Samsung’s Q2 operating profit halves amid sluggish chip sales

Samsung’s Q2 operating profit halves amid sluggish chip sales

Samsung Electronics Co.'s operating profit in the second quarter missed market expectations, with a 56% on-year fall, as its mainstay semiconductor ...

Hanjin KAL roars on hints of renewed control dispute with Hoban

Hanjin KAL roars on hints of renewed control dispute with Hoban

Shares of Hanjin KAL Corp., the holding firm of South Korean flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co., extended their rally Wednesday after surging by the ...

HD Hyundai on course for $1.55 bn order amid US-China trade war

HD Hyundai on course for $1.55 bn order amid US-China trade war

HD Hyundai Co., the world’s largest shipbuilding group, is emerging as a key beneficiary of the Trump administration’s tariff policies a...

SK Hynix sharply narrows gap with Samsung’s market cap

SK Hynix sharply narrows gap with Samsung’s market cap

SK Hynix Inc. has significantly raised its value by bolstering its presence in the artificial intelligence memory market, threatening Samsung Electr...

Samsung foundry ‘relief pitcher’ Han Jin-man vows to improve 2-nm yields

Samsung foundry ‘relief pitcher’ Han Jin-man vows to improve 2-nm yields

Samsung Electronics Co.'s new contract chipmaking business chief said on Monday he will go all-in to improve the company’s advanced 2-nanomete...

TVing beefs up sports content, narrowing gap with Netflix

TVing beefs up sports content, narrowing gap with Netflix

TVing, a South Korean over-the-top (OTT) platform, is beefing up its live sports programming and TV series featuring baseball players to catch up to...

Korea Inc. rushes to booming local corporate bond market

Korea Inc. rushes to booming local corporate bond market

South Korean companies are rushing to raise money in the local corporate bond market, which is unusually buoyant at year's end amid expectations of ...

SK Innovation-SK E&S merger creates Asia’s No. 1 energy supplier

SK Innovation-SK E&S merger creates Asia’s No. 1 energy supplier

SK Group on Friday launched the merged entity between SK Innovation Co. and liquefied natural gas supplier SK E&S Co., a key step in the energy-...

CU, GS25 in fierce race for top spot in Korea’s convenience store market

CU, GS25 in fierce race for top spot in Korea’s convenience store market

Using multiple measures, CU and GS25 both claim they are the No. 1 player in South Korea’s convenience store (CV) market.CU, operated by BGF R...

TCL narrows gap with Samsung in premium mini LED TV segment

TCL narrows gap with Samsung in premium mini LED TV segment

China’s TCL Technology, the world’s No. 2 TV maker, has been expanding its presence not only in the market for cheap LCD TVs but also in...

Samsung brings AI tech to its latest TV lineup to rival LG’s OLED TVs

Samsung brings AI tech to its latest TV lineup to rival LG’s OLED TVs

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest TV maker, said on Wednesday it is bringing artificial intelligence technology to its 2024 TV line...

KEPCO narrows losses with 2nd straight quarterly profit

KEPCO narrows losses with 2nd straight quarterly profit

South Korea’s power utility Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) on Friday posted its second straight quarterly profit, sharply above market for...

Hana Bank at record profit; office bets hit Hana Securities

Hana Bank at record profit; office bets hit Hana Securities

South Korea’s Hana Financial Group on Wednesday reported a dip in net profit in 2023, with record earnings at its flagship Hana Bank offset by...

S.Korea’s November travel account deficit doubles vs October

S.Korea’s November travel account deficit doubles vs October

South Korea’s travel account deficit doubled to $1.28 billion in November 2023 compared to the previous month, narrowing the current account s...

Samsung’s narrowed Q4 chip losses fuel bullish 2024 outlook

Samsung’s narrowed Q4 chip losses fuel bullish 2024 outlook

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips, smartphones and TVs, said on Tuesday its chip business losses significantl...

S.Korea’s semiconductor exports rebound in 1st 10 days of November

S.Korea’s semiconductor exports rebound in 1st 10 days of November

South Korea’s semiconductor exports rose in the first 10 days of November, reversing their 13-month downward trend, data show, raising the pro...

LG Display narrows Q3 losses, sees turnaround in Q4

LG Display narrows Q3 losses, sees turnaround in Q4

LG Display Co. said on Wednesday it will likely turn a profit in the fourth quarter of this year, snapping its losing streak of the past six quarter...

Korean cars' gap vs. Japanese to narrow in UAE under CEPA

Korean cars' gap vs. Japanese to narrow in UAE under CEPA

South Korean carmakers are expected to rapidly catch up to their Japanese rivals in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after their home country and the ...

LG Uplus set to catch up to KT as Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier

LG Uplus set to catch up to KT as Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier

  LG Uplus Corp., the perennial No. 3 mobile carrier in South Korea, is fast catching up to its closest rival KT Corp. to rank second just beh...

Samsung Electronics’ narrowed Q3 chip losses fuel more bullish outlook

Samsung Electronics’ narrowed Q3 chip losses fuel more bullish outlook

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips, smartphones and TVs, said on Wednesday it likely posted a 78% drop in it...

Samsung narrows gap with TSMC in foundry market share

Samsung narrows gap with TSMC in foundry market share

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. has narrowed its market share gap with foundry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), pos...

Samsung Elec shares regain momentum after narrower chip loss in Q2

Samsung Elec shares regain momentum after narrower chip loss in Q2

Samsung Electronics Co. reaffirmed the recovery in the global chip market in the latter half of this year after confirming a downward trend in memor...

Dongwon Group drops bid to take over McDonald’s Korea

Dongwon Group drops bid to take over McDonald’s Korea

Dongwon Group has canceled its bid to take over McDonald's franchise in South Korea."We reviewed the takeover of McDonald's Korea but our conclusion...

Samsung Galaxy S23 to land in Japan to take on iPhone

Samsung Galaxy S23 to land in Japan to take on iPhone

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, will launch its flagship Galaxy S23 series in Japan later this month to compete wit...

Samsung's foundry sales nearly match DRAM revenue

Samsung's foundry sales nearly match DRAM revenue

Contract chipmaking sales at Samsung Electronics Co. nearly matched its DRAM chip revenue in the final quarter of last year, narrowing their sales g...

LG Uplus narrows operating profit gap with bigger rivals in 2022

LG Uplus narrows operating profit gap with bigger rivals in 2022

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, reported more than 1 trillion won ($814.2 million) in operating profit in 2022 for...

D.Day X D.Camp All Star event aims to narrow gap between VC and startup

D.Day X D.Camp All Star event aims to narrow gap between VC and startup

Come this Thursday, D.Camp operated by the Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs will host the biggest demo day of the year, in collaboration wit...

NPS narrows search for new CIO to two major candidates

NPS narrows search for new CIO to two major candidates

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund managing 917.2 trillion won ($692 billion) in asset...

Korea to cut spending in 2023, first time in 13 years

Korea to cut spending in 2023, first time in 13 years

South Korea plans to reduce spending in 2023 for the first time in 13 years by cutting pandemic-era stimulus payments in a move to curb the country&...

Hyundai narrows Level 3 self-driving tech gap with Tesla to one year

Hyundai narrows Level 3 self-driving tech gap with Tesla to one year

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has narrowed its technology gap in Level 3 self-driving vehicles with Tesla Inc. to one year, mo...

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