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Korea Orders Weverse, Kakao to Scrap No-Refund K-pop Terms
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Korea Orders Weverse, Kakao to Scrap No-Refund K-pop Terms

South Korea's antitrust regulator has ordered the operators behind the country's biggest K-pop fan platforms to rewrite paid-membership contracts that blocked refunds and barred cancellations, a consu

2026.06.11.1
LG Chem Defends Eutropin, Korea's No. 1 Growth-Hormone Brand
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LG Chem Defends Eutropin, Korea's No. 1 Growth-Hormone Brand

LG Chem releases 14-year observational data on growth hormone Eutropin, confirming 0.2% serious adverse reaction rate and stable thyroid/glucose markers, as new EcoPen device aims to defend Korea's top pediatric growth-hormone franchise.

2026.06.11.0
Samsung Opens Its Workforce to ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude as Altman Heads to Suwon
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Samsung Opens Its Workforce to ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude as Altman Heads to Suwon

Samsung Electronics opens ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude to its DX division starting June 12, as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman heads to Suwon and Seoul for AI partnership talks with Samsung, Kakao, and Naver.

2026.06.11.0
SK Hynix (000660.KS) Nears US ADR Listing, $14B Raise Eyed
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SK Hynix (000660.KS) Nears US ADR Listing, $14B Raise Eyed

2026.06.11.1
Kakao Ex-CEO Wins Second Acquittal in Baram Buyout Case
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Kakao Ex-CEO Wins Second Acquittal in Baram Buyout Case

Seoul High Court dismissed prosecutors' appeal, upholding the not-guilty verdict for former Kakao Entertainment CEO Kim Sung-su on breach-of-trust charges over the 2020 Baram Pictures acquisition.

2026.06.11.0
SK Hynix to Triple Wafer Capacity by 2034, Eyes Overseas Fabs
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SK Hynix to Triple Wafer Capacity by 2034, Eyes Overseas Fabs

SK Hynix (000660.KS), Korea's second-largest chipmaker by revenue and the world's leading supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in AI servers,

2026.06.10.0
Apple Halts Siri AI in EU — Korea's iPhone Suppliers Exhale
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Apple Halts Siri AI in EU — Korea's iPhone Suppliers Exhale

2026.06.10.5
Korea to Scrap Banks' 'Network Separation' Rule by Year-End
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Korea to Scrap Banks' 'Network Separation' Rule by Year-End

2026.06.10.1
Samsung, SK hynix Drive an HBM Equipment 'Supercycle'
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Samsung, SK hynix Drive an HBM Equipment 'Supercycle'

AI demand has turned HBM memory into a capital-spending story: UBS projects wafer-fab-equipment revenue at USD250B by 2028 as Samsung and SK hynix race to build new packaging fabs.

2026.06.10.0
KB Securities: CXMT IPO a 'Catalyst,' Not a Threat for Samsung
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KB Securities: CXMT IPO a 'Catalyst,' Not a Threat for Samsung

South Korea's KB Securities, one of the country's largest brokerages, told clients on June 10 that the looming initial public offering of Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) — China's largest DRAM mak

2026.06.10.0
Samsung Shareholders Sue for Register Access in Bonus-Pool Dispute
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Samsung Shareholders Sue for Register Access in Bonus-Pool Dispute

Act, a Korean certification-based platform that organizes minority investors into shareholder associations, said on June 10 it has filed a court injun

2026.06.10.0
Samsung (005930.KS) Anchors $175M Element Biosciences Round
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Samsung (005930.KS) Anchors $175M Element Biosciences Round

2026.06.10.4