SK's Chey Seals TSMC Pact for HBM4 Base Dies, Completing Nvidia-SK-TSMC Triangle at Computex
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won completed a trilateral AI chip alliance tour at Computex 2026, meeting TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei to anchor HBM4 base-die and packaging cooperation — the structural link between SK Hynix memory and Nvidia's Vera Rubin GPU platform.
SK Inc. (034730.KS) Halts $3.7B Siltron Sale — AI Chip Boom
Celltrion (068270.KS) Nears ₩2 Trillion Cancellation Goal
Samsung's First Majority Union Loses Its Footing as 100-Fold Bonus Gap Drives 17,730-Member Exodus
The cross-enterprise union that made history as Samsung Electronics' first-ever majority labor body slipped to 58,270 members by June 4 — 6,230 short of the 64,500 threshold — as a wage deal granting chip workers up to ₩600 million while capping DX employees at ₩6 million triggered a sustained exodus from the union's April 7 peak of 76,000.
Korea's Ready-Mix Concrete Union Votes 87.8% for June 8 Strike, Targeting Samsung Pyeongtaek and SK Hynix Yongin Fab Sites
South Korea's ready-mix concrete delivery union voted 87.8% in favor of a June 8 work stoppage, putting concrete supply to Samsung Electronics' Pyeongtaek campus and SK Hynix's Yongin Semiconductor Cluster at risk of disruption in a dispute over collective bargaining rights for independent contractor drivers.
Samsung's Financial Trio Pays ₩613 Billion for Dunamu Stake, Betting on Korea's Won Stablecoin Era
Samsung Securities, Samsung SDS and Samsung Card are paying a combined ₩612.8 billion for a 4% stake in Dunamu, South Korea's largest crypto exchange operator, as Korean financial institutions race to secure positions ahead of an anticipated won-pegged stablecoin regime.
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.
