Samsung 2026 Wage Deal Done; Union Sheds 6,000 in DS-DX Rift
Samsung's largest union shed 6,000 members in days after the 2026 wage deal passed at 73.7%, as the DS chip division split from DX over a bonus formula tied to semiconductor profits.
LG Energy Solution: $1.6B ESS Deal With DTE Lifts Shares 15%
LG Energy Solution signed a $1.6 billion (₩2.4 trillion) two-year ESS supply contract with DTE Energy for 6 GWh of batteries, sending shares up 15% on May 28.
Kakao Strike Looms as Wage Talks Fail; Stock at 52-Week Low
Kakao Corp. faces its first general strike in 16 years after a second round of government-mediated wage talks broke down on May 27. CEO Chung Shin-a apologized, and the union has set a June 10 Pangyo
Korea's First Single-Stock Leverage ETFs Pull ₩3.5 Trillion on Debut; All 18 Products Halt as SK Hynix Crosses $1 Trillion
Korea's first single-stock leveraged ETFs drew about ₩3.5 trillion ($2.33B) of net inflows on debut, tripped both static and dynamic volatility halts across all 18 products, and helped push SK Hynix into the $1 trillion market-cap club at ₩1,598.6T (about $1.065T).
Three Samsung Affiliates Buy 4% of Upbit Operator Dunamu for ₩612.8 Billion, 33 Days Before Naver Absorption
Samsung Securities, SDS, and Card will jointly acquire 4% of Dunamu (Upbit's parent) for KRW 612.8 billion ($447M), 33 days before Naver Financial absorbs Dunamu in a KRW 15.1 trillion stock swap.
KB Financial Pulls Rebellions Into Korean Banking AI Stack Months Before Chip Maker's IPO
KB Financial Group signed a partnership with Rebellions on May 27 to embed the AI-chip startup's NPUs into its banking AI stack, reframing a 4-year VC relationship months before Rebellions' 2026 IPO.
Huang-Wei Taipei Dinner Telegraphs AI Supply Crunch — and Sets the Stage for SK's Chey at GTC Taipei
Nvidia's Jensen Huang and TSMC's C.C. Wei held a closed-door Taipei dinner on May 26 over next-gen AI chip production, days before SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won meets both at GTC Taipei on June 1.
Hanmi Pharmaceutical to Debut Second Muscle-Preserving Obesity Drug at ADA 2026
Hanmi Pharmaceutical will unveil LA-MSTN, its second muscle-preserving obesity drug candidate, at the American Diabetes Association annual meeting in New Orleans on June 5-8, 2026, alongside seven other obesity-pipeline studies.
Samsung Wage Deal Passes 73.7%, Hard-Wiring 10.5% of Chip Profit Into a Bonus Pool That Shareholders Want to Void
Samsung Electronics' joint unions ratified the 2026 wage deal at 73.7%, but a minority-shareholder group said on May 27 it will file a nullification suit against the 10.5%-of-chip-profit bonus pool as a disguised dividend that bypassed shareholder approval.
Samsung, SK Hynix 2x Single-Stock ETFs Debut as Korea's Pre-Trade Education Site Buckles Under Retail Surge
Eight Korean asset managers debuted 18 single-stock leverage products on Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix on May 27, 2026, with KOFIA's mandatory pre-trade education site crashing as cumulative enrollees passed 200,000.
Samsung Union Ratifies Wage Deal at 73.7%, Tying DS Bonuses to 10.5% of Chip Profit
Samsung Electronics' union ratified the 2026 wage deal at 73.7%, formally lifting strike risk; the Chogieop chip union approved 80.6% versus just 21.1% at Jeonsamno, with a May 29 court hearing on a separate DX-union injunction still pending.
Kakao Heads Into Final Mediation as First-Ever Joint Strike Looms at Five Affiliates
Kakao sits down Wednesday for a second mediation at the Gyeonggi Regional Labor Relations Commission with unions at five group companies, where failure would trigger the first-ever strike at Kakao headquarters alongside walkouts at Kakao Pay, Kakao Enterprise, XL Games and DK Techin.