DB Inc
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Mergers & Acquisitions
DB Insurance becomes Daol Investment’s No.2 shareholder
DB Insurance Co., a leading South Korean non-life insurance company, has become Daol Investment & Securities Co.'s second-largest shareholder af...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
DB GlobalChip forays into mobile phone OLED driver chip market
DB GlobalChip Co., the chip design subsidiary of South Korea’s chip foundry company DB HiTek Co., has begun mass-producing organic light-emitt...
Apr 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea Inc. to face refunding risks with record corporate bond maturities
South Korean companies are expected to face refunding risks thanks to record corporate bond maturities in the first half of 2025, as fundraising con...
Dec 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea Inc. rushes to booming local corporate bond market
South Korean companies are rushing to raise money in the local corporate bond market, which is unusually buoyant at year's end amid expectations of ...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Shinsegae Group splits E-Mart, department store with executive reshuffles
South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group on Wednesday carried out one of its most drastic executive reshuffles, officially splitting the gro...
Oct 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK’s Korea Zinc takeover attempt to spur search for white knights
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd.’s attempt to take control of Korea Zinc Inc. and the country’s plan to require ...
Oct 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
DB Insurance outshines domestic rivals in global business
DB Insurance Co. raked in the biggest profits from overseas operations among South Korean insurance companies in the first half of this year, leadin...
Oct 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Innovation to be Asia’s top energy company through merger
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest energy company, is set to become the industry leader in Asia through a merger with an affiliate while...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Inc. in talks to sell Pharmteco’s US CDMO plant to Novo Nordisk
SK Inc., the holding and investment company of SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, is negotiating to sell a major asset of it...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Ecoplant seeks to absorb SK Materials' industrial gas units
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company, is seeking to absorb the profit-making subsidiaries of SK Mat...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Southeast Asia, Korea Inc’s new IT outsourcing powerhouse
PHNOM PENH – South Korean technology companies grappling with prolonged software developer shortages are actively broadening their search for ...
Jun 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea Inc.’s AI executives double with LG Group leading the pack
The number of executive-level artificial intelligence (AI) specialists at South Korea’s 30 largest conglomerates has more than doubled in the ...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea Inc. nearly triples dividend payments in decade
Cash dividend payments by companies listed on the Korea Exchange, the country's main bourse, have nearly tripled in a decade. They have returned a l...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
Korea Inc. ups dividend payouts despite falling net income
South Korean companies listed on the main bourse Kospi raised their dividend payouts between 2021 and 2023 despite falling net income in the same pe...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
KIDI to build insurance infrastructure in Vietnam
The Korea Insurance Development Institute (KIDI) announced on Friday that it signed a business agreement with the Vietnam Insurance Development Inst...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong Pharmaceutical digitizes DB of 800 mn chemical compounds
South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Monday that it has established a drug development system Daewoong AI System (DAISY) which combine...
Feb 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean banks flock to Poland, Korean Inc.’s new manufacturing hub
South Korean banks are in a race to advance into Poland to support Korean companies rushing to build factories in the new offshore manufacturing hub...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
SK Chair Chey calls on cousin for help in group management
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has called on his cousin to help in the management of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate as it faces the challeng...
Dec 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea Inc.’s dividend repatriation soars on new tax breaks
Major companies in South Korea, such as affiliates of Samsung, LG and Hyundai Motor Group, are bringing larger amounts of capital back home from abr...
Nov 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea Inc.’s record short-term borrowing raises specter of debt overhang
South Korea’s short-term corporate loan growth is picking up at a fast pace, stirring concern among some analysts who see parallels to the 200...
Oct 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Korea Inc. to focus more on India, Vietnam as biz partners
South Korean companies are set to concentrate more on business with emerging markets including India and Vietnam than Asian major countries such as ...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
SK Pharmteco to raise $500 mn in pre-IPO, aims for 2025 listing
SK Pharmteco Co., South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is set to raise $500 millio...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
DB Insurance acquires Vietnam's 9th largest insurance company
DB Insurance Co., a South Korean non-life insurance company, announced on Friday that it has signed an acquisition agreement with the Saigon-Hanoi...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
DB Group, T&T Group sign agreement for business corporation
DB Group, South Korea's conglomerate, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for business collaboration with Vi...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK, KHNP partner with TerraPower for SMR development
SK Inc., SK Innovation Co. are partnering with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and TerraPower, a US small modular reactor (SMR) des...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KCGI’s ascent to intensify family feud over DB control; DB stocks rally
A sibling feud over management control of DB Group is expected to intensify following the ascent of South Korean activist fund Korea Corporate Gover...
Apr 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
S.Korean activist fund KCGI eyes foundry DB HiTek buyout
Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund (KCGI) is eyeing a controlling stake in DB HiTek Co. as the activist fund became the second-largest shar...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip foundry DB HiTek's stock near 10-month peak on activist fund
South Korean leading foundry chipmaker DB HiTek’s stock price hit a near 10-month high this week as a domestic activist fund bought a stake to...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
DB HiTek mulls $780 mn capex in foundry after fabless demerger
South Korea’s chip foundry company DB HiTek Co. is mulling about 1 trillion won ($780 million) in capital expenditures to enhance its foundry ...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Supply chain
Samsung SDS acquires Korea’s No. 1 procurement SCM company
Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit of South Korea's Samsung Group, has acquired a 33.39% stake in Emro Inc., Korea's top suppl...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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