Samsung Life eyes CPPIB-style stake purchases in GPs

Samsung Life Insurance Co. has drawn attention from South Korean pension and savings funds with its $90 million purchase last month of a stake in Sa...

Hanwha to buy $900 mn Hanwha General shares from Samsung

Two Hanwha Group units have decided to buy the remaining stake in their affiliate Hanwha General Chemical Co. for 1 trillion won ($880 million) from...

Samsung Asset in $12.4 bn oil pipeline stake purchase

South Korea's Samsung Asset Management Co. has participated in a $12.4 billion acquisition of a 49% stake in Aramco Oil Pipelines Co., a unit of Sau...

Samsung, LG take major steps forward in 6G commercialization

“It’s never too early to start preparing for 6G,” said Samsung Electronics Co. last July in releasing The Next Hyper-Connected Exp...

Samsung Electronics to market wearable robot for healthcare by year-end

Samsung Electronics Co. will commercialize a wearable robot for healthcare by the end of this year as the South Korean tech giant is delving into th...

Samsung’s new 5G multi-chip combines DRAM, NAND into one package

Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new multi-chip that integrates high-performance DRAM and NAND flash memory chips into a single compact packag...

Samsung SDI mulls EV battery JV in US; partnership with global automaker

Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea’s top three electric vehicle battery makers, is considering launching a battery production joint venture i...

Memory leader Samsung aims to strengthen system chips, foundry

Samsung Electronics Co. is forecast to keep its memory leadership amid growing competition, although the South Korean tech giant has some catching u...

Samsung unveils low-end 5G phone to rival China’s cheap models

Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday launched a low-end 5G smartphone in overseas markets amid intensified price competition initiated by Chinese mobil...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 (...

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...

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...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...