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Labor ministry says ‘too early’ to speak of using emergency arbitration powers against Samsung strike
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The labor ministry said Wednesday it is “too early” to speak of invoking emergency arbitration powers despite the breakdown of…
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[Breaking] Samsung Electronics union to launch strike after talks collapse
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Samsung Electronics’ Labor Union said Wednesday it would proceed with a general strike starting Thursday after last-minute government-mediated talks failed…
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KOSPI Whipsaws Before Closing Above 7,500 While Won-Dollar Rate Holds Above 1500
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On the afternoon of May 18, the won-dollar exchange rate and KOSPI figures were displayed on an electronic board at…
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Samsung Electronics, union resume wage talks as major strike nears
in NewsSamsung Electronics and its largest labor union resumed government-led wage mediation talks Monday in a last-ditch effort to avert a…
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Samsung Electronics, labor union fail to reach pay deal as strike looms
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Korean stock market rises to 6th largest in the world by market cap, overtaking Taiwan
Korea’s stock market, which has been on a sustained rally, is now the 6th largest in the world by market…
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Korea posts highest Q1 GDP growth among major economies, beating China and Indonesia
Korea’s Q1 2026 real GDP growth came in at 1.694%, the highest among the 22 countries that have released preliminary…
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Samsung crosses $1 trillion valuation as AI frenzy drives historic rally, lifting shares over 15%
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Samsung contemplates dropping TV, appliance biz in China
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Samsung Electronics is weighing a potential exit from its TV and home appliance sales business in China, as intensifying competition…
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Retail investors split over Samsung, SK hynix as KOSPI hits record high
in NewsPark, an office worker in his 30s living in Seoul, has been agonizing for days over whether to sell part…
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Despite chip rally, challenges ahead
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Korean chipmaker SK hynix last week posted an unprecedented operating profit of 37.61 trillion won ($25.42 billion) for the first…
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Samsung’s historic surge and challenges to sustain it
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Samsung Electronics has delivered a quarterly performance that will be remembered as a watershed in corporate history. It posted its…
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Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra sweeps European rankings
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Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S26 Ultra has claimed the top spot in Europe’s smartphone rankings, leading surveys across seven countries and…
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Samsung Electronics ends sales of Galaxy Z TriFold despite strong popularity
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Samsung Electronics has ended sales of the Galaxy Z TriFold, its high-end foldable smartphone, in South Korea despite strong demand,…
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Preorders for Galaxy S26 series hit 1.35 mil. in Korea
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Samsung Electronics said Friday preorders for its Galaxy S26 series smartphones in Korea reached 1.35 million, setting a new record…
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Samsung family celebrates son’s admission to Korea’s top university
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Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin attended the Seoul National University (SNU) entrance ceremony on Feb. 26 to celebrate the admission…
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Seoul shares sharply down late Friday morning on profit-taking
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Seoul shares extended losses late Friday morning as investors offloaded technology and other large-cap stocks to lock in profits. The…
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Supreme Court rules Samsung should count bonus in calculating severance pay
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The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Samsung Electronics should count bonuses as part of an employee’s average wage when using…
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President downplays US threat of 100% chip tariff
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President Lee Jae Myung said Wednesday that Seoul does not take Washington’s recent threat to impose a 100 percent tariff…
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Samsung ranks No. 2 in global smartphone market in 2025
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Samsung Electronics ranked second in the global smartphone market in 2025, industry data showed Tuesday, with its shipments rising 5…
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Samsung Reclaims Top Spot in Global DRAM Market in One Year
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Comparison of major companies’ memory sales in Q4 2025. (Photo courtesy of Counterpoint Research) Samsung Electronics recorded its largest operating…
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“TSMC’s U.S. Production Costs 2.4 Times Higher Than That in Taiwan”
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TSMC’s Arizona Fab 2. (Photo source: TSMC) An analysis has revealed that TSMC, the world’s largest foundry company, faces semiconductor…
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KOSPI Surpasses 4,600 Intraday, but Stock Market Polarization Accelerates
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The intraday KOSPI index is displayed on the status board at Hana Bank’s dealing room in Jung-gu, Seoul, on January…
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Physical AI War Begins: Robots Steal Spotlight at CES 2026
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LG Electronics’ home robot ‘CLOi’ organizes towels at the LG Electronics booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) where…
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OECD Exempts U.S. Firms from Global Minimum Tax: Benefiting Korean Companies?
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Domestic automotive and battery companies receiving U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) subsidies will also not have to pay additional taxes…
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NVIDIA’s Mass-production of ‘Vera Rubin’ to Intensify Memory Giants’ Competition for HBM4 Dominance
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds the next-generation AI (artificial intelligence) chip platform ‘Vera Rubin’ at CES 2025, an annual consumer…
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SK Hynix Surpasses Japan’s No. 1 Toyota in Market Cap
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SK Hynix closed at 726,000 won (approximately $504) on Jan.6, up 30,000 won (4.17%) from the previous trading day. (Photo…
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US ITC Investigates Samsung’s HBM and DDR5 Patent Infringement Claims
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U.S. ITC voted on Dec. 30 (local time) last year to commence an investigation into patent infringement allegations filed by…
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Korea’s Export Map Transformed Over Five Years: China Down, US and ASEAN Up
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South Korea’s exports to China decreased by 19.7% over the past five years while exports to the US increased by…
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Nvidia Partners with AI Startup Groq, Avoiding Merger Regulations
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (Reuters) U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia has recently entered into a technology licensing agreement with artificial intelligence…
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Samsung Electronics Acquires ZF’s ADAS Business for 1.5 Billion Euros
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The “Ready” digital cockpit for vehicles, jointly developed by Samsung Electronics and Harman (Photo courtesy of Samsung Electronics) Samsung Electronics…
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Samsung Electronics Overtakes Micron to Reclaim Second Place in HBM Market
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Samsung Electronics Overtakes Micron to Reclaim Second Place in HBM Market
in NewsSamsung Electronics pushed out Micron Technology and reclaimed second place in the high bandwidth memory (HBM) market in the third…
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Samsung Electronics Begins Mass Production of 2-nanometer Exynos 2600
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Samsung Electronics’ Exynos 2600 (Photo courtesy of Samsung Electronics) Samsung Electronics has unveiled the world’s first mobile application processor (AP)…
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Emergency Measures by FX Authorities as Exchange Rate Returns to Martial Law Levels: “Expansion of Forward FX Position”
The government will partially ease the regulations on forward foreign exchange position, which is one of the tools for managing…
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