Meta (META) AI Glasses Hit Korea; Dev API Still Delayed
- 02
NH Investment Bets on H2 ESS Order Surge for Korean Battery Makers
NH Investment & Securities forecasts ESS and EV order surge in H2 2026 will drive earnings upgrades for LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, and Korean battery sector peers.
- 03
LG Innotek to Build Vietnam Substrate Plant as Gumi Lines Near Capacity
LG Innotek, the LG Group affiliate that makes camera modules and semiconductor substrates, said on June 4 it will build a new chip-substrate plant in Haiphong, Vietnam's northern port city, signing a
- 04
Kakao Games (293490.KQ) Sets June 22 Vote on LY Co-CEOs
- 05
Hyundai AutoEver (307950.KS) Q1 2026: 12% Revenue Growth Masks 21% Profit Drop on Outsourcing Surge
- 06
KOSPI Firms Paid a Record ₩52.8 Trillion in 2024 Dividends as Chip Boom Flooded Payout Pool
KOSPI-listed firms returned a record ₩52.8 trillion to shareholders in 2024, up 15.9% from a year earlier, as the semiconductor super cycle inflated profits and the number of companies disclosing value-enhancement plans tripled to 329.
- 07
Korea Card Lobby CREFIA Taps Ex-KB Insider Lee Dong-chul
- 08
Samsung Turns Galaxy Watch Into an AI Health Companion With Seven New Metrics, Ahead of July Unpacked
Samsung unveiled seven new AI-powered health features for Galaxy Watch on Wednesday — including a Heart Health Score, Hearing Health monitor, and five-signal overnight Vitals tracker — with the update rolling out June 8 and Galaxy Watch 9 widely expected at Samsung Unpacked in London on July 22.
- 09
SK's Chey Seals TSMC Pact for HBM4 Base Dies, Completing Nvidia-SK-TSMC Triangle at Computex
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won completed a trilateral AI chip alliance tour at Computex 2026, meeting TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei to anchor HBM4 base-die and packaging cooperation — the structural link between SK Hynix memory and Nvidia's Vera Rubin GPU platform.
- 10
SK Inc. (034730.KS) Halts $3.7B Siltron Sale — AI Chip Boom
- 11
LS (006260.KS) Q1 2026: ₩9.5T Revenue Record, Op Profit +56%, Net Income Halved
LS Corporation posted record quarterly revenue of ₩9.5T in Q1 2026, up 37.5% YoY, with operating profit rising 56.4% — but net income halved due to hedging flows.
- 12
Celltrion (068270.KS) Nears ₩2 Trillion Cancellation Goal
- 13
Samsung's First Majority Union Loses Its Footing as 100-Fold Bonus Gap Drives 17,730-Member Exodus
The cross-enterprise union that made history as Samsung Electronics' first-ever majority labor body slipped to 58,270 members by June 4 — 6,230 short of the 64,500 threshold — as a wage deal granting chip workers up to ₩600 million while capping DX employees at ₩6 million triggered a sustained exodus from the union's April 7 peak of 76,000.
LineVest Daily
Get this wrap in your inbox every morning.
One email before the U.S. open — the earnings, filings, and guidance changes that matter, in plain English. Free.
Subscribe free