Samsung Trio Buys ₩612.8B Dunamu Stake as Korean Finance Giants Race for Crypto Turf
Samsung Securities, SDS and Card are buying a combined 4% stake in Dunamu — operator of Korea's largest crypto exchange Upbit — for ₩612.8B ($408M), joining Hanwha, Hana, Mirae Asset and Korea Investment in a race for digital-asset turf ahead of Seoul's stablecoin framework.
Samsung Defends Global TV Crown as China's TCL Narrows the Gap to 2.7 Points
Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), Korea's largest company and the world's top television maker by shipments, held its No. 1 position in the global TV market in the first quarter of 2026 — but the lead
Korean Ministers Split: Reinvest or Share the AI Chip Windfall?
South Korea's cabinet has aired an unusually public disagreement over what should happen to the record profits its memory-chip makers are reaping from the artificial-intelligence boom.
KOSPI Record 8,476: Jensen Huang Visit Sends LG to Limit-Up
Prosecutors Raid 3 SK Hynix Suppliers in Price-Fixing Probe
Seoul prosecutors raided three semiconductor-materials suppliers to SK Hynix on May 28, alleging price-fixing on bonding wire and solder ball materials sold to the world's second-largest memory-chip m
SK On CEO Lee Seok-hee Steps Down After Completing Ford JV Exit; Lee Yong-wook Takes Sole Helm
SK On President Lee Seok-hee is stepping down at end of May 2026 on health grounds after sealing the BlueOval SK dissolution with Ford. Lee Yong-wook takes sole CEO helm as SK On posts ₩349B operating loss in Q1 2026.
Samsung's Smaller Union Asks Court to Block Record Chip-Bonus Deal Backed by Larger Unions
A minority labor union at Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), the world's largest memory-chip and television maker, said Friday it will keep fighting in court to stop a freshly ratified wage agreement th
Kakao Nears First-Ever Strike Over Pay vs. Record Profit
Kakao management declared the union's demand for 13-15% of operating profit as performance pay an unbearable burden on company survival, while announcing contingency plans ahead of a first-ever strike
Samsung, SK Hynix Join Anthropic's $65B Round; Foundry Order Unconfirmed
Samsung Electronics , the world's largest memory-chip maker, and SK Hynix , the global leader in high-bandwidth memory , have joined the Series H funding round of Anthropic, the U.S. developer of the
K-water Drill Cements KakaoTalk in Korea Disaster Alert
K-water staged a flood-season drill at Soyang Dam on May 28, confirming KakaoTalk (035720.KS) as one of three official channels for alerting downstream residents to dam discharges before Korea's June
Nvidia's Jensen Huang Heads to Korea After GTC Taipei to Court Four Chaebol Chairmen on HBM and Physical AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to visit Korea in early June after GTC Taipei, meeting Samsung, SK Hynix, LG and Hyundai chairmen on HBM supply and physical AI.
Korea's FSS Opens Wash-Trading Probe Into Samsung-SK Hynix Single-Stock Leverage ETFs One Day After Debut
Korea's Financial Supervisory Service opened a wash-trading probe into single-stock leverage ETFs tied to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, one day after the products drew record day-one retail flows