Corporate restructuring
Corporate restructuring
SK Telesys merges with SK Solmics, both wholly owned subsidiaries of SKC
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Hanwha Solutions seeks spinoffs of Galleria, advanced materials divisions
Hanwha Solutions Corp., the energy and petrochemical arm of the Hanwha Group, is revving up for wide-ranging corporate restructuring to strengthen it...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Halla Group to change corporate name to HL Group
South Korea’s Halla Group is changing its corporate name to HL Group as the construction-to-auto parts conglomerate celebrates the 60th anniver...
Aug 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Risks of restructuring rise in Korean platform sector
South Korean platform operators are feeling cornered following rapid expansion during COVID-19 as growing risks of a global economic recession and ri...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung Group to speed up corporate governance reform
Samsung Group, South Korea’s largest conglomerate, is expected to accelerate the restructuring of its corporate governance to help Vice Chairma...
Aug 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Hyundai Mobis to spin off parts, module units amid revamp talk
South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. is poised to spin off two of its major units that make car parts and modules into sepa...
Aug 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Korea Inc. rushes to cut debt as interest rates surge
South Korean companies scrambled for lowering debts and borrowing costs with new financial and business strategies as interest rates on corporate loa...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Korean firms rush to sell real estate to raise cash
South Korean companies are selling real estate and subsidiaries to raise cash as accelerating inflation, rising interest rates and the soft won all p...
Jul 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Kolon Global to spin off auto unit, eyes Kolon Mobility IPO in 2023
Kolon Global Corp., an affiliate of South Korean conglomerate Kolon, will spin off its car import business unit to improve management efficiency and ...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korea’s Cosmax to shut Ohio plant to cut losses; shares up
Cosmax Inc., a major South Korean original design manufacturer (ODM) for L'Oréal and other global cosmetics giants, plans to shut its loss-mak...
Jul 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Gas to sell Istanbul tunnel stake to Qatari fund for $111 mn
SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier, is poised to sell its stake in an operator of the Eurasia Tunnel in ...
Jun 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK set to buy stake in Bill Gates' TerraPower
SK Innovation Co., South Korea's leading petrochemical company, is planning to buy a stake in TerraPower, a US nuclear power venture founded by Bill ...
Jun 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Dongwon restructuring plan faces shareholder backlash
A South Korean leading seafood and logistics conglomerate Dongwon Group’s corporate restructuring plan hit a roadblock as institutional investo...
Apr 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK’s gas unit to sell production facility for $809 mn
South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s industrial gas-making unit is set to sell a local production facility for about 1 trillion won ($809 milli...
Apr 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Hanssem to remodel itself into 'living tech' company
South Korea’s furniture maker Hanssem Co. unveiled its mid-to-long-term business strategy to institutional investors on Friday. During its Anal...
Apr 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Dongwon Industries becomes new holding firm of seafood conglomerate
Dongwon Group, South Korea’s leading seafood and logistics conglomerate, will undergo corporate restructuring with Dongwon Industries Co. emerg...
Apr 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Telecom giant KT considers turning into holding company structure
KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, is considering changing into a holding company structure in an effort to boost the company...
Apr 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Hanwha Solutions to raise $491 mn with materials unit split-off
South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. is set to split off its advanced materials business and sell a stake in the unit to raise $491 million for...
Mar 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte Group’s confectionery and food shares jump 5% on merger news
Shares of both Lotte Confectionery and Lotte Food rose more than 5% Thursday on expectations of synergy effects from their upcoming merger. A day pri...
Mar 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte Confectionery to merge with Lotte Food
Lotte Group will merge its confectionery and foodstuff businesses, South Korea's fourth-largest conglomerate announced Wednesday.Lotte Confectionery&...
Mar 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO launches holding firm to develop non-steel biz
POSCO, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, on Wednesday launched a holding company to develop the group into an eco-friendly future materials...
Mar 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
CJ ENM shelves content split-off plan; shares rise
South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. has put its plan to split off its content business on the shelf in the face of growing opposition fr...
Feb 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO wins shareholder support to launch holding firm
South Korea's POSCO Co. will transform into a holding company structure on Mar. 2, after its plan to split itself into a holding firm and a steelmaki...
Jan 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
NPS approves POSCO's split into holding firm, steelmaker unit
The National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea, the largest shareholder of POSCO Co., has given its nod to the steelmaking giant’s plan to split ...
Jan 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK's 5-year journey toward batteries, bio and chips
Back in January 2017, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won emphasized the need for “deep change," in his New Year message and presented the phrase as...
Jan 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Proxy advisors recommend NPS vote for POSCO split-off
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the largest shareholder of POSCO Co., was recommended by all its four proxy advisors to vote for the st...
Jan 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Hyundai Engineering’s new business keywords: Hydrogen, mini reactors
Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is reorganizing its business structu...
Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Hyundai Motor reshuffles overseas units to deal with changing markets
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, has reorganized its overseas units, reducing the number of business sectors to five from nine, ...
Dec 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO CEO says split-off units will never be listed
POSCO Group Chairman and Chief Executive Choi Jeong-woo on Monday reaffirmed the group's determination not to list on the stock market the steelmakin...
Dec 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Samsung launches merged set division as DX; robotics new growth driver
Samsung Electronics Co. has officially launched its new set division, which combines its mobile and consumer electronics businesses into a single uni...
Dec 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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