Hanmi-OCI merger
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO to sell entire stake in P&O Chemical to OCI
POSCO Future M Co., a battery materials affiliate of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., will sell its entire stake in P&O Chemical Co...
Aug 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to veto SK Innovation’s merger with LNG affiliate
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), manager of the world’s third-largest public pension fund, said on Thursday it is set to ve...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS signals more say in Hanmi Pharmaceutical's family feud
South Korea’s National Pension Service is indicating more active involvement in the management of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group embroiled in a ye...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion scraps merger with Celltrion Pharm
South Korea’s largest biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. said on Friday that it has scrapped a plan to merge with Celltrion Pharm Inc., an R&...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte Wellfood eyes merger with trading arm; firms indecisives
South Korea’s Lotte Corp. is considering a merger of its confectionery unit Lotte Wellfood Co. and agricultural product trading arm Lotte Inte...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Doosan Robotics, Bobcat ordered to clarify merger deal
South Korean regulators have ordered Doosan Robotics Inc. to amend the securities prospectus it submitted last week for its merger with Doosan Bobca...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Doosan Robotics, Bobcat merger prompts call for law revision
Doosan Group’s announcement of a merger between Doosan Robotics Inc. and Doosan Bobcat Inc. has met with strong criticism from investors and p...
Jul 22, 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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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea approves HD KSOE-STX Heavy merger with conditions
South Korea’s antitrust body has given a conditional nod to leading domestic shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co.'s (...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Korea’s Hanmi family feud to end as key shareholder mediates
South Korean Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s founding family is set to conclude an ongoing feud as the group’s top individual shareholder h...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Hanmi Semiconductor eyes $1.5 billion sales in 2026
Hanmi Semiconductor Co., South Korea’s leading chip packaging equipment manufacturer, has revised upwards its annual sales target for this yea...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Booming AI industry boosts chip packaging equipment makers
Global chip packaging equipment manufacturers are enjoying surging demand and skyrocketing share prices thanks to the rapid growth of the artificial...
Jun 24, 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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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Innovation looks to merge with SK E&S for organic growth
SK Innovation Co., the parent of South Korea’s largest oil refiner SK Energy Co. and battery maker SK On Co., is looking to merge with energy ...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Rebellions-Sapeon Korea merger to challenge Nvidia’s AI chip dominance
Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, is merging with its crosstown rival Sapeon Korea Inc., an AI chip firm ...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean LCCs take on flag carriers with long-haul routes
From June 11, Air Premia Inc. is slated to launch service to Oslo, Norway, the longest-haul route for a South Korean low-cost carrier (LCC). The LCC...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Hanmi Semiconductor wins $110 mn HBM equipment order from SK Hynix
South Korean chip equipment company Hanmi Semiconductor Co. announced on Friday that it has received an order from SK Hynix Inc. for its dual TC bon...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air expects US approval for Asiana merger by end-Oct: report
Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s No. 1 full-service carrier, expects to gain full approval from the US government by the end of October to ...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
OCI eyes acquisition of US biopharmaceutical company
OCI Holdings Co., South Korea’s largest polysilicon maker, is looking abroad to acquire a biopharmaceutical company in the US in a consortium,...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Hanmi to fire founder's wife, entering new round of family feud
South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group is set to enter a new chapter of an ongoing family feud less than two months after the founding famil...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Malaysia, OCI’s base set to beat Chinese polysilicon rivals
SARAWAK, Malaysia – OCI Group, South Korea’s leading chemical and green energy conglomerate, is expanding its polysilicon facility in Ma...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
OCI to invest up to $1.5 bn in Malaysia’s polysilicon plant
KUALA LUMPUR -- OCI Holdings Co., South Korea’s leading chemical and green energy company, plans to invest up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion)...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
KKR, Hanmi heirs likely to join hands for controlling stake
The two sons of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s founding family, who were approved as board members of the holding firm Hanmi Science Co. at its ...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanmi’s planned merger with OCI scrapped as sons win family feud
Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s proposed merger with OCI Holdings Co. has collapsed after two sons of the group’s founding family, who oppo...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K Enter moves step closer to Nasdaq listing in May
K Enter Holdings Inc., an umbrella entity of South Korea-based entertainment companies creating original entertainment content and managing related ...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Hanmi Science-OCI merger may gain traction with NPS' support
The merger of South Korea’s pharmaceutical holding firm Hanmi Science Co. and chemicals giant OCI Holdings Co. is likely to gain momentum as N...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
OCI to supply $700 mn polysilicon to Trina Solar
South Korea's OCI Holdings Co. announced on Monday that its Malaysian subsidiary OCIM Sdn Bhd signed a long term supply agreement for solar-grade po...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Hanmi Semiconductor wins $16 mn HBM equipment order from SK Hynix
South Korean chip equipment company Hanmi Semiconductor Co. announced on Friday that it has secured a 21.5 billion won ($16.1 million) supply deal f...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Proxy advisor KCGS backs Hanmi founder's sons return to board
South Korea’s top proxy advisory firm has recommended that shareholders of Hanmi Science Co. vote in favor of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group&rsquo...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix explores HBM chip collaboration with Kioxia
SK Hynix Inc. is exploring collaboration with Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. to produce high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, which have been...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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