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Stake investments
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)
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Electronics
LG Electronics enjoys OLED TV boom with record Q1 shipments
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is enjoying the growing popularity of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs, posting a record shipment in ...
May 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
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)
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COVID-19
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)
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Earnings
Korean firms emerge triumphant from pandemic with record Q1 profits
South Korean companies have posted their best-ever quarterly sales and operating profits, emerging from a year-long slump caused by the global COVID...
May 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Dongkuk Steel’s Q1 operating profit hits 5-year high as economy recovers
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea’s third-largest steelmaker, on Monday reported its largest quarterly operating profit in nearly five years...
May 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
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)
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Earnings
SK Innovation eyes strong battery orders after returning to Q1 profit
SK Innovation Co., a major South Korean oil refiner and battery maker, has returned to an operating profit in the first quarter, boosted by gains in...
May 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID vaccines
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)
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Electronics
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)
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PEF divestments
PEFs knocking on door of Korean IPO market for profitable divestment
South Korean and overseas private equity firms are knocking on the door of the initial public offering market for profitable divestments, riding the...
May 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
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)
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Steel
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)
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Korean chipmakers
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)
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Samsung Group
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)
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Samsung Group
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)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix CEO bullish on memory outlook, eyes $12 billion profit
The chief executive of SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, aims to achieve as much as 13 trillion won ($12 billion) in...
Apr 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
LG Electronics, Mirae Asset to launch $90 mn fund to invest in startups
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. and Mirae Asset Group have agreed to launch a 100 billion won ($90 million) joint venture-capital fund to he...
Apr 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Electronics expects auto parts business to turn profitable in H2
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday it expects its loss-making auto parts business to turn to profit in the second half of this...
Apr 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
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)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Amorepacific posts 191.1% growth in Q1 profit, recovers in China
South Korea’s cosmetics giant Amorepacific Group reported a sharp turnaround in revenue and operating profit for the first quarter of 2021.The...
Apr 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix mulls foundry expansion, advances capex to ease chip shortage
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday that it is looking into various options to grow its foundry busi...
Apr 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Inheritance tax
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)
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Earnings
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)
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Earnings
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)
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Earnings
POSCO revises up sales target after Q1 profit rises to 10-year high
South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO said on Monday it’s raising this year’s sales target by 17.5% after posting its highest q...
Apr 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
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)
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Electronics
LG Display set to turn profitable as LCD shortage boosts prices
LG Display Co., a major South Korean display panel maker, has been in the red for years, weighed by subdued panel prices amid a supply glut caused b...
Apr 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Motor Q1 net profit triples; chip shortage dims Q2 outlook
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday its first-quarter net profit nearly tripled to the highest level in four years,...
Apr 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
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)
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