung fast-forwards digital transformation of its chip business
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is accelerating its digital shift to better respond to the changi...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung Elec's brand value rises to $87.7 billion
Samsung Electronics' brand value has broken the $80 billion mark. Korea's flagship company saw such value grow in double digits for the second ...
Nov 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Doosan Bobcat, Doosan Group’s cash cow, set for record 2022 earnings
Doosan Bobcat, the construction and agricultural machine making affiliate of South Korea’s Doosan Group, is poised to join the “one tril...
Nov 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung sets sights on new chips for self-driving homes on wheels
For decades, Samsung Electronics Co. has been a household name in the semiconductor industry, making chips that work like the human brain for comput...
Nov 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
SpaceX to receive $44 mn injection from Korean high-net-worth individuals
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Securities Co., which committed $100 million to Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) in J...
Nov 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korea's WeMade shakes off crisis, secures new investment
Korea's game development company WeMade has secured new investment worth 66 billion won ($46.4 million), breathing a sigh of relief after receiving ...
Nov 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Select Korean companies seek to raise cash reserves
Several corporations have recently sold stocks and real estate apparently to boost liquidity and repay maturing debts amid the "three high" era of h...
Nov 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's Meritz Group likely to sell off its asset management arm
South Korea’s Meritz Financial Group Inc. is poised to sell off its subsidiary Meritz Asset Management Co., The Korea Economic Daily understoo...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea's stock deposits dip to lowest point since July 2020
Monthly average deposits for stock investment in South Korea are poised to drop below 50 trillion won ($35.1 billion) for the first time since July ...
Oct 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung smartphone shipments down 7.4% in Q3; outlook dim
Samsung Electronics Co. suffered a drop in smartphone shipments during the third quarter on weak demand, adding to concerns over the sector’s ...
Oct 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to use rare gas produced by POSCO for chip manufacturing
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will significantly raise the use of locally produced xenon, a critical gas for ...
Oct 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung reiterates no memory chip output cut despite weak Q3 results
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker, said on Thursday it will not reduce its production despite dwin...
Oct 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung SDI beats CATL in EV battery operating margin
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, reported a higher operating margin than that of the global leader C...
Oct 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Jay Y. Lee inaugurated as chairman of Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co.'s leader Jay Y. Lee was promoted as the company's chairman on Oct. 27.Samsung Electronics' board of directors approved the a...
Oct 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
KIC to focus on tech ventures, private debt, infrastructure
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will continue to look for opportunities in private debt and venture capital investment with mid- to long-term gro...
Oct 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Singapore PE firm proposes KT&G spin off ginseng biz
A Singaporean private equity firm has proposed a number of measures to KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, including a sp...
Oct 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's Mirae Asset to invest $200 mn in Musk’s Twitter deal
Mirae Asset Financial Group is set to chip in some $200 million toward Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc. in acquisiti...
Oct 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec to expand foundry business to tackle TSMC
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest foundry company, is set to expand production technology of chips for automobiles, sensors ...
Oct 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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