Samsung Asset Management
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, ARM chip design partner Gaonchips eyes IPO in 2022
South Korea’s leading semiconductor design house Gaonchips Co. has officially kicked off preparations to go public in the first half of 2022. ...
Sep 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to install 51,000 air purifiers to help Australians return to school
Samsung Electronics Co. will help the students in the Australian state of Victoria in making safe returns to the classroom in a post-COVID environme...
Sep 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Capstone Partners: Korea's 'guardian angel' for early-stage startups
In 2018, a South Korean food startup GoPizza Co. was on the brink of shutting down. Lim Jae-won, GoPizza's founder, had launched the business with a...
Sep 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
BOK to exclude high emitters from FX reserves portfolio
The Bank of Korea (BOK) is planning to exclude the bonds and equities issued by high carbon emitters from its foreign reserves portfolio in stages, ...
Sep 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel, Samsung develop tech to recycle chip waste for steelmaking
Hyundai Steel Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday they have developed technology that can recycle the chipmaker’s wastewater sludge...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
Korean military fund targets medium-risk global assets
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), a South Korean retirement fund, is chasing medium-risk, medium-return assets in developed markets with a...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Recycled plastic in growing demand as Korean firms pursue ESG business
Plastic recyclers have known for years that there is money to be made in plastic waste. And the stakes are high these days as the prices of recycled...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
US pressures Samsung, chipmakers to disclose key internal data
The American government is forcing global semiconductor manufacturers to submit internal information on their chip inventory as well as the number o...
Sep 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung to make Tesla’s HW 4.0 self-driving auto chip
SILICON VALLEY – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s leading chipmaker, will manufacture Tesla Inc.’s next-generation hardware 4 ...
Sep 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Taylor city in Texas likely to host Samsung’s new US chip plant
The global semiconductor industry is keeping a close eye on whether Taylor, a city located in Williamson County of Texas and the most probable site ...
Sep 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biosimilars
Samsung Bioepis gets FDA approval for Lucentis biosimilar Byooviz
Samsung Bioepis Co., a leading South Korean biopharmaceutical company, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its Byoovi...
Sep 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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EV Batteries
SK Innovation to supply batteries to Hyundai IONIQ 7
SK Innovation Co. is set to supply batteries for the IONIQ 7, Hyundai Motor Co.’s large electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) to be unveiled in...
Sep 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung C&T, S-Oil in hydrogen transport partnership
Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading arm of Samsung Group, has tentatively agreed with S-Oil Corp. to cooperate in securing overseas ...
Sep 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Celltrion makes first step in streamlining governance structure
South Korea’s pharmaceutical conglomerate Celltrion Group has made its very first step in reforming corporate governance structure by merging ...
Sep 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
KT, Samsung Medical Center extend ties in building robot-driven hospitals
KT Corp. and Samsung Group’s medical facility Samsung Medical Center (SMC) have made another step forward in creating a next-generation hospit...
Sep 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung unveils new microSD cards for advanced storage demand
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chip maker, introduced new microSD cards with enhanced performance and stability on Sept. 8 to...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea kicks off AI strategy talks with Naver, Kakao, Samsung, telcos
South Korean government has hosted the first top-level artificial intelligence (AI) roundtable meeting with representatives from the country’s...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
LG Innotek, Samsung Electro-Mechanics benefit from wafer shortage
South Korea’s semiconductor substrate producers including LG Innotek and Samsung Electro-Mechanics are benefiting as a global wafer shortage...
Sep 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
SK Ecoplant to sell plant building business before IPO
SK Ecoplant Co., formerly known as SK Engineering & Construction Co., is in advanced stages of talks with a consortium of South Korea-based IUM ...
Sep 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung sells $1.3 bn stake in China’s BYD, keeps watchers puzzled
Samsung Electronics Co. has sold a 1.6% stake worth 1.5 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in Chinese electric vehicle and rechargeable battery maker BYD C...
Sep 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Blockbuster startup IPOs curb NPS' VC diversification
South Korean startups' blockbuster initial public offerings over the past year, including Krafton Inc. and HYBE Co., have left the National Pension ...
Sep 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG see largest surge in TV prices in decade
Lee Ji-eun, a 30-year-old bride-to-be, was surprised at the prices of liquid-crystal display (LCD) TVs when she visited a home appliance store in ...
Sep 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Elec unveils world’s 1st 200-megapixel mobile image sensor
Samsung Electronics Co. has become the first company to launch a 200-megapixel mobile image sensor, giving the world’s No. 2 image sensor make...
Sep 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Software giant Hancom joins space race with satellite launch
South Korean software and ICT conglomerate Hancom Group will be the first private company in the country to launch a micro-satellite, or a satellite...
Sep 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Samsung Biologics gears up to produce mRNA drug substance
South Korea’s Samsung Biologics Co. is gearing up for the drug substance (DS) sector of the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based COVID-19 v...
Sep 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI tops LG Chem in market cap amid GM recall crisis
Samsung SDI Co. has become South Korea’s top battery maker in terms of market capitalization. The company is now ranked as the sixth-largest f...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung to ramp up production capacity of foldable devices by 50%
Samsung Electronics Co. will expand the production capacity of foldable devices amid an unexpected global craze over its Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip ...
Aug 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Electro-Mechanics to benefit as COVID-19 slams competitors
Samsung Electro-Mechanics is expected to benefit as the COVID-19 has hit its competitors in the global multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) market.T...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung launches new 5G foldable phones in 40 countries
Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday officially launched the new models of its high-end smartphones Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3 in 40 countries, ...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korean millennials rush on Nasdaq and NYSE amid sluggish Kospi
South Korean millennials in their 20s and 30s are rushing to Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) amid skyrocketing real estate prices in t...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Latest News
- 1 S.Korea eases path for foreign REITs in senior housing push
- 2 Koramco targets $7 bn bets on Korea data centers
- 3 Lotte Chemical, HD Hyundai seek big deal via merger of naphtha cracking facilities
- 4 South Korea accelerates stablecoin framework in global race
- 5 Lee vows policy overhaul to spur dividend payouts