Dutch Envoy Pushes Korea Tech Pact Beyond ASML, Flags Photonics as Next Joint Frontier
Dutch ambassador Peter van der Vliet told Nikkei Asia that Seoul-Hague tech ties now reach beyond ASML's lithography stack, flagging photonics as the next field for joint cooperation.
Samsung Union Vote Tops 87% as 18-Day Strike Recedes — Locking In a 10-Year Treasury-Share Bonus Engine
Combined turnout in Samsung Electronics' two-union ratification ballot reached 87.4% by Day 4, locking in a 10-year, 10.5%-of-DS-profit treasury-share bonus engine worth ~₩37 trillion in 2026 alone.
Korea Debuts 2x Samsung, SK Hynix Leverage ETFs May 27 as FSS Curbs Launch Marketing
South Korea's first single-stock leveraged exchange-traded products tracking Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and SK Hynix (000660.KS) at ±2x daily returns will list on the Korea Exchange (KRX, Korea's
Samsung, SK Hynix Drive 43% of Record ₩48 Trillion KOSPI Turnover Even as Foreigners Dump ₩46 Trillion
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix accounted for 43% of KOSPI's record ₩48 trillion daily average May turnover even as foreigners net-sold ₩4.6 trillion of Korean stocks over 12 record sessions.
Kakao Heads to Final Mediation as First-Ever Headquarters Strike Looms
Kakao Corp. (035720.KS) heads into a second and final mediation session Wednesday, May 27, with the Gyeonggi Regional Labor Relations Commission, with a failure unlocking the legal right to stage the first walkout in Kakao headquarters history.
DB Insurance to Close $1.65B Fortegra Buyout May 30 in Korea's First US Insurer M&A
DB Insurance (005830.KS) closes its $1.65B Fortegra buyout May 30 — Korea's first US insurer takeover and the industry's largest cross-border M&A.
Samsung Electronics Opens Shareholder Register to Retail Activists Challenging $434,000 Worker Bonus Pool
Samsung Electronics has agreed to let an organised group of minority shareholders inspect its full shareholder register on May 27 or 28, the first procedural step toward forcing an extraordinary gener
Korea's National Growth Fund Hits 87% Sell-Through on Day One; KOSDAQ Surges 4.99%
South Korea's first retail-accessible tranche of the National Growth Fund — a five-year, ₩150 trillion ($109.
Nomura Sets Street-High ₩4M SK Hynix Target as Korean Brokers Pile Into TSMC-Style Re-Rating
Nomura Securities became the first broker on record to put a ₩4,000,000 price target on SK Hynix , up from ₩2,340,000 in a report dated May 17, 2026 .
Korea to List 18 Leveraged ETFs on Samsung, SK Hynix May 27
LG Corp Cancels Remaining ₩350 Billion in Treasury Shares, Closing Out 2024 Value-Up Pledge
LG Corp (003550.KS), the Seoul-listed holding company of South Korea's LG Group, said on May 22 it will cancel its entire remaining treasury stake — 3,029,581 c
Samsung's 12% Bonus Pact Faces Shareholder Test; KEF Warns ILO of Contagion
A Samsung Electronics shareholder group on Thursday demanded a general-meeting vote on the chipmaker's 12% profit-sharing pact with its union, hours before the Korea Enterprise Federation flew to Geneva to warn the ILO of N-percent pay-share contagion.