Samsung returns as foreigners’ top pick; Kospi just shy of record high

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Samsung Electronics Co., the bellwether of South Korea’s main bourse, has returned as the market darling, with foreigners buying heavily on th...
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. has begun the process to raise 1 trillion won ($900 million) in a rights offering, in what is set to be its first share...
Samsung Electronics Co., which is losing share of the global foundry market, has come under increased pressure from its bigger rival Taiwan Semicond...
As SM Entertainment Co., the label behind the global K-pop phenomenon, is up for grabs in the M&A market, the battle heats up between the countr...
Samsung Biologics will be entering the drug substance segment of the COVID-19 vaccine contract manufacturing business. According to industry sources...
Samsung Electronics Co. and Germany’s pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG have made a joint investment in the Berlin-based artificial intelligence (...
Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s largest display maker, plans to spend as much as 3 trillion won ($2.7 billion) to build a new organic light...
Samsung Life Insurance Co. has agreed to buy a 25% stake in Savills Investment Management (Savills IM) for £63.75 million ($90 million) from U...
Vision Fund, led by billionaire SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, has decided to invest around $2 billion in South Korea's largest travel platform Yan...
The world’s two largest foundry chipmakers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics Co., are upping the ante in ...
South Korea-based venture capital firm STIC Ventures has recently invested $2 million in a Vietnamese logistics startup EcoTruck, a move aimed at bo...
Samsung Biologics Co. will be manufacturing the US company Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273) from the second half of this year in Korea. ...
Kakao Corp.’s Japanese unit is set to secure 600 billion won ($530 million) from South Korea-based private equity firm Anchor Equity Partners....
Samsung Electronics Co. will invest 171 trillion won ($151 billion) by 2030 to take over the global foundry leadership from its archrival TSMC. The ...
South Korea-based Queenit, a fashion mobile platform targeting middle-aged women, has secured around 5.5 billion won ($5 million) from a pool of hig...
South Korea’s Samsung Biologics Co. is in talks with Pfizer Inc.to produce the US drugmaker’s COVID-19 vaccine under a contract manufact...
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s two largest TV makers, are striving to attract gamers to their large-size LED T...
With the global laptop computer market growing rapidly in the pandemic-caused work-and-learn from home era, Samsung Electronics Co. is working on a ...
At Dongkuk Steel Mill Co.’s main plant in Busan, some 430 km southeast of Seoul, huge rollers churning out colorful sheets never stop except w...
During Samsung Electronics Co.'s first-quarter conference call with analysts on Apr. 26, UBS analyst Nicolas Gaudois asked about the South Korean ch...
Jay Y. Lee, the heir of Samsung Group, has bolstered his grip on South Korea’s largest conglomerate by inheriting half his late father’s...
Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chul was known to be one of the most avid collectors of Korean antiques. Among his vast collection of priceless cult...
Samsung Electronics Co. has recorded the highest first-quarter revenue figures in the company’s history, thanks to strong performances in its ...
The Samsung Group heirs announced on Wednesday their donation of 2 trillion won ($1.8 billion) worth of art from the collection they inherited from ...
Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers, saw its first-quarter revenue profit jump on solid demand with its ...
South Korea’s major companies are increasingly adopting corporate storytelling as a means of rebranding their identities.As the companies enjo...
Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers, saw its first-quarter revenue profit jump on solid demand with its ...
Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s largest display maker, is selling 35 million shares in Corning Inc. back to the US company for an estimated...
Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a range of fifth-generation wireless equipment solutions targeting the US mobile service market, expected to ac...
The global chip shortage, which began with declining supply of automotive chips, is crippling swaths of industries beyond the electronic devices sec...
Samsung returns as foreigners’ top pick; Kospi just shy of record high
Samsung Electronics Co., the bellwether of South Korea’s main bourse, has returned as the market darling, with foreigners buying heavily on th...
Jun 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung Heavy launches $900 mn rights issue process
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. has begun the process to raise 1 trillion won ($900 million) in a rights offering, in what is set to be its first share...
Jun 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung loses ground in foundry market as TSMC ties in with Japanese firms
Samsung Electronics Co., which is losing share of the global foundry market, has come under increased pressure from its bigger rival Taiwan Semicond...
Jun 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
SM Entertainment emerges as next flashpoint for Kakao, Naver rivalry
As SM Entertainment Co., the label behind the global K-pop phenomenon, is up for grabs in the M&A market, the battle heats up between the countr...
Jun 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung Bio plans to manufacture mRNA drug substance from 2022
Samsung Biologics will be entering the drug substance segment of the COVID-19 vaccine contract manufacturing business. According to industry sources...
May 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung, Bayer join $90 mn investment in AI healthcare app Ada Health
Samsung Electronics Co. and Germany’s pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG have made a joint investment in the Berlin-based artificial intelligence (...
May 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung Display to expand small OLED line with $2.7 bn investment
Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s largest display maker, plans to spend as much as 3 trillion won ($2.7 billion) to build a new organic light...
May 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung Life buys 25% stake in Savills IM for $90 mn
Samsung Life Insurance Co. has agreed to buy a 25% stake in Savills Investment Management (Savills IM) for £63.75 million ($90 million) from U...
May 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Masayoshi Son-led SoftBank to invest $2 bn in Yanolja
Vision Fund, led by billionaire SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, has decided to invest around $2 billion in South Korea's largest travel platform Yan...
May 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung, TSMC up ante in US foundry competition
The world’s two largest foundry chipmakers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics Co., are upping the ante in ...
May 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
STIC Ventures invests $2 mn in Vietnamese logistics startup EcoTruck
South Korea-based venture capital firm STIC Ventures has recently invested $2 million in a Vietnamese logistics startup EcoTruck, a move aimed at bo...
May 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung Biologics to make Moderna’s mRNA vaccine from Q3
Samsung Biologics Co. will be manufacturing the US company Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273) from the second half of this year in Korea. ...
May 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Kakao Japan secures over $500 mn from Anchor Equity; valuation tops $7 bn
Kakao Corp.’s Japanese unit is set to secure 600 billion won ($530 million) from South Korea-based private equity firm Anchor Equity Partners....
May 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung to invest $151 bn in foundry by 2030, up 28.5% from initial plan
Samsung Electronics Co. will invest 171 trillion won ($151 billion) by 2030 to take over the global foundry leadership from its archrival TSMC. The ...
May 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
SoftBank Ventures invests in fashion app targeting middle-aged women
South Korea-based Queenit, a fashion mobile platform targeting middle-aged women, has secured around 5.5 billion won ($5 million) from a pool of hig...
May 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung Biologics in talks to produce Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
South Korea’s Samsung Biologics Co. is in talks with Pfizer Inc.to produce the US drugmaker’s COVID-19 vaccine under a contract manufact...
May 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung, LG go all out to lure adult gamers to LED TVs
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s two largest TV makers, are striving to attract gamers to their large-size LED T...
May 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung to jump into laptop processor market with Exynos chip in H2
With the global laptop computer market growing rapidly in the pandemic-caused work-and-learn from home era, Samsung Electronics Co. is working on a ...
May 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Color coated steel shines in style on Samsung, LG home appliances
At Dongkuk Steel Mill Co.’s main plant in Busan, some 430 km southeast of Seoul, huge rollers churning out colorful sheets never stop except w...
May 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung sharpens DRAM marketing prowess vs Micron
During Samsung Electronics Co.'s first-quarter conference call with analysts on Apr. 26, UBS analyst Nicolas Gaudois asked about the South Korean ch...
May 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Jay Y. Lee tightens grip on Samsung with increased stake in key affiliate
Jay Y. Lee, the heir of Samsung Group, has bolstered his grip on South Korea’s largest conglomerate by inheriting half his late father’s...
Apr 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Hong Ra-hee: Chief architect of Samsung Group’s art initiative
Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chul was known to be one of the most avid collectors of Korean antiques. Among his vast collection of priceless cult...
Apr 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung reports highest Q1 revenue, expects chip rebound in Q2
Samsung Electronics Co. has recorded the highest first-quarter revenue figures in the company’s history, thanks to strong performances in its ...
Apr 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung heirs to donate nearly $3 bn in cash, art
The Samsung Group heirs announced on Wednesday their donation of 2 trillion won ($1.8 billion) worth of art from the collection they inherited from ...
Apr 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung SDI Q1 sales at all-time high, says VW’s battery move long shot
Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers, saw its first-quarter revenue profit jump on solid demand with its ...
Apr 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Corporate storytelling: S.Korean firms' next growth key
South Korea’s major companies are increasingly adopting corporate storytelling as a means of rebranding their identities.As the companies enjo...
Apr 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung SDI Q1 sales at all-time high, says VW’s battery move long shot
Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers, saw its first-quarter revenue profit jump on solid demand with its ...
Apr 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung Display sells back 35 million Corning shares for $1.6 billion
Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s largest display maker, is selling 35 million shares in Corning Inc. back to the US company for an estimated...
Apr 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung unveils mid-band 5G equipment to target $9.9 bn US market
Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a range of fifth-generation wireless equipment solutions targeting the US mobile service market, expected to ac...
Apr 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Chip shortage worsens, keeps Samsung execs on edge
The global chip shortage, which began with declining supply of automotive chips, is crippling swaths of industries beyond the electronic devices sec...
Apr 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)