The sale of ECORBIT, which is considered the key element in the normalization of Taeyoung Engineering & Construction, is gaining momentum with the selection of lead managers. UBS and Citigroup Global Markets Securities, two global investment banks (IBs), have been assigned the task.According to sour
The pharmaceutical patent disputes between domestic biosimilar companies and original pharmaceutical firms are escalating.According to industry sources on Jan. 31, Samsung Bioepis and Celltrion are embroiled in patent disputes with original pharmaceutical companies.Alexion Pharmaceuticals, a subsidi
SK Networks, through its US affiliate, which has expanded direct and indirect investments in early-stage companies home and abroad, harnessing its global network and investment management processes, has successfully attracted external limited partners (LPs), a rare move in the world of corporate ven
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) has set a target of US$700 billion for South Korea’s exports next year, with a plan to attract US$35 billion in foreign direct investment in Korea and US$150 trillion in private investment.MOTIE Minister Ahn Duk-geun said in a briefing at the Sejong
The author is an analyst for NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at bk@nhqv.com -- Ed.The two terms that defined last year’s stock market were ‘new cold war’ and ‘supply chain reshaping’. In 2024, decoupling between DMs and EMs is to become a new market-defining feature. Today, the US’s bu
SK hynix has announced plans to release its 5th generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), named HBM3E, this year, and aims to launch HBM4 by 2026.Kim Chun-hwan, vice president of SK hynix, revealed these plans during his keynote speech at SEMICON Korea 2024, held at COEX in the Samseong neighborhood o
Samsung Electronics has forecasted a return to profit for its memory business in the first quarter. The company is confident in the continuous recovery of the memory industry, driven by the growth of the artificial intelligence (AI) market. Consequently, Samsung Electronics plans to significantly in
Alibaba’s international service, AliExpress, has been attracting Korean brands with a ‘zero commission’ policy, potentially disrupting the domestic e-commerce market dominated by Coupang and Naver Shopping.According to the retail industry on Jan. 30, AliExpress is waiving commission fees for Korean
The South Korean government is gearing up for the successful launch of its own version of NASA, the Korean Aerospace Administration (KAA), set to open in May. The Ministry of Science and ICT reported on Jan. 29 that it has been engaging with major international space agencies, including the U.S. Nat
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are planning to mass-produce GDDR7 DRAM, a next-generation DRAM for graphics cards, within the first half of this year. GDDR7 DRAM, which is mainly used in Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) -- a core of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) era -- is expected to continue S
China’s e-commerce giant AliExpress continues to face ongoing controversies in the domestic market, with persistent debates surrounding the sale of counterfeit products and product quality.According to industry sources on Jan. 23, the Chinese cross-border e-commerce platform AliExpress has recently
China Unicom Beijing and Huawei have successfully deployed a pilot large-scale 5.5G network in Beijing to provide continuous coverage in three key areas, including Beijing Financial Street in the city center, the landmark Beijing Long Distance Call Building, and multipurpose Workers' Stadium. This f
Incheon will host this year’s APAC Wind Energy Summit on 26-28 November 2024.The thriving port city in South Korea has abundant potential for offshore wind development and provides the perfect setting for local, national and international groups to come together and drive the region’s offshore wind
With about one week to go until the end of negotiations for the sale of HMM, new uncertainties are affecting the future of the negotiations as global shipping industry alliances begin to reorganize. With the management of HMM in limbo as Denmark’s Maersk and Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd form a new alliance
Last year, South Korea achieved a historic high in whiskey imports, surpassing 30,000 tons. In contrast, wine imports decreased by over 20 percent, showing a downward trend for the second consecutive year.According to the trade statistics released by the Korea Customs Service on Jan. 30, the import
The race to dominate the 2-nanometer (nm) semiconductor technology is heating up at the beginning of the year, a key battleground among global foundry (semiconductor contract manufacturing) companies.According to industry sources on Jan. 29, major foundry enterprises like Samsung Electronics, TSMC,
Despite halting operations at their Russian appliance factories for over a year due to the Ukraine war, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have not yet decided to sell. Instead, they are considering minimizing losses by leasing these facilities to local businesses.According to industry sources o
Positive tangible results are being made by the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and the CF Alliance pursuing a strategy to expand carbon-free power sources in the industrial sector.Major countries such as the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and the United Arab Emirates
Samsung, Kia and other major Korean companies spent a record amount of money on lobbying the U.S. government in 2023 as they prepared for uncertainties in their trade environments.Last year, Samsung Group (Samsung Semiconductor, Samsung Electronics America and Samsung SDI America) spent US$6.3 milli
Korea-based automakers exported 2.76 million vehicles to 196 countries in 2023, according to the Korea Automotive and Mobility Industry Association (KAMA). This was the highest in eight years since 2015. Exports to the U.S. smashed the 1-million-unit milestone.Six Korea-based carmakers -- Hyundai Mo