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SK hynix's potential US listing of its NAND flash subsidiary Solidigm is dividing investors over whether the move could unlock hidden value for the South Korean chipmaker or dilute the interests of existing shareholders. According to investment banking sources on Sunday, Solidigm has held meetings with several investment banks to discuss underwriters for a potential US listing. Market watchers estimate it could be valued at up to $150 billion and raise as much as $15 billion. Solidigm was establ
Overseas selling pushes Samsung's foreign ownership back to 2008 financial crisis levels despite record earnings, while SK hynix holdings also fall below 50 percent Foreign ownership of Samsung Electronics has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 19 years as record quarterly earnings fail to halt overseas investors' retreat from South Korea's biggest stock. Foreign investors held 46.38 percent of Samsung shares as of Thursday, according to Korea Exchange data. The stake touched 46.37 percent on
South Korea's central bank and three state lenders recorded more than 1 million hacking attempts in the first nine months of the year, surpassing the total for all of 2025. The tally reached 1,024,478 through September, 9.6 percent more than last year's 934,858, according to data released Sunday by Rep. Kang Min-kuk of the People Power Party. The number of attempts per year has climbed from 358,800 in 2020. The institutions reported no breaches resulting from the attempts between 2020 and Septem
South Korea's two biggest chipmakers are losing a major source of buying support as their share repurchases wind down, putting the focus on whether strong earnings can bring other investors back into the stocks. Franklin Templeton portfolio manager Yi Ping Liao said SK hynix's stronger commitment to returning cash gives it an edge as corporate buying fades. "That does not mean the stocks have to fall, but from that point the market needs other investors to step in," said Liao, a vice president a
Global investment banks revised up their forecasts for South Korea's economic growth this year and next, as a semiconductor export boom strengthens the outlook. Eight major global investment banks projected average growth of 3.5 percent for this year at the end of September, up from 3.3 percent a month earlier, according to figures released Wednesday by the Korea Center for International Finance. JPMorgan raised its estimate to 4 percent from 3.8 percent, the highest among the eight banks. UBS l
MBK Partners Chairman Michael ByungJu Kim has been named a parliamentary audit witness for a second consecutive year as lawmakers scrutinize the private equity firm’s handling of Homeplus. The National Assembly’s Trade, Industry, Energy, SMEs and Startups Committee has called Kim to testify at Wednesday’s audit of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. Questions are expected to focus on emergency business stabilization funding provided following Homeplus’ entry into court-led rehabilitation and loss
South Korea has again been ordered to compensate US hedge fund Elliott Investment Management over government intervention in the 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates, despite securing a partial annulment of the original arbitration award earlier this year. The Ministry of Justice said Thursday that the tribunal rehearing the case ordered the government to pay $48.49 million in damages — unchanged from the original award — plus interest and costs. Elliott put the total award at approximately $11
South Korea is leaning toward retaining its 70 percent cap on risky assets in retirement pensions as market volatility slows a reform push to boost weak returns. According to industry sources Wednesday, the Ministry of Employment and Labor and financial firms have shifted toward retaining the cap to protect long-term retirement savings. Scrapping the limit was a key reform proposal, but the Kospi’s slide from above 9,000 to the 6,600 range has fueled caution. A meeting on the proposed fund-type
South Korea raised its tax revenue forecast to a record 478.6 trillion won ($353.5 billion) this year, as an artificial intelligence boom fuels chipmakers' profits and a stock market rally lifts trading-related collections. The government expects to collect 63.2 trillion won more than projected in its supplementary budget, the Ministry of Finance and Economy said Wednesday, citing that the semiconductor boom and stock market rally had been difficult to anticipate during budget planning. The revi
South Korea must develop new technologies and standards to compete in artificial intelligence, industry leaders said Tuesday, warning that advances in memory, computing and infrastructure must keep pace with rapidly growing AI demand. Speaking at the Herald Business Forum 2026 at The Shilla Seoul, executives and researchers outlined challenges ranging from memory bottlenecks to corporate adoption of AI. The opening session, “The Golden Engine of the AI Revolution: Semiconductors,” examined the t
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