KB Asset buys Belgian office towers for $654 million

KB Asset buys Belgian office towers for $654 million

KB Asset Management Co., the investment arm of KB Financial Group in South Korea, said on Friday it has completed a 100% acquisition of North Galaxy...

Korea's top real estate managers bulk up assets in COVID-19

Korea's top real estate managers bulk up assets in COVID-19

Real estate funds in South Korea have increased by 27% to 130 trillion won ($101.4 billion) from 102 trillion won over the past two years, accordi...

SK Square taps NPS PE expert as global investment head

SK Square taps NPS PE expert as global investment head

South Korea’s investment firm SK Square Co. announced on Thursday that it has chosen Harvey Hakjin Bae, a former alternative investment expert...

Samsung SDS takes smart logistics platform Cello Square to China

Samsung SDS takes smart logistics platform Cello Square to China

Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit of Samsung Group, is taking its smart logistics platform, Cello Square, to China to offer l...

South Koreans turned off by luxury fashion houses’ price hikes 

South Koreans turned off by luxury fashion houses’ price hikes 

A Cartier boutique inside a department store in Seoul’s posh Gangnam District was unusually slow on Tuesday. The quiet ambience was in sh...

Samsung to join NuScale's SMR nuclear plant projects

Samsung to join NuScale's SMR nuclear plant projects

South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. will make its foray into the small modular reactor (SMR) market by joining the US-based NuScale Power in buildin...

S.Korean CEOs chase M&A targets in same industry

S.Korean CEOs chase M&A targets in same industry

Some 72% of South Korea's chief executives surveyed by consulting firm EY intend to carry out M&As within the next 12 months to increase their m...

Time for Samsung to get another Fukuda Report

Time for Samsung to get another Fukuda Report

Eight years ago today, the late Samsung Group leader Lee Kun-hee collapsed at his home following a heart attack, a harbinger of doom six years later...

POBA targets PE in tech, bio, healthcare in long term, CIO says

POBA targets PE in tech, bio, healthcare in long term, CIO says

Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) of South Korea will keep its focus on steady cash flow while strengthening profitability, its Chief Inve...

Korea losing ground in semiconductor talent development

Korea losing ground in semiconductor talent development

South Korea, home to the world’s top two memory chipmakers, is losing ground for talent development in the semiconductor sector as fewer profe...

Samsung Elec. proposes global research for 6G frequencies

Samsung Elec. proposes global research for 6G frequencies

Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s tech behemoth, has put forward global research on 6G service frequencies as it aims to take the lead in...

Samsung, SK Hynix scramble for talent amid a lack government support

Samsung, SK Hynix scramble for talent amid a lack government support

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s top memory chipmakers, are scrambling for semiconductor manpower in South Korea as the ...

SK Shieldus drops IPO on lukewarm demand from investors

SK Shieldus drops IPO on lukewarm demand from investors

South Korean leading security services provider SK Shieldus Co. has scrapped its plan to go public this month. Its bookbuilding gained tepid investo...

Two unopened ways Samsung Elec. bolsters share prices

Two unopened ways Samsung Elec. bolsters share prices

Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s largest company by market capitalization, has tried to boost its recently battered share price -- espec...

Shinsegae to resume soju business targeting Southeast Asia

Shinsegae to resume soju business targeting Southeast Asia

South Korea’s Shinsegae L&B Co. is set to resume its distilled spirit soju business as early as the end of May, aiming for exports to some...

Samsung wins US 5G equipment order from Dish Network

Samsung wins US 5G equipment order from Dish Network

Samsung Electronics Co. has been chosen to supply 5G network equipment to Dish Network Corp., a US wireless carrier in the middle of building a 5G n...

Korea April inflation hits 13-1/2-year peak; bond yields up

Korea April inflation hits 13-1/2-year peak; bond yields up

South Korea’s consumer prices in April rose at the fastest pace since the 2008-09 global financial crisis, reinforcing expectations of further...

Can Samsung Electronics ever catch up to foundry leader TSMC?

Can Samsung Electronics ever catch up to foundry leader TSMC?

For years, Samsung Electronics Co. has been touted as the backbone of the South Korean economy, Asia’s fourth-largest, under the government&rs...

Why Samsung is so far behind Apple

Why Samsung is so far behind Apple

In October 2012, US tech giant Apple Inc. fired Dominique Oh, the head of its South Korean unit. This was due to Apple's sluggish sales in the home ...

Samsung Electronics shares rebound as foreigners turn net buyers

Samsung Electronics shares rebound as foreigners turn net buyers

Shares of Samsung Electronics Co., the largest stock on South Korea’s main bourse, rose strongly on Friday, snapping a five-day losing streak,...

Korea contractor for TSMC, Airbus aims to top anodizing sector

Korea contractor for TSMC, Airbus aims to top anodizing sector

South Korea’s YKMC Inc., an integrated contract manufacturer for global companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Ai...

Korean golf course price likely to set new record per hole

Korean golf course price likely to set new record per hole

The price of a public golf course in South Korea has surged 35% in one and a half years to set the highest per-hole selling price for a Korean golf ...

Samsung Asset to list blockchain ETF on Hong Kong Exchange

Samsung Asset to list blockchain ETF on Hong Kong Exchange

Samsung Asset Management Co. is slated to list a blockchain exchange-traded fund on the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) in the first half of this year, th...

Samsung’s stock underlines cloudy outlook despite record Q1

Samsung’s stock underlines cloudy outlook despite record Q1

Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. fell to a fresh 52-week low on Thursday despite posting record sales for the third consecutive quarter as investor...

SeAH to supply steel pipes for LNG export base in Qatar via Samsung

SeAH to supply steel pipes for LNG export base in Qatar via Samsung

  SeAH Steel Corp., the largest steel pipe manufacturer in South Korea, signed a contract on April 25 to offer Samsung C&T Corp. its stain...

LG Electronics establishes hiring-guaranteed AI department at Yonsei

LG Electronics establishes hiring-guaranteed AI department at Yonsei

LG Electronics Inc. is poised to set up a new department at Seoul-based Yonsei University to train aspiring artificial intelligence engineers. ...

Jay Y. Lee absence raises risks for Samsung chip biz

Jay Y. Lee absence raises risks for Samsung chip biz

Samsung Electronics Co. is losing its hegemony in the global semiconductor market as a sustained leadership vacuum has kept the world’s top me...

Samsung Heavy sells undelivered drillships to PEF

Samsung Heavy sells undelivered drillships to PEF

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. has sold its four undelivered drillships to a domestic private equity fund for a combined 1.04 trillion w...

Samsung to supply chip substrate for Apple’s next-gen M2 processor

Samsung to supply chip substrate for Apple’s next-gen M2 processor

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. will supply its semiconductor package substrate to Apple Inc. for the US tech giant’s next-generation M2 process...

CJ steps up US exports with new instant rice bowls

CJ steps up US exports with new instant rice bowls

South Korea's food and beverage giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. on April 21 began shipment of its new Hetbahn instant rice products for US consumers from...

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