Korea Biopharma: $10.4B Exports, Approvals Drop 38% — ING
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.
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.
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.
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.
Samsung (005930.KS) Overtakes Meta to Enter Global Top 10
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.
Korea's Samsung, SK Hynix Single-Stock Leverage ETFs Churn ₩37 Trillion in Turnover in Four Days, Stoking Overheating Alarms
Single-stock leveraged ETFs on Samsung and SK Hynix racked up ₩37 trillion in turnover within four trading days of their May 27 launch, while Samsung Electronics' market cap crossed USD 1.56 trillion to displace Meta from the global top 10.
Goldman Sachs Raises KOSPI Target to 12,000 as Korea Posts 300% Earnings Boom, Top Pick in Asia
South Korea's KOSPI closed at 8,801 on June 2 as Goldman Sachs raised its 12-month target to 12,000 — a further 35% upside — citing 300% earnings growth, the sharpest annual profit surge in any Asian market since Korea's own 1999 post-crisis rebound, and a 'Higher for Longer' memory supercycle.
SK Group Chair Vows to Double HBM Wafer Output in Five Years as Huang Hails Hynix’s USD 1 Trillion Cap
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won pledged at Computex 2026 to double SK hynix’s wafer production capacity within five years, warning the global HBM supply crunch will persist through 2030, as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hailed SK hynix’s USD 1 trillion market-cap milestone at a bilateral Taipei meeting.
Samsung (005930.KS) Shows HBM5, Targets SK hynix HBM Lead
Korea Investment Joins Goldman, BofA and Barclays on Carlyle's €7.7 Billion BASF Coatings Deal in Korean Brokerage's Global First
Korea Investment & Securities Co. has secured its first joint lead arranger seat on a global mega-deal, joining Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Securities and Barclays on the roughly €4.5 billion debt package backing Carlyle Group's €7.7 billion acquisition of BASF SE's coatings division.