Korea's Ready-Mix Concrete Union Votes 87.8% for June 8 Strike, Targeting Samsung Pyeongtaek and SK Hynix Yongin Fab Sites
South Korea's ready-mix concrete delivery union voted 87.8% in favor of a June 8 work stoppage, putting concrete supply to Samsung Electronics' Pyeongtaek campus and SK Hynix's Yongin Semiconductor Cluster at risk of disruption in a dispute over collective bargaining rights for independent contractor drivers.
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Samsung's Financial Trio Pays ₩613 Billion for Dunamu Stake, Betting on Korea's Won Stablecoin Era
Samsung Securities, Samsung SDS and Samsung Card are paying a combined ₩612.8 billion for a 4% stake in Dunamu, South Korea's largest crypto exchange operator, as Korean financial institutions race to secure positions ahead of an anticipated won-pegged stablecoin regime.
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Korea Biopharma: $10.4B Exports, Approvals Drop 38% — ING
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LG (003550.KS) Q1 2026: Equity Earnings Halve, Profit Slumps 35%
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Korea's Petrochemical Q1 Rebound Looks Set to Reverse as War Premium Fades and 'Reverse Lagging' Looms
South Korea's petrochemical sector is bracing for a second-half profit reversal as the war-driven ethylene-naphtha spread collapses toward breakeven, threatening companies including LG Chem and Lotte Chemical.
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Korea's ₩153 Trillion Trading Day Hides a Deeper Split: Credit Freeze, IPO Drought Widen
South Korea's equity markets logged a record ₩153.7 trillion trading day on June 1, yet corporate bond issuance sits at a decade low and IPO listings have more than halved year-on-year — a K-shaped split that index gains are masking.
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Samsung and SK Hynix Back Anthropic's Record USD 65B Round as AI Unicorn Files Near-$1 Trillion IPO
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix joined Anthropic as strategic infrastructure partners in its USD 65 billion Series H, lifting the AI lab to a USD 965 billion valuation ahead of a confidential S-1 filing. SK Telecom's USD 100M stake, booked at KRW 1.3 trillion, could revalue to KRW 3 trillion-plus at IPO.
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Samsung and SK hynix Bonus Windfall Lifts Luxury Sales Up to 200% at Korea's Semicon-Belt Department Stores
Department stores in Korea's semiconductor-belt — home to Samsung Electronics and SK hynix facilities — logged luxury sales surging up to 200% year-on-year in the first five months of 2026, as AI-chip profits translated into some of the biggest paychecks in Korean corporate history.
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Samsung (005930.KS) Overtakes Meta to Enter Global Top 10
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Samsung Electronics Overtakes Meta to Become World's 10th-Largest Company by Market Value
Samsung Electronics ranked 10th globally by market cap on June 2, surpassing Meta at USD 1.56 trillion — the first time the Korean chipmaker has entered the top 10.
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KT&G (033780.KS) Q1 2026: Tobacco Exports Drive 28% Profit Surge to ₩364.5B
Overseas cigarette expansion and a weaker won push operating margin to 21.4%, but a ₩182.3 billion non-cash FX translation gain inflates headline net income — r
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