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K-pop
HYBE conflict vs NewJeans label set to escalate into legal battle
HYBE Co., the company behind boy band BTS, has reported Min Hee-jin, the chief of popular girl group NewJeans’ label ADOR, to police for inves...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung gains upper hand vs Netlist in $303 million patent dispute
Samsung Electronics Co. has taken the upper hand in its ongoing legal battle against Netlist Inc. over memory chip module patent infringement allega...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Hanwha Aerospace to spin off non-core units to focus on defense business
Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s answer to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is spinning off its non-core units to focus on defense and aerospace b...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Hahn & Co. overhauls Namyang board, ending family control
Private equity firm Hahn & Co. on Friday won shareholder approval to replace Namyang Dairy Products Co.'s board of directors with Hahn's executi...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
JB investors urged to oppose Align's call for board overhaul
Global proxy advisors International Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. have expressed their opinion that there is no need for...
Mar 25, 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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Corporate governance
NPS to veto adding Hyosung chair, vice chair to board
The National Pension Service (NPS) will veto the appointment of the chairman and vice chairman of Hyosung Corp. as inside board members of the de fa...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
OCI-Hanmi merger faces tougher hurdles amid family feud
Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s aim to merge with chemicals giant OCI Group is hitting some roadblocks amid a prolonged feud between the family o...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Kumho Petrochem's Hugreen secures highest HB mark grade
South Korea's Kumho Petrochemical Co. announced on Thursday that its phenolic foam board (PF board) insulation material under the construction mater...
Feb 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO chair, board under investigation ahead of new CEO selection
Police in Seoul have launched a probe into South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Choi Jeong-woo and the company's boa...
Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Korean Kakao Pay’s acquisition of US' Siebert collapses
South Korean Kakao Pay Corp.'s takeover deal of US-based Siebert Financial Corp. has failed amid the growing legal risks surrounding top executives ...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Hyundai Group chair exits Schindler-invested unit board
Hyundai Group's chairwoman on Friday resigned from the board of its elevator unit, whose No. 2 shareholder is Schindler Holding AG, amid mounting sh...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Socar launches car-sharing service with Naver's generative AI
South Korea’s mobility platform operator Socar Inc. has introduced a car-sharing service utilizing generative artificial intelligence in coope...
Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Samsung Group introduces senior outside director system
Samsung Group has created the position of senior outside director, granted as much authority as the chair of a board of directors, for the first tim...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAIST discloses Earth images from Next-Gen Small Sat 2
The main payload satellite Next-Generation Small Satellite 2" of the Nuri, launched on May 25, has been confirmed to be operating perfectly, as anno...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Flying to S.Korea's Jeju Island? Just bring smartphone
The identity verification app Pass of South Korea's three telecom companies has added another function: enabling a user to board a domestic flight w...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharmaceuticals forms Scientific Advisory Board
South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals assembled its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) composed of world-renowned physicians and drug development experts...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Kumho Tire establishes ESG committee under its board of directors
Kumho Tire Co. is intensifying its sustainable management efforts by establishing an environmental, social and governance (ESG) committee directly u...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Bioscience climbs two notches in ESG evaluation, receives BBB rating
SK Bioscience Co., a biopharmaceutical arm of South Korea's SK Group, announced it has received a BBB rating in its latest environmental, social, an...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hanwha Precision Machinery participates in IPCA PEX 2023
Hanwha Precision Machinery, a manufacturing solution affiliate of South Korea's Hanwha Group, participated in the IPC APEX EXPO 2023 held in San Die...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
K-pop label SM taps activist investor as board member
K-pop behemoth SM Entertainment Co. said on Jan. 20 it has decided to tap Lee Chang-hwan, the CEO of local activist fund Align Partners Capital Mana...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Standard Chartered's director attributes ESG success to board-led decisions
When it comes to the banking sector's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts, an industry veteran says the success depends on the chief...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Kyobo Life seeks to transition into financial holding company
South Korean life insurance behemoth Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is seeking to transition into a financial holding company to expand its business footh...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
Blockchain co. Reality Reflection's board to discuss mangement reshuffle
The South Korean blockchain ecosystem is facing a string of management disputes, hit by worsening conditions of the global cryptocurrency market.&nb...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK may increase rate by only 25 bps this week as won rebounds
South Korea’s central bank is likely to raise interest rates by only 25 basis points this week as its won currency may have bottomed out, easi...
Nov 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
KAIST invents world's 1st rubber-like printed circuit board
South Korea's top science and technology university has invented the world's first printed circuit board (PCB) that bends and stretches like rubber ...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Jay Y. Lee inaugurated as chairman of Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co.'s leader Jay Y. Lee was promoted as the company's chairman on Oct. 27.Samsung Electronics' board of directors approved the a...
Oct 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
K-pop giant SM up against Align Partner's shareholder activism
South Korea’s Align Partners Capital Management is intensifying its shareholder activism against K-pop music label giant SM Entertainment Co.,...
Oct 04, 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 i...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
SK Hynix board strengthens role for greater say
SK Hynix Inc.’s board of directors is actively involved in the South Korean chipmaker’s management from the stages of strategy formulati...
May 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)