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Overseas equity boom lifts foreign currency deposits to record in South Korea
(Courtesy of Getty Images) South Korea’s securities firms are sitting on record levels of foreign currency deposits as retail investors…
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Foreign investors dump Samsung in August, buy Kakao and Hyundai Motor
(Courtesy of Getty Images) Foreign investors turned net sellers in South Korea’s stock market in August, offloading Samsung Electronics Co.,…
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S.Korea’s US exports tumble in August as tariff shocks set in
Hyundai Motor vehicles for export are loaded onto a car carrier ship at a seaport in Ulsan, South Korea South…
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Samsung, SK Hynix lose US waiver on chip equipment for China use
Samsung Electronics semiconductor factory in Xi’an, Shaanxi, China (File photo by Samsung) The US will make it harder for Samsung…
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US raises hurdles to SK Hynix, Samsung making chips in China
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South Korean asset managers step up push into private debt market
Hanwha Financial Center in Yoido, Seoul South Korean asset managers are ramping up private credit operations as global demand for…
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Lee Trump summit– what happened to the tariffs
I thought JML handled did very with Trump, so kudos to him for his statemanship. But I have not been…
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Lee, Trump end first summit on cordial note, but questions remain
South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung (left) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office after their…
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Korea Inc pledges $150 bn US investment; KAL buys new planes, Samsung, Hyundai Motor vow extra spending
Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y. Lee (left) and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won (third from left) chat with US businessmen…
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Korean tycoons head to US to support summit; Samsung likely to unveil fresh investment
Samsung Group Chairman Lee Jae-yong heads to Washington to support the Korea-US summit on Aug. 24, 2025 The heads of…
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Bill Gates strengthens ties with Samsung, SK, HD Hyundai on energy, biotech, philanthropy projects
Samsung Group Chairman Lee Jae-yong (center) welcomes Bill Gates at Samsung’s headquarters in Seoul on Aug. 22, 2025 Bill Gates,…
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S.Korea cuts growth outlook to 0.9%, banks on AI to reignite economy
Container trucks move cargoes at Port of Busan South Korea’s government cut its 2025 economic growth forecast in half from…
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French specialty gas maker Air Liquide signs $2.9 bn deal to acquire DIG Airgas from Macquarie
DIG Airgas facilities in Paju, Gyeonggi province (Courtesy of DIG Airgas) Air Liquide SA, a French multinational industrial gas and…
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South Korea’s president to visit US with 15 business leaders after Japan
President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea (left) and US President Donald Trump South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung will…
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Harman sells system integration unit to Wipro to sharpen audio focus
(Courtesy of Samsung Electronics) Harman International Industries Inc., wholly owned by Samsung Electronics Co., has sold its digital transformation solutions…
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Samsung’s US profit triples thanks to Galaxy phones
Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event held at the SAP Center in San Jose, California in January 2025 (Courtesy of Samsung Electronics) …
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Cold email regarding job interview rejection
I started my job recruitment with Samsung in May this year. I gave several interviews, including technical and HR interviews.…
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UK’s TeraView wins preliminary nod for South Korea listing
TeraView’s headquarters in Cambridge, UK (Screentop captured from TeraView website) TeraView Ltd., a British developer of terahertz imaging inspection systems,…
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Korea to tighten stewardship code with workplace safety penalties; accident-prone firms remain wary
A construction site in Seoul South Korea is preparing sweeping changes to its stewardship code that will allow public pension…
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Kospi-listed firms underperform in Q2 with gloomy H2 forecast
South Korean firms suffered steeper losses in the second quarter as hefty US import tariffs took a toll, fueling fears…
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US government eyes stake in Samsung, TSMC in return for CHIPS Act funds
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaks at the US Census Bureau (Screenshot from the US Department of Commerce’s official X…
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NH gains most in Korea’s first-half IB league; Meritz emerges as fast-rising challenger
NH Investment & Securities’ headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul South Korea’s investment banking hierarchy is in flux after the country’s leading…
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Capital flows to ETFs reshape S.Korea’s asset management landscape
(Courtesy of Getty Images) Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are drawing a growing number of South Korean individual investors seeking a broader…
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Bill Gates to court Korea’s business titans in Seoul for philanthropy push
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong met Bill Gates in Seoul during Gates’ Seoul visit in August 2022 Bill Gates, billionaire…
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Woori Bank opens Austin’s first Korean lender branch as US presence gathers pace
A view of Woori America Bank’s headquarters, Woori Bank’s US subsidiary, located on 33rd Street in New York’s Koreatown, across…
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Samsung to set up chip packaging R&D center in Tokyo, raise stakes vs TSMC
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong (far right) inspects the semiconductor packaging line at the Samsung Cheonan Factory in Cheonan, Korea…
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BOE risks 15-year US OLED ban in Samsung dispute; Korean display stocks rally
A labtop equipped with Samsung Display’s OLED panel (Courtesy of Samsung Display) South Korean display makers stand to gain from…
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Samsung boosts HBM specialist hiring, scales back foundry recruitment
A researcher at a Samsung R&D center Samsung Electronics Co. is stepping up recruitment of seasoned high-bandwidth memory (HBM) specialists…
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S.Korea’s Lee to visit Japan next week for talks with Ishiba, resumes shuttle diplomacy
President Lee Jae Myung (right) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba during their talks on the sidelines of…
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S.Korea-US summit set for Aug. 25 with focus on security, economy
President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea (left) and US President Donald Trump President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea…
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Hahn & Co. picks TKG Taekwang preferred bidder for Solmics
Hahn & Co. logo Hahn & Co., South Korea’s leading private equity firm, has named TKG Taekwang Co., a domestic…
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South Korea, Vietnam to nearly double bilateral trade to $150 billion by 2030
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (first on right) and To Lam (second on left), general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist…
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Air Liquide in over $3.3bn exclusive talks for South Korea’s DIG Airgas
DIG Airgas facilities in Paju, Gyeonggi province (Courtesy of DIG Airgas) Air Liquide SA, a French multinational industrial gas and…
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Trump’s chip tariff threat stirs jitters; impact on Samsung, SK Hynix limited given MFN status
Samsung and SK Hynix are the world’s two largest memory chipmakers NEW YORK – A revived threat from US President…
