Samsung to unveil 400-layer bonding vertical NAND for AI servers by 2026

Samsung to unveil 400-layer bonding vertical NAND for AI servers  by 2026

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to unveil a 400-layer vertical NAND flash chip by 2026 to lead the fast-g...

Korea’s economy sees slower-than-expected rebound in Q3

Korea’s economy sees slower-than-expected rebound in Q3

South Korea’s economy rebounded slower than central bank expectations in the third quarter on sluggish exports, adding to predictions that the...

Hyundai, SNU, POSTECH, KIST build joint robotics lab

Hyundai, SNU, POSTECH, KIST build joint robotics lab

Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday that it established a joint robotics research lab in collaboration with South Korea's top research institution...

Korean brokerages flock to debt market with securities bonds on bull run

Korean brokerages flock to debt market with securities bonds on bull run

South Korea’s leading brokerage houses are flocking to the debt market as bonds issued by securities companies are in growing demand, industry...

LG Elec builds EV chargers safety net for fire prevention

LG Elec builds EV chargers safety net for fire prevention

LG Electronics Inc. equipped its slow electric vehicle (EV) chargers with dual overcharge prevention technology to alleviate customer concerns and a...

KB Kookmin Bank issues €500 mn in covered bonds

KB Kookmin Bank issues €500 mn in covered bonds

South Korea's KB Kookmin Bank said on Tuesday that it issued €500 million ($545 million) in global covered bonds the previous day.Covered bonds...

HD Hyundai unveils world’s 1st high-pressure ammonia dual-fuel engine

HD Hyundai unveils world’s 1st high-pressure ammonia dual-fuel engine

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said on Thursday it has developed the world's first ammonia dual-fuel engine with a high-pressure direct injection s...

Korea to join FTSE Rusell bond index to attract $66 bn inflows

Korea to join FTSE Rusell bond index to attract $66 bn inflows

South Korea will be included in a global major bond index next year to attract an estimated $66 billion in capital inflows to Asia’s fourth-la...

Fed’s big rate cut spurs Korean firms to issue foreign bonds

Fed’s big rate cut spurs Korean firms to issue foreign bonds

South Korean companies rushed to issue foreign currency bonds after the US Federal Reserve lowered interest rates for the first time in more than fo...

Mirae Asset, global investors eye gain from sale of Hanoi skyscraper

Mirae Asset, global investors eye gain from sale of Hanoi skyscraper

South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. and shareholders in the three-building complex Landmark72, which encompasses the second-tallest skyscraper ...

Korea’s retail investors buy stocks on dips in turmoil

Korea’s retail investors buy stocks on dips in turmoil

South Korea’s individual investors took the recent turmoil in stock markets as an opportunity to buy shares at home and abroad on dips, bettin...

Korean firms rush to sell bonds with yields at over 2-yr low

Korean firms rush to sell bonds with yields at over 2-yr low

South Korea’s corporate bond markets are having an unusually busy summer as companies are rushing to sell debts to lock in lower interest cost...

Korean shipbuilders in talks for $3.3 bn Qatar LNG tanker deals

Korean shipbuilders in talks for $3.3 bn Qatar LNG tanker deals

South Korean shipbuilders are in talks with Qatari state companies for an estimated $3.3 billion in deals to manufacture additional liquefied natura...

Qxpress investors to take over Qoo10 founder's control

Qxpress investors to take over Qoo10 founder's control

Financial investors of Qxpress Pte. are set to take over Singapore-based Qoo10 Pte. and its founder Ku Young Bae’s control amid financial turm...

Korea Investment manages Vista Land $50 mn global bond issuance

Korea Investment manages Vista Land $50 mn global bond issuance

Korea Investment & Securities Co. announced on Thursday that its Hong Kong subsidiary KIS Asia managed the issuance of $50 million in global bon...

Hanwha Solutions to raise $1.5 bn amid mounting losses

Hanwha Solutions to raise $1.5 bn amid mounting losses

Hanwha Solutions Corp., the flagship unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group, is poised to raise as much as $1.5 ...

Korea’s Woori Bank raises $550 mn in AT1 hybrid bond

Korea’s Woori Bank raises $550 mn in AT1 hybrid bond

South Korean major bank Woori Bank said on Thursday that it raised $550 million by issuing additional tier 1 (AT1) hybrid bonds on July 17 with call...

Kakao Games to raise $203 mn in bonds convertible to Krafton shares

Kakao Games to raise $203 mn in bonds convertible to Krafton shares

Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is set to issue an estimated 280 billion won ($203.2 million) wort...

Won to soften past 1,400, BOK rate cut likely in Oct: poll

Won to soften past 1,400, BOK rate cut likely in Oct: poll

The Korean won is forecast to continue its downward spiral and soften past the 1,400 threshold against the greenback this year, while the Bank of Ko...

Hanmi Semiconductor eyes $1.5 billion sales in 2026

Hanmi Semiconductor eyes $1.5 billion sales in 2026

Hanmi Semiconductor Co., South Korea’s leading chip packaging equipment manufacturer, has revised upwards its annual sales target for this yea...

SK On to sell $360 mn in perpetual bonds amid tough EV market

SK On to sell $360 mn in perpetual bonds amid tough EV market

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to sell 500 billion won ($359.6 million) in its first perpetual bon...

EV battery maker LG Energy eyes $2 bn global bond sale

EV battery maker LG Energy eyes $2 bn global bond sale

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle battery maker, is poised to raise $2 billion in global bonds by the end of...

Doosan emerges as darling in Korea’s BBB bond market

Doosan emerges as darling in Korea’s BBB bond market

Doosan Co. is poised to raise up to 80 billion won ($58 million) in bond sales this week following its credit rating upgrade as the holding company ...

Korea to put poison pill adoption on new policy agenda

Korea to put poison pill adoption on new policy agenda

South Korea will put the adoption of poison pills and dual-class shares on the new policy agenda at a meeting with business leaders this month, wher...

Hanmi Semiconductor wins $110 mn HBM equipment order from SK Hynix

Hanmi Semiconductor wins $110 mn HBM equipment order from SK Hynix

South Korean chip equipment company Hanmi Semiconductor Co. announced on Friday that it has received an order from SK Hynix Inc. for its dual TC bon...

Korea’s non-financial firms rush to issue perpetual bonds

Korea’s non-financial firms rush to issue perpetual bonds

Perpetual bond offerings by non-financial firms in South Korea are poised to hit new records this year as many companies have flocked to the hybrid ...

Korea's bad loan managers seek liquidity via bond sales

Korea's bad loan managers seek liquidity via bond sales

South Korean non-performing loan (NPL) managers are increasing fundraising through corporate debt issuance given an outbreak of bad loans amid highe...

Korea’s Shinsegae building unit to raise $478 mn to cut debts

Korea’s Shinsegae building unit to raise $478 mn to cut debts

South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group’s building unit, suffering amid difficulties in the local real estate project financing sector, is s...

Korean brokerages' foreign profits up on IB, bond trading

Korean brokerages' foreign profits up on IB, bond trading

South Korean brokerage firms expanded their net profits from overseas operations last year, backed by increased gains from their investment banking ...

Korea’s Kookmin Bank raises $600 mn in global senior debts

Korea’s Kookmin Bank raises $600 mn in global senior debts

South Korea’s largest bank Kookmin Bank said on Tuesday it has issued $600 million worth of global senior secured bonds. The debts were oversu...

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