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Foldable displays
Global folding screen market to explode as Samsung set to supply to China
Samsung Display Co., a leading South Korean display panel maker, will supply foldable displays to select smartphone makers in China amid industry fo...
Feb 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Coupang applies for IPO on New York Stock Exchange
Coupang Corp., 37% owned by SoftBank Group, is set to become the first Korean company to list directly on the New York Stock Exchange, with its valu...
Feb 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Share price forecasts
Samsung investors fret over stock’s fall as analysts see further gains
For retail investors of Samsung Electronics Co., the stock’s recent drop is reminiscent of the 2018 crash, when individuals who snapped up the...
Feb 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Korea Post names new CIOs of savings, insurance arms
Korea Post has appointed new chief investments officers of both its savings and insurance units, in an internal reshuffle of senior managers at the ...
Feb 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung mulls $17 billion Austin chip plant, seeks tax breaks
Samsung Electronics Co. is seeking tax breaks of $805.5 million from the US state of Texas in return for a new $17 billion chip plant, which the Sou...
Feb 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung hunts for top talent amid chip industry hiring war
Semiconductor giant Samsung Electronics Co. is looking for top talent amid an industry-wide push to recruit high-skilled workers to capitalize on th...
Feb 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K-pop labels' revenue model shift to usher in new valuations
South Korean entertainment companies are expanding their scope beyond the music scene and shifting to platform services, ushering in new valuations ...
Feb 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pandemic relief funds
Long-term treasury yields surge on talk of new relief fund
The ruling Democratic Party’s push to hand out "a substantial amount" of new relief money has rattled the South Korean debt market, sending lo...
Feb 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung on lookout for M&As; auto chipmakers among prime targets
Samsung Electronics Co., sitting on a cash pile of more than 100 trillion won ($90 billion), is actively pursuing mergers and acquisitions, with som...
Jan 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung says fully ready for M&As; silent on US foundry plant
Samsung Electronics Co. is well-geared up to chase M&A deals and expand its facilities over the next three years to make full use of its cash ho...
Jan 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
Samsung to pay record dividends, more through 2023; Q4 profit jumps
Samsung Electronics Co. has announced that it will pay record-high dividends to its shareholders this year and raise dividends further in coming yea...
Jan 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Samsung Biologics’ focused approach pays off in 2020
Samsung Biologics Co. delivered forecast-beating earnings this week, with its sales topping 1 trillion won ($905 million) for the first time in its ...
Jan 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Seoul office building transactions at record high in 2020
Brisk investment demand drove office building prices higher in Seoul and its southern neighboring area last year, with their combined transactio...
Jan 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung remains tight-lipped on new US chip plant reports
Samsung Electronics Co. was reported to be considering investing over $10 billion to build a new chip plant in the US. But the world’s top mem...
Jan 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung wins Intel foundry order; TSMC takes GPU deal
Samsung Electronics Co. has clinched its first order from Intel Corp. to manufacture Intel-designed chips, as the world’s top memory chipmaker...
Jan 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, Hynix in intensifying competition for solid-state drives
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. are unveiling a series of new solid-state drives (SSDs) to grab a greater share of the intensifying global...
Jan 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Court rulings
Samsung heir sentenced to 2.5 years in jail for bribery
Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman and de-facto leader Jay Y. Lee was on Jan. 18 sentenced to two and a half years in prison on bribery and embez...
Jan 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate rebrand
Kia drops Motors from name, unveils roadmap for new EV models
Kia Motors Corp., a unit of Hyundai Motor Group, has dropped Motors from its name, as the company breaks away from its traditional manufacturing-dri...
Jan 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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CES 2021
Samsung, LG vie for top spot as premium TV players at CES 2021
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., the world’s two largest TV makers, are showcasing a series of new models at the world’s...
Jan 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung flags decent Q4 earnings growth, misses estimates on KRW, Apple
South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has flagged that its fourth-quarter operating profit likely rose by nearly a third from a yea...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, other foundry players at full capacity as chip orders surge
Samsung Electronics Co. and other global foundry players are running their plants at full capacity as makers of cars and electronic devices compete ...
Jan 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Samsung Elec steps up efforts for river management
Semiconductor manufacturing plants use an enormous amount of water, earning the semiconductor industry the nickname of "a thirsty business." Samsung...
Jan 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung Elec draws attention with $92 bn in idle cash
Samsung Electronics Co., sitting on a cash pile of 100 trillion won ($92 billion), has been absent in global M&A markets over the past few years...
Dec 31, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
SUVs drive up Hyundai, Kia in US market; G80 named safest car of year
A slate of new sport utility vehicles are driving up Hyundai Motor Group's market share in the US, where its two automaking units have relied on sed...
Dec 31, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero welcomes Baemin, seeks new home for Yogiyo
Germany-based online food delivery service Delivery Hero SE will sell off its prized South Korean business, Yogiyo, the country's second-largest...
Dec 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s liquidity-driven IPO market sets slew of fresh records in 2020
As the stock markets around the globe took a wild ride amid the pandemic in 2020, ample liquidity led to plenty of fresh records in the initial publ...
Dec 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung overtakes TSMC as top chipmaker by market cap
Samsung Electronics Co. has reclaimed its throne as the world's largest semiconductor company, overtaking global foundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor ...
Dec 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung heirs may face record-high $10 bn inheritance tax bill
The Samsung Group heirs, including Samsung Electronics Co.'s de facto leader Jay Y. Lee, may be looking at a record-high $9.9 billion inheritance ...
Dec 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung clinches 2nd deal to make Nvidia’s latest gaming chips
Samsung Electronics Co. will manufacture Nvidia Corp.’s latest gaming chips in the second such contract of the year from the US chipmaker, as ...
Dec 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Hyundai Motor Chairman's inner circle promoted to key leadership
Hyundai Motor Group has carried out a massive reshuffling among its key affiliates, with members of Chairman Chung Euisun's inner circle promoted ...
Dec 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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