Samsung Union Puts Chairman to a Vote Amid Bonus Backlash
Samsung's largest union holds confidence vote on chairman after May wage deal's chip-tilted bonus structure drove 20,000 members to quit.
ABL Bio Gastric Cancer Drug Wins FDA Fast Track as Phase 3 Launch Nears
ABL Bio's bispecific antibody Givastomig received FDA Fast Track designation for HER2-negative advanced gastric cancer on June 16, accelerating its path to a Phase 3 trial opening in Q4 2026.
SK Group Tops ₩2,000 Trillion — and 94% Rides on SK Hynix
SK Group — South Korea's second-largest conglomerate by market value, anchored by memory-chip maker SK Hynix — saw the combined market capitalization of its lis
Hanwha Ocean Bids for Canada's USD 44 Billion Submarine Fleet as Ottawa Weighs Final Choice Between Korea and Germany
Canada is set to pick between South Korea's Hanwha Ocean and Germany's TKMS for a USD 43.5 billion submarine contract — the largest Korean defense export ever if won. Decision expected June 2026.
Samsung Retakes North American Mini-LED TV Lead From Hisense — But the World Cup Quarter Will Settle It
Samsung Electronics captured 40% of North America's mini-LED TV market in Q1 2026, surpassing Hisense's 27% and reversing a narrow 2025 loss.
Lotte Shopping Hits 52-Week High as Korea's Department Stores Post Up to 13% Single-Day Gains on Tourist Boom and Semiconductor-Belt Wealth Effect
Lotte Shopping surged 13.3% to a 52-week high and Shinsegae gained 8.7% on June 16 as record foreign tourism and semiconductor bonus spending push Korea's big-three department store operators toward f
SK Telecom Denies China-Link Behind US Anthropic AI Ban
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Labor Panel Orders Hyundai Motor Into Direct Talks With Subcontractor Unions in Korea's First Yellow Envelope Ruling
South Korea's Ulsan labor commission ruled Hyundai Motor must bargain directly with 1,675 subcontracted workers — the first test of the March 2026 Yellow Envelope law, with manufacturing-wide implications.
Hanwha Lifts KAI Stake to 9.04%, Locks In No. 2 Spot With a USD 332 Million Purchase
Hanwha Group combined holdings in Korea Aerospace Industries reached 9.04% on Monday, making it the second-largest shareholder as the group declared management-participation intent and approved another USD 332 million tranche.
Kakao Embeds ChatGPT in KakaoTalk Chats for 49 Million Korean Users
Kakao has launched a ChatGPT chatbot inside KakaoTalk chat rooms, letting 49 million South Korean users access OpenAI AI without leaving the app.
Samsung-Boston Dynamics Stake Talk Is a Brokerage Scenario, Not a Deal — and Samsung Calls It 'Groundless'
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Lee Dong-chul Leads Korea's Card Lobby on Stablecoin Push
Lee Dong-chul, the former vice chairman of KB Financial Group — one of South Korea's largest financial holding companies, listed in Seoul as 105560.KS